I remember looking into InfoGrip's BAT Keyboard as an input device for CAD commands many years ago. It DID work with chorded input (it had to, being a product for the disabled), but I lost interest and have no idea where my BAT keyboard is now.
Perhaps I am too old for this technology, as I also have a 3D mouse for navigation through models and never use it. It's just too easy to use the keyboard.
Wrong company, wrong time. Please don't let temporary setbacks sour you. Mechanical engineering is a wonderful field (chem eng is also effing fascinating), don't drop it just 'cause you think you've failed. If you haven't failed, you probably didn't try hard enough.
We in the engineering business are very forgiving of failure (in individuals, not systems). ASME B31* was set up because people were getting killed. Look it up if you get the chance.
Join ASME and take advantage of their course offerings in your specialization (or in a field that interests you). That impresses me more than someone just wanting to put more letters after their name.
I suppose that those who are so worried about what could happen 1000 years from now should be congratulated for foreseeing a horrible future and insisting that something be "done now" to mitigate a catastrophic event that might happen in the future.
On the other hand, I also see a lot of people who have played SimWorld too much while living in their parents' basements and not bothering to procreate because, why bother?
I check computer models and computer-generated engineering drawings every day (it's fun, actually), but we don't build things from computer models. We build things from detail drawings, which need checking.
The smallest computer glitch can have a huge impact on a project if not caught, especially if one considers that many will unquestioningly accept whatever the software spits out.
I like to think that Slashdotters already realize this.
I like what "Richard_at_work" just said. A pressure test will tell you that the piping will work within (and to safety factor limits) design parameters, pressure-wise, but that's about it.
Since we know how materials weaken due to high temperatures, the pressures are increased. A 150# flange can actually take up to 275#, "depending". Raise the temperature that the flange sees, and what it can withstand. It's much less.
Junk left in piping can cause all kinds of problems (like, duh). That's why there are procedures to clean out the lines prior to startup. If the rag was left in oxygen or oxygen-rich piping, well...kaboom.
One space industry insider, who spoke with The Diplomat on condition of anonymity, says lapses like the forgotten rag indicate a lack of experience in the lower ranks of U.S. space contractors. âoeIt was probably a mix all too common in the USAF programs: 80-year-old PhDs and 20-year-old college grads.â Periodic collapses in U.S. space funding, such as occurred in the 1990s, have resulted in entire missing generations of space engineers. Today, there are precious few mid-level engineers to bridge the gap between the veterans and the new hires. As a result, âoethe zero-practice grads make simple mistakes,â the insider says.
I currently work as a design checker (but not in rocket science) - who checks the checker?
"Doing the same thing and expecting different results is the definition of insanity"
But according to Chaos Theory, if a butterfly's wings flapped a different way things could turn out differently next time.
I'm not sure where this "definition of insanity" meme originated, but it does seem to have legs.
What pisses me off most is pseudo-intellectuals parroting what they interpret to be trendy, popularly-accepted notions but don't have the balls or brains to question what they've been told to believe.
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The perceived need for you to respond to this topic is telling, Anonymous Coward.
For some reason I am reminded of the quote, "how many angels can dance on the head of a pin?".
I remember looking into InfoGrip's BAT Keyboard as an input device for CAD commands many years ago. It DID work with chorded input (it had to, being a product for the disabled), but I lost interest and have no idea where my BAT keyboard is now.
Perhaps I am too old for this technology, as I also have a 3D mouse for navigation through models and never use it. It's just too easy to use the keyboard.
Did not RFTA, but this was wonderful.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedford_Institute_of_Oceanography This is also the area where they keep the lone remaining Avro Arrow for further study, that Hydrofoil warship that we did and the telephone. It's all super-secret.
Wrong company, wrong time. Please don't let temporary setbacks sour you. Mechanical engineering is a wonderful field (chem eng is also effing fascinating), don't drop it just 'cause you think you've failed. If you haven't failed, you probably didn't try hard enough. We in the engineering business are very forgiving of failure (in individuals, not systems). ASME B31* was set up because people were getting killed. Look it up if you get the chance.
Join ASME and take advantage of their course offerings in your specialization (or in a field that interests you). That impresses me more than someone just wanting to put more letters after their name.
Try telling that to the armchair basement-dwelling experts in these parts, they know all but risk nothing. Losers and wannabes, mostly.
At least he was experimenting. That's a good way to go.
...because they are all too busy dating supermodels and flying around in their private jets.
TAGLINE: With even more blue penis!
Animation illustrating the concept.
That was funny.
I'm going to adopt it.
Oh wait, you were talking aboot Checkers, the board-based game. I see your misunderstanding.
I'm one of those checkers, I know just enough to be dangerous, as they say. I work in process plants. though.
Grandpa still used the outhouse, even in below freezing weather.
Yeah, but who's going to have the last laugh after this years' sudden ice age?
I'm just curious: do you consider yourself to be outside of your theoretical sample of individuals?
I suppose that those who are so worried about what could happen 1000 years from now should be congratulated for foreseeing a horrible future and insisting that something be "done now" to mitigate a catastrophic event that might happen in the future.
On the other hand, I also see a lot of people who have played SimWorld too much while living in their parents' basements and not bothering to procreate because, why bother?
I check computer models and computer-generated engineering drawings every day (it's fun, actually), but we don't build things from computer models. We build things from detail drawings, which need checking.
The smallest computer glitch can have a huge impact on a project if not caught, especially if one considers that many will unquestioningly accept whatever the software spits out.
I like to think that Slashdotters already realize this.
In the process piping industries we use line pigs for this sort of thing.
We all know that pigs are intelligent, but wow!
I like what "Richard_at_work" just said. A pressure test will tell you that the piping will work within (and to safety factor limits) design parameters, pressure-wise, but that's about it.
Since we know how materials weaken due to high temperatures, the pressures are increased. A 150# flange can actually take up to 275#, "depending". Raise the temperature that the flange sees, and what it can withstand. It's much less.
Junk left in piping can cause all kinds of problems (like, duh). That's why there are procedures to clean out the lines prior to startup. If the rag was left in oxygen or oxygen-rich piping, well...kaboom.
One space industry insider, who spoke with The Diplomat on condition of anonymity, says lapses like the forgotten rag indicate a lack of experience in the lower ranks of U.S. space contractors. âoeIt was probably a mix all too common in the USAF programs: 80-year-old PhDs and 20-year-old college grads.â Periodic collapses in U.S. space funding, such as occurred in the 1990s, have resulted in entire missing generations of space engineers. Today, there are precious few mid-level engineers to bridge the gap between the veterans and the new hires. As a result, âoethe zero-practice grads make simple mistakes,â the insider says.
I currently work as a design checker (but not in rocket science) - who checks the checker?
Commie logic.
Putting a relative scale on drafting "deliverables" was one of the greatest inventions ever in this computer age.
Trust me.
Paul, old fart draftsman
Now, THAT's _very_ funny!
Best wishes.
Paul
I just send all my wishes to:
Claus, Santa
North Pole
Postal Code: H0H0H0
It's worked so far, he actually replies!
"Doing the same thing and expecting different results is the definition of insanity"
But according to Chaos Theory, if a butterfly's wings flapped a different way things could turn out differently next time.
I'm not sure where this "definition of insanity" meme originated, but it does seem to have legs.
What pisses me off most is pseudo-intellectuals parroting what they interpret to be trendy, popularly-accepted notions but don't have the balls or brains to question what they've been told to believe.
OK, I'm done. Talk amongst yourselves.