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Paul Hovnanian P.E.
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Sad story: I have 'DV DT' on a Porsche. Back when I worked at Boeing,
not many of the engineers there figured it out.
Funny part: One lady engineer (a contractor), took one look at the plate
and told me I should have gotten the second derivative of velocity.
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Dirk Bruere at NeoPax
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| Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 3:00 pm Post subject: Re: You know you>re an engineer when... |
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Archimedes' Lever wrote:
[quote]On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 21:11:59 -0700, John Larkin
jjlarkin@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:
On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 22:02:27 -0500, Kris Krieger <me@dowmuff.in
wrote:
John Larkin <jjlarkin@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote in
news:4nbq849ghkooual8kkq196nk1thg2n6d0a@4ax.com:
On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 19:28:13 -0700, "Paul Hovnanian P.E."
paul@hovnanian.com> wrote:
Sad story: I have 'DV DT' on a Porsche. Back when I worked at Boeing,
not many of the engineers there figured it out.
Funny part: One lady engineer (a contractor), took one look at the plate
and told me I should have gotten the second derivative of velocity.
JERK
John
"DV DT" - wouldn>t that mean "change in velocity over change in time"? WHo
is the supposed jerk, and why? Maybe I just have a different definition of
"jerk"... =:-p
Jerk is dA/dT. Neck-snapping stuff.
John
What would the tag on the car in "Back To The Future" be?
[/quote]
JA 1L
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Vladimir Vassilevsky
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| Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 7:22 pm Post subject: Re: You know you>re an engineer when... |
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Kris Krieger wrote:
[quote]John Larkin <jjlarkin@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote in
news:4nbq849ghkooual8kkq196nk1thg2n6d0a@4ax.com:
On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 19:28:13 -0700, "Paul Hovnanian P.E."
paul@hovnanian.com> wrote:
Sad story: I have 'DV DT' on a Porsche. Back when I worked at Boeing,
not many of the engineers there figured it out.
Funny part: One lady engineer (a contractor), took one look at the plate
and told me I should have gotten the second derivative of velocity.
JERK
John
"DV DT" - wouldn>t that mean "change in velocity over change in time"? WHo
is the supposed jerk, and why? Maybe I just have a different definition of
"jerk"... =:-p
[/quote]
Perhaps d2V/dt2 has to do with somebody>s sexual performance?
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Jim Thompson
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| Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 7:28 pm Post subject: Re: You know you>re an engineer when... |
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On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 19:29:16 -0700, John Larkin
<jjlarkin@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:
[quote]On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 19:28:13 -0700, "Paul Hovnanian P.E."
paul@hovnanian.com> wrote:
Sad story: I have 'DV DT' on a Porsche. Back when I worked at Boeing,
not many of the engineers there figured it out.
Funny part: One lady engineer (a contractor), took one look at the plate
and told me I should have gotten the second derivative of velocity.
JERK
John
[/quote]
In common usage with elevators... as I found out while developing an
elevator door control chip... everyone had a good laugh on me when I
was bewildered by all the "jerk" talk ;-)
...Jim Thompson
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John Larkin
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| Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 8:33 pm Post subject: Re: You know you>re an engineer when... |
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On Mon, 28 Jul 2008 07:28:50 -0700, Jim Thompson
<To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon@My-Web-Site.com> wrote:
[quote]
On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 19:29:16 -0700, John Larkin
jjlarkin@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:
On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 19:28:13 -0700, "Paul Hovnanian P.E."
paul@hovnanian.com> wrote:
Sad story: I have 'DV DT' on a Porsche. Back when I worked at Boeing,
not many of the engineers there figured it out.
Funny part: One lady engineer (a contractor), took one look at the plate
and told me I should have gotten the second derivative of velocity.
JERK
John
In common usage with elevators... as I found out while developing an
elevator door control chip... everyone had a good laugh on me when I
was bewildered by all the "jerk" talk ;-)
...Jim Thompson
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Ideal vanity plate for a Corvette or a Porsche.
What>s the difference between a porcupine and a Porsche?
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RST Engineering (jw)
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| Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 8:53 pm Post subject: Re: You know you>re an engineer when... |
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Something about the pricks on a porcupine being on the OUTside?
Jim
[quote]What>s the difference between a porcupine and a Porsche?
John
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Rich Grise
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| Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 9:41 pm Post subject: Re: You know you>re an engineer when... |
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On Sat, 26 Jul 2008 15:11:58 -0700, Jim Thompson wrote:
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You know you>re an engineer when...
Just saw a license plate: NODECAF
And I>m wondering, what the hell... Node Caf ???
