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Originally Posted by Scott Douglas
Every time I read one of these 'common sense' threads I'm reminded of the story my brother once told me. He was going to grad school at UC Berkeley and had a research assistantship at Lawrence Livermore Labs up back of the school. He thus had complete run of their machine shop. One day he's up there and walks by a Phd student standing at a drill press. He's got a tap chucked in the drill and a piece of metal on the table. My brother asked him what he was doing. "I'm going to tap a hole in the metal so I can screw a bolt in."
Uh, don't you think you should drill the hole first, then tap it?
No, I thought that's what the tap is for.
You get the idea.
The guy was amazed that my bro knew what size tap drill to use off the top of his head. He even showed him how to use the tap drill chart that was hanging on the wall right next to the drill press.
What is it they say Phd stands for?
Oh yeah, Piled Higher and Deeper.
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Not so fast genius. If you never had dealt with a TV set before how would you know you had to plug it in first. Show the guy the ropes and he should be good to go.
If he cant figure it out then..
Ohhh well.