Re: Fwd:Engineers (fwd)

[costigan@lanl.gov (Stephen A. Costigan)]

You also might be an engineer if.....

you've been told because you're good with number that you might make a good
accountat, but you lack the personality.

>I found this on the Los Angeles Lakers newsgroup I thought you guys may 
>find this interesting.
>
>Ken Wallace 
>wallacke@engr.orst.edu
>
>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>Date: Mon, 1 Apr 1996 12:24:41 -0800 (PST)
>From: Terence Stephenson <terence@uci.edu>
>To: lakers-list@lists.primenet.com
>Subject: Fwd:Engineers
>
>YOU MIGHT BE AN ENGINEER IF...
>
>if you have no life - and you can PROVE it mathematically.
>
>if you enjoy pain.
>
>if you know vector calculus but you can't remember how to do long
>division.
>
>if you chuckle whenever anyone says "centrifugal force."
>
>if you've actually used every single function on your graphing
>calculator.
>
>if when you look in a mirror, you see an engineering major.
>
>if it is sunny and 70 degrees outside, and you are working on a
>computer.
>
>if you frequently whistle the theme song to "MacGyver."
>
>if you always do homework on Friday nights.
>
>if you know how to integrate a chicken and can take the derivative of
>water.
>
>if you think in "math."
>
>if you've calculated that the World Series actually diverges.
>
>if you hesitate to look at something because you don't want to break
>down its wave function.
>
>if you have a pet named after a scientist.
>
>if you laugh at jokes about mathematicians.
>
>if the Humane society has you arrested because you actually performed
>the Schroedinger's Cat experiment.
>
>if you can translate English into Binary.
>
>if you can't remember what's behind the door in the science building
>which says "Exit."
>
>if you have to bring a jacket with you, in the middle of summer,
>because there's a wind-chill factor in the lab.
>
>If you are completely addicted to caffeine.
>
>if you avoid doing anything because you don't want to contribute to the
>eventual heat-death of the universe.
>
>if you consider ANY non-science course "easy."
>
>if when your professor asks you where your homework is, you claim to
>have accidentally determined its momentum so precisely, that according
>to Heisenberg it could be anywhere in the universe.
>
>if the "fun" center of your brain has deteriorated from lack of use.
>
>if you'll assume that a "horse" is a "sphere" in order to make the math
>easier.
>
>if you understood more than five of these indicators.
>
>if you make a hard copy of this list, and post it on your door.
>
>if you think it might be a neat idea to send this message to all of
>your friends in the form of e-mail.
>
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>Why are there interstates in Hawaii?
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>Terence Stephenson	
>terence@uci.edu
>"Second place is the first loser."
>
>
>
>
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