You might be an engineer if
calculus but you can't remember how to do long division.
You might be an engineer if:
1)You have no life - and you can
PROVE it mathematically.
2)You enjoy pain.
3)You know vector
calculus but you can’t remember how to do long division.
4)You
chuckle whenever anyone says “centrifugal force”.
5)You’ve actually
used every single function on your graphing calculator.
6)It is
sunny and 70 degrees outside, and you are working on a computer.
7)You
frequently whistle the theme song to “MacGyver”.
8)You know how to
integrate a chicken and can take the derivative of water.
9)You
think in “math”.
10)You’ve calculated that the World Series actually
diverges.
11)You hesitate to look at something because you don’t
want to break down its wave function.
12)You have a pet named after a
scientist.
13)You laugh at jokes about mathematicians.
14)The
Humane society has you arrested because you actually performed the
Schrodinger’s Cat experiment.
15)You can translate English into
Binary.
16)You can’t remember what’s behind the door in the
engineering building which says “Exit”.
17)You have to bring a
jacket with you, in the middle of summer, because there’s a wind-chill
factor in the lab.
18)You are completely addicted to caffeine.
19)You
avoid doing anything because you don’t want to contribute to the
eventual heat-death of the universe.
20)You consider ANY
non-engineering course “easy”.
21)When your professor asks you
where your homework is, you claim to have accidentally determined its
momentum so precisely, that according to Heisenberg it could be anywhere
in the universe.
22)The “fun” center of your brain has deteriorated
from lack of use.
23)You’ll assume that a “horse” is a “sphere” in
order to make the math easier.
24)The blinking 12:00 on someone’s
VCR draws you in like a tractor beam to fix it.
25)You bring a
computer manual / technical journal as vacation reading.
26)The
salesperson at Circuit City can’t answer any of your questions.
27)You
can’t help eavesdropping in computer stores… and correcting the
salesperson.
28)You’re in line for the guillotine… it stops
working properly… and you offer to fix it.
29)You go on the rides
at Disneyland and sit backwards to see how they do the special effects.
30)You
have any “Dilbert” comics displayed in your work area.
31)You have a
habit of destroying things in order to see how they work.
32)You
have never backed up your hard drive.
33)You haven’t bought any new
underwear or socks for yourself since you got married.
34)You spent
more on your calculator than on your wedding ring.
35)You think that
when people around you yawn, it’s because they didn’t get enough sleep.
36)You would rather get more dots per inch than miles per gallon 37)You’ve even calculated how much you make per second. 38)Your favorite James Bond character is “Q,” the guy who makes the gadgets. 39)You understood more than five of these jokes. 40)You make a copy of this list, and post it on your door (or your home page !)
http://www.gdargaud.net/Humor/Engineer.html#YMB
The Top 10 Things Engineering School didn’t teach:
- There are at least 10 types of capacitors.
- Theory tells you how a circuit works, not why it does not work.
- Not everything works according to the specs in the databook.
- Anything practical you learn will be obsolete before you use it, except the complex math, which you will never use.
- Always try to fix the hardware with software.
Engineering is like having an 8 a.m. class and a late afternoon lab every day for the rest of your life. 4. Overtime pay? What overtime pay? 3. Managers, not engineers, rule the world. 2. If you like junk food, caffeine and all-nighters, go into software.
- Dilbert is a documentary.
http://www3.baylor.edu/asme/jokes.htm
Top 14 reasons to date an engineer:
- We are trained to do it right the first time
- We are used to all nighters
- We are always willing to experiment
- We know how to decrease and increase friction
- We know all about heat transfer
- We do it with more torque
- We can wire your circuits
- Free body diagrams
Potential for smart children 5. Engineering couples have better moments 4. We know how to deal with stress and strain 3. We know it’s not the length of the vector that counts, but how you apply the force 2. “Lubrication, Friction and Wear” is actually a class 1. The world DOES revolve around us…we pick the coordinate system
You just might be an engineer if:
-you save the power cord from a broken appliance for future use.
- you use a CAD package to design your son’s soap box car.
- you have more toys than your kids.
your wristwatch has more buttons than your telephone.
- you know the direction water swirls when you flush.
- your three year old daughter asks you why the sky is blue and you try to explain atmospheric absorption theory.