Actually I was told many years back that the number 100! denotes more elements then there are particles in the universe. So I think that I'll pass on :




With respect to :




There are things in the real world like designing airplanes, rockets, medicine and nuclear or chemical reactors were getting things absolutely right is paramount and trumps any "time is money" or "simple is best" considerations.

Or at least that should be the case.

Make an error in some computer scripting and your PC crashes, make an error in some control system stabilizing a nuclear reactor or a robot arm and people loose lives and body parts. In case of designing nuclear reactors you can not even dependent on prototyping to show the errors. The meltdown or blowing up is such a severe accident that a designer can never take the risk of it happening.

I'm active in the field of such systems.

Wouter