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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 20:08, 29 October 2011</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{Canon}}</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{Canon}}</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The advancement of fundamental scientific research is hardly possible without [[experimentation]]. A given experiment may require equipment that is both mundane and commonplace or it may require equipment that is sufficiently exotic that it simply cannot be found anywhere at any price. Scientific engineering is a discipline focused narrowly upon crafting the means, however exotic, for the pursuit of fundamental scientific research. Given the limited scale at which fundamental scientific research exists in the [[Land of Mists]], there is an extremely limited market for the products of scientific engineering and consequently very few scientific engineers. In fact the individual doing fundamental scientific research may be obliged to become his or her own scientific engineer. And rarely is such an individual interested in supplying rivals, even for a price, with the keys to breakthroughs that are deemed to be proprietary. In [[universities]] a scientific engineer may be on staff with the call on his or her time and resources divided among the various approved projects in fundamental research.  </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The advancement of fundamental scientific research is hardly possible without [[experimentation]]. A given experiment may require equipment that is both mundane and commonplace or it may require equipment that is sufficiently exotic that it simply cannot be found anywhere at any price. Scientific engineering is a discipline focused narrowly upon crafting the means, however exotic, for the pursuit of fundamental scientific research. Given the limited scale at which fundamental scientific research exists in the [[Land of Mists]], there is an extremely limited market for the products of scientific engineering and consequently very few scientific engineers. In fact the individual doing fundamental scientific research may be obliged to become his or her own scientific engineer. And rarely is such an individual interested in supplying rivals, even for a price, with the keys to breakthroughs that are deemed to be proprietary. In [[universities]] a scientific engineer may be on staff with the call on his or her time and resources <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">being </ins>divided among the various approved projects in fundamental research.  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In either case, the results of scientific engineering are first and foremost functional. No thought is given to pleasing design for there is essentially no marketplace for the wares. The results are also fragile and ponderous. Scientific engineering is essentially about building equipment destined to occupy relatively secure and spacious laboratories for individuals who are vastly more concerned with cost than with the mutually opposed criteria of solidity and portability. Equipment for field research can of course be commissioned, but for a far higher price and all the more so if both solidity and portability are required. Additionally, the difficulty for crafting such equipment may simply be too great. For example, huge mechanical clocks appear in the medieval period, smaller versions that would fit within the home and budget of the wealthy appear in the chivalric period, pocket watches that would fit within the budget of the wealthy appear in the renaissance period, and watches that are truly affordable are actually a quite recent phenomena that presupposes mass production and a global marketplace numbered in the billions. Scientific engineers in the [[Land of Mists]] are never engaged in, and never enjoy the benefits of, [[mass production]]. Each of their creations is handcrafted and very often a unique item for a market of one. Given the task of creating a device that can record and play back sound, a scientific engineer is never going to produce an Ipod. A computer created by a scientific engineer, were such even possible, would take up rooms and could be broken with a mere bump.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In either case, the results of scientific engineering are first and foremost functional. No thought is given to pleasing design for there is essentially no marketplace for the wares. The results are <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">often </ins>also fragile and ponderous. Scientific engineering is essentially about building equipment destined to occupy relatively secure and spacious laboratories for individuals who are vastly more concerned with cost than with the mutually opposed criteria of solidity and portability. Equipment for field research can of course be commissioned, but for a far higher price and all the more so if both solidity and portability are required. Additionally, the difficulty for <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>crafting<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] </ins>such equipment may simply be too great. For example, huge mechanical clocks appear in the medieval period, smaller versions that would fit within the home and budget of the wealthy appear in the chivalric period, pocket watches that would fit within the budget of the wealthy appear in the renaissance period, and watches that are truly affordable are actually a quite recent phenomena that presupposes mass production and a global marketplace numbered in the billions. Scientific engineers in the [[Land of Mists]] are never engaged in, and never enjoy the benefits of, [[mass production]]. Each of their creations is handcrafted and very often a unique item for a market of one. Given the task of creating a device that can record and play back sound, a scientific engineer is never going to produce an Ipod. A computer created by a scientific engineer, were such even possible, would take up rooms and could be broken with a mere bump.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The premier scientific engineer in the [[Land of Mists]] is [[Dr. Victor Mordenheim]] (Craft (scientific engineering) +25). He has created a [[battery]], a [[laboratory pump]], an [[Electrical Motor|electrical motor]], and an [[electrical generator]]. The good doctor, however, does not see himself as a scientific engineer. He understands himself as being engaged in fundamental scientific research with his &quot;[[Invention (Technological)|inventions]]&quot; being mere means to an infinitely more important end. Mordenheim is typical then in that he is a fundamental [[researcher]] who is his own scientific engineer. He is probably atypical in having little fear that making his inventions available to others would enable discoveries on the part of other. Rather he simply cannot be bothered, for the most part, to do so, the [[lightning box]] being the exception. And as to sharing the [[Dark Powers|Dark Powers-inspired]] particulars of his methods, they do not admit of repetition by others.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The premier scientific engineer in the [[Land of Mists]] is [[Dr. Victor Mordenheim]] (Craft (scientific engineering) +25). He has created a [[battery]], a [[laboratory pump]], an [[Electrical Motor|electrical motor]], and an [[electrical generator]]. The good doctor, however, does not see himself as a scientific engineer. He understands himself as being engaged in fundamental scientific research with his &quot;[[Invention (Technological)|inventions]]&quot; being mere means to an infinitely more important end. Mordenheim is typical then in that he is a fundamental [[researcher]] who is his own scientific engineer. He is probably atypical in having little fear that making his inventions available to others would enable discoveries on the part of other. Rather he simply cannot be bothered, for the most part, to do so, the [[lightning box]] being the exception. And as to sharing the [[Dark Powers|Dark Powers-inspired]] particulars of his methods, they do not admit of repetition by others.