We're getting old, folks...

"RST Engineering" wrote

You can tell a PhD in Engineering today from the soldering iron burns on
his hands -- they don't know which end gets hot.

Then they need to get those new "cool" soldering irons, they advertise on TV
all of the time.

I can't imagine how those would work worth a damn. What do they have in
them? My guess is a small, low mass filament, almost like a light bulb. I
would imagine that if the thing you were trying to solder was of any size
(mass), they would not make enough watts of heat to get it up to
temperature, within any reasonable time.

Anyone have one, or seen one in action?
--
Jim in NC

Matt Whiting wrote:

I'm curious, what is your perception of what engineering involves?

Not flying.


Jack

Jack wrote:
Matt Whiting wrote:

I'm curious, what is your perception of what engineering involves?


Not flying.

Interesting. Of all of my flying colleagues where I work, I think more
are engineers than any other field.


Matt

I'm curious, what is your perception of what engineering involves?

Not flying.

I don't know about Jack's opinion, but at my father's urging I looked hard
and long at the engineering curriculum in college -- and ran screaming in
terror back to the college of liberal arts.

I don't know how anyone could survive in that school -- but my hat's off to
those who could.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Jay Honeck wrote:
I'm curious, what is your perception of what engineering involves?

Not flying.


I don't know about Jack's opinion, but at my father's urging I looked hard
and long at the engineering curriculum in college -- and ran screaming in
terror back to the college of liberal arts.

I don't know how anyone could survive in that school -- but my hat's off to
those who could.

What is so hard about it? Study 80-100 hours a week and it's a piece of
cake! Kind of like running a hotel. :-)


Matt

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:88wsf.439943$084.271001@attbi_s22...
I'm curious, what is your perception of what engineering involves?

Not flying.

I don't know about Jack's opinion, but at my father's urging I looked hard
and long at the engineering curriculum in college -- and ran screaming in
terror back to the college of liberal arts.

I don't know how anyone could survive in that school -- but my hat's off
to those who could.

Think that was bad, give any of the Physics (real science) schools a try.

Matt Barrow, ME, CE

"Matt Whiting" wrote in message
...
Jay Honeck wrote:
I'm curious, what is your perception of what engineering involves?

Not flying.


I don't know about Jack's opinion, but at my father's urging I looked
hard and long at the engineering curriculum in college -- and ran
screaming in terror back to the college of liberal arts.

I don't know how anyone could survive in that school -- but my hat's off
to those who could.

What is so hard about it? Study 80-100 hours a week and it's a piece of
cake! Kind of like running a hotel. :-)

Yeah, but the kids in engineering schools didn't have any form of "love
life" in school (and many still don't), not so with those in Hotel
Management.

Matt Barrow wrote:
"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:88wsf.439943$084.271001@attbi_s22...

I'm curious, what is your perception of what engineering involves?

Not flying.

I don't know about Jack's opinion, but at my father's urging I looked hard
and long at the engineering curriculum in college -- and ran screaming in
terror back to the college of liberal arts.

I don't know how anyone could survive in that school -- but my hat's off
to those who could.


Think that was bad, give any of the Physics (real science) schools a try.

Actually, physics classes were some of my most enjoyable and least
difficult classes, including Atomic and Nuclear Physics. I didn't take
any graduate level physics, so maybe that is harder. My EE classes were
much more difficult that physics. Chemistry was the worst as it was
just so boring. :-) Although, my work-study job was in the chemistry
lab and that was a hoot. I learned more chemisry working in the lab
than I ever did in class and it was much more fun. The professor who
supervised the lab was great and taught me a lot while I was working.


Matt

Matt Barrow wrote:

"Matt Whiting" wrote in message
...

Jay Honeck wrote:

I'm curious, what is your perception of what engineering involves?

Not flying.


I don't know about Jack's opinion, but at my father's urging I looked
hard and long at the engineering curriculum in college -- and ran
screaming in terror back to the college of liberal arts.

I don't know how anyone could survive in that school -- but my hat's off
to those who could.

What is so hard about it? Study 80-100 hours a week and it's a piece of
cake! Kind of like running a hotel. :-)


Yeah, but the kids in engineering schools didn't have any form of "love
life" in school (and many still don't), not so with those in Hotel
Management.

Love life? What is that?? :-)

Matt (CS, EE, PE and soon to be CE/SE)

wrote:
scuba dive. But, she doesn't like fishing... go figure. :-)

Yeah but have you taken her spearfishing?

Hey, there is an idea.


Don't let her get behind you. Trust me on this....




--
Mortimer Schnerd, RN