Looks like we've upset someone?
This is a post I copied from the racecar forum? Does anyone know of the drawing in question?
Re: cosworth lsd
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John, been trying to email you. I would be interested in chatting to you about your diff rebuild. Will you be running at Harewood this weekend? I
might come along if I can tolerate non-participation.
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From my experiences of the locost builders site the very last thing you will get is decent opinion! However I could be bitter because one of the
posters took pictures from my site, posted them up on the locost builders site and then the fellow posters proceeded to post their opinions of my
suspension design in respect to how this is a very bad example of design (which when you consider I have a docorate in active suspension
design.....).
Glen.
there were prob a few doctorates involved in the design of the space shuttle.
not one of them realised a bit of foam could bring one down.
having a degree is one thing, having talent is another.
atb
steve
ooooh Steve someone rubbed you the wrong way this morning?
I cannot comment on the suspension doctorate guy but i do know that the building i'm working in is cluthered with engineers and one thing's
for sure:talent is NOT delivered with the diploma.
I replied to that thread, told him to ask around on this site for peoples veiws on the Sierra 4x4 7" LSD as most of the IRS people are using one.
I don't remember that picture at all.
Here is the link to that thread:
http://212.53.73.128/cgi/forums/YaBB.cgi?board=General_discussion&action=display&num=1090338154
Adam
[Edited on 29/7/04 by phelpsa]
What's the racecar forum address?
Thanks,
James
[Edited on 29/7/04 by James]
I can't find it now but if I remember correctly the thread in question...
I felt a bit guilty at the time as we did slag this guys work quite a bit. What I was worried about was that someone was gonna die! Among other things
the bracket welding looked like it had been done through the chassis paint.
He wasn't a member at the time so I guess we fell into the trap of thinking it wouldn't get noticed- understandably he was a bit pissed!
It taught me a valuable lesson actually- a lot more people read this forum than it at first appears... so watch what you say! 
James
http://www.racecar.co.uk then click on forum on the link bar.
Adam
quote:
Originally posted by Viper
ooooh Steve someone rubbed you the wrong way this morning?
quote:
Originally posted by stephen_gusterson
having a degree is one thing, having talent is another.
One of my best friends who attended a well known uni left with all sorts of degrees and diplomas,he is extremely clever and could hold up a jar of
pickle and tell you the complete list of ingredients without reading the label.............problems start when he trys to open the jar
Anyhow if the guy didnt want opinions on his work he shouldnt have put them on the net
Expert, remember X is an unknown quantity and a sert is a drip under high pressure!
I went for a job once and the interviewer asked me if I had a degree. I told him I had five. He said you're kidding aren't you? I told him
he started it.
That Stephen Hawking's a clever bloke but he can't weld either. Sorry Stephen.
if he made that wheelchair, its held up well over the years
atb
steve
A technician friend of mine made a nice amount of pocket money teaching soldering to electronics students at Swansea University... they knew all the
theory, but not a clue on circuit board design and construction. And that includes the lecturers!
David
i used to work on a yts scheme,took a lead lamp to the electronics dept cos it didnt work,came back a week later,he didnt know why it didnt work,what
hope have the students got?
I said has the bulb gone, he said no it's still there.
Worked as a kitchen porter once with a University Student who had four 'A''s at A-Level. (Maths, Further maths, Chemistry and
Physics!!!!)
When asked by a chef to sweep the kitchen floor (a rather large kitchen as I recall), he was found on his hands and knees using a dustpan and
brush
Probably on the stock exchange now deciding our futures
Seems to me that this site is blessed with an abundance of "experts"!!!
Hmm, the only big achievements i've got so far is a scholarship to Bradfield College.
Adam
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Originally posted by marktigere1
When asked by a chef to sweep the kitchen floor (a rather large kitchen as I recall), he was found on his hands and knees using a dustpan and brush
gutted but i found it quite funny anyway. I gotta degree in biochemistry and genetics too, but they never covered yard sweeping so i have an excuse!
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Originally posted by Ian Pearson
Seems to me that this site is blessed with an abundance of "experts"!!!
I have turned away job applicants simply because they admitted having obtained degrees. I don't need people who think they know it all, I need
people who do know it all.
From experience most graduates i have come across could not survive the holocaust. They should stick to writing papers about what they have gleaned
and share them amongst themselves.
well for every one you tell to wee off, just remember to thank them next time you pick up some medicine.
i know, i know... its mostly post grad research that does useful stuff, but they all started with a bog standard degree.
[Edited on 6/8/04 by JoelP]
Hi,
I have a degree, not very body who has one deserves one and lets face it we all make mistakes time to time (think the jet boat thing that flipped,
arean). Yes we tend to look to books for answers as opposed to having experience of every thing but the approach works.
Also what I learnt while doing my degree was not overly much about computing and electrical engineering (all though obviously some stuff has stayed in
there) but that there are very few technical challenges that I can’t solve with a bit of research and also be reasonably confident will work (possibly
not all that well)
And yes my soldering is not up to scratch but hay ho some day I will take the time to master the skill in the mean while I will worry about the
welding.
Blake
I worked for 25 years in telecommunications and computing without a degree (I did get a Full C&G Certificate in Telecommunications early on).
Then I got bored travelling back and forth on the train so I did an OU MSc! Now that IS hard when you haven't got a BSc, and you haven't
studied for decades!
rgds,
David
They don't do a Haynes' manual for them so I can't put it back together. Anybody got a good link for a cheap vcr. It seemed like a good idea at the time.
tescos
usually less than 50 quid
quote:
Originally posted by Syd Bridge
I know a number of men with degrees, who work a good deal of their time in overalls.
This discussion reminds me of an old joke from Sanford and Son (US version of a Brit TV show):
Son (quitting the family junk business): I'm going down to the state employment office. I want a job where I can use my head AND my hands.
Father: Go on down there! They'll put a CAP on your head and a BROOM in your hands!
Pete
sounds like 'steptoe and son' in the UK
over 25 years old now
quote:
Originally posted by pbura
This discussion reminds me of an old joke from Sanford and Son (US version of a Brit TV show):
Son (quitting the family junk business): I'm going down to the state employment office. I want a job where I can use my head AND my hands.
Father: Go on down there! They'll put a CAP on your head and a BROOM in your hands!
Pete
quote:
Originally posted by stephen_gusterson
sounds like 'steptoe and son' in the UK
over 25 years old now
Have a degree and MSc, but I'm very happy up to my armpits (and sometimes waist) in engine! Looking forward to learning to weld for my locost
project. And improve my soldering!
Anyone know of a good place to learn to weld in the south? I know Alton college do a 6month course but that starts at the end of this year and I
don't want to wait that long!
Don't know where you are in Hampshire but I go/went to Brooklands college.
Absolutely brilliant place and great instructors too.
I'll probably be back next term- want to learn Ali TIG welding and maybe arc too.
James
Liphook, just down the road. Will look into it, cheers James.
Chris