Javier shouldn't have been surprised! This level of understanding from the
so-called smartest people who have ever lived, is quite common. Not too
long ago I was checking the references of a young man who had just earned a
master's degree in mechanical engineering. I was assured by one of his
professors that "you can ask him to do just about anything." And when
asked to analyze deflection of a beam he presented me with an 18 page
mathematical analysis. A few weeks later I found him in the tool room with
a puzzled expression on his face. "Do you have a question?" "Lee, how do
they put threads on the inside of a hole?"
Lee (the person who does have an HP3801 but who uses the average presented
by three Big Ben Alarm clocks for "working" time)
----- Original Message -----
From: "bownes" <[email protected]>
To: "Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement"
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Cc: "Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement"
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Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2011 9:00 AM
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Am I the only Time Nut who doesn't wear a watch?
I'd love to find a Smiths analogue clock to match the gauges in the dash
of my old British car!
On Jul 16, 2011, at 10:56, Michael Poulos <[email protected]> wrote:
On 7/10/2011 5:04 AM, Javier Herrero wrote:
My car has an interior look similar to this:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Jaguar_XKR_Convertible_interior.jpg/800px-Jaguar_XKR_Convertible_interior.jpg
Time ago, I pick a young engineer (quite digitally oriented, may I say)
to go somewhere. He saw the three gauges in the central console (oil
pressure, analog clock, and battery), pointed to the center one (the
clock) and asked me: "and what does this one measures?"
I was quite surprised by the question... :)
Put that bloke in the engineroom of a ship and he'd be COMPLETELY lost
looking at the dash. :)
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