> Can't we really do better today, with all our advanced technology? You implied a whole host of things with this statement, and considering the topic of this

> Can't we really do better today, with all our advanced technology? You implied a whole host of things with this statement, and considering the topic of this thread, also ramming a Roman bridge with a fully loaded modern day cargo ship. The point is there are so many moving parameters, it is nonsensical to take 1 result of 1 technique from 1 point of time and use that as a basis for what one can expect at other points in time.