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2008-04-04 Home Front: WoT

Planning skills make engineers good 'field operatives'

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Posted by tipper 2008-04-04 00:00|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top

#1 "Just like it takes a thief to catch a thief, it takes an engineer to catch an engineer," Perl said.

I've got three of them caged in my basement

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2008-04-04 07:30|| 2008-04-04 07:30|| Front Page Top

#2 I'll trade you one engineer for 2 academics Frank , deal ?

Posted by Chuckles Phineger9532 2008-04-04 07:40|| 2008-04-04 07:40|| Front Page Top

#3 sorry, academics are like Paleos, low value, we're looking at a 50:1 swap or so....

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2008-04-04 08:25|| 2008-04-04 08:25|| Front Page Top

#4 Yeh been trying to palm them off all day , no takers anywhere , not even in the Middle East

Was worth a shot though :)

Posted by Chuckles Phineger9532 2008-04-04 08:28|| 2008-04-04 08:28|| Front Page Top

#5 There's always a market for pet food, Frank.

Posted by Grunter 2008-04-04 08:50|| 2008-04-04 08:50|| Front Page Top

#6 Well, cannot say that I disagree, having been a spook and an engineer. Our brains are mangled differently.

Posted by OldSpook 2008-04-04 09:17|| 2008-04-04 09:17|| Front Page Top

#7 Engineers do well whatever they turn their hand to. Valuing result over process, they make a point of mastering whatever skill set is required to reach their next goal. The less sophisticated thinkers among them tend to be stymied by the illogical human factor, which of course is where those who become terrorists go off track -- trying to force the universe to fit their logical, given their starting point, but nonetheless unreasonable rules.

Oh, and they're terribly cute, every single one of them (except those who become terrorists, of course). :-)

Posted by trailing wife ">trailing wife 2008-04-04 09:34|| 2008-04-04 09:34|| Front Page Top

#8 While engineers make good field operatives we have to remind that it is the losers coming from literary fields, the Ward Churchills, Nomam Chomskies, Michael Moores and similar who fill their heads with hateful lies and wild theories.

It is surprising but time and again we have seen enginers and hrd scientits buying at face velue every marxist, green or islamist el cheapo propaganda and meekly follow gurus who have halmf their IQ.

Posted by JFM">JFM 2008-04-04 10:21|| 2008-04-04 10:21|| Front Page Top

#9 Our brains are mangled differently.

All engineering types have mangles brains.

I know I know. Pot calling the kettle black...

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2008-04-04 10:36|| 2008-04-04 10:36|| Front Page Top

#10 Bwahahahaha!

Posted by Darrell, P.E. 2008-04-04 14:22|| 2008-04-04 14:22|| Front Page Top

#11 We're good at symbolic logic too.

Posted by AlanC 2008-04-04 14:38|| 2008-04-04 14:38|| Front Page Top

#12 Then there are those of us who do Engineering but have Architetural Tendancies. We make pretty bombs and other stuff.

Posted by Deacon Blues">Deacon Blues 2008-04-04 14:40|| 2008-04-04 14:40|| Front Page Top

#13 Just another P.Eng.

Missed the cute gene though. Blame that on my father (another engineer).

Posted by Skunky Glins5285">Skunky Glins5285 2008-04-04 20:05|| 2008-04-04 20:05|| Front Page Top

#14 We engineers are analytical fellows (and fellowettes). We hope for the best and plan for the worst. Because of our switchboard wiring, we can be great leaders, or we can be the most diabolically evil sons of b*tches you ever saw. So be nice to us.....

Now, some levity. An engineer joke.

It was during the French Revolution, and the local judiciary was lopping heads of enemies of the People with the Gillotine in wholesale quantities.

The first executation of the day was a doctor. Well, they pulled the rope and the Guillotine hung up. Tried again, no joy. So they let him go.

Well, they finally got the Guillotine going again.

The second executation of the day was a clergyman. They pulled the rope and the Guillotine hung up. Tried again, no joy. Must be a sign from God. So they let him go.

The third executation of the day was an engineer. They pulled the rope and the Guillotine hung up. Tried again, no joy. Then the engineer looked up at the release mechanism, and said, "Hey, I think I know what the problem is."

Posted by Alaska Paul 2008-04-04 21:27|| 2008-04-04 21:27|| Front Page Top

#15 which found terrorists in Islamic countries were more likely to be engineers than members of other professions.

As an engineer who likes to get at the "root cause" thingy, I really prefer to look at the religious side of that engineer's beliefs vis-a-vis terrorism.

But that's just me, an engineer.

Posted by BA 2008-04-04 22:29|| 2008-04-04 22:29|| Front Page Top

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