Engineering/Science terms
Engineering/Science terms
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"IT HAS LONG BEEN KNOWN"...
I didn't look up the original reference.
"A DEFINITE TREND IS EVIDENT"...
These data are practically meaningless.
"WHILE IT HAS NOT BEEN POSSIBLE TO PROVIDE DEFINITE ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS"...
An unsuccessful experiment but I still hope to get it published.
"THREE OF THE SAMPLES WERE CHOSEN FOR DETAILED STUDY"...
The other results didn't make any sense.
"TYPICAL RESULTS ARE SHOWN"...
This is the prettiest graph.
"THESE RESULTS WILL BE IN A SUBSEQUENT REPORT"...
I might get around to this sometime, if pushed/funded.
"IN MY EXPERIENCE"...
Once.
"IN CASE AFTER CASE"...
Twice.
"IN A SERIES OF CASES"...
Thrice.
"IT IS BELIEVED THAT"...
I think.
"IT IS GENERALLY BELIEVED THAT"...
A couple of others think so, too.
"CORRECT WITHIN AN ORDER OF MAGNITUDE" ...
Wrong.
"ACCORDING TO STATISTICAL ANALYSIS"...
Rumour has it.
"A STATISTICALLY-ORIENTED PROJECTION OF THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THESE FINDINGS"...
A wild guess.
"A CAREFUL ANALYSIS OF OBTAINABLE DATA"...
Three pages of notes were obliterated when I knocked over a mug of tea.
"IT IS CLEAR THAT MUCH ADDITIONAL WORK WILL BE REQUIRED BEFORE A COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING OF THIS PHENOMENON OCCURS"...
I don't understand it.
"AFTER ADDITIONAL STUDY BY MY COLLEAGUES"...
They don't understand it either.
"THANKS ARE DUE TO JOE BLOTZ FOR ASSISTANCE WITH THE EXPERIMENT AND TO CINDY ADAMS FOR VALUABLE DISCUSSIONS"...
Mr. Blotz did the work and Ms. Adams explained to me what it meant.
"A HIGHLY SIGNIFICANT AREA FOR EXPLORATORY STUDY"...
A totally useless topic selected by my committee.
I didn't look up the original reference.
"A DEFINITE TREND IS EVIDENT"...
These data are practically meaningless.
"WHILE IT HAS NOT BEEN POSSIBLE TO PROVIDE DEFINITE ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS"...
An unsuccessful experiment but I still hope to get it published.
"THREE OF THE SAMPLES WERE CHOSEN FOR DETAILED STUDY"...
The other results didn't make any sense.
"TYPICAL RESULTS ARE SHOWN"...
This is the prettiest graph.
"THESE RESULTS WILL BE IN A SUBSEQUENT REPORT"...
I might get around to this sometime, if pushed/funded.
"IN MY EXPERIENCE"...
Once.
"IN CASE AFTER CASE"...
Twice.
"IN A SERIES OF CASES"...
Thrice.
"IT IS BELIEVED THAT"...
I think.
"IT IS GENERALLY BELIEVED THAT"...
A couple of others think so, too.
"CORRECT WITHIN AN ORDER OF MAGNITUDE" ...
Wrong.
"ACCORDING TO STATISTICAL ANALYSIS"...
Rumour has it.
"A STATISTICALLY-ORIENTED PROJECTION OF THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THESE FINDINGS"...
A wild guess.
"A CAREFUL ANALYSIS OF OBTAINABLE DATA"...
Three pages of notes were obliterated when I knocked over a mug of tea.
"IT IS CLEAR THAT MUCH ADDITIONAL WORK WILL BE REQUIRED BEFORE A COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING OF THIS PHENOMENON OCCURS"...
I don't understand it.
"AFTER ADDITIONAL STUDY BY MY COLLEAGUES"...
They don't understand it either.
"THANKS ARE DUE TO JOE BLOTZ FOR ASSISTANCE WITH THE EXPERIMENT AND TO CINDY ADAMS FOR VALUABLE DISCUSSIONS"...
Mr. Blotz did the work and Ms. Adams explained to me what it meant.
"A HIGHLY SIGNIFICANT AREA FOR EXPLORATORY STUDY"...
A totally useless topic selected by my committee.





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Cyril Guichard
Mechanical Engineer Consultant
France
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"IT MIGHT BE ARGUED THAT...."
I have such a good answer to this objection that I shall now raise it,
"... ACCIDENTALLY STRAINED DURING MOUNTING"
...dropped on the floor.
"... HANDLED WITH EXTREME THROUGHOUT THE EXPERIMENTS"
... not dropped on the floor.
"THE W-Pb SYSTEM WAS CHOSEN AS ESPECIALLY SUITABLE TO SHOW THE PREDICTED BEHAVIOUR..."
The fellow in the next lab had some already made up.
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One of the guys managed to reach him by phone only to learn it meant "with respect to" ... this was met with a loud "Oh DUH!" from most of us.
A few months later one of the suck-up junior managers announced in a staff meeting that they should "couch" the topic. Couch, chair, Table.... he knew it was furniture.
"If A equals success, then the formula is: A = X + Y + Z, X is work. Y is play. Z is keep your mouth shut."
-- by Albert Einstein
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Does anyone use "anecdotal evidence". I found out that it means unreliable, yet I have seen and heard it used to justify several serious decisions.
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I've actually heard of someone in the retail business using it as a source for field info and getting away with it. I was just wondering if anyone here had slipped it by their local pointy-haired boss.
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SomptingGuy and zeusfaber,
I gave both of you guys little purple stars! Even if it's old, it's still good enough to cut and paste and send around the office.
BTW, what's TLAR?
"If you are going to walk on thin ice, you might as well dance!"
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DMcGrath (Civil/Environme)
This is uncanny. Today I was working with a 78 year old ex Convair engineer, and he was talking about designing aircraft parts using that system.(tlar)Scary ! eh.
B.E.
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"It'll Do---Casual Construction Company"
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GIVE ME 5 MINUTES - Usually about 20 min to 1/2 hour.
Give ME 1/2 HOUR - Usually about 1-2 hours.
GIVE ME AN HOUR - Usually about 1 hour.
"Do not worry about your problems with mathematics, I assure you mine are far greater."
Albert Einstein
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By averaging your conversions (10-15 minutes to 12.5 minutes, for example) your time scale has a very good quadratic fit, so "give me 76 minutes" will translate into "instantly".
Well, somebody had to do the math....
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"Do not worry about your problems with mathematics, I assure you mine are far greater."
Albert Einstein
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