Re: gEDA-user: Question for DJ about his alarm clock

[Dave N6NZ <n6nz@xxxxxxxx>]

John Doty wrote:
> 
> You're right. I'm always amused by the "noise on ground" notion. It's  
> the sound of one hand clapping.

A wise friend of mine went further. He said: "Noise is just a name 
engineers use for problems that they don't understand so that they can 
dismiss them -- as in: 'Oh, that's just noise.'"

That's pretty much a direct quote.  I saw a number of young engineers 
walk into a buzz saw by saying "That's just noise."  They never said 
that to Jim more than once :)

Now that I've accumulated some gray in my beard, I definitely understand 
the humor value in being one of the cranky old guys.  It's even more 
entertaining to be the cranky old guy rather than just an innocent 
bystander :)  (It's never fun to be the target, but we all take a turn 
in the barrel at some time or another :)



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