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Favourite technological word

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mentioned that his favourite word was "Just" as in, "it just works" which often hides a massive amount of work done by others to make it happen for you.

 

My favourite is "Simply" which comes up in our requirements statements. e.g. "It simply needs to guide the rocket and land on the asteroid". We find it used most when the person writing the request has no idea at all about what needs to be done.

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  • 'NREs'  Non-recurrent engineering.  Those are all of those rando parts distributed on the bench and floor when one is designing something or trying to get something to work.  I am hooking up the air on my new laser cutters, I will have a surfeit of nipples and tubing lying around by the time I get it right.

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  • 'NREs'  Non-recurrent engineering.  Those are all of those rando parts distributed on the bench and floor when one is designing something or trying to get something to work.  I am hooking up the air on my new laser cutters, I will have a surfeit of nipples and tubing lying around by the time I get it right.

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  • in reply to D_Hersey

    Yes, that one goes along with, "Don't bother to document anything, its just for a demonstration!"

     

    After the demo, it suddenly becomes a full blown prototype that they expect you to quickly turn into a product rather than let you redesign it for its intended task.

     

    I have been caught on that one, but never twice.

     

    DAB