Leo wrote in message . ..
On 20 Nov 2004 01:57:21 -0800, (Brian Kelly) wrote:
What courses, exactly James, did you have in your freshman year in
E-school which taught/preached how to do a "rigorous analysis of all
facets of the problem at hand . . . a list of problems impeding the
design goal is developed, and solutions are proposed for each until
all have been . . " and come out of it with working pile of
hardware?
. . . as if . . maybe two-three years outta E-school you were allowed
to take a poke at an assignment like that.
Good point.....
Varies all over the place but by 13th graders . . . ? Nah.
Jim, can you honestly say that as an engineer that you have solved all
the problems on any project satisfactorily? Or have you accepted the
results and wanted to do better?
By the above definition, engineering tasks would probably never get done.
THAT I agree with!
To a point, perhaps - it depends on the field. If you're designing
consumer electronics or appliances, 'close enough' is OK as long as
the safety issues are covered to spec.
Unfortunately.
If you're designing hi-rel
equipment, or aircraft, 'close enough' won't do.....
Yup. But sometimes even they don't come close enough.
Leo is a VE, a VE6 if I'm not mistaken.
VE3, actually - in Toronto!
Oops. No, Toronto is not in Alberta. Unless somebody moved it.
In a former life in the early 1980s I commuted back and forth between
Philadelphia and Toronto weekly on biz for six months or so.
Interesting place, interesting folk. Anyone who thinks Canadians are
"just like us Yanks" needs to spend some time in Canada, eh? (heh). I
ran into a great blonde in the Toronto airport terminal who was a
Mountie. Told her didn't look much like Sergeant Preston to me and
asked her where her horse was. She asked me when I was going back
where I came from.
w3rv
73, Leo
w3rv