[Elecraft] "Mechanical COntesting"

[George, W5YR]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kevin Rock" <kevinrock@earthlink.net>
To: "Elecraft" <elecraft@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 4:49 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] "Mechanical COntesting"


> No, George, I have seen it happen.  It is one of the most exciting times
in an engineer's
> life.  A real problem and a deadline.  The raw meat and Diet Coke were the
joke :)   But
> a standard one in my industry.

Back in 1957 when I finally got out of MIT grad school and went to work for
Texas Instruments, my first job was as one of four engineers building TI's
first digital computer: 3000 tubes, 80 tons of a/c, you get the picture.

For several months each engineer with his tech would pull a 16 hour shift 6
days a week, overlapping the shifts so that there would always be others
around for help, coordination, etc.

I would hardly call it the most exciting time in my engineering career!
<:}

I lived through that and learned a lot. It was the nearest thing in my
experience to being tossed raw meat and Diet Coke! As it was, we existed on
junk food and cigarettes at the time. And that was also the time when I
decided to quuit smoking! More fun . . .

I have done a little AI programming using the TI AI program they had back in
the late 80's. I can see where one could get really involved with that
topic. Maybe you can get the dissertation written some day.

Kevin, your posting just struck me as inappropriate and denigrating to
engineers. I see that you did not intend that.
Maybe you can write better and I can read better and we can communicate
better!   <:}
>
> I am interested in solving this problem and really don't think it would
take more than a
> few person-years of design to implement the solution.  Artificial
intelligence tools is the
> area of learning where I researched and wrote my MS thesis.  If I had the
backing I
> would write my dissertation in that area too.  But I need to pay the bills
right now.
>    Kevin.

73/72, George
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