2004-12-17 15:58:35eLeaf
骨董餡餅烘出 & Geeky Engineers
This is a never ending discussion, but quite interesting. You should
read the whole conversation. It's in reversed chronical order. Man,
I've had enough of school. Don't send me back, pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease!!!!
oh yeah, there's a structural joke my prof told us the other day.
Chalks make a squeaking sound if you push it against the black board
and write. That is because the friction on the board makes the chalk
resonant. BUT if you put your finger at the tip of the chalk when you
write, you damp out the vibration and hence the chalks don't squeak. ;)
interesting, eh?
Another geeky joke, (may as well make that 3) my solid mechanics prof
noticed the "curved beams" in the Hobbies' house when he was watching Lord of the Ring I as opposed to ....whatever they want us to focus on. -_-"'
We engineers, sigh~~~~
Ellen
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From: "James Chen"
Eric just told me today that he's working on a thesis... seems like his
topic is quite extraordinary. I wonder if there is a position called
electrical cookware fabrication engineer that requires a masters degree
in EE? Since there are so many ECEs out there, I guess we ECEs are
trying to expand our job market by embedding semiconductor chips in
everything -- cameras, flash lights, vacuum cleaners, toilets (in BA,
for example), tennis rackets (the one Agassi uses, for example) ... If
we turn building structures into electrical components, perhaps some civs are going to have to go back to school to learn some physics. Oops, did I say anything wrong? =P
I'm not 100% kidding though. For instance, a possibility is to dampen
building vibration by using movements in the building components to
generate electric energy & store that into some capacitors/batteries &
releasing the energy back at some later time through certain material
that, say, stiffens when electrical current is passing through them.
Hey, it could be an interesting research topic if nobody's explored it
before. If you know any grad students willing to pay for this idea for
their thesis paper, we can share the profit huh =P
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ellen Yeh"
The funny part is my friend's response. Note by the way, Robert Boyle
is the one that came out with the Boyle's Law. He's called "the
father of Modern Chemistry".
--- Hu Eric wrote:
That's it... we engineer should also make our own "recipe" too. And to make it even more geeky, we should re-design and include fabrication
instruction for the stove, cooking pot, cooking utensils, and eating plates.And then publish a book "The complete guide to geeky engineer's cooking!"
Eric Hu
burningtyger@hotmail.com
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Reference Article:
骨董餡餅烘出
【中廣新聞網 】
英國人最近用一個一六四八年的老食譜，烤出了一個餡餅。
英國人過耶誕要吃鹹餡餅。這個耶誕餡餅，用的是絞羊肉、板油、荳蔻、棗子、洋棗子、柳橙皮、糖及葡萄乾。
這個食單是十七世紀化學家柏毅(Robert Boyle)留下來的。負責製作的也是一群化學家。皇家化學學會主席吉亞沙說，柏毅老前輩當初想出這個食譜的時候，經過仔細實驗，量化以後寫出來的。是一次化學和美食的完美結合。這個有三百五十八年歷史的羊肉水果派能不能讓大家的味蕾跳動，就得看自己的感受了。
(郭希誠編譯)
read the whole conversation. It's in reversed chronical order. Man,
I've had enough of school. Don't send me back, pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease!!!!
oh yeah, there's a structural joke my prof told us the other day.
Chalks make a squeaking sound if you push it against the black board
and write. That is because the friction on the board makes the chalk
resonant. BUT if you put your finger at the tip of the chalk when you
write, you damp out the vibration and hence the chalks don't squeak. ;)
interesting, eh?
Another geeky joke, (may as well make that 3) my solid mechanics prof
noticed the "curved beams" in the Hobbies' house when he was watching Lord of the Ring I as opposed to ....whatever they want us to focus on. -_-"'
We engineers, sigh~~~~
Ellen
-------------------------------------------------------------------
From: "James Chen"
Eric just told me today that he's working on a thesis... seems like his
topic is quite extraordinary. I wonder if there is a position called
electrical cookware fabrication engineer that requires a masters degree
in EE? Since there are so many ECEs out there, I guess we ECEs are
trying to expand our job market by embedding semiconductor chips in
everything -- cameras, flash lights, vacuum cleaners, toilets (in BA,
for example), tennis rackets (the one Agassi uses, for example) ... If
we turn building structures into electrical components, perhaps some civs are going to have to go back to school to learn some physics. Oops, did I say anything wrong? =P
I'm not 100% kidding though. For instance, a possibility is to dampen
building vibration by using movements in the building components to
generate electric energy & store that into some capacitors/batteries &
releasing the energy back at some later time through certain material
that, say, stiffens when electrical current is passing through them.
Hey, it could be an interesting research topic if nobody's explored it
before. If you know any grad students willing to pay for this idea for
their thesis paper, we can share the profit huh =P
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ellen Yeh"
The funny part is my friend's response. Note by the way, Robert Boyle
is the one that came out with the Boyle's Law. He's called "the
father of Modern Chemistry".
--- Hu Eric
That's it... we engineer should also make our own "recipe" too. And to make it even more geeky, we should re-design and include fabrication
instruction for the stove, cooking pot, cooking utensils, and eating plates.And then publish a book "The complete guide to geeky engineer's cooking!"
Eric Hu
burningtyger@hotmail.com
----------------------------------------------------------
Reference Article:
骨董餡餅烘出
【中廣新聞網 】
英國人最近用一個一六四八年的老食譜，烤出了一個餡餅。
英國人過耶誕要吃鹹餡餅。這個耶誕餡餅，用的是絞羊肉、板油、荳蔻、棗子、洋棗子、柳橙皮、糖及葡萄乾。
這個食單是十七世紀化學家柏毅(Robert Boyle)留下來的。負責製作的也是一群化學家。皇家化學學會主席吉亞沙說，柏毅老前輩當初想出這個食譜的時候，經過仔細實驗，量化以後寫出來的。是一次化學和美食的完美結合。這個有三百五十八年歷史的羊肉水果派能不能讓大家的味蕾跳動，就得看自己的感受了。
(郭希誠編譯)