</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l9">Line 9:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 9:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==References==</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==References==</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Gazetteer II]], p. 151</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Gazetteer II]], p. 151</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Invention (Technological)]][[Category:Engineering]][[Category:Science]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Invention (Technological)]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Engineering]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Category:Applied Science]]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Science]]</div></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 19:08, 23 March 2011</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l7">Line 7:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 7:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The premier scientific engineer in the [[Land of Mists]] is [[Dr. Victor Mordenheim]] (Craft (scientific engineering) +25). He has created a [[battery]], a [[laboratory pump]], an [[Electrical Motor|electrical motor]], and an [[electrical generator]]. The good doctor, however, does not see himself as a scientific engineer. He understands himself as being engaged in fundamental scientific research with his &quot;[[Invention (Technological)|inventions]]&quot; being mere means to an infinitely more important end. Mordenheim is typical then in that he is a fundamental [[researcher]] who is his own scientific engineer. He is probably atypical in having little fear that making his inventions available to others would enable discoveries on the part of other. Rather he simply cannot be bothered, for the most part, to do so, the [[lightning box]] being the exception. And as to sharing the [[Dark Powers|Dark Powers-inspired]] particulars of his methods, they do not admit of repetition by others.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The premier scientific engineer in the [[Land of Mists]] is [[Dr. Victor Mordenheim]] (Craft (scientific engineering) +25). He has created a [[battery]], a [[laboratory pump]], an [[Electrical Motor|electrical motor]], and an [[electrical generator]]. The good doctor, however, does not see himself as a scientific engineer. He understands himself as being engaged in fundamental scientific research with his &quot;[[Invention (Technological)|inventions]]&quot; being mere means to an infinitely more important end. Mordenheim is typical then in that he is a fundamental [[researcher]] who is his own scientific engineer. He is probably atypical in having little fear that making his inventions available to others would enable discoveries on the part of other. Rather he simply cannot be bothered, for the most part, to do so, the [[lightning box]] being the exception. And as to sharing the [[Dark Powers|Dark Powers-inspired]] particulars of his methods, they do not admit of repetition by others.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">==References==</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Gazetteer II]], p. 151</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Invention (Technological)]][[Category:Engineering]][[Category:Science]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Invention (Technological)]][[Category:Engineering]][[Category:Science]]</div></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 13:40, 15 January 2011</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l5">Line 5:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 5:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In either case, the results of scientific engineering are first and foremost functional. No thought is given to pleasing design for there is essentially no marketplace for the wares. The results are also fragile and ponderous. Scientific engineering is essentially about building equipment destined to occupy relatively secure and spacious laboratories for individuals who are vastly more concerned with cost than with the mutually opposed criteria of solidity and portability. Equipment for field research can of course be commissioned, but for a far higher price and all the more so if both solidity and portability are required. Additionally, the difficulty for crafting such equipment may simply be too great. For example, huge mechanical clocks appear in the medieval period, smaller versions that would fit within the home and budget of the wealthy appear in the chivalric period, pocket watches that would fit within the budget of the wealthy appear in the renaissance period, and watches that are truly affordable are actually a quite recent phenomena that presupposes mass production and a global marketplace numbered in the billions. Scientific engineers in the [[Land of Mists]] are never engaged in, and never enjoy the benefits of, [[mass production]]. Each of their creations is handcrafted and very often a unique item for a market of one. Given the task of creating a device that can record and play back sound, a scientific engineer is never going to produce an Ipod. A computer created by a scientific engineer, were such even possible, would take up rooms and could be broken with a mere bump.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In either case, the results of scientific engineering are first and foremost functional. No thought is given to pleasing design for there is essentially no marketplace for the wares. The results are also fragile and ponderous. Scientific engineering is essentially about building equipment destined to occupy relatively secure and spacious laboratories for individuals who are vastly more concerned with cost than with the mutually opposed criteria of solidity and portability. Equipment for field research can of course be commissioned, but for a far higher price and all the more so if both solidity and portability are required. Additionally, the difficulty for crafting such equipment may simply be too great. For example, huge mechanical clocks appear in the medieval period, smaller versions that would fit within the home and budget of the wealthy appear in the chivalric period, pocket watches that would fit within the budget of the wealthy appear in the renaissance period, and watches that are truly affordable are actually a quite recent phenomena that presupposes mass production and a global marketplace numbered in the billions. Scientific engineers in the [[Land of Mists]] are never engaged in, and never enjoy the benefits of, [[mass production]]. Each of their creations is handcrafted and very often a unique item for a market of one. Given the task of creating a device that can record and play back sound, a scientific engineer is never going to produce an Ipod. A computer created by a scientific engineer, were such even possible, would take up rooms and could be broken with a mere bump.