Members Dan Hall Posted March 8, 2007 Members Posted March 8, 2007 I occasionally have folks asking me to build them an amp. I generally show them this film to make sure they are up on the vocabulary and principles envolved. If their eyes don't glaze over, I'll discuss my fee.
Members Hudman Posted March 8, 2007 Members Posted March 8, 2007 That sounds like the stuff the electricians and AC operators pull on rookie bosses where I work. They used to promote guys in the trades to supervisors. Now they hire outside contract supervisors for 1/3 of the wages. The poor SOB's have no experience supervising skilled trades people, so they get a lot of practical jokes pulled on them.
Members Terry Allan Hall Posted March 8, 2007 Members Posted March 8, 2007 If you can't dazzle 'em with brilliance, baffle 'em with bulls***
Members Dan Hall Posted March 8, 2007 Author Members Posted March 8, 2007 My favorite is: "A platform of prefamulated amulite, surmounted by a malleable logarithmic casing". This film was modeled by Rockwell after a bit of electrical engineering satire originally written in 1944 by some humorists at (I believe) GE. Some speculate that it was originally intended for spies to send home to headquarters as a sort of high brow raspberry to the opposing side. I've had so much fun showing it to new hires and especially operations types just to watch the "deer in the headlights" look. There is just enough truth to the thing to keep the nimrods sucked in. For instance; currents are generated by the "relative motion of conductors and fluxes", but not by the "modial interaction of magneto reluctance and capacitive duractance". I showed the film to one fellow who, bless his heart, truely didn't have a full stringer of fish. It took him almost three quarters of the way through before he shouted "Hey, this is bullsh1t,...isn't it?"
Members Cripes Posted March 9, 2007 Members Posted March 9, 2007 "...differential gurgle-spring... " had me there for a second.
Members Queequeg Posted March 9, 2007 Members Posted March 9, 2007 I occasionally have folks asking me to build them an amp. I generally show them this film to make sure they are up on the vocabulary and principles envolved.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtuqjFf7-N4If their eyes don't glaze over, I'll discuss my fee. I just got a steal on one of these on ebay in ex cond! It comes with a user guide and everything, but the description says is totally intuitive.
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