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Article #787Re: HOW OLD are you?
From: Telamon
Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2007 01:21
Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2007 01:21
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In article <1191193337.814144.8450@r29g2000hsg.googlegroups.com>, SFTV_troy <SFTV_troy@yahoo.com> wrote: > Phil Kane wrote: > > On Sun, 30 Sep 2007 20:35:59 GMT, nospam@nospam.com (Don Pearce) > > wrote: > > > > >>> >> He can't be a competent engineer if he doesn't understand synchronous > > >>> >> detection, which may predate single side band, pre 1952. > > > > He can't be a competent engineer if he doesn't understand three-phase > > power generation and transmission as well. Learning all that was > > necessary before we could learn electronics in every major engineering > > school. > > That was optional at Penn State. I never took it. > > > > >>I didn't say it was. I said ANALOG theory was. Digital of course > > >>still has relevance. > > >> > > >But every digital device is full of analogue devices. Not only that, > > >but they run so quickly that you need to be highly competent in > > >distributed circuit theory and microwave design techniques. > > That is true. I was rather surprised on my last project to discover > myself modeling analog signals, instead of digital. Oh well. Times > change. > > > > > Perhaps after he has 40-50 years of experience -- > > Doubtful. Engineering is boring; you sit in a damn cube all day long, > staring at a computer. I've been saving every penny, such that I will > be able to retire at 40-45. Or semi-retire (only take jobs I like). > > Engineering is dull. Well you took a wrong turn didn't you but it's never to late to get into marketing where you can lie your ass off. It's very exciting, just ask Eduardo. -- Telamon Ventura, California
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