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The premier scientific engineer in the [[Land of Mists]] is [[Dr. Victor Mordenheim]] (Craft (scientific engineering) +25). He has created a [[battery, a [[laboratory pump]], an [[Electrical Motor|electrical motor]], and an [[electrical generator]]. The good doctor, however, does not see himself as a scientific engineer. He understands himself as being engaged in fundamental scientific research with his "[[Invention (Technological)|inventions]]" being mere means to an infinitely more important end. Mordenheim is typical then in that he is a fundamental [[researcher]] who is his own scientific engineer. He is probably atypical in having little fear that making his inventions available to others would enable discoveries on the part of other. Rather he simply cannot be bothered, for the most part, to do so, the [[lightning box]] being the exception. And as to sharing the [[Dark Powers|Dark Powers-inspired]] particulars of his methods, they do not admit of repetition by others.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The premier scientific engineer in the [[Land of Mists]] is [[Dr. Victor Mordenheim]] (Craft (scientific engineering) +25). He has created a [[battery<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</ins>, a [[laboratory pump]], an [[Electrical Motor|electrical motor]], and an [[electrical generator]]. The good doctor, however, does not see himself as a scientific engineer. He understands himself as being engaged in fundamental scientific research with his "[[Invention (Technological)|inventions]]" being mere means to an infinitely more important end. Mordenheim is typical then in that he is a fundamental [[researcher]] who is his own scientific engineer. He is probably atypical in having little fear that making his inventions available to others would enable discoveries on the part of other. Rather he simply cannot be bothered, for the most part, to do so, the [[lightning box]] being the exception. And as to sharing the [[Dark Powers|Dark Powers-inspired]] particulars of his methods, they do not admit of repetition by others.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Invention (Technological)]][[Category:Engineering]][[Category:Science]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Invention (Technological)]][[Category:Engineering]][[Category:Science]]</div></td></tr> </table>

Cure http://fraternityofshadows.com/w/index.php?title=Category:Scientific_Engineering&diff=47164&oldid=prev 2011-01-15T19:40:11Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 13:40, 15 January 2011</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l5">Line 5:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 5:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In either case, the results of scientific engineering are first and foremost functional. No thought is given to pleasing design for there is essentially no marketplace for the wares. The results are also fragile and ponderous. Scientific engineering is essentially about building equipment destined to occupy relatively secure and spacious laboratories for individuals who are vastly more concerned with cost than with the mutually opposed criteria of solidity and portability. Equipment for field research can of course be commissioned, but for a far higher price and all the more so if both solidity and portability are required. Additionally, the difficulty for crafting such equipment may simply be too great. For example, huge mechanical clocks appear in the medieval period, smaller versions that would fit within the home and budget of the wealthy appear in the chivalric period, pocket watches that would fit within the budget of the wealthy appear in the renaissance period, and watches that are truly affordable are actually a quite recent phenomena that presupposes mass production and a global marketplace numbered in the billions. Scientific engineers in the [[Land of Mists]] are never engaged in, and never enjoy the benefits of, [[mass production]]. Each of their creations is handcrafted and very often a unique item for a market of one. Given the task of creating a device that can record and play back sound, a scientific engineer is never going to produce an Ipod. A computer created by a scientific engineer, were such even possible, would take up rooms and could be broken with a mere bump.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In either case, the results of scientific engineering are first and foremost functional. No thought is given to pleasing design for there is essentially no marketplace for the wares. The results are also fragile and ponderous. Scientific engineering is essentially about building equipment destined to occupy relatively secure and spacious laboratories for individuals who are vastly more concerned with cost than with the mutually opposed criteria of solidity and portability. Equipment for field research can of course be commissioned, but for a far higher price and all the more so if both solidity and portability are required. Additionally, the difficulty for crafting such equipment may simply be too great. For example, huge mechanical clocks appear in the medieval period, smaller versions that would fit within the home and budget of the wealthy appear in the chivalric period, pocket watches that would fit within the budget of the wealthy appear in the renaissance period, and watches that are truly affordable are actually a quite recent phenomena that presupposes mass production and a global marketplace numbered in the billions. Scientific engineers in the [[Land of Mists]] are never engaged in, and never enjoy the benefits of, [[mass production]]. Each of their creations is handcrafted and very often a unique item for a market of one. Given the task of creating a device that can record and play back sound, a scientific engineer is never going to produce an Ipod. A computer created by a scientific engineer, were such even possible, would take up rooms and could be broken with a mere bump.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The premier scientific engineer in the [[Land of Mists]] is [[Dr. Victor Mordenheim]] (Craft (scientific engineering) +25). He has created a [[laboratory pump]], an [[electrical motor]], and an [[electrical generator]]. The good doctor, however, does not see himself as a scientific engineer. He understands himself as being engaged in fundamental scientific research with his "[[Invention (Technological)|inventions]]" being mere means to an infinitely more important end. Mordenheim is typical then in that he is a fundamental [[researcher]] who is his own scientific engineer. He is probably atypical in having little fear that making his inventions available to others would enable discoveries on the part of other. Rather he simply cannot be bothered, for the most part, to do so, the [[lightning box]] being the exception. And as to sharing the [[Dark Powers|Dark Powers-inspired]] particulars of his methods, they do not admit of repetition by others.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The premier scientific engineer in the [[Land of Mists]] is [[Dr. Victor Mordenheim]] (Craft (scientific engineering) +25). He has created <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">a [[battery, </ins>a [[laboratory pump]], an [[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Electrical Motor|</ins>electrical motor]], and an [[electrical generator]]. The good doctor, however, does not see himself as a scientific engineer. He understands himself as being engaged in fundamental scientific research with his "[[Invention (Technological)|inventions]]" being mere means to an infinitely more important end. Mordenheim is typical then in that he is a fundamental [[researcher]] who is his own scientific engineer. He is probably atypical in having little fear that making his inventions available to others would enable discoveries on the part of other. Rather he simply cannot be bothered, for the most part, to do so, the [[lightning box]] being the exception. And as to sharing the [[Dark Powers|Dark Powers-inspired]] particulars of his methods, they do not admit of repetition by others.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Invention (Technological)]][[Category:Engineering]][[Category:Science]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Invention (Technological)]][[Category:Engineering]][[Category:Science]]</div></td></tr> </table>

