> Now, if you want to infer that I'm saying that engineers are smarter than
> mathematicians, I won't disagree with you *quite* so strenously.

A physicist, an engineer, and a mathematician were sleeping in identical
hotel rooms when identical fires broke out in each.

The physicist woke up, got out his instruments, calculated that it would take
9.837 buckets of water to extinguish the flames, and proceded to dump 9.837
buckets of water on the fire, extinguishing it (barely).

The engineer woke up, figured it would take about 12 buckets of water to put
out the fire, and proceeded to dump 24 buckets of water on the fire, drenching
it (thoroughly).

The methematician woke up, studied the fire, announced "A solution exists!"
and went back to bed.