I just received a resume.

``As a candidate for the position I have a Mechanical Engineering
degree and about 2.54 years experience doing technical writing and
3.79 years experience doing some engineering and CAD.''

On Tue, 02 Jul 2013 18:31:10 -0500, Ignoramus8303
wrote:

I just received a resume.

``As a candidate for the position I have a Mechanical Engineering
degree and about 2.54 years experience doing technical writing and
3.79 years experience doing some engineering and CAD.''

He works to three significant figures. He's an engineering
traditionalist. Hire him. g

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On Tue, 02 Jul 2013 18:31:10 -0500, Ignoramus8303
wrote:

I just received a resume.

``As a candidate for the position I have a Mechanical Engineering
degree and about 2.54 years experience doing technical writing and
3.79 years experience doing some engineering and CAD.''

He works to three significant figures. He's an engineering
traditionalist. Hire him. g

He might still be using a sliderule....
Also, .01 years = 3.65 days. Ig might have to make a new calendar to keep
track of this new hiree's time....
Heh, a decimal year.
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EA



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Ed Huntress

On 2013-07-02, Ed Huntress wrote:
On Tue, 02 Jul 2013 18:31:10 -0500, Ignoramus8303
wrote:

I just received a resume.

``As a candidate for the position I have a Mechanical Engineering
degree and about 2.54 years experience doing technical writing and
3.79 years experience doing some engineering and CAD.''

He works to three significant figures. He's an engineering
traditionalist. Hire him. g


I am much less precise, approximately 25 years of C and approximately
18 years of perl.

But yes, I kind of liked that precision too, I will see him tomorrow.

i

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On 2013-07-02, Ed Huntress
wrote:
On Tue, 02 Jul 2013 18:31:10 -0500,
Ignoramus8303
wrote:

I just received a resume.

``As a candidate for the position I have a
Mechanical Engineering
degree and about 2.54 years experience doing
technical writing and
3.79 years experience doing some engineering
and CAD.''

He works to three significant figures. He's an
engineering
traditionalist. Hire him. g


I am much less precise, approximately 25 years
of C and approximately
18 years of perl.

But yes, I kind of liked that precision too, I
will see him tomorrow.


Mech Eng? Then ask him if he believes in
centrifugal force.
If he does, he flunked out .....

On Wednesday, July 3, 2013 2:35:51 PM UTC-5, Phil Kangas wrote:
"Ignoramus8303"

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On 2013-07-02, Ed Huntress

wrote:

On Tue, 02 Jul 2013 18:31:10 -0500,

Ignoramus8303

wrote:



I just received a resume.



``As a candidate for the position I have a

Mechanical Engineering

degree and about 2.54 years experience doing

technical writing and

3.79 years experience doing some engineering

and CAD.''



He works to three significant figures. He's an

engineering

traditionalist. Hire him. g





I am much less precise, approximately 25 years

of C and approximately

18 years of perl.



But yes, I kind of liked that precision too, I

will see him tomorrow.





Mech Eng? Then ask him if he believes in

centrifugal force.

If he does, he flunked out .....

After the question about centrifugal force, ask if is willing to support the d'arsonval movement.

"Cross-Slide"
Mech Eng? Then ask him if he believes in

centrifugal force.

If he does, he flunked out .....

After the question about centrifugal force, ask
if he
is willing to support the d'arsonval movement.



And if he says 'hell yes, I'll sign that
petition!' ,
when do they meet?

Ask the refrigeration guy if he believes in cold.
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Learn more about Jesus
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Mech Eng? Then ask him if he believes in
centrifugal force.
If he does, he flunked out .....

On Tue, 02 Jul 2013 19:47:23 -0400, the renowned Ed Huntress
wrote:

On Tue, 02 Jul 2013 18:31:10 -0500, Ignoramus8303
wrote:

I just received a resume.

``As a candidate for the position I have a Mechanical Engineering
degree and about 2.54 years experience doing technical writing and
3.79 years experience doing some engineering and CAD.''