Cure http://fraternityofshadows.com/w/index.php?title=Category:Scientific_Engineering&diff=47161&oldid=prev 2011-01-15T19:37:46Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 13:37, 15 January 2011</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l5">Line 5:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 5:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In either case, the results of scientific engineering are first and foremost functional. No thought is given to pleasing design for there is essentially no marketplace for the wares. The results are also fragile and ponderous. Scientific engineering is essentially about building equipment destined to occupy relatively secure and spacious laboratories for individuals who are vastly more concerned with cost than with the mutually opposed criteria of solidity and portability. Equipment for field research can of course be commissioned, but for a far higher price and all the more so if both solidity and portability are required. Additionally, the difficulty for crafting such equipment may simply be too great. For example, huge mechanical clocks appear in the medieval period, smaller versions that would fit within the home and budget of the wealthy appear in the chivalric period, pocket watches that would fit within the budget of the wealthy appear in the renaissance period, and watches that are truly affordable are actually a quite recent phenomena that presupposes mass production and a global marketplace numbered in the billions. Scientific engineers in the [[Land of Mists]] are never engaged in, and never enjoy the benefits of, [[mass production]]. Each of their creations is handcrafted and very often a unique item for a market of one. Given the task of creating a device that can record and play back sound, a scientific engineer is never going to produce an Ipod. A computer created by a scientific engineer, were such even possible, would take up rooms and could be broken with a mere bump.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In either case, the results of scientific engineering are first and foremost functional. No thought is given to pleasing design for there is essentially no marketplace for the wares. The results are also fragile and ponderous. Scientific engineering is essentially about building equipment destined to occupy relatively secure and spacious laboratories for individuals who are vastly more concerned with cost than with the mutually opposed criteria of solidity and portability. Equipment for field research can of course be commissioned, but for a far higher price and all the more so if both solidity and portability are required. Additionally, the difficulty for crafting such equipment may simply be too great. For example, huge mechanical clocks appear in the medieval period, smaller versions that would fit within the home and budget of the wealthy appear in the chivalric period, pocket watches that would fit within the budget of the wealthy appear in the renaissance period, and watches that are truly affordable are actually a quite recent phenomena that presupposes mass production and a global marketplace numbered in the billions. Scientific engineers in the [[Land of Mists]] are never engaged in, and never enjoy the benefits of, [[mass production]]. Each of their creations is handcrafted and very often a unique item for a market of one. Given the task of creating a device that can record and play back sound, a scientific engineer is never going to produce an Ipod. A computer created by a scientific engineer, were such even possible, would take up rooms and could be broken with a mere bump.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The premier scientific engineer in the [[Land of Mists]] is [[Dr. Victor Mordenheim]] (Craft (scientific engineering) +25). The good doctor, however, does not see himself <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">in such terms</del>. He understands himself as being engaged in fundamental scientific research with his "[[Invention (Technological)|inventions]]" being mere means to an infinitely more important end. Mordenheim is typical then in that he is a fundamental [[researcher]] who is his own scientific engineer. He is probably atypical in having little fear that <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">sharing </del>his inventions would enable discoveries on the part of other. Rather he simply cannot be bothered, for the most part, to do so. And as to sharing the [[Dark Powers]] <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">inspired </del>particulars of his methods, they do not admit of repetition by others.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The premier scientific engineer in the [[Land of Mists]] is [[Dr. Victor Mordenheim]] (Craft (scientific engineering) +25)<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. He has created a [[laboratory pump]], an [[electrical motor]], and an [[electrical generator]]</ins>. The good doctor, however, does not see himself <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">as a scientific engineer</ins>. He understands himself as being engaged in fundamental scientific research with his "[[Invention (Technological)|inventions]]" being mere means to an infinitely more important end. Mordenheim is typical then in that he is a fundamental [[researcher]] who is his own scientific engineer. He is probably atypical in having little fear that <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">making </ins>his inventions <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">available to others </ins>would enable discoveries on the part of other. Rather he simply cannot be bothered, for the most part, to do so<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, the [[lightning box]] being the exception</ins>. And as to sharing the [[Dark Powers<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">|Dark Powers-inspired</ins>]] particulars of his methods, they do not admit of repetition by others.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Engineering</del>]]<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[</del>[[Category:<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Science</del>]][[Category:<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Technology</del>]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Invention (Technological)</ins>]][[Category:<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Engineering</ins>]][[Category:<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Science</ins>]]</div></td></tr> </table>

