Test Equipment Anonymous (TEA) : Discussion and Group Therapy Thread

[MED6753]

You do indeed. Owned by Raytheon of course. I started at Cossor and left after the Raytheon rebrand which involved introduction of all the Americanisms like Six Sigma and Dilbert Ethics Challenge.

Six Sigma is not an Americanism, it's a Japaneseism....mainly Toyota. I remember IBM trying to adopt that crap and ramming it down our throats. Dilbert Ethics? Absolutely dumb American.

[bd139]

You do indeed. Owned by Raytheon of course. I started at Cossor and left after the Raytheon rebrand which involved introduction of all the Americanisms like Six Sigma and Dilbert Ethics Challenge.

Six Sigma is not an Americanism, it's a Japaneseism....mainly Toyota. I remember IBM trying to adopt that crap and ramming it down our throats. Dilbert Ethics? Absolutely dumb American.

I think the Japanese used it to destroy American competition

[MED6753]

Unfortunately Ozzy has given his last "Fuck You". Kudos to Sharon for sticking with him through thick and thin.

[25 CPS]

Unfortunately Ozzy has given his last "Fuck You". Kudos to Sharon for sticking with him through thick and thin.

Now Hulk Hogan too.

[MED6753]

Makes you step back and think because I'm 72 myself.

I don't pray before I go to bed. I thank the Almighty every morning when I wake up.

[Cubdriver]

Just heard that Chuck Mangione has also passed, at the age of 84.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertai ... 358976007/

-Pat

[bd139]

Now Hulk Hogan too.

Oh no, anyway... RIP Ozzy.

(My dislike for Hulk Hogan spans decades but that's a whole new thread)

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Anyway some good news.

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Graduation day today. She got a 1st class BSc Biochem and starts an MRes in Biological and Physical Chemistry at Imperial College in October

She did good. So proud

[tggzzz]

Graduation day today. She got a 1st class BSc Biochem and starts an MRes in Biological and Physical Chemistry at Imperial College in October

She did good. So proud

She did good, indeed

Never understood pride in daughter's achievements. Pleasure, amazement, quiet satisfaction w.r.t. a job well done, dinner table story - yes.

[MED6753]

Graduation day today. She got a 1st class BSc Biochem and starts an MRes in Biological and Physical Chemistry at Imperial College in October

She did good. So proud

She did good, indeed

Never understood pride in daughter's achievements. Pleasure, amazement, quiet satisfaction w.r.t. a job well done, dinner table story - yes.

Ditto.

[bd139]

Graduation day today. She got a 1st class BSc Biochem and starts an MRes in Biological and Physical Chemistry at Imperial College in October

She did good. So proud

She did good, indeed

Never understood pride in daughter's achievements. Pleasure, amazement, quiet satisfaction w.r.t. a job well done, dinner table story - yes.

It depends on the person using the word I find. Pleasure from a closely related person's achievements is the textbook definition of pride. It's when it crosses into glory and making it about yourself i.e. achievement by proxy, there's a problem. She did the work and got the degree. I am happy for her

[tggzzz]

Graduation day today. She got a 1st class BSc Biochem and starts an MRes in Biological and Physical Chemistry at Imperial College in October

She did good. So proud

She did good, indeed

Never understood pride in daughter's achievements. Pleasure, amazement, quiet satisfaction w.r.t. a job well done, dinner table story - yes.

It depends on the person using the word I find. Pleasure from a closely related person's achievements is the textbook definition of pride. It's when it crosses into glory and making it about yourself i.e. achievement by proxy, there's a problem. She did the work and got the degree. I am happy for her

Yes.

It is the "achievement by proxy" that unsettles me. Absolutely no idea why that is (too?) prominent in my mind.

Boasting about what she has achieved isn't pride

[bd139]

She did good, indeed

Never understood pride in daughter's achievements. Pleasure, amazement, quiet satisfaction w.r.t. a job well done, dinner table story - yes.

It depends on the person using the word I find. Pleasure from a closely related person's achievements is the textbook definition of pride. It's when it crosses into glory and making it about yourself i.e. achievement by proxy, there's a problem. She did the work and got the degree. I am happy for her

Yes.

It is the "achievement by proxy" that unsettles me. Absolutely no idea why that is (too?) prominent in my mind.

Boasting about what she has achieved isn't pride

I suspect you've worked for a company who took all credit for your work too

[BU508A]

It depends on the person using the word I find. Pleasure from a closely related person's achievements is the textbook definition of pride. It's when it crosses into glory and making it about yourself i.e. achievement by proxy, there's a problem. She did the work and got the degree. I am happy for her

"The teacher's true pride lies in his pupil."

I think, this is somewhere from Karate Kid.

[tautech]

Hard to beat sitting behind your pilot daughter on A320 flight deck watching her takeoff and landing in another city.
Properly proud dad.....

[tggzzz]

Hard to beat sitting behind your pilot daughter on A320 flight deck watching her takeoff and landing in another city.
Properly proud dad.....