He works to three significant figures. He's an engineering
traditionalist. Hire him. g

Maybe he just rounded it to the nearest week.

2 yrs + 28 weeks for the writing ~= 2.54 years
3 yrs + 41 weeks for the Eng/CAD ~= 3.79 years

I'd interview him if the rest of it looks good.


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On Tue, 02 Jul 2013 18:31:10 -0500, Ignoramus8303
wrote:

I just received a resume.

``As a candidate for the position I have a Mechanical Engineering
degree and about 2.54 years experience doing technical writing and
3.79 years experience doing some engineering and CAD.''

What kind of ME is that, using only _2_ decimal places when he coulda
used 3 or 4? Sheesh!

--
A sound mind in a sound body is a short but full description
of a happy state in this world.
-- John Locke

That's slide rule math - read two places off of the scales and estimate the
third digit. Definitely hire him, he might not know how to text and will
actually work while on the job :-).

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Regards,
Carl Ijames
"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
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On Tue, 02 Jul 2013 18:31:10 -0500, Ignoramus8303
wrote:

I just received a resume.

``As a candidate for the position I have a Mechanical Engineering
degree and about 2.54 years experience doing technical writing and
3.79 years experience doing some engineering and CAD.''

What kind of ME is that, using only _2_ decimal places when he coulda
used 3 or 4? Sheesh!

--
A sound mind in a sound body is a short but full description
of a happy state in this world.
-- John Locke

On 2013-07-03, Carl Ijames wrote:
That's slide rule math - read two places off of the scales and estimate the
third digit. Definitely hire him, he might not know how to text and will
actually work while on the job :-).

I thought at first that he wrote a script to substract a "experience
starting date" from today's date and to send emails automatically,
this is what I would suepect myself of doing if that was written by
someone like me. But he said no, he wrote the email personally.

i

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Regards,
Carl Ijames
"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
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On Tue, 02 Jul 2013 18:31:10 -0500, Ignoramus8303
wrote:

I just received a resume.

``As a candidate for the position I have a Mechanical Engineering
degree and about 2.54 years experience doing technical writing and
3.79 years experience doing some engineering and CAD.''

What kind of ME is that, using only _2_ decimal places when he coulda
used 3 or 4? Sheesh!

"Ignoramus8303" wrote in message
...
On 2013-07-03, Carl Ijames wrote:
That's slide rule math - read two places off of the scales and estimate
the
third digit. Definitely hire him, he might not know how to text and will
actually work while on the job :-).

I thought at first that he wrote a script to substract a "experience
starting date" from today's date and to send emails automatically,
this is what I would suepect myself of doing if that was written by
someone like me. But he said no, he wrote the email personally.

i

-----
Regards,
Carl Ijames
"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
...

On Tue, 02 Jul 2013 18:31:10 -0500, Ignoramus8303
wrote:

I just received a resume.

``As a candidate for the position I have a Mechanical Engineering
degree and about 2.54 years experience doing technical writing and
3.79 years experience doing some engineering and CAD.''

What kind of ME is that, using only _2_ decimal places when he coulda
used 3 or 4? Sheesh!




It is probably no coincidence those are the numbers of cm per inch and
liters per gallon.

If he thinks this is a very clever thing to put on a resume, I personlly
would probably find him annoying to work with.

On Tue, 2 Jul 2013 21:07:09 -0700, "anorton"
wrote:


"Ignoramus8303" wrote in message
m...
On 2013-07-03, Carl Ijames wrote:
That's slide rule math - read two places off of the scales and estimate
the
third digit. Definitely hire him, he might not know how to text and will
actually work while on the job :-).

I thought at first that he wrote a script to substract a "experience
starting date" from today's date and to send emails automatically,
this is what I would suepect myself of doing if that was written by
someone like me. But he said no, he wrote the email personally.

i

-----
Regards,
Carl Ijames
"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
...

On Tue, 02 Jul 2013 18:31:10 -0500, Ignoramus8303
wrote:

I just received a resume.