Cure http://fraternityofshadows.com/w/index.php?title=Category:Scientific_Engineering&diff=46377&oldid=prev 2011-01-13T21:02:21Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 15:02, 13 January 2011</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l7">Line 7:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 7:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The premier scientific engineer in the [[Land of Mists]] is [[Dr. Victor Mordenheim]] (Craft (scientific engineering) +25). The good doctor, however, does not see himself in such terms. He understands himself as being engaged in fundamental scientific research with his &quot;[[Invention (Technological)|inventions]]&quot; being mere means to an infinitely more important end. Mordenheim is typical then in that he is a fundamental [[researcher]] who is his own scientific engineer. He is probably atypical in having little fear that sharing his inventions would enable discoveries on the part of other. Rather he simply cannot be bothered, for the most part, to do so. And as to sharing the [[Dark Powers]] inspired particulars of his methods, they do not admit of repetition by others.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The premier scientific engineer in the [[Land of Mists]] is [[Dr. Victor Mordenheim]] (Craft (scientific engineering) +25). The good doctor, however, does not see himself in such terms. He understands himself as being engaged in fundamental scientific research with his &quot;[[Invention (Technological)|inventions]]&quot; being mere means to an infinitely more important end. Mordenheim is typical then in that he is a fundamental [[researcher]] who is his own scientific engineer. He is probably atypical in having little fear that sharing his inventions would enable discoveries on the part of other. Rather he simply cannot be bothered, for the most part, to do so. And as to sharing the [[Dark Powers]] inspired particulars of his methods, they do not admit of repetition by others.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Engineering]][[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Caegory</del>:Science]][[Category:Technology]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Engineering]][[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[Category</ins>:Science]][[Category:Technology]]</div></td></tr> </table>

Cure http://fraternityofshadows.com/w/index.php?title=Category:Scientific_Engineering&diff=46375&oldid=prev 2011-01-13T21:01:17Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 15:01, 13 January 2011</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The advancement of fundamental scientific research is hardly possible without [[experimentation]]. A given experiment may require equipment that is both mundane and commonplace or it may require equipment that is sufficiently exotic that it simply cannot be found anywhere at any price. Scientific engineering is a discipline focused narrowly upon crafting the means, however exotic, for the pursuit of fundamental scientific research. Given the limited scale at which fundamental scientific research exists in the [[Land of Mists]], there is an extremely limited market for the products of scientific engineering and consequently very few scientific engineers. In fact the individual doing fundamental scientific research may be obliged to become his or her own scientific engineer. And rarely is such an individual interested in supplying rivals, even for a price, with the keys to breakthroughs that are deemed to be proprietary. In universities a scientific engineer may be on staff with the call on his or her time and resources divided among the various approved projects in fundamental research. </del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">{{Canon}}</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">In either case, the results </del>of scientific <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">engineering are first and foremost functional</del>. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">No thought is </del>given <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">to pleasing design for there </del>is <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">essentially no marketplace for the wares. The results are also fragile </del>and <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">ponderous</del>. Scientific engineering is <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">essentially about building equipment destined to occupy relatively secure and spacious laboratories for individuals who are vastly more concerned with cost than with the mutually opposed criteria of solidity and portability. Equipment for field research can of course be commissioned, but for </del>a <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">far higher price and all the more so if both solidity and portability are required. Additionally, the difficulty for </del>crafting <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">such equipment may simply be too great. For example, huge mechanical clocks appear in </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">medieval period</del>, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">smaller versions that would fit within the home and budget of the wealthy appear in the chivalric period</del>, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">pocket watches that would fit within </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">budget </del>of the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">wealthy appear in the renaissance period, and watches that are truly affordable are actually a quite recent phenomena that presupposes mass production and a global marketplace numbered in the billions. Scientific engineers </del>in the [[Land of Mists]] <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">are never engaged in</del>, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and never enjoy </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">benefits </del>of<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, mass production. Each of their creations is handcrafted </del>and very <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">often a unique item for a market of one</del>. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Given </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">task of creating a device that can record and play back sound, a </del>scientific engineer is <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">never going </del>to <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">produce an Ipod</del>. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">A computer created by </del>a scientific engineer<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, were such even possible, would take up rooms and could </del>be <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">broken </del>with <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">a mere bump</del>.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The advancement </ins>of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">fundamental </ins>scientific <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">research is hardly possible without [[experimentation]]</ins>. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">A </ins>given <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">experiment may require equipment that </ins>is <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">both mundane </ins>and <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">commonplace or it may require equipment that is sufficiently exotic that it simply cannot be found anywhere at any price</ins>. Scientific engineering is a <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">discipline focused narrowly upon </ins>crafting the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">means</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">however exotic</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">for </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">pursuit </ins>of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">fundamental scientific research. Given </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">limited scale at which fundamental scientific research exists </ins>in the [[Land of Mists]], <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">there is an extremely limited market for </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">products </ins>of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">scientific engineering </ins>and <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">consequently </ins>very <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">few scientific engineers</ins>. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">In fact </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">individual doing fundamental scientific research may be obliged to become his or her own </ins>scientific engineer<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. And rarely </ins>is <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">such an individual interested in supplying rivals, even for a price, with the keys </ins>to <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">breakthroughs that are deemed to be proprietary</ins>. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">In [[universities]] </ins>a scientific engineer <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">may </ins>be <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">on staff </ins>with <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the call on his or her time and resources divided among the various approved projects in fundamental research</ins>.  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The premier scientific engineer in the [[Land of Mists]] is [[Dr. Victor Mordenheim]] (Craft (scientific engineering) +25). The good doctor, however, does not see himself in such terms. He understands himself as being engaged in fundamental scientific research with his "[[inventions]]" being mere means to an infinitely more important end. Mordenheim is typical then in that he is a fundamental [[researcher]] who is his own scientific engineer. He is probably atypical in having little fear that sharing his inventions would enable discoveries on the part of other. Rather he simply cannot be bothered, for the most part, to do so. And as to sharing the [[Dark Powers]] inspired particulars of his methods, they do not admit of repetition by others.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">In either case, the results of scientific engineering are first and foremost functional. No thought is given to pleasing design for there is essentially no marketplace for the wares. The results are also fragile and ponderous. Scientific engineering is essentially about building equipment destined to occupy relatively secure and spacious laboratories for individuals who are vastly more concerned with cost than with the mutually opposed criteria of solidity and portability. Equipment for field research can of course be commissioned, but for a far higher price and all the more so if both solidity and portability are required. Additionally, the difficulty for crafting such equipment may simply be too great. For example, huge mechanical clocks appear in the medieval period, smaller versions that would fit within the home and budget of the wealthy appear in the chivalric period, pocket watches that would fit within the budget of the wealthy appear in the renaissance period, and watches that are truly affordable are actually a quite recent phenomena that presupposes mass production and a global marketplace numbered in the billions. Scientific engineers in the [[Land of Mists]] are never engaged in, and never enjoy the benefits of, [[mass production]]. Each of their creations is handcrafted and very often a unique item for a market of one. Given the task of creating a device that can record and play back sound, a scientific engineer is never going to produce an Ipod. A computer created by a scientific engineer, were such even possible, would take up rooms and could be broken with a mere bump.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The premier scientific engineer in the [[Land of Mists]] is [[Dr. Victor Mordenheim]] (Craft (scientific engineering) +25). The good doctor, however, does not see himself in such terms. He understands himself as being engaged in fundamental scientific research with his "[[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Invention (Technological)|</ins>inventions]]" being mere means to an infinitely more important end. Mordenheim is typical then in that he is a fundamental [[researcher]] who is his own scientific engineer. He is probably atypical in having little fear that sharing his inventions would enable discoveries on the part of other. Rather he simply cannot be bothered, for the most part, to do so. And as to sharing the [[Dark Powers]] inspired particulars of his methods, they do not admit of repetition by others.</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Category:Engineering]][[Caegory:Science]][[Category:Technology]]</ins></div></td></tr> </table>

Cure http://fraternityofshadows.com/w/index.php?title=Category:Scientific_Engineering&diff=36981&oldid=prev 2010-04-23T21:25:53Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 15:25, 23 April 2010</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l3">Line 3:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 3:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In either case, the results of scientific engineering are first and foremost functional. No thought is given to pleasing design for there is essentially no marketplace for the wares. The results are also fragile and ponderous. Scientific engineering is essentially about building equipment destined to occupy relatively secure and spacious laboratories for individuals who are vastly more concerned with cost than with the mutually opposed criteria of solidity and portability. Equipment for field research can of course be commissioned, but for a far higher price and all the more so if both solidity and portability are required. Additionally, the difficulty for crafting such equipment may simply be too great. For example, huge mechanical clocks appear in the medieval period, smaller versions that would fit within the home and budget of the wealthy appear in the chivalric period, pocket watches that would fit within the budget of the wealthy appear in the renaissance period, and watches that are truly affordable are actually a quite recent phenomena that presupposes mass production and a global marketplace numbered in the billions. Scientific engineers in the [[Land of Mists]] are never engaged in, and never enjoy the benefits of, mass production. Each of their creations is handcrafted and very often a unique item for a market of one. Given the task of creating a device that can record and play back sound, a scientific engineer is never going to produce an Ipod. A computer created by a scientific engineer, were such even possible, would take up rooms and could be broken with a mere bump.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In either case, the results of scientific engineering are first and foremost functional. No thought is given to pleasing design for there is essentially no marketplace for the wares. The results are also fragile and ponderous. Scientific engineering is essentially about building equipment destined to occupy relatively secure and spacious laboratories for individuals who are vastly more concerned with cost than with the mutually opposed criteria of solidity and portability. Equipment for field research can of course be commissioned, but for a far higher price and all the more so if both solidity and portability are required. Additionally, the difficulty for crafting such equipment may simply be too great. For example, huge mechanical clocks appear in the medieval period, smaller versions that would fit within the home and budget of the wealthy appear in the chivalric period, pocket watches that would fit within the budget of the wealthy appear in the renaissance period, and watches that are truly affordable are actually a quite recent phenomena that presupposes mass production and a global marketplace numbered in the billions. Scientific engineers in the [[Land of Mists]] are never engaged in, and never enjoy the benefits of, mass production. Each of their creations is handcrafted and very often a unique item for a market of one. Given the task of creating a device that can record and play back sound, a scientific engineer is never going to produce an Ipod. A computer created by a scientific engineer, were such even possible, would take up rooms and could be broken with a mere bump.