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In message <isi3g3$161$1@speranza.aioe.org>, Nasser M. Abbasi wrote:

> On 6/5/2011 11:52 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> 
>> No, what you mention are themselves just technologies, not domains.
>> Engineering is just a collection of technologies;
> 
> I think engineering is more than just technology.
> 
> You have to understand things, like stress and strain,
> dynamics and control, how to solve differential and
> integral equations, and many other hard subjects. It takes
> many long years to understand some of these things.

What did you think technology was about?

> Not everything in the world is a pointy and clicky
> technology thing ...

Is “pointy and clicky” synonymous with “technology” to you?