22-12-2018, 09:56 PM
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Re: Things that annoy you!
Originally Posted by Sage
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People who do and say unkind or mean things just to control others. This kind of need is a massive sign of insecurity and small mindedness.
I hope you are Ok?
22-12-2018, 11:38 PM
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Re: Things that annoy you!
Originally Posted by Besoeker
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Memory can be a puzzling and sometimes thing, at least for me.I'm in my seventies so some loss of memory might be expected. I do have the lapse that has been mentioned here - walk from one room to another and forget why.
But longer term things just seem to stick in my brain. Particularly numbers and technical things. I can remember the the registration number of every vehicle my parents and all that I have. Phone numbers...scientific and mathematical formulae. Conversion factors and stuff.
It is a double edged sword. At work, people leaned on me for these things rather than look them up.
well apart from the technical bit
23-12-2018, 02:50 PM
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Re: Things that annoy you!
But I use a spread sheet for those, mainly so that I don't have to do them long hand every time. Type "=PI()*f*L" and you don't have to remember the actual value of Pi to six decimal places. But I can't help it.
23-12-2018, 02:55 PM
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Re: Things that annoy you!
Originally Posted by Besoeker
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I still do some technical consultancy so remembering stuff like that can be quite handy but not essential. A simple example is Pi (Π) which is used frequently in electrical calculations.But I use a spread sheet for those, mainly so that I don't have to do them long hand every time. Type "=PI()*f*L" and you don't have to remember the actual value of Pi to six decimal places. But I can't help it.
Blimey Besso 3.14 ???????
23-12-2018, 04:46 PM
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Re: Things that annoy you!
Originally Posted by Sweetie pie
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Blimey Besso 3.14 ???????
The formula I gave was just an example of how Pi is used to calculate the effect a particular component will have on our electrical supply, a choke in this case. L is its value, f our frequency (50Hz for us), and Pi is.......well, Pi is Pi.....
Fun stuff.......init?
I do have a grouse though.
I'm an electrical engineer. The mathematics and physics required is quite advanced.
When I tell people what I did for a living, they think I fixed vending machines or something like that.
The issue I have is the loose way in which the term "engineer" is used in this country. The guy who comes to fix your loo is not a sanitary engineer. And the chap who repairs your photocopier is not and engineer. Technician possibly.
It demeans the profession that being an engineer is.
This was my bag:
http://eatonlightingsystems.com/cort...--0214-sml.pdf
23-12-2018, 04:53 PM
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Re: Things that annoy you!
Agreed,Bes.Short version-during my doctorate,it was required we show the working of Pi to 'at least' [their wording] 100,000 places. It's infinite,mate-it would have been possible to continue WAY past the 'point one million' mark. But yer akshal coffee-machine re-filler knows better. Fairy Nuff.
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