RE: Perceptually true, Technically wrong

Subject: RE: Perceptually true, Technically wrong
From: Richard Lippincott <richard -dot- lippincott -at- ae -dot- ge -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 08:51:13 -0500


John Posada <JPosada -at- book -dot- com> said:

>I can only think of one reason to call it an "Air moving device". Chances
>are, the customer could order replacement parts. If whoever wrote the parts
>manual already used the term, then being consistent makes sense.

>OTOH, if it didn't have bearing on it, then the engineer should have been
>punished by having his slide rule and pocket protector taken away for a
>month.

John's right. In fact, he's going easy on the engineer.

If the "air moving device" didn't have a bearing on it, it couldn't spin on
its shaft. Geez, every engineer ought to know that.

--Rick Lippincott
Lockheed Martin
Saugus, MA

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