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    Standing Up For Rationality Senior Member Ronin's Avatar
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    2010 Top 25 Engineer's Terms and Expressions
    (What we say versus what it means)

    1. A number of different approaches are being tried.
    We are still guessing at this point.
    2. Close project coordination.
    We sat down and had coffee together.
    3. An extensive report is being prepared on a fresh approach.
    We just hired three punk kids out of school.
    4. Major technological breakthrough!
    It works OK; but looks very hi-tech!
    5. Customer satisfaction is believed assured.
    We are so far behind schedule, that the customer will take anything.
    6. Preliminary operational tests were inconclusive.
    The darn thing blew up when we threw the switch.
    7. Test results were extremely gratifying!
    Unbelievable, it actually worked!
    8. The entire concept will have to be abandoned.
    The only guy who understood the thing quit.
    9. It is in process.
    It is so wrapped in red tape that the situation is completely hopeless.
    10. We will look into it.
    Forget it! We have enough problems already.
    11. Please note and initial.
    Let's spread the responsibility for this.
    12. Give us the benefit of your thinking.
    We'll listen to what you have to say as long as it doesn't interfere with what we have already done or with what we are going to do.
    13. Give us your interpretation.
    We can't wait to hear your bull.
    14. See me or let's discuss.
    Come to my office, I've screwed up again.
    15. All new.
    Parts are not interchangeable with previous esign.
    16. Rugged.
    Don't plan to lift it without major equipment.
    17. Robust!
    Rugged, but more so
    18. Light weight.
    Slightly lighter than rugged
    19. Years of development.
    One finally worked
    20. Energy saving.
    Achieved when the power switch is off.
    21. No maintenance.
    Impossible to fix
    22. Low maintenance.
    Nearly impossible to fix
    23. Fax me the data.
    I'm too lazy to write it down.
    24. We are following the standard!
    That's the way we have always done it!
    25. I didn't get your e-mail.
    I haven't checked my e-mail for days.

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    9. It is in process.
    It is so wrapped in red tape that the situation is completely hopeless.
    That's the one I am Most familiar with. In the late 70's, in the aftermath of the US experience in 'Nam, we tried to imagine what a soldier, alone in hostile territory, could configure out of his surroundings to enhance his survivability. Homemade slingshots seemed a promising idea. Dozens (maybe hundreds) of engineers worked that problem, and came up with a few new ideas... all quashed by "acquisition" red tape.
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    Slingshot? For what? A sling, I can easily understand - if you know how to employ such a notoriously difficult (for our time) skill. But a slingshot seems rather ineffective to me, unless there is some hidden purpose I am not aware of.
    Last edited by Aemilius Paulus; 01-26-2010 at 06:35.

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    I've actually used many of those while coordinating with my colleagues.
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