Comments on: Observations From a Different Kind of Person http://www.dinane.net/2006/10/30/observations-from-a-different-kind-of-person If the internet were picking teams for a blog battle, I'd be picked last. Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:57:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.2 By: Joe http://www.dinane.net/2006/10/30/observations-from-a-different-kind-of-person/comment-page-1#comment-2481 Joe Wed, 01 Nov 2006 17:30:04 +0000 http://www.dinane.net/2006/10/30/observations-from-a-different-kind-of-person#comment-2481 The box needs to be engineered, yes, but with loose tolerances kept in mind for the end-use. Fault-tolerance is not an easy thing to engineer. I woudl think that the exo-skeletal lobster metaphor would be a lot easier to understand than the fault-tolerant box. I tend to think of a big ol' honkin' lobster fresh from the ocean and kinda ticked that he's not there as a pretty scary creature. C'mon, it's got body armor naturally! Not to mention big ol' claws! The box needs to be engineered, yes, but with loose tolerances kept in mind for the end-use. Fault-tolerance is not an easy thing to engineer.

I woudl think that the exo-skeletal lobster metaphor would be a lot easier to understand than the fault-tolerant box. I tend to think of a big ol’ honkin’ lobster fresh from the ocean and kinda ticked that he’s not there as a pretty scary creature. C’mon, it’s got body armor naturally! Not to mention big ol’ claws!

]]> By: dinane http://www.dinane.net/2006/10/30/observations-from-a-different-kind-of-person/comment-page-1#comment-2480 dinane Wed, 01 Nov 2006 13:33:34 +0000 http://www.dinane.net/2006/10/30/observations-from-a-different-kind-of-person#comment-2480 Yeah... you've officially confused me. So, you're all technical-like in the case of the lobsters... But you don't want to engineer a box... Lobsters aren't scary, by the way. They're food! Well, I guess their shells can be intimidating... I mean... Seriously, who wants to spend 20 minutes with various torture instruments just to get a meal? Yeah… you’ve officially confused me.

So, you’re all technical-like in the case of the lobsters…

But you don’t want to engineer a box…

Lobsters aren’t scary, by the way. They’re food! Well, I guess their shells can be intimidating… I mean… Seriously, who wants to spend 20 minutes with various torture instruments just to get a meal?

]]> By: Joe http://www.dinane.net/2006/10/30/observations-from-a-different-kind-of-person/comment-page-1#comment-2446 Joe Tue, 31 Oct 2006 17:56:49 +0000 http://www.dinane.net/2006/10/30/observations-from-a-different-kind-of-person#comment-2446 Just a bit...last night, for example, I had to explain why lobsters can be inherently scary because of their exo-skeletal armor. Thus, my friend with knee braces shouldn't feel like she's broadcasting a weakness, rather, she's "armored" and can thus be scary. Hmmm, something like that. And,yes, the thing with the boxes was really dang funny. They were trying to engineer the thing down to the last millimeter and I was like "guys, just make it so all I have to do is pick it up, plop it down, and walk on." I didn't want to spend 20 minutes a box sealing it up. Just a bit…last night, for example, I had to explain why lobsters can be inherently scary because of their exo-skeletal armor. Thus, my friend with knee braces shouldn’t feel like she’s broadcasting a weakness, rather, she’s “armored” and can thus be scary. Hmmm, something like that.

And,yes, the thing with the boxes was really dang funny. They were trying to engineer the thing down to the last millimeter and I was like “guys, just make it so all I have to do is pick it up, plop it down, and walk on.” I didn’t want to spend 20 minutes a box sealing it up.

]]> By: dinane http://www.dinane.net/2006/10/30/observations-from-a-different-kind-of-person/comment-page-1#comment-2444 dinane Tue, 31 Oct 2006 16:32:00 +0000 http://www.dinane.net/2006/10/30/observations-from-a-different-kind-of-person#comment-2444 Zing! I think I hit a nerve! Zing! I think I hit a nerve!

]]> By: Joe http://www.dinane.net/2006/10/30/observations-from-a-different-kind-of-person/comment-page-1#comment-2442 Joe Tue, 31 Oct 2006 02:49:53 +0000 http://www.dinane.net/2006/10/30/observations-from-a-different-kind-of-person#comment-2442 Ohhh the joys of not being in an engineering school surrounded by non-engineering types. I'm going through withdrawl over here. Just the other day I had to explain what "loose tolerances" meant... ugh. I just want a box that I don't have to spend 1/2 hour sealing every time I want to use it...I should be able to put it together in 2 seconds, flat, and have it work, period. Ohhh the joys of not being in an engineering school surrounded by non-engineering types. I’m going through withdrawl over here. Just the other day I had to explain what “loose tolerances” meant… ugh. I just want a box that I don’t have to spend 1/2 hour sealing every time I want to use it…I should be able to put it together in 2 seconds, flat, and have it work, period.

]]> By: dinane http://www.dinane.net/2006/10/30/observations-from-a-different-kind-of-person/comment-page-1#comment-2439 dinane Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:06:04 +0000 http://www.dinane.net/2006/10/30/observations-from-a-different-kind-of-person#comment-2439 Ooh, and one other thing. It's not that those things are <em>problems, per se</em>. They're just differences. The set is sound, it just has a few dozen extra pieces of strapping and probably could have been raised in half the time. *Shrug* Ooh, and one other thing. It’s not that those things are problems, per se. They’re just differences. The set is sound, it just has a few dozen extra pieces of strapping and probably could have been raised in half the time. *Shrug*

]]> By: dinane http://www.dinane.net/2006/10/30/observations-from-a-different-kind-of-person/comment-page-1#comment-2438 dinane Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:04:22 +0000 http://www.dinane.net/2006/10/30/observations-from-a-different-kind-of-person#comment-2438 It's kind of a hike for you and Paul. But they are super nice people, really. And they're always on the lookout for more people. The lights, though... I mean... there's... it's just one light bar. One. And approximately zero good angles. But we do what we can. It's a small stage in a small room with a not so advantageous ceiling. It’s kind of a hike for you and Paul. But they are super nice people, really. And they’re always on the lookout for more people.

The lights, though… I mean… there’s… it’s just one light bar. One. And approximately zero good angles. But we do what we can. It’s a small stage in a small room with a not so advantageous ceiling.

]]> By: Dave http://www.dinane.net/2006/10/30/observations-from-a-different-kind-of-person/comment-page-1#comment-2437 Dave Mon, 30 Oct 2006 19:36:15 +0000 http://www.dinane.net/2006/10/30/observations-from-a-different-kind-of-person#comment-2437 Sounds like Paul, Miker and I need to get involved. That would quickly solve the screw gun and eagerness to work to with lights problems. Sounds like Paul, Miker and I need to get involved. That would quickly solve the screw gun and eagerness to work to with lights problems.

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