Tyler,
Unfortunately, only those of us in the upper midwest or Canada know the significance of you reference,eh?

In a pinch, any tool is a hammer.

In technical documentation, the term for beat it with a hammer is "gently mallotize"

Justification for an Engineering Cost Estimate - PDOOMA.

I shudder to think what PDOOMA means.

Personally, my favorite has always been "Lefty Loosey, Righty Tighty."

Re: :)
 

Tyler ... Newhouse ;)

Oh, and there are always the 7 P's

Prior
Proper
Planning
Prevents
Pretty
Poor
Performance

:D

- Katie

<chuckle> Around here, we call those "Brown Numbers" or a "SWAG". :) The Engineering quotes most often heard here on that subject are:

- "It's a Brown Number..."

- "I generated that answer using PDOOMA numerical data methods."

The latter of course sounds impressive. What always amazes me is half the time people simply nod wisely and go on, accepting that as a "scientific reason", because they can't admit they've never heard of "PDOOMA Methodology"... :)

However, if they do ask what "PDOOMA" means, you then get to define it with a straight face and enjoy their reaction... :D

For those that don't catch it, check at either http://www.acronymsearch.com or http://www.acronymfinder.com.

IMO, both acronym sites, along with http://yourdictionary.com are all "must haves" in a good set of "Reference" bookmarks.

- Keith

"For years I dreamed of becoming an Engineer, and now I are one..."

Keith,
Our version of that is "All my life I couldn't even spell eng-a-near, now I are one!" Good one, I had almost forgotten.

"All an enjineer really needs is his hands.. for it is ones hands that that are the tools of the brain"

and anyway,
it is ones hands that fabricate ones tools anyway...

catagorizing
 

Here is a way to order your files..... (this might be a little bit off)

1.First one
2. New one
3. Newer one
4. Newest one
5. The new newest one
6. The coolest new one
7. The cooler one
8. The one where you are at the point that you are sick of giving it names
9. Fricken a!
10. Gosh Golly darn dang eh?

One of my programming friend's...
"It's not a bug, it's an unadvertised feature..."

I was saying the same thing but it was it was:
Why do we have so many shaft collars?
Why do we have so many bushings?
Why do we have so many springs?
I think have enough supplies to build two robots.
What is that?
Why is there a propane tank in the mechanical box?
Hey I didn't know a pulley was in 2001 bill of materials.
Why can't we standardize our tools, and fasteners?
Nm first has battlebots by two years.

(....kid enters room the drivers are practicing in...)
kid: can I drive the robot?
driver 1: NO!
Kid: why not?
driver 1: just, NO!
(...driver 1 goes to look inside robot....)
kid: I want to drive the robot!
driver 2: you were already told NO!
(..driver 2 goes to other room to get a tool for driver 1....)
...meanwhile, before driver 2 returns... the kid has grabbed ahold of the controls, and attmepted to drive away with the robot as driver 1's head is in the robot..) :rolleyes:

My new quote.... a possibility for my teams unofficial shirts this year... non-engineering, however, I apply it to FIRST:

"Who controls the past, controls the future; who controls the present, controls the past." - Orwell, 84

My favorite non FIRST slogan from Homer Hickam:

Passion, Planning, Perseverance. (What is needed for a FIRST team)



My favorite FIRST slogan (which we would put on all our 255 Robots):


"Robots are expected to survive vigorous interaction with other robots."

This thread is getting long, I can't remember (and I didn't look) if this was posted.

There 6 ways of fixing things that broke: (typical time line of a major componet)
1. Pre-Ship Date: We'll fix that next week, we may not use that component anyways.
2. Ship Date: What do you mean that never got fixed!? We'll fix it in the Pit
3. In the Pit Thursday: We'll fix that after we weight in
4. Later Thursday: We'll fix that after we shave 4 pounds off the robot, someone hand me a drill
5. Friday Morning: Hurry up! there singing the national Anthem, just throw some Duct Tape on it to hold it in place, and we'll fix it after our next round!!
6. Friday Afternoon: We Fixed It!! we can score now!