Random thoughts thread

[Special_K]

Originally Posted by soulreapersteve

Oh god, I should really be careful of what I click on at work....

And nope. All power to them, but I'm afraid of people in animal costumes.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by themadscientist

Sitting hear listening to some Cro-Mags cranked up and my cats are playing in the living room. As they knock shit over and run around to the raging music it looks like a furry mosh pit.

Pretty sure if it was possible both mine would be fully tatted, pierced and plugged.

[soulreapersteve]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Pretty sure if it was possible both mine would be fully tatted, pierced and plugged.

Wait, you would tat, pierce and... plug... your cats?

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by soulreapersteve

Wait, you would tat, pierce and... plug... your cats?

No no no no. They are bad asses that would it too themselves if they could.

[soulreapersteve]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

No no no no. They are bad asses that would it too themselves if they could.

Fake as hell but close enough, at least it looks fake. Maybe.

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by Special_K

My hire-ups just upgraded my SolidWorks package to have all the goodies that come as add-ons. I'm damn excited to not have to spend all day figuring out a formula that takes one click and 20 seconds for my computer to spit out.

The problem is, I don't know how to use this shit yet, so this week will consist of working through the SolidWorks tutorials and Youtube walkthroughs.

Once again I will preach the virtues of closed-form analysis. Get a single constraint wrong and that convincing looking model will feed you total bullshit. Beware the whiz-bang factor.

[AznKirby]

Too many engineers in here

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by AznKirby

Too many engineers in here

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by AznKirby

^ Don't you just dip the cookie in the milk?

[AznKirby]

Cookie in milk is good. If it's good enough for Santa, it's good enough for me!

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

Once again I will preach the virtues of closed-form analysis. Get a single constraint wrong and that convincing looking model will feed you total bullshit. Beware the whiz-bang factor.

Do it too often and....

[themadscientist]

When I put the milk on the cookies it makes a mess until I make a cookie cup.

[Special_K]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Do it too often and....

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

Once again I will preach the virtues of closed-form analysis. Get a single constraint wrong and that convincing looking model will feed you total bullshit. Beware the whiz-bang factor.

I hear you on that one, it was one of my biggest concerns actually.When I was having the web meeting with my SW rep and technician I straight up told them, "I don't care about pretty colors and fancy looking models. Can I get complete and comprehensive output of calculations?"

Sure enough, you can! So far so good. I've been putting it through it's paces on old formulas for parts I've done, and as far as I can tell, as long as the operator puts in the correct parameters and variables, it will spit out reliable numbers.

I'm not the type that uses these programs to make fancy renderings to impress clients with pictures and colorful charts, I use it because everything I design we actually build and I'm faster on SW than pencil & paper.

Originally Posted by AznKirby

Too many engineers in here

You know you love us!

[soulreapersteve]

Originally Posted by AznKirby

Too many engineers in here

Do I count? I have the word "engineer" in my job title. >.<

Though not the typical engineer that the masses think of.