C James Posted June 7, 2010 Posted June 7, 2010 I thought it would be fun, for no particular reason, to have a thread about those enigmatic, perplexing folk known as engineers. Let's start with the Engineer's dictionary. HE ENGINEER'S DICTIONARY
Hoskins Posted June 7, 2010 Posted June 7, 2010 (edited) Engineers rule! With slide rules! Or a TI89! But check THIS thing out, it handles your cardinal grammeters for you! With magneto reluctance and hydrocoptic marzal vanes! Gotta watch out for that sinusoidal depleneration, though. Edited June 7, 2010 by Hoskins
Red_A Posted June 7, 2010 Posted June 7, 2010 Engineers rule! With slide rules! Or a TI89! Engineers rule! With slide rules! Or a Sinclair Scientific
YaP Posted June 7, 2010 Posted June 7, 2010 Engineers rule! With slide rules! Or a Sinclair Scientific Or an HP-41C (it was always fun to lend it to collegues who didnt know about RPN ) oh wait, did i just out myself as one of those guys !?
Site Administrator Graeme Posted June 7, 2010 Site Administrator Posted June 7, 2010 Bah humbug! As a software engineer, I know real engineers use supercomputers, not playthings like TI89's, Sinclair Scientifics or HP-41C's. (Though slide rules are cool )
Red_A Posted June 8, 2010 Posted June 8, 2010 Bah humbug! As a software engineer, I know real engineers use supercomputers, not playthings like TI89's, Sinclair Scientifics or HP-41C's. (Though slide rules are cool ) My grandfather slide rule was much better than super computers? 30 foot thacher slide rule
Site Administrator Graeme Posted June 8, 2010 Site Administrator Posted June 8, 2010 When engineers own dogs Love it!!!! My grandfather slide rule was much better than super computers? 30 foot thacher slide rule I said they were cool. I never said they were better
C James Posted June 9, 2010 Author Posted June 9, 2010 When engineers own dogs ROFL!!!! Hoskins, that's awesome! Thank you for that link! I laughed until it hurt... I shudder to think what that engineer will create for walking the dogs? My grandfather slide rule was much better than super computers? 30 foot thacher slide rule Wow.. that's some piece of work! I use an E6b mechanical flight computer as a backup when flying; it's essentially a sort of slide rule for calculating wind drift, pressure density, etc. Mine is aluminum, and I've had it since I was in my teens (When I first learned to fly). I do use an electronic version (Can't beat GPS!) but... I'm of the opinion that electronics can fail, so for something this critical, it's great to have a backup. I also have, somewhere in my basement, a triangular rod slide rule that was my great-grandfather's, but I never learned how to use it. I said they were cool. I never said they were better Graeme, I'm surprised that an Australian would be fond of slide rules... Slide rules are tricky to use at the best of times, but using one while upside down (as all things down under are) must be especially challenging!
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