``As a candidate for the position I have a Mechanical Engineering
degree and about 2.54 years experience doing technical writing and
3.79 years experience doing some engineering and CAD.''

What kind of ME is that, using only _2_ decimal places when he coulda
used 3 or 4? Sheesh!




It is probably no coincidence those are the numbers of cm per inch and
liters per gallon.

If he thinks this is a very clever thing to put on a resume, I personlly
would probably find him annoying to work with.

Frankly..Id not hire the guy based on the resume alone. Face to
face...might be a different story.

Shrug

Gunner

--
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children. Thus, for example, there is also the popular tactic of
repeating some stupid, meaningless phrase a billion times" Arms for
hostages, arms for hostages, arms for hostages, it's just about sex, just
about sex, just about sex, dumb,dumb, money in politics,money in
politics, Enron, Enron, Enron. Nothing repeated with mind-numbing
frequency in all major news outlets will not be believed by some members
of the populace. It is the permanence of evil; you can't stop it." (Ann
Coulter)

On 2013-07-03, anorton wrote:

"Ignoramus8303" wrote in message
...
On 2013-07-03, Carl Ijames wrote:
That's slide rule math - read two places off of the scales and estimate
the
third digit. Definitely hire him, he might not know how to text and will
actually work while on the job :-).

I thought at first that he wrote a script to substract a "experience
starting date" from today's date and to send emails automatically,
this is what I would suepect myself of doing if that was written by
someone like me. But he said no, he wrote the email personally.

i

-----
Regards,
Carl Ijames
"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
...

On Tue, 02 Jul 2013 18:31:10 -0500, Ignoramus8303
wrote:

I just received a resume.

``As a candidate for the position I have a Mechanical Engineering
degree and about 2.54 years experience doing technical writing and
3.79 years experience doing some engineering and CAD.''

What kind of ME is that, using only _2_ decimal places when he coulda
used 3 or 4? Sheesh!




It is probably no coincidence those are the numbers of cm per inch and
liters per gallon.

If he thinks this is a very clever thing to put on a resume, I personlly
would probably find him annoying to work with.


I agree with you. He stopped by today and I thought that he was
outright crazed. He could not stop dancing while interviewing.

i

Good grief - don't have a grip?

What was he doing - ME on road timbers ? boat pilings ?

And then knowing the product and the best to know the design, specs, and
such is tasked to make the manuals or datasheets.

If one had a small company that is the facts. A lot of that is ISO
requirements.

Martin


On 7/2/2013 8:07 PM, Carl Ijames wrote:
That's slide rule math - read two places off of the scales and estimate the
third digit. Definitely hire him, he might not know how to text and will
actually work while on the job :-).

-----
Regards,
Carl Ijames
"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
...

On Tue, 02 Jul 2013 18:31:10 -0500, Ignoramus8303
wrote:

I just received a resume.

``As a candidate for the position I have a Mechanical Engineering
degree and about 2.54 years experience doing technical writing and
3.79 years experience doing some engineering and CAD.''

What kind of ME is that, using only _2_ decimal places when he coulda
used 3 or 4? Sheesh!

--
A sound mind in a sound body is a short but full description
of a happy state in this world.
-- John Locke

On Tuesday, July 2, 2013 10:02:14 PM UTC-5, Martin Eastburn wrote:
Good grief - don't have a grip?



What was he doing - ME on road timbers ? boat pilings ?



And then knowing the product and the best to know the design, specs, and

such is tasked to make the manuals or datasheets.



If one had a small company that is the facts. A lot of that is ISO

requirements.



Martin





On 7/2/2013 8:07 PM, Carl Ijames wrote:

That's slide rule math - read two places off of the scales and estimate the

third digit. Definitely hire him, he might not know how to text and will

actually work while on the job :-).



-----

Regards,

Carl Ijames

"Larry Jaques" wrote in message

...



On Tue, 02 Jul 2013 18:31:10 -0500, Ignoramus8303

wrote:



I just received a resume.



