Re: You know you're an engineer when...



On Mon, 28 Jul 2008 07:28:50 -0700, Jim Thompson
<To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 19:29:16 -0700, John Larkin
<jjlarkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 19:28:13 -0700, "Paul Hovnanian P.E."
<paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Sad story: I have 'DV DT' on a Porsche. Back when I worked at Boeing,
not many of the engineers there figured it out.

Funny part: One lady engineer (a contractor), took one look at the plate
and told me I should have gotten the second derivative of velocity.


JERK

John

In common usage with elevators... as I found out while developing an
elevator door control chip... everyone had a good laugh on me when I
was bewildered by all the "jerk" talk ;-)

...Jim Thompson


Ideal vanity plate for a Corvette or a Porsche.

What's the difference between a porcupine and a Porsche?

John

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