On Wed, 31 Dec 2003 09:45:11 -0800 (PST), you wrote: >Why? There are problems where sorcery is the best answer; there are >problems where engineering is the best solution. > >Building houses (or castles), for example, appears to be mostly an >engineering problem. Sorcery might help with the building (although >the cost for a good sorceror has to be weighed against the labor of >various Teckla), but the house does have to be designed first. And, really, can't we just view it as two different kinds of technology? In our modern world, there are applications where mechanical engineering are better suited than electrical or nuclear, right? Times where manpower works more efficiently and more economically than robotics. -- laz I am the Dread Pirate Roberts #23546. Ask me about franchise opportunities!