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Re: Quotes of enlightenment (Post Yours)
« Reply #225 on: September 16, 2014, 05:14:36 PM »
When everything else fails, use a bigger hammer.
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Re: Quotes of enlightenment (Post Yours)
« Reply #226 on: September 17, 2014, 03:57:06 AM »
The first myth of management is that it exists.
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Re: Quotes of enlightenment (Post Yours)
« Reply #227 on: September 17, 2014, 03:57:36 AM »
The primary function of the design engineer is to make things difficult for the fabricator and impossible for the serviceman.
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Re: Quotes of enlightenment (Post Yours)
« Reply #228 on: September 17, 2014, 04:50:48 AM »
When everything else fails, use a bigger hammer.

When all else bigger hammer fails, read the instructions.
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Re: Quotes of enlightenment (Post Yours)
« Reply #229 on: September 17, 2014, 07:57:20 AM »
The primary function of the design engineer is to make things difficult for the fabricator and impossible for the serviceman.


IMO, Truer words have never been spoken.

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Re: Quotes of enlightenment (Post Yours)
« Reply #230 on: September 17, 2014, 08:15:37 AM »
The primary function of the design engineer is to make things difficult for the fabricator and impossible for the serviceman.

IMO, Truer words have never been spoken.

Every design engineer is guilty of it to some extent  ;)
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Re: Quotes of enlightenment (Post Yours)
« Reply #231 on: September 17, 2014, 02:28:39 PM »
You can hit small with a big hammer, but you can't hit big with a small hammer.
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Re: Quotes of enlightenment (Post Yours)
« Reply #232 on: September 17, 2014, 02:29:52 PM »
Mechanical Engineers build weapons, Civil Engineers build targets. 
Can I have a motorcycle when I get old enough?
If you take care of it.
What do you have to do?
Lot’s of things. You’ve been watching me.
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Re: Quotes of enlightenment (Post Yours)
« Reply #233 on: September 17, 2014, 04:41:09 PM »
Mechanical Engineers build weapons, Civil Engineers build targets.

Always liked this one  ;D
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Re: Quotes of enlightenment (Post Yours)
« Reply #234 on: September 17, 2014, 08:30:59 PM »
If you take a pic of yourself with a cell phone, should it not be a CELLfie?

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Re: Quotes of enlightenment (Post Yours)
« Reply #235 on: October 20, 2014, 10:24:32 AM »
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Re: Quotes of enlightenment (Post Yours)
« Reply #236 on: October 20, 2014, 11:17:19 AM »
Convenience is crap.  Quality takes time.

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Re: Quotes of enlightenment (Post Yours)
« Reply #237 on: October 31, 2014, 09:13:28 PM »
The only true failure in life is not even trying.

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Re: Quotes of enlightenment (Post Yours)
« Reply #238 on: October 31, 2014, 10:34:30 PM »
Never buy a motorcycle after dark.
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Re: Quotes of enlightenment (Post Yours)
« Reply #239 on: November 01, 2014, 02:52:13 AM »
Growing your own food is as good as printing your own money.
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Re: Quotes of enlightenment (Post Yours)
« Reply #240 on: November 01, 2014, 02:57:41 AM »
I don't mind dying I just don't want to be there when it happens.

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Re: Quotes of enlightenment (Post Yours)
« Reply #241 on: November 01, 2014, 07:39:00 PM »
If you don't have the time now to do it right,  when will you get the time to do it over?
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Re: Quotes of enlightenment (Post Yours)
« Reply #242 on: November 01, 2014, 11:02:43 PM »
Mechanical Engineers build weapons, Civil Engineers build targets. 
...and Controls Engineers make both of those work!
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Re: Quotes of enlightenment (Post Yours)
« Reply #243 on: November 02, 2014, 06:16:46 AM »
Mechanical Engineers build weapons, Civil Engineers build targets. 
...and Controls Engineers make both of those work!
:D

I think the world was lessened when we replaced cams with electrons...

Nothing like computing the jerk function to insure a device would accelerate smoothly.  Much more challenging then telling a computer jockey to reduce the system gain during ACC/DEC... Or run the servo tuning subroutine!

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Re: Quotes of enlightenment (Post Yours)
« Reply #244 on: November 02, 2014, 08:56:45 AM »
Mechanical Engineers build weapons, Civil Engineers build targets. 
...and Controls Engineers make both of those work!
:D

I think the world was lessened when we replaced cams with electrons...

Nothing like computing the jerk function to insure a device would accelerate smoothly.  Much more challenging then telling a computer jockey to reduce the system gain during ACC/DEC... Or run the servo tuning subroutine!

I think you got a very valid point there.
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Re: Quotes of enlightenment (Post Yours)
« Reply #245 on: November 09, 2014, 01:49:11 AM »
Progress is like a wheelbarrow, if you stop pushing it stops.
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Re: Quotes of enlightenment (Post Yours)
« Reply #246 on: November 09, 2014, 06:07:14 PM »
Those with military staff officer experience will relate to these:

"If you wait until the last minute, it'll only take a minute...", and its corollary, "I will complete no tasker before its time..."

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Re: Quotes of enlightenment (Post Yours)
« Reply #247 on: November 10, 2014, 02:55:57 AM »
Those with military staff officer experience will relate to these:



I wonder if this makes sense for a veteran:

If it's wet, it is clean  ;D
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Re: Quotes of enlightenment (Post Yours)
« Reply #248 on: November 10, 2014, 04:10:12 AM »
Those with military staff officer experience will relate to these:



I wonder if this makes sense for a veteran:

If it's wet, it is clean  ;D






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Re: Quotes of enlightenment (Post Yours)
« Reply #249 on: November 14, 2014, 09:42:13 PM »
As much as possible, do things you'd be happy to die doing.
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