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The premier scientific engineer in the [[Land of Mists]] is [[Dr. Victor Mordenheim]] (Craft (scientific engineering) +25). The good doctor, however, does not see himself in such terms. He understands himself as being engaged in fundamental scientific research with his "inventions" being mere means to an infinitely more important end. Mordenheim is typical then in that he is a fundamental researcher who is his own scientific engineer. He is probably atypical in having little fear that sharing his inventions would enable discoveries on the part of other. Rather he simply cannot be bothered, for the most part, to do so. And as to sharing the Dark Powers inspired particulars of his methods, they do not admit of repetition by others.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The premier scientific engineer in the [[Land of Mists]] is [[Dr. Victor Mordenheim]] (Craft (scientific engineering) +25). The good doctor, however, does not see himself in such terms. He understands himself as being engaged in fundamental scientific research with his "<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>inventions<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</ins>" being mere means to an infinitely more important end. Mordenheim is typical then in that he is a fundamental <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>researcher<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] </ins>who is his own scientific engineer. He is probably atypical in having little fear that sharing his inventions would enable discoveries on the part of other. Rather he simply cannot be bothered, for the most part, to do so. And as to sharing the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>Dark Powers<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] </ins>inspired particulars of his methods, they do not admit of repetition by others.</div></td></tr> </table>

Cure http://fraternityofshadows.com/w/index.php?title=Category:Scientific_Engineering&diff=35382&oldid=prev 2010-04-21T04:59:53Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 22:59, 20 April 2010</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l3">Line 3:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 3:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In either case, the results of scientific engineering are first and foremost functional. No thought is given to pleasing design for there is essentially no marketplace for the wares. The results are also fragile and ponderous. Scientific engineering is essentially about building equipment destined to occupy relatively secure and spacious laboratories for individuals who are vastly more concerned with cost than with the mutually opposed criteria of solidity and portability. Equipment for field research can of course be commissioned, but for a far higher price and all the more so if both solidity and portability are required. Additionally, the difficulty for crafting such equipment may simply be too great. For example, huge mechanical clocks appear in the medieval period, smaller versions that would fit within the home and budget of the wealthy appear in the chivalric period, pocket watches that would fit within the budget of the wealthy appear in the renaissance period, and watches that are truly affordable are actually a quite recent phenomena that presupposes mass production and a global marketplace numbered in the billions. Scientific engineers in the [[Land of Mists]] are never engaged in, and never enjoy the benefits of, mass production. Each of their creations is handcrafted and very often a unique item for a market of one. Given the task of creating a device that can record and play back sound, a scientific engineer is never going to produce an Ipod. A computer created by a scientific engineer, were such even possible, would take up rooms and could be broken with a mere bump.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In either case, the results of scientific engineering are first and foremost functional. No thought is given to pleasing design for there is essentially no marketplace for the wares. The results are also fragile and ponderous. Scientific engineering is essentially about building equipment destined to occupy relatively secure and spacious laboratories for individuals who are vastly more concerned with cost than with the mutually opposed criteria of solidity and portability. Equipment for field research can of course be commissioned, but for a far higher price and all the more so if both solidity and portability are required. Additionally, the difficulty for crafting such equipment may simply be too great. For example, huge mechanical clocks appear in the medieval period, smaller versions that would fit within the home and budget of the wealthy appear in the chivalric period, pocket watches that would fit within the budget of the wealthy appear in the renaissance period, and watches that are truly affordable are actually a quite recent phenomena that presupposes mass production and a global marketplace numbered in the billions. Scientific engineers in the [[Land of Mists]] are never engaged in, and never enjoy the benefits of, mass production. Each of their creations is handcrafted and very often a unique item for a market of one. Given the task of creating a device that can record and play back sound, a scientific engineer is never going to produce an Ipod. A computer created by a scientific engineer, were such even possible, would take up rooms and could be broken with a mere bump.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The premier scientific engineer in the [[Land of Mists]] is [[Dr. Victor Mordenheim]]. The good doctor, however, does not see himself in such terms. He understands himself as being engaged in fundamental scientific research with his "inventions" being mere means to an infinitely more important end. Mordenheim is typical then in that he is a fundamental researcher who is his own scientific engineer. He is probably atypical in having little fear that sharing his inventions would enable discoveries on the part of other. Rather he simply cannot be bothered, for the most part, to do so. And as to sharing the Dark Powers inspired particulars of his methods, they do not admit of repetition by others.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The premier scientific engineer in the [[Land of Mists]] is [[Dr. Victor Mordenheim]] <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">(Craft (scientific engineering) +25)</ins>. The good doctor, however, does not see himself in such terms. He understands himself as being engaged in fundamental scientific research with his "inventions" being mere means to an infinitely more important end. Mordenheim is typical then in that he is a fundamental researcher who is his own scientific engineer. He is probably atypical in having little fear that sharing his inventions would enable discoveries on the part of other. Rather he simply cannot be bothered, for the most part, to do so. And as to sharing the Dark Powers inspired particulars of his methods, they do not admit of repetition by others.</div></td></tr> </table>