Finally realized it was No Decaf ;-)
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You know you>re a digital tech when you see hex numbers in license
plates. ;-)
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Rich Grise
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| Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 9:43 pm Post subject: Re: You know you>re an engineer when... |
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On Mon, 28 Jul 2008 08:33:38 -0700, John Larkin wrote:
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What>s the difference between a porcupine and a Porsche?
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You can ride on a porcupine without people making snide comments
behind your back? ;-)
Cheers!
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Kris Krieger
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| Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 9:43 pm Post subject: Re: You know you>re an engineer when... |
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John Larkin <jjlarkin@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote in
news:mlhq8453ppsajov9fmst6uin6ap2f686h0@4ax.com:
[quote]On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 22:02:27 -0500, Kris Krieger <me@dowmuff.in
wrote:
John Larkin <jjlarkin@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote in
news:4nbq849ghkooual8kkq196nk1thg2n6d0a@4ax.com:
On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 19:28:13 -0700, "Paul Hovnanian P.E."
paul@hovnanian.com> wrote:
Sad story: I have 'DV DT' on a Porsche. Back when I worked at
Boeing, not many of the engineers there figured it out.
Funny part: One lady engineer (a contractor), took one look at the
plate and told me I should have gotten the second derivative of
velocity.
JERK
John
"DV DT" - wouldn>t that mean "change in velocity over change in time"?
WHo is the supposed jerk, and why? Maybe I just have a different
definition of "jerk"... =:-p
Jerk is dA/dT. Neck-snapping stuff.
John
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Ah, I see. I do tend to miss a lot of jokes :(
(dang brain glitch...) |
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Jim Thompson
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| Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 9:51 pm Post subject: Re: You know you>re an engineer when... |
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On Mon, 28 Jul 2008 08:53:03 -0700, "RST Engineering \(jw\)"
<jim@rstengineering.com> wrote:
[quote]Something about the pricks on a porcupine being on the OUTside?
Jim
What>s the difference between a porcupine and a Porsche?
John
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I thought that applied to BMW>s ?:-)
...Jim Thompson
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Liberals are so cute. Stupid as bricks, but cute. |
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Rich Grise
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| Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 9:52 pm Post subject: Re: You know you>re an engineer when... |
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On Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:00:06 +0100, Dirk Bruere at NeoPax wrote:
[quote]Archimedes' Lever wrote:
What would the tag on the car in "Back To The Future" be?
JA 1L
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"The DeLorean time machine is a licensed, registered vehicle in the
state of California. While the vanity license plate used in the film
says "OUTATIME", the DeLorean>s actual license plate reads 3CZV657."
--- http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088763/trivia
Cheers!
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Paul Hovnanian P.E.
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| Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 2:47 am Post subject: Re: You know you>re an engineer when... |
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Jim Thompson wrote:
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On Mon, 28 Jul 2008 08:53:03 -0700, "RST Engineering \(jw\)"
jim@rstengineering.com> wrote:
Something about the pricks on a porcupine being on the OUTside?
Jim
What>s the difference between a porcupine and a Porsche?
John
I thought that applied to BMW>s ?:-)
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The White House?
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Jim Thompson
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| Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 3:13 am Post subject: Re: You know you>re an engineer when... |
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On Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:47:17 -0700, "Paul Hovnanian P.E."
<paul@hovnanian.com> wrote:
[quote]Jim Thompson wrote:
On Mon, 28 Jul 2008 08:53:03 -0700, "RST Engineering \(jw\)"
jim@rstengineering.com> wrote:
Something about the pricks on a porcupine being on the OUTside?
Jim
What>s the difference between a porcupine and a Porsche?
John
I thought that applied to BMW>s ?:-)
The White House?
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The cars. Ever watch those jerks in traffic? They act like they own
the road... when it>s very clear that _I_ do ;-)
...Jim Thompson
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Robert Baer
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| Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 1:55 pm Post subject: Re: You know you>re an engineer when... |
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Paul Hovnanian P.E.
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| Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 10:34 pm Post subject: Re: You know you>re an engineer when... |
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Jim Thompson wrote:
[quote]
On Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:47:17 -0700, "Paul Hovnanian P.E."
paul@hovnanian.com> wrote:
Jim Thompson wrote:
On Mon, 28 Jul 2008 08:53:03 -0700, "RST Engineering \(jw\)"
jim@rstengineering.com> wrote:
Something about the pricks on a porcupine being on the OUTside?
Jim
What>s the difference between a porcupine and a Porsche?
John
I thought that applied to BMW>s ?:-)
The White House?
The cars. Ever watch those jerks in traffic? They act like they own
the road... when it>s very clear that _I_ do ;-)
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_I_ own the road!
Anyone who drives a rusty old 4x4 with an I-beam for a bumper and a
little sign in the back window that reads "Yield right-of-way to
vehicles with no brakes" always goes first.
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