An engineers holiday

[Dan]

Ordinarily, I don't pass along stuff that gets sent to me in the email, but once again ... I think this one is worth it.

http://www.chilloutzone.de/files/player.swf?b=10&l=197&u=ILLUMllSOOAvIF//P_LxP92A42lCHCeeWCejXnHAS/c

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[Seve]

How they read that break with the Putt is beyond me :)

[Wayne]

Whooa! I can't believe I watched that till the end :)

Wayne

[drokmed]

That is Awesome!

[JohnVV]

i helped my nephew build one of those things for a physics class
http://www.purdue.edu/UNS/rube/rube.index.html
ours was mush smaller 2x2x2 ft . getting it to work in such a small space was " fun"

[Lindy]

Whew! Somebody has waaaaay too much time on their hands, and doesn't get out much :D On the other hand ya gotta love a good Rube Goldberg, I really liked the bit with the chess board hehehe.

[Wayne]

Can engineers take holidays? Don't they look at everything and think "I wonder how this thing works?" or "I wonder how I can make it better?"

A bit like psychiatrists really :)

Wayne

[JohnVV]

I wonder how this thing works
hay i resemble that remark !

[Lindy]

http://www.purdue.edu/UNS/rube/rube.index.html
Purdue!?... You're in Ann Arbor, and you post a link to Purdue? Isn't that some sort of blasphemy by Ann Arbor standards? :p

[Evil_Bert]

Can engineers take holidays? Don't they look at everything and think "I wonder how this thing works?" or "I wonder how I can make it better?"

A bit like psychiatrists really :)

Wayne
That's so close to the truth it hurts. Engineers just work on things they like, all the time, and if someone pays them, so much the better. :)

Typical remarks heard by customers:

Technician - "It's broken. Should have it fixed in an hour or so."

Engineer - "It's broken. What were they thinking when they made this? I would have never have done it that way. And this bit here is just asking for trouble. Fix it? No idea. But this whole section needs to be replaced and .... heck, I should just design a better one. Give me six months."
:p

[codergeek42]

I loved the chess part! Someone had way too much time on their hands. XD

[ivancat]

Engineer - "It's broken. What were they thinking when they made this? I would have never have done it that way. And this bit here is just asking for trouble. Fix it? No idea. But this whole section needs to be replaced and .... heck, I should just design a better one. Give me six months."
:p

indeed

and this video: that's simply amazing :)

[MSK61]

Can engineers take holidays? Don't they look at everything and think "I wonder how this thing works?" or "I wonder how I can make it better?"

Wayne
You may consider this the blessed curse and cursed blessing of engineers.

[Wayne]

Engineers never seem satisfied when they "fix" things. Rather than be content that something is "working as designed" they continue to "fix" them until something else breaks :) I have first hand experience, as my father was an electronic engineer who worked for Gestetner in the UK, before radically changing careers :)

Wayne

[Evil_Bert]

The best engineers are lazy. Not only is laziness the mother of invention, but also laziness makes an engineer stop when the standard is met or the customer is satisfied.

After all he/she could be drinking beers instead. :)

[forkbomb]

Wow... just when I thought I needed to get a life.

I'm not doing so bad. :D

[drokmed]

The best engineers are lazy.
Not lazy, efficient! Extra time to watch sci-fi...

Umm, well, lazy too :)

[techmatt]

I work at a large help desk, and I find that some of the best techs are the ones that never seem to be working :p

It is simple, they are god and get the job done fast, do their share of the work and goof off for the rest. I guess techs and engineers are about the same in that respect. :D

EDIT: Yes I am one of them ;) just for your information.

[stevea]

And that was a checkmate too ! That house was a booby trap before and a mess after but ...

[ivancat]

laziness makes an engineer stop when the standard is met or the customer is satisfied.

not really but when an engineer thinks "enough of this"

[Iron_Mike]

Taken from Good Morning, Vietnam. " You know, you're in more dire need of a blow job than any white man in history."..... :D

[Wayne]

How about this one then:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=IYL5ws18VZ8

Wayne

[Evil_Bert]

How about this one then:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=IYL5ws18VZ8

Wayne
After that, I'm thirsty. :)

[notageek]

Of course you've already seen this too.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=gSFYIwPNRt4