January 2012 caption contest: Tee time

1/3/2012 12:50 PM EST

The software for that tee accelerometer keeps calculating a hole-in-one. The wind simulation code must be buggy.

1/4/2012 12:35 PM EST

While very eager to impress, and also mystified by the product's excellent realism, Jack cleanly sent his lucky ball into the R&D's lab's new 65-inch flat screen.

1/9/2012 10:47 AM EST

Lab testing for the hybrid hardware/software driver. The threesome working in the lab to perfect the human interface powered mechatronic spherical accelerator.

1/9/2012 1:21 PM EST

Testing begins on the new iBall, a golf ball and video camera in one.

1/9/2012 4:34 PM EST

Even though Peter the Pro had unprecedented gains in driving distance, the competition committee analysts found that even addressing the ball backwards...with his heels rather than toes...did little to impact ball flight, velocity, or accuracy.

1/9/2012 4:40 PM EST

Why you need to 'keep your head down' while working in the lab ...

1/9/2012 5:01 PM EST

Great shot, Biff. The neutrino Doppler radar indicates the ball went super-luminal on that one.

1/9/2012 5:38 PM EST

NOW I know where all the knobs off my oscilloscopes have gone. Bill's run out of golf balls....

1/9/2012 6:02 PM EST

Bill's slice was so bad he needed NASA engineers to track the ball.

1/9/2012 7:14 PM EST

Dave really enjoys performing the sudden acceleration tests.

1/10/2012 9:34 AM EST

Oakleigh, the CEO, decided it was time to tour the engineer's facilities in the only manner he knew how, PGA style.

1/10/2012 12:13 PM EST

He was a good engineer until President Ford's drive shot hit him in the head at the Western Open.

1/10/2012 12:51 PM EST

Nice shot, Dennis. Jeeze, those balls are bouncier than I would have thought. I think you just bulls-eyed our new head of marketing. We'll find out when he comes to.

1/10/2012 7:03 PM EST

LAB PERSON #1: Since that simulation involved an adaptive DFE, it initialized before the data collection process started

LAB PERSON #2: Yep, that's the traditional way of presenting time-domain simulation output

LAB PERSON #1: And the eye diagram was color-coded to show the probabilities associated with the signal's location within the eye

GOLFER: Dead center in the eye!

LAB PERSON #2: I'd say there's probably a better way to deal with time-domain results

1/11/2012 9:36 AM EST

Jeff takes a shot with Sally's suggestion to "try a new driver to fix the printer".

1/11/2012 7:45 PM EST

"I thought we asked HR for a gofer..."

1/12/2012 4:23 AM EST

I'll be glad when the CERN proton Injector is fixed , but it looks like Geoff is just getting into the swing of it!!

1/12/2012 11:14 AM EST

Now it can be told: the "eureka moment" for the idea of bit *slice* processor architecture.

1/12/2012 12:32 PM EST

Our signal integrity engineer asked the FAE to do a lab demonstration of driver range exactly like he does with customers all day.

1/12/2012 12:33 PM EST

Due to budget cuts, NASA is studying new methods for launching their satellites...

1/12/2012 9:02 PM EST

Who let the Sales guy in???

1/13/2012 9:34 AM EST

Last month, he had JAVA training. Now, he's practicing his SWING

1/13/2012 10:21 AM EST

I’m sick of this! First Dave gets a BarcaLounger, now he is playing Golf! Meanwhile, last month, they completely throw me to the sharks! I get no respect!

1/13/2012 1:48 PM EST

Maybe cancelling the off-site meeting for the those Einsteins in the sales department wasn't such a great idea.

1/13/2012 3:24 PM EST

It is not tee time it is Tebow time.

1/13/2012 3:35 PM EST

How long the T-network test will last?

1/13/2012 3:48 PM EST

It looks bad Deb! See, when our new shock tester hooks it, the new oscillator goes out of spec!

1/13/2012 3:49 PM EST

During the interview, the recent college graduate was asked to demonstrate his area of expertise.

1/13/2012 4:21 PM EST

I don't care if his last name is Gates, this crosses the line.

1/13/2012 9:39 PM EST

There must be something wrong with the test equipment... This says the diameter of the ball goes negative during impact!

1/16/2012 4:17 AM EST

Geez Bill! That ball went further than your career!

1/16/2012 2:05 PM EST

Gee Bill! I'm glad that accelerometer is wireless...

1/17/2012 11:54 AM EST

We said we needed help with the kinks, not help on the links...

1/17/2012 7:35 PM EST

Oooo! Ya sliced a bit that time Joe....

1/17/2012 7:46 PM EST

Shhh! Better stop talking, you are making Joe push out his driver...

1/18/2012 10:07 AM EST

Testing the next generation of the Sphero robotic smart ball as seen at CES. If this works it will be billiard balls next...

1/18/2012 4:13 PM EST

No no, I needed you to test the new SOLDER balls".

1/18/2012 5:12 PM EST

After an egregious programming error, Steve takes his Mulligan.

