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Engineering Comedy
« on: April 06, 2024, 10:57:33 am »
I'm only two minutes into this and I have to post it!
Don McMillan used to be a chip designer at VLSI, and a stand up engineering comedian.

 
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Re: Engineering Comedy
« Reply #1 on: April 06, 2024, 11:19:15 am »
 :-DD
I had never given much thought to the fact that all my shorts and pants were cargo!...
Until now   :-DD :-DD.
Thanks for posting,  had a good laugh.
The odd multimeter or 2 or 3 or 4...or........can't remember !.
 
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Re: Engineering Comedy
« Reply #2 on: April 06, 2024, 11:41:54 am »
:-DD
I had never given much thought to the fact that all my shorts and pants were cargo!...
Until now   :-DD :-DD.
Thanks for posting,  had a good laugh.
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Re: Engineering Comedy
« Reply #3 on: April 06, 2024, 01:19:37 pm »
Also watch some of Dave Gorman's early work, he does enjoy data and graphing.

He once tried to find all the other Dave Gorman that are alive.
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So everyone is clear, Calibration = Taking Measurement against a known source, Verification = Checking Calibration against Specification, Adjustment = Adjusting the unit to be within specifications.
 
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Re: Engineering Comedy
« Reply #4 on: April 06, 2024, 05:14:53 pm »
@ Dave,

Brillant  ;D

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Re: Engineering Comedy
« Reply #5 on: April 06, 2024, 09:23:04 pm »
The reason that the Marriage Logic’s truth table output became Don is Wrong when Don and Laura are wrong, is an XAND function.
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Re: Engineering Comedy
« Reply #6 on: April 06, 2024, 10:22:42 pm »
Don McMillan is very good. He's been around for some time.
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Re: Engineering Comedy
« Reply #7 on: April 09, 2024, 09:18:43 pm »
... not the above specifically, but it didn't work for me, and it is working less and less

so .. shhhh ... I must be a 1 in a million
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