Re: Engineering Certifications

Definition # 6 describes an engineer as someone who plans, oversees, or
brings about something that is achieved with ingenuity or secretiveness.
That's IT to a tee!  <g>

RE your BTW:  I'm female so I'm quite able to believe in logical
impossibilities.  It's part of my nature.  And the term has six
definitions
so it's in no way binary.

-- 
Kelley
aka catwalker
IT Professional, MCP


"Bernie" <Bernie@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 25 Jul 2004 21:56:02 -0700, "catwalker63"
> <_catwalker63_@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> >      en·gi·neer [ ènj? n?r ]
> >
> >      noun  (plural en·gi·neers)
> >
> >      1. engineering engineering professional: somebody who is trained
in
a
> >branch of professional engineering
> >
> >
> >      2. rail locomotive driver: somebody who operates a railroad
> >locomotive.
> >      U.K. term  engine driver
> >
> >
> >      3. mechanical engineering mechanic: somebody who operates or
services
> >machines
> >
> >
> >      4. ****pping navy ****p's officer: an officer on a ****p who is in
charge
> >of the engines
> >
> >
> >      5. military construction soldier: a member of a unit of the armed
> >forces that specializes in building and sometimes destroying bridges,
> >fortifications, and other large structures
> >
> >
> >      6. planner: somebody who plans, oversees, or brings about
something,
> >especially something that is achieved with ingenuity or secretiveness
> >      the engineer of the overthrow of the government
> >
> >      You're all right and you are all wrong.  Now find something
worthwhile
> >to argue about.
>
> Except that none of those definitions fit the so-called "network
> engineer" or "systems engineer"....
>
> BTW, you present a logical impossibility as the solution to the
> argument.  We can't all be right and all be wrong on a binary issue.
> The term either fits or it doesn't.
>
> --Bernie