Fighting Words - from engineers, technologists
 

so, thus, not yer normal fightin' words

for example:

"back off buddy, or I'll float yer grounds"

I'll kick your asymptote.

We used to (o.k., maybe we still...) flash the "gang" sign - the right hand axis formed with the thumb, index, and middle fingers. I defy anyone to come up with more "geek" than that...

What about the right hand rule for moments in mechanics and induced magnetic fields in coils of wire with current running through. Thumb in direction of positive current flow, fingers show the direction of magnetic field lines.

Aren't posts 3 and 4 the same thing? Maybe they were typing at the same time...

How do you know you're talking with an extroverted scientist, engineer, technologist, etc?

They're looking at your shoes.

Or flash the X,Y and Z axis on your forehead - not just a regular looser but a 3 DIMENSIONAL LOSER!

Great Minds Think Alike

(and so do they)

"I will curl your vectors, buddy!"

Well, I was just describing the other side of the right-hand rule. My post was in response to Jeff's

Actually they are looking out the window.

Higgins you geek.

I use my left hand for the engineer gang sign

dare to be different.

"Yo Axis"


sigh, CATIA still doesn't help you see the light?

Wow.... You engineer geeks are worse than us Chem geeks.....

Did you hear the one about the pane crash? The co-pilot was from Poland...

The Electrical engineers always dissed the rest of the engineers, because they thought they were smarter.

The Mechanical Engineers always dissed the Civils, because they KNEW they were smarter. And they always hated those stupid double-E courses. But they also dated better looking women than the rest of the engineers, because they had the best cars.

Civils, well, what can you say about them? It's either concrete, asphalt or poo...

I'm an ME but became one later in life and ended up in management, so I'm different ;)

My idea of fighting words are:
"You have a funding request that is still awaiting approval, right?"

you are about to be immortalized, my friend...

actually, Civ. E. at one time was a huge growth field and drew a lot of top people - but we've pretty much built all the big dams, etc. already

now for ME... I took a heatX ME course once & was amused when the professor overheard all the EEs, EEEs and EEEEEEEEEks, complaining about "being forced to take this stoopid course", so he went thru a chimney type convection analysis and then announced people who don't understand this have destroyed many expensive computer systems for lack of cooling. It got real quiet after that.

Mech.E.' s make weapons. Civ E's make targets.

Civil engineers - rebar benders, asphalt spreaders and grout trowlers.

Remember the old movie 'Tron"......"I will terminate your resolution"

Stress to an ME is a "Tension load"

How would you like a compression load on your nose?

To airframe guys..Most would agree that Normy needs a 'Butt Gap seal".

You're volumetrically augmented!!!...meaning you're obese

You need to 5 'S your face!

Aerospace engineer = rocket scientist. Beat that sparkies and bracket designers!

Nevermind that I'm a manager and really don't "engineer" anything......

what - n one has any 6 sigma jokes?

A mechanical engineer, an electrical engineer, and a software engineer are in a car that breaks down.
The mechanical engineer says: ''Maybe is's a stuck valve''.
The electical engineer says: ''Maybe it's a dead battery''.
The software engineer says: ''I know. Let's all get out and get back in again, and see if that fixes it'

Women tend to puzzle engineers. Overhearing, "Nice rack! I'd mount that!" they get befuddled; all that comes to mind is some of their test gear:

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1291328107.jpg

Good one Flieger ! I get it. After extensive investigation of a mysterious plane crash it was found that the co-pilot was Polish. So... There was a pole on the right hand side of the plane and it went unstable and crashed!!

Havent heard that one in a long time ! Not "Fighting words", but a good nerd joke. :)