"Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke." - Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

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"EG1415 Engineering Professionalism

1.1 What is this course about?
This course mainly focuses on the ethical dimension of the engineering profession. Engineering is based on scientific reasoning where data and logic are clear cut in many cases. However, in dealing with real world professional ethical problems, the engineer finds that the issues are not that clear cut any more. Often the problems and the issues are hidden and solutions are unclear.

By the way, this course is not meant to teach you morality! [Ed: Emphasis mine] It is merely to enable you to appreciate the kinds of problems that can occur during the practice of engineering, what approaches you can take in resolving them, what roles professional societies play in setting professional standards etc."

Maybe this course is not meant to teach you morality, but rather how not to get caught and how to cover your ass if your product blows up!


Also, found while trying to end my module mapping nightmare (I hate module mapping):

"Reference Texts (Pick Any One You Like as a REFERENCE, not main textbook, because there is none! [Ed: Emphasis original])

... You may use any earlier editions if you have bought second-hand textbooks. You may borrow the latest editions from the library if you are in a tight budget. The main textbook is actually a set of lecture notes provided by the lecturer, also updated just before the actual lecture because Dr *** believes in giving fresh examples relating to the theories. Hence, skip lectures at your own risk."

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A source informs me that Hotmail has upgraded her account with a 25MB disk quota. Could they finally be doing their part for their loyal non-US customers? Perhaps; last week I noticed the login screen no longer promised a 250MB account only to customers in the USA and Puerto Rico.