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Old 09-16-2005, 11:15 PM
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http://www.pubs.asce.org/ceonline/ceonline...5feat.html#fig2



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I drive by this everyday going to school uptown or going downtown to work or going thru midtown to pick up my girl from the train.



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Old 09-17-2005, 02:25 AM
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If I read right it's some kind of stray ship deflector. Pretty cool because I'd imagine they would have to deal with a lot of potential energy - If you've ever tried stopping a fast moving dinghy with oars, imagine what those things are up against.



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Civil Engineers Build crap



Mechanical Engineers BLOW **** UP
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[quote name='banzaitoyota' date='Sep 17 2005, 07:55 AM']Civil Engineers Build crap



Mechanical Engineers BLOW **** UP

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Just what we love to hear from someone in the nuclear field!
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In the Tritum Facility I worked on; my motto was:



WE DONT MAKE THE BOOM, WE MAKE THE BOOM BIGGER
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