From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,38cd2874d6e7ac41 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-08-17 09:05:05 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed1.cidera.com!Cidera!cyclone.socal.rr.com!cyclone3.kc.rr.com!news3.kc.rr.com!twister.socal.rr.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3D5E7447.5E3EB4DB@san.rr.com> From: Darren New X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: On accounting and engineering.(Slightly offtopic) References: <3d5dc21a_2@news.tm.net.my> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2002 16:05:03 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.75.148.61 X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com X-Trace: twister.socal.rr.com 1029600303 66.75.148.61 (Sat, 17 Aug 2002 09:05:03 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2002 09:05:03 PDT Organization: RoadRunner - West Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:28179 Date: 2002-08-17T16:05:03+00:00 List-Id: "John R. Strohm" wrote: > That is probably not unreasonable. Are you going to use that same software > for more than 5 years? Or are you going to upgrade or replace it? Exactly. This just goes to show that engineers often don't even understand the most basic of accounting terms, like what "depreciation" means. -- Darren New San Diego, CA, USA (PST). Cryptokeys on demand. ** http://images.fbrtech.com/dnew/ ** Humility? Why would I need to show some humility?