Quote of the Day

[timelets]

...imagine the instant of suspense before a catapult hits the target, or a pulley system lifts a huge column, or before the water finally rushes through the conduits and an aqueduct is inaugurated after years of work — perhaps hope is the quintessential virtue of an engineer.

SERAFINA CUOMO. A Roman Engineer's Tales. The Journal of Roman Studies. Vol. 101 (2011), pp. 143-165. http://www.jstor.org/stable/41724876

Comments

[juan_gandhi]

Fuck, that's right! Hope for an engineer, joy for a logician. We've got to the essence of things.

[timelets]

Actually, this is one of the ancient Roman virtues cited by engineer Nonius Datus in the 2nd century AD: PATIENTIA, VIRTUS, SPES

http://www.romanaqueducts.info/aquasite/foto/noniusdatuspilaar.jpg