1/19/2012 2:13 AM EST

Ted always plays the ball where it lies ... even if no one can figure out how it got there.

1/19/2012 2:19 AM EST

Testing the iBall was a job Ted eagerly accepted!

1/19/2012 2:56 AM EST

Surprising staff, Smilin' Sam swings superbly, sending silicon speed sensor sailing skyward, savagely striking several sensitive systems, subsequently smashing said sensor senseless.

1/19/2012 9:39 AM EST

Don't think of it as playing golf on company time; think of it as green engineering.

1/19/2012 9:39 AM EST

Tell the boss I'm busy making a tee connection.

1/19/2012 9:40 AM EST

Don't mind me, I'm just puttering around in the lab.

1/19/2012 11:23 AM EST

The 1024 injectable micro sensors we put in your ball say you have a wicked slice.

1/19/2012 3:41 PM EST

I sure wish Big Jim wouldn't launch the product before we finished developing it.

1/20/2012 4:23 PM EST

3.99999999 .... Soooo close

1/20/2012 6:16 PM EST

There goes Jack again! Someone told him, all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. So...

1/20/2012 11:34 PM EST

Uh, what part of "test drive the circuit" didn't Rob understand?

1/21/2012 12:27 AM EST

Well, as long as he is smiling we are still in the game. Just keep looking amazed and finish typing that purchase order before he gets any feeling back in his hands. ..it's all we have left..

1/21/2012 8:34 PM EST

I don't have much time before my next sales meeting. How are those changes I asked for this morning? The deadline is tomorrow. . . Sorry, this afternoon.

1/21/2012 8:38 PM EST

According to HR, he has many years experience working with various drivers.

1/21/2012 8:40 PM EST

So the bosses son wants to be an engineer?

1/21/2012 8:42 PM EST

I have another revision to my revisions.

1/23/2012 3:17 PM EST

Looks like Sales just won a large order for a product that we haven't designed yet!

1/23/2012 3:21 PM EST

Due to the weather, sales has to work indoors today.

1/23/2012 4:12 PM EST

That's one way of using up all those obsolete vacuum tubes.

1/23/2012 9:30 PM EST

Molly, I am convinced that only proper drive termination will correct his overshoot.

1/24/2012 11:41 AM EST

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1/24/2012 6:13 PM EST

It really bugs me when the Sales guys want to "play through" the R&D Lab.

1/24/2012 6:33 PM EST

I actually asked him if he'd like to come and play with our new Graphical Oscilloscope Linear Formatter......

1/24/2012 10:34 PM EST

Our latest device is being stress tested by the marketing guy

1/24/2012 11:39 PM EST

Long ago
When men cursed
And beat the ground with sticks,
It was called witchcraft...
Today, it's called golf.

1/25/2012 3:02 AM EST

I thought this was what Brian meant by "Drive for Innovation..."

1/25/2012 4:12 PM EST

I asked him to go to the lab and characterize the T off times.. In hindsight maybe I should have written that down...

1/25/2012 5:43 PM EST

Looks like the marketing department is busy at work.

1/25/2012 5:52 PM EST

Brian's in charge of our new product launch.

1/26/2012 12:46 PM EST

No Bill, I said we needed a tee connector.

1/26/2012 9:25 PM EST

Damn, I shanked it ....
Are you you guys done yet?

1/27/2012 10:52 AM EST

I thought this guy was suppose to be an expert in green technology.

1/27/2012 11:24 AM EST

Okay Bill! It passes the "tee test," but WILL IT BLEND?

1/27/2012 3:40 PM EST

Our new golf ball tracker works!
Now, all we need to do is to compact all of this into the ball!!

1/27/2012 4:28 PM EST

Fore on the floor transmission

1/27/2012 4:33 PM EST

Huh. Maybe we should've corrected him when he said he was going to visit the Test Fore.

1/27/2012 5:44 PM EST

See? I TOLD you that the drive current was OK!

1/27/2012 6:44 PM EST

"Ooh, that one got Chuck. I think the CEO's new motivation training seems a bit extreme..."

1/27/2012 6:49 PM EST

OMG. It isn't just nutrinos that can go faster than the speed of light.

1/28/2012 3:17 AM EST

Physically, it appears that Bob is back from the holiday break. Mentally, not so much.

1/28/2012 3:38 AM EST

I enjoy company perks as much as the next person, but did they have to put the indoor driving range here?

1/29/2012 9:25 AM EST

Didn't you tell Him the GM was stopping by before lunch!

1/30/2012 1:17 PM EST

The engineers were cruel to kittens.

1/30/2012 2:40 PM EST

Hamster Parachute Testing

1/30/2012 3:53 PM EST

I asked for help from a FPGA expert not a PGA Pro.

1/31/2012 1:23 PM EST

The new manager must have misunderstood about our being "teed off" about the testing schedule.

2/5/2012 11:20 PM EST

And... THAT'S how Sales solves engineering problems. Any other problem?

2/9/2012 10:43 AM EST

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