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Engineer in a Box?
Dr.Luke writes "Robert Lucky in a IEEE Spectrum Online article laments the state of today's engineering as progressively more removed from the "real" reality of tinkering and soldering "in a big musty laboratory" like Thomas Edison as engineers become more and more reliant on software tools and simulations. He fears that "math itself is slipping away into the wispy clouds of software that surround us" and that eventually engineers will be substituted by a bestselling software program Engineer-in-a-Box 2.0. What do you think?"
I think that most engineers would happily jump into a box if it said "Krispy Kreme" on the side. But that's just me. :)
I've been an engineer in a cube for at least 10 years...
I am not a number! I am a man! And don't you
Day after day in the sweaty, cramped confines of a remote computing lab on North Campus at U-Michigan, banging out code on an oldish HP-UX box, telnet'ing to distant friend's computers (ok, they were only across campus at the newer labs, but whatever), and ever fearful that the weird dude who'd sit in the last row of machines and look at dungeon porn would show up and I'd get uncomfortable and have to leave.
What do you think?
I dont think! I bet Engineer-in-a-Box 2.0 could tell me though!
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think of a few engineers I would like to see in a box.
besides, don't they already use software to conduct trains?
*ducks, runs off.*
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The computer is a tool but nothing more. For the most part, you can get yourself in the "ballpark" with good tools but nothing can replace real world testing. A good engineer will come home with their sleeves rolled up and their hands dirty.
I'm not sure why the collar is necessary at that point.
Life is the leading cause of death in America.
One thing is for sure:
:-)
If the great engineers of the world were replaced by software the beer companies would suffer the most!
Have one on me....
Zakias
1) Find a BIG envelope.
2) Take a piece of chewing gum and two paperclips, and...
3) ???
4) Pentium 4!
At least, that's how I surmise the people at Intel are doing it
---- I'll take you in a Hunt deathmatch any day.
A hearty amen, I was just one of the many who proved that lim(gpa->0)engineer->business major. After I somehow passed DifEQ II, I realized that engineering was not for me and to studied finance, I saw that on a shirt that the MEs were selling. I almost got one as a joke to wear to business classes. Almost all the finance majors had begun in engineering.
Degaussing scares the bad magnetism out of the monitor and fills it with good karma.
Old lady: "Tell me, Dr. Hathaway, what's Professor Einstein really like?"
Dr. Hathaway: "Dead."
"It take 9 months to bear a child, no matter how many women you assign to the job."
LOL I noticed that too. The first thought that came to me was, "That's why engineers have a reputation for bad spelling and grammer."
.Dave
a fellow engineer
FPGA, Wireless, ASIC, Verilog, VHDL, HW, 10yr exp, Team Lead, Ottawa (More? Email above. slashdotusername=dgmartin98 )
And when the first caveman tied his sharp rock to the end of a long stick, there was an old guy sitting next to him saying "Huh, in my day, we had to learn how to kill wild pigs up close and personal. Sure, your way is more efficient, but I understand the fundamentals."
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