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 Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 12:14 am Post subject: Re: You know you>re an engineer when... |
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On 29/07/2008 Paul Hovnanian P.E. wrote:
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[quote]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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Not much use having a sign in the back window if said truck is behind
you. It would be much better in reversed text on the front so you could
see him in the rear-view mirror.
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The Force is dark on one side, light on the other and holds the world
together.
Hmmm, just like Gaffer Tape then. |
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Bungalow Bill
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| Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 4:16 am Post subject: Re: You know you>re an engineer when... |
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On Tue, 29 Jul 2008 10:34:39 -0700, "Paul Hovnanian P.E."
<paul@hovnanian.com> wrote:
[quote]Jim Thompson wrote:
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 ;-)
_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.
[/quote]
In our sub-division we used to ride the "Big Wheel" trikes down the
hill and do spin-outs at the bottom, and then go back up for another. The
guy that lived on the corner house at the bottom of the hill used to come
out in the street, trying to stop us, and claimed that he owned about 8
feet out in the road. He even called the cops on us once.
His kids were pretty stupid too. His name was "Chard", and I think his
brain actually was. |
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JosephKK
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| Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 7:03 am Post subject: Re: You know you>re an engineer when... |
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On Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:16:06 -0700, Bungalow Bill
<BugalowBill@AbbeyRoad.UKCOM> wrote:
[quote]On Tue, 29 Jul 2008 10:34:39 -0700, "Paul Hovnanian P.E."
paul@hovnanian.com> wrote:
Jim Thompson wrote:
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 ;-)
_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.
In our sub-division we used to ride the "Big Wheel" trikes down the
hill and do spin-outs at the bottom, and then go back up for another. The
guy that lived on the corner house at the bottom of the hill used to come
out in the street, trying to stop us, and claimed that he owned about 8
feet out in the road. He even called the cops on us once.
His kids were pretty stupid too. His name was "Chard", and I think his
brain actually was.
[/quote]
It turns out that property lines can be very complex. Where i live
the property line of my home actually extends to the middle of the
street. The City, County, and various utilities providers have
easements over those areas for such things as utility maintenance, and
the city and county for road maintenance. |
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JosephKK
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| Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 7:03 am 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
[/quote]
And to further the point, it as a standard dimension with standard
units at the ISO level. |
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JosephKK
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| Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 7:03 am Post subject: Re: You know you>re an engineer when... |
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On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 19:28:13 -0700, "Paul Hovnanian P.E."
<paul@hovnanian.com> wrote:
[quote]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.
[/quote]
That has been around the block here three times in the last year. |
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JosephKK
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| Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 7:03 am Post subject: Re: You know you>re an engineer when... |
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On Sat, 26 Jul 2008 19:44:49 -0500, Vladimir Vassilevsky
<antispam_bogus@hotmail.com> wrote:
[quote]
Jim Thompson wrote:
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 ;-)
Looking at the toilet at the gas station: PORTA
Looking at the next toilet: expecting to see PORTB, but it is still
marked as PORTA. Thinking: aha, this PORTA must be the 16 bit port then.
Vladimir Vassilevsky
DSP and Mixed Signal Design Consultant
http://www.abvolt.com
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All you characters with your silly quarter-word ports. |
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JosephKK
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| Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 7:03 am Post subject: Re: You know you>re an engineer when... |
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On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 07:50:25 +0000 (UTC), Wim Lewis <wiml@hhhh.org>
wrote:
[quote]In article <%sNik.103$JH5.9@trnddc06>,
Martin Riddle <martin_rid@verizon.net> wrote:
Reminds me of the Seinfeld episode with the Woman>s name that rimes with
a female body part ;)
Madame Bovary?
[/quote]
Regina something. |
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Bungalow Bill
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| Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 2:26 pm Post subject: Re: You know you>re an engineer when... |
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On Tue, 29 Jul 2008 21:46:51 -0700, JosephKK <quiettechblue@yahoo.com>
wrote:
[quote]On Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:16:06 -0700, Bungalow Bill
BugalowBill@AbbeyRoad.UKCOM> wrote:
On Tue, 29 Jul 2008 10:34:39 -0700, "Paul Hovnanian P.E."
paul@hovnanian.com> wrote:
Jim Thompson wrote:
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 ;-)
_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.
In our sub-division we used to ride the "Big Wheel" trikes down the
hill and do spin-outs at the bottom, and then go back up for another. The
guy that lived on the corner house at the bottom of the hill used to come
out in the street, trying to stop us, and claimed that he owned about 8
feet out in the road. He even called the cops on us once.
His kids were pretty stupid too. His name was "Chard", and I think his
brain actually was.
It turns out that property lines can be very complex. Where i live
the property line of my home actually extends to the middle of the
street. The City, County, and various utilities providers have
easements over those areas for such things as utility maintenance, and
the city and county for road maintenance.
[/quote]
Not in our sub-division it didn>t, and even if it did, the existence of
a public road on top of "his land" means that my access was guaranteed.
We did not even own our "boulevards" (the area between the sidewalk and
the road/curb) but we were 100% responsible for their upkeep. |
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JosephKK
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| Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 7:05 am Post subject: Re: You know you>re an engineer when... |
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On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 02:26:09 -0700, Bungalow Bill
<BugalowBill@AbbeyRoad.UKCOM> wrote:
[quote]On Tue, 29 Jul 2008 21:46:51 -0700, JosephKK <quiettechblue@yahoo.com
wrote:
On Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:16:06 -0700, Bungalow Bill
BugalowBill@AbbeyRoad.UKCOM> wrote:
On Tue, 29 Jul 2008 10:34:39 -0700, "Paul Hovnanian P.E."
paul@hovnanian.com> wrote:
Jim Thompson wrote:
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 ;-)
_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.
In our sub-division we used to ride the "Big Wheel" trikes down the
hill and do spin-outs at the bottom, and then go back up for another. The
guy that lived on the corner house at the bottom of the hill used to come
out in the street, trying to stop us, and claimed that he owned about 8
feet out in the road. He even called the cops on us once.
His kids were pretty stupid too. His name was "Chard", and I think his
brain actually was.
It turns out that property lines can be very complex. Where i live
the property line of my home actually extends to the middle of the
street. The City, County, and various utilities providers have
easements over those areas for such things as utility maintenance, and
the city and county for road maintenance.
Not in our sub-division it didn>t, and even if it did, the existence of
a public road on top of "his land" means that my access was guaranteed.
We did not even own our "boulevards" (the area between the sidewalk and
the road/curb) but we were 100% responsible for their upkeep.
[/quote]
So what jurisdictions do you live in? Some careful searches or just
hunting down the appropriate local office to get the straight skinny
should be easy enough. |
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