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From: Spehro Pefhany on 23 Jul 2010 19:45 On Thu, 22 Jul 2010 18:45:02 -0700, the renowned Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon(a)On-My-Web-Site.com> wrote: >On Thu, 22 Jul 2010 18:31:01 -0700, >"JosephKK"<quiettechblue(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > >>On Wed, 21 Jul 2010 06:51:41 +0100, Dirk Bruere at NeoPax >><dirk.bruere(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >>>Interesting article about Canadian engineering graduate ceremony. >>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ritual_of_the_Calling_of_an_Engineer >> >>I wonder if the Hymn of Breaking Strain is part of the ceremony. >>http://openlibrary.org/books/OL15423743M/Hymn_of_breaking_strain. > >Not to worry. There's too few real engineers lurking here to make it >worth thinking about :-( > > ...Jim Thompson I've noticed the wimminfolks seem to be rather aware of the significance of the iron or SS engineering ring. The building at Univ. of Toronto named after old Prof. Haultain used to contain a small fission reactor (right in the center of the city and a few blocks from hospital row), but they recently decommissioned it. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=70+College+St+toronto+ON&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=62.443704,63.896484&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=70+College+St,+Toronto,+Toronto+Division,+Ontario,+Canada&ll=43.659648,-79.394175&spn=0.000891,0.000975&t=h&z=20&layer=c&cbll=43.659756,-79.394326&panoid=aL2kgMnCZjnBCZsyNkmb1w&cbp=12,111.03,,0,9.7 Best regards, Spehro Pefhany -- "it's the network..." "The Journey is the reward" speff(a)interlog.com Info for manufacturers: http://www.trexon.com Embedded software/hardware/analog Info for designers: http://www.speff.com
From: JosephKK on 24 Jul 2010 20:36 On Fri, 23 Jul 2010 16:55:34 +0100, Dirk Bruere at NeoPax <dirk.bruere(a)gmail.com> wrote: >On 23/07/2010 02:31, JosephKK wrote: >> On Wed, 21 Jul 2010 06:51:41 +0100, Dirk Bruere at NeoPax >> <dirk.bruere(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Interesting article about Canadian engineering graduate ceremony. >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ritual_of_the_Calling_of_an_Engineer >> >> I wonder if the Hymn of Breaking Strain is part of the ceremony. >> http://openlibrary.org/books/OL15423743M/Hymn_of_breaking_strain. > >http://www.kipling.org.uk/poems_strain.htm Thank you for the much better link.
From: JosephKK on 25 Jul 2010 15:01
On Thu, 22 Jul 2010 20:57:36 -0500, "Tim Williams" <tmoranwms(a)charter.net> wrote: >I prefer songs by Fear Factory. Take for example, Strain vs. Resistance, or Self Bias Resistor. > >Tim I tried to take a look at their website, it is all crippled up with flash and garbage scripts. |