> -----Original Message----- > From: geda-user-boun...@moria.seul.org > [mailto:geda-user-boun...@moria.seul.org] On Behalf Of Dave N6NZ > Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2010 2:41 PM > To: gEDA user mailing list > Subject: gEDA-user: physicists (Re: new footprint guidelines) > > I think a lot of people confuse the difference between a > theoretical physicist and an experimental physicist. > > A theoretical uses a whiteboard and marker. He/She writes a paper. > > An experimental physicist reads the paper and goes -- "Oh, > really?". He/She constructs experimental apparatus using > scrap metal, some custom glassware from the chemistry > department glass blowing shop, an expensive sensor robbed off > of last year's project, a chunk of stainless steel turned on > a lathe by his/her own hands, some computer software, a > little liquid nitrogen, and of course duct tape. He/She > writes another paper.
You forgot the WD-40, the other essential item for any project (duct tape is the first). > > The theoretical reads the second paper and has one of two reactions: > a) "I told you so." > b) "Well, that sucks." > > -dave (an EE with physicist friends....) > > On Oct 6, 2010, at 10:22 AM, John Doty wrote: > > > > > On Oct 1, 2010, at 3:55 PM, Rick Collins wrote: > > > >> Oh, I almost forgot, NEVER ask a PhD "anything" to design > PCBs. What the heck are you thinking??? > > > > Speaking as a physicist, let me comment. > > > > 1. Learning to do a variety of engineering tasks is an > important part of an experimental physicist's education. A > good experimental physicist must be a more versatile engineer > than most engineering specialists. This is exactly the kind > of job a Ph.D. student *should* be doing. > > > > 2. The specific problem mentioned was a "super noiseless > detector circuit". Few EE's understand detector physics or > noise physics well enough to tackle this. > > > > John Doty Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd. > > http://www.noqsi.com/ > > j...@noqsi.com > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > geda-user mailing list > > geda-user@moria.seul.org > > http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > geda-user mailing list > geda-user@moria.seul.org > http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user > _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user