Could have done it in an ASK13, but both of us would have hated it... "Watch your speed, you're too slow. Where is the string, Etc"

After her first solo[1] an instructor said I must be proud of her. I was nonplussed, and can't remember what I mumbled.

[1] saw her take off and, since the plane's initial climb was faster than expected. I thought "Oh, she's still pole bending". Then I saw her instructor, who said she must have stolen the plane.

The end of the flight was this cherished picture, with someone commenting "with that landing, she would be OK in any decent field"...

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[tggzzz]

It depends on the person using the word I find. Pleasure from a closely related person's achievements is the textbook definition of pride. It's when it crosses into glory and making it about yourself i.e. achievement by proxy, there's a problem. She did the work and got the degree. I am happy for her

Yes.

It is the "achievement by proxy" that unsettles me. Absolutely no idea why that is (too?) prominent in my mind.

Boasting about what she has achieved isn't pride

I suspect you've worked for a company who took all credit for your work too

Surprisingly, pleasingly, I managed to avoid that. It has never been an issue in my personal or professional life.

Was that pure luck, or did I make my luck? Un-decidable.

Nearest was working for one fintech company, where the acceptable/required standard of coding was ... worrying to the point of being unpleasant.

[bd139]

Yes.

It is the "achievement by proxy" that unsettles me. Absolutely no idea why that is (too?) prominent in my mind.

Boasting about what she has achieved isn't pride

I suspect you've worked for a company who took all credit for your work too

Surprisingly, pleasingly, I managed to avoid that. It has never been an issue in my personal or professional life.

Was that pure luck, or did I make my luck? Un-decidable.

Nearest was working for one fintech company, where the acceptable/required standard of coding was ... worrying to the point of being unpleasant.

Smells familiar

[Robert]

So after about 7 hours driving this is in the boot:

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It's a late one, badged Agilent and made in 2001. Even more surprisingly it was last calibrated in June 2023 by Keysight.
So I took the Lightwave interface off while it was still in the boot so I could lift it without doing myself an injury. Thing has no handles
And it works:
Thats a S11 return loss of a 27cm long open circuit cable.
I must say it is very nice unit. Removing the lightwave unit allows direct access to the RF source and samplers so you can use external couplers etc.

Robert.

[nixiefreqq]

cowabunga!

[AVGresponding]

"pole bending"

What a great, descriptive phrase!

[tggzzz]

"pole bending"

What a great, descriptive phrase!

It is nice, isn't it Most occupations seem to have such slang in-jokes that aren't used in other circumstances.

Given the minuscule amount of force necessary to move the stick, the concept of bending it is unthinkable.

[bd139]

"pole bending"

What a great, descriptive phrase!

It is nice, isn't it Most occupations seem to have such slang in-jokes that aren't used in other circumstances.

Given the minuscule amount of force necessary to move the stick, the concept of bending it is unthinkable.

Reminds me of fintech's "factorial leverage" meaning "blackmail".

[mnementh]

It depends on the person using the word I find. Pleasure from a closely related person's achievements is the textbook definition of pride. It's when it crosses into glory and making it about yourself i.e. achievement by proxy, there's a problem. She did the work and got the degree. I am happy for her

"The teacher's true pride lies in his pupil."

I think, this is somewhere from Karate Kid.

This is the correct measure of parental pride; a parent's goal should always be to see their child go further and do better than they did. The measure of success in parenting is in the success of their offspring; we can do our best to teach them well, but you never know how that is going to turn out until... you see how things turn out.

mnem
*very proud that my son has taken a similar interest in classical literature of his own accord*

[mnementh]

"pole bending"

What a great, descriptive phrase!

It is nice, isn't it Most occupations seem to have such slang in-jokes that aren't used in other circumstances.

Given the minuscule amount of force necessary to move the stick, the concept of bending it is unthinkable.

I always assumed it meant the same as it does in model aircraft - you've slammed the stick all the way to the stops and still pulling.

That's why I grudgingly forced myself to learn to be a "pinch flyer".

mnem

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[tggzzz]

What a great, descriptive phrase!

It is nice, isn't it Most occupations seem to have such slang in-jokes that aren't used in other circumstances.

Given the minuscule amount of force necessary to move the stick, the concept of bending it is unthinkable.

I always assumed it meant the same as it does in model aircraft - you've slammed the stick all the way to the stops and still pulling.

That's why I grudgingly forced myself to learn to be a "pinch flyer".

Basically, yes, that's what it means. For beginners, however, it refers to their tendency to rotate too early/hard to get away from the dangerous hard stuff.

Pinch flying a glider is also possible, but normally you don't - especially during a winch launch where you need to pull back the stick with a little force.

What you won't feel in an R/C model is that as you fly slower and closer to the stall point[1] then there is less airflow over the control surfaces. That not only makes the stick feel very light and disconnected but also increases the chance that you will reach the stick's endstop because the aircraft hasn't responded enough to your input. You are taught to feel the stick "waving around in the breeze" then wake up and go faster.

[1] in a weak thermal you get best lift by flying just above the stall (and spin!) point. In a strong thermal you are banking at 70degrees, pulling 3G, and feeling your jowls move towards your feet.