Cure http://fraternityofshadows.com/w/index.php?title=Category:Scientific_Engineering&diff=35378&oldid=prev 2010-04-21T04:51:21Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 22:51, 20 April 2010</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The advancement of fundamental scientific research is hardly possible without [[experimentation]]. A given experiment may require equipment that is both mundane and commonplace or it may require equipment that is sufficiently exotic that it simply cannot be found anywhere at any price. Scientific engineering is a discipline focused narrowly upon crafting the means, however exotic, for the pursuit of fundamental scientific research. Given the limited scale at which fundamental scientific research exists in the [[Land of Mists]], there is an extremely market for the products of scientific engineering and consequently very few scientific engineers. In fact the individual doing fundamental scientific research may be obliged to become his or her own scientific engineer. And rarely is such an individual interested in supplying rivals, even for a price, with the keys to breakthroughs that are deemed to be proprietary. In universities a scientific engineer may be on staff with <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">a </del>call on his or her time and resources divided among the various approved projects in fundamental research.  </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The advancement of fundamental scientific research is hardly possible without [[experimentation]]. A given experiment may require equipment that is both mundane and commonplace or it may require equipment that is sufficiently exotic that it simply cannot be found anywhere at any price. Scientific engineering is a discipline focused narrowly upon crafting the means, however exotic, for the pursuit of fundamental scientific research. Given the limited scale at which fundamental scientific research exists in the [[Land of Mists]], there is an extremely <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">limited </ins>market for the products of scientific engineering and consequently very few scientific engineers. In fact the individual doing fundamental scientific research may be obliged to become his or her own scientific engineer. And rarely is such an individual interested in supplying rivals, even for a price, with the keys to breakthroughs that are deemed to be proprietary. In universities a scientific engineer may be on staff with <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the </ins>call on his or her time and resources divided among the various approved projects in fundamental research.  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In either case, the results of scientific engineering are first and foremost functional. No thought is given to pleasing design for there is essentially no marketplace for the wares. The results are also fragile and ponderous. Scientific engineering is essentially about building equipment destined to occupy secure and spacious laboratories for individuals who are vastly more concerned with cost than with the mutually opposed criteria of solidity and portability. Equipment for field research can of course be commissioned, but for a far higher price and all the more so if both solidity and portability are required. Additionally, the difficulty for crafting such equipment may simply be too great. For example, huge mechanical clocks appear in the medieval period, smaller versions that would fit within the home and budget of the wealthy appear in the chivalric period, pocket watches that would fit within the budget of the wealthy appear in the renaissance period, and watches that are truly affordable are actually a quite recent phenomena that presupposes mass production and a global marketplace numbered in the billions. Scientific engineers in the [[Land of Mists]] are never engaged in, and never enjoy the benefits of, mass production. Each of their creations is handcrafted and very often a unique item for a market of one. Given the task of creating a device that can record and play back sound, a scientific engineer is <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">not </del>going to produce an Ipod. A computer created by a scientific engineer, were such possible, would take up rooms and could be broken with a mere bump.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In either case, the results of scientific engineering are first and foremost functional. No thought is given to pleasing design for there is essentially no marketplace for the wares. The results are also fragile and ponderous. Scientific engineering is essentially about building equipment destined to occupy <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">relatively </ins>secure and spacious laboratories for individuals who are vastly more concerned with cost than with the mutually opposed criteria of solidity and portability. Equipment for field research can of course be commissioned, but for a far higher price and all the more so if both solidity and portability are required. Additionally, the difficulty for crafting such equipment may simply be too great. For example, huge mechanical clocks appear in the medieval period, smaller versions that would fit within the home and budget of the wealthy appear in the chivalric period, pocket watches that would fit within the budget of the wealthy appear in the renaissance period, and watches that are truly affordable are actually a quite recent phenomena that presupposes mass production and a global marketplace numbered in the billions. Scientific engineers in the [[Land of Mists]] are never engaged in, and never enjoy the benefits of, mass production. Each of their creations is handcrafted and very often a unique item for a market of one. Given the task of creating a device that can record and play back sound, a scientific engineer is <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">never </ins>going to produce an Ipod. A computer created by a scientific engineer, were such <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">even </ins>possible, would take up rooms and could be broken with a mere bump.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The premier scientific engineer in the [[Land of Mists]] is [[Dr. Victor Mordenheim]]. The good doctor, however, does not see himself in such terms. He understands himself as being engaged in fundamental scientific research with his inventions being mere means to an infinitely more important end. Mordenheim is typical then in that he is a fundamental researcher who is his own scientific engineer. He is probably atypical in <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">that he is not unwilling to share his inventions, </del>having little fear that <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">they </del>would enable discoveries on the part of other. Rather he simply cannot be bothered to do so. And as to the Dark Powers inspired particulars of his methods, they do not admit of repetition by others.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The premier scientific engineer in the [[Land of Mists]] is [[Dr. Victor Mordenheim]]. The good doctor, however, does not see himself in such terms. He understands himself as being engaged in fundamental scientific research with his <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">"</ins>inventions<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">" </ins>being mere means to an infinitely more important end. Mordenheim is typical then in that he is a fundamental researcher who is his own scientific engineer. He is probably atypical in having little fear that <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">sharing his inventions </ins>would enable discoveries on the part of other. Rather he simply cannot be bothered<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, for the most part, </ins>to do so. And as to <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">sharing </ins>the Dark Powers inspired particulars of his methods, they do not admit of repetition by others.</div></td></tr> </table>

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