``As a candidate for the position I have a Mechanical Engineering

degree and about 2.54 years experience doing technical writing and

3.79 years experience doing some engineering and CAD.''



What kind of ME is that, using only _2_ decimal places when he coulda

used 3 or 4? Sheesh!



--

A sound mind in a sound body is a short but full description

of a happy state in this world.

-- John Locke





Whatever else that you find out, he was able to write a resume that stood out from all the rest.
Congrats to him for that.

Larry Jaques wrote:

On Tue, 02 Jul 2013 18:31:10 -0500, Ignoramus8303
wrote:

I just received a resume.

``As a candidate for the position I have a Mechanical Engineering
degree and about 2.54 years experience doing technical writing and
3.79 years experience doing some engineering and CAD.''

What kind of ME is that, using only _2_ decimal places when he coulda
used 3 or 4? Sheesh!


I always used five places, so they could make their own rounding
errors.

"Michael A. Terrell" on Wed, 03 Jul 2013
23:07:50 -0400 typed in rec.crafts.metalworking the following:

Larry Jaques wrote:

On Tue, 02 Jul 2013 18:31:10 -0500, Ignoramus8303
wrote:

I just received a resume.

``As a candidate for the position I have a Mechanical Engineering
degree and about 2.54 years experience doing technical writing and
3.79 years experience doing some engineering and CAD.''

What kind of ME is that, using only _2_ decimal places when he coulda
used 3 or 4? Sheesh!


I always used five places, so they could make their own rounding
errors.

LOL
--
pyotr filipivich
"With Age comes Wisdom. Although more often, Age travels alone."

On Wed, 03 Jul 2013 23:07:50 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell"
wrote:


Larry Jaques wrote:

On Tue, 02 Jul 2013 18:31:10 -0500, Ignoramus8303
wrote:

I just received a resume.

``As a candidate for the position I have a Mechanical Engineering
degree and about 2.54 years experience doing technical writing and
3.79 years experience doing some engineering and CAD.''

What kind of ME is that, using only _2_ decimal places when he coulda
used 3 or 4? Sheesh!


I always used five places, so they could make their own rounding
errors.

Goodonya, Mikey. PRECISION ill-fitting parts!

--
A sound mind in a sound body is a short but full description
of a happy state in this world.
-- John Locke

Larry Jaques wrote:

On Wed, 03 Jul 2013 23:07:50 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell"
wrote:


Larry Jaques wrote:

On Tue, 02 Jul 2013 18:31:10 -0500, Ignoramus8303
wrote:

I just received a resume.

``As a candidate for the position I have a Mechanical Engineering
degree and about 2.54 years experience doing technical writing and
3.79 years experience doing some engineering and CAD.''

What kind of ME is that, using only _2_ decimal places when he coulda
used 3 or 4? Sheesh!


I always used five places, so they could make their own rounding
errors.

Goodonya, Mikey. PRECISION ill-fitting parts!


That was on the electronics side, so just five places is low
precision.

"Michael A. Terrell" on Thu, 04 Jul 2013
09:21:38 -0400 typed in rec.crafts.metalworking the following:
Larry Jaques wrote:
On Wed, 03 Jul 2013 23:07:50 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell"
wrote:
Larry Jaques wrote:
On Tue, 02 Jul 2013 18:31:10 -0500, Ignoramus8303 wrote:

I just received a resume.

``As a candidate for the position I have a Mechanical Engineering
degree and about 2.54 years experience doing technical writing and
3.79 years experience doing some engineering and CAD.''

What kind of ME is that, using only _2_ decimal places when he coulda
used 3 or 4? Sheesh!

I always used five places, so they could make their own rounding
errors.

Goodonya, Mikey. PRECISION ill-fitting parts!

That was on the electronics side, so just five places is low
precision.

Which makes sense. Electrons _are_ smaller, so you have to
measure them, as they is.
--
pyotr filipivich
"With Age comes Wisdom. Although more often, Age travels alone."