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Mark.Goettsche
Despite the rumors to the contrary, Morg, our QA engineer, wants to assure ...
Chuck.Hill
See food, throw spear. Only an engineer would make it more complicated than ...
Caption Contest: Caveman on board
Sylvie Barak
10/1/2012 3:48 PM EDT
They may have fashioned the first tools, created the first wall art and invented hunting, but chances are, if someone calls you a caveman, you feel at least marginally insulted.
That’s because in today’s cultural metaphors, a Neanderthal is generally a person who displays traits of extreme ignorance or uncivilized behavior, even though, ironically, they sorta/kinda founded human civilization. Wrap your heads around that one!
But what do cavemen have to do with engineering? I hear you ask. Well, apart from the stereotype of many engineers being bearded and hairy, I would say it has more to do with Daniel Guidera’s latest brilliant cartoon for EE Life’s caption contest.
When it comes to board meetings, however, who are the real cave dwellers?
So whether you’re pro Cro-Magnon or negative on the Neanderthals, now is the time to make a mammoth effort to come up with one liners that would even impress Fred Flintstone himself.
On your marks, get set…. Go!
That’s because in today’s cultural metaphors, a Neanderthal is generally a person who displays traits of extreme ignorance or uncivilized behavior, even though, ironically, they sorta/kinda founded human civilization. Wrap your heads around that one!
But what do cavemen have to do with engineering? I hear you ask. Well, apart from the stereotype of many engineers being bearded and hairy, I would say it has more to do with Daniel Guidera’s latest brilliant cartoon for EE Life’s caption contest.
When it comes to board meetings, however, who are the real cave dwellers?
So whether you’re pro Cro-Magnon or negative on the Neanderthals, now is the time to make a mammoth effort to come up with one liners that would even impress Fred Flintstone himself.
On your marks, get set…. Go!
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David Ashton
10/2/2012 3:52 AM EDT
I don't care WHAT your DNA tests say, I am NOT related to that guy!!
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Parreco
10/2/2012 12:18 PM EDT
The meeting for sensitivity training appears to have been aimed at only one person.
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MarkBort
10/2/2012 3:04 PM EDT
"Here's our new leaner org chart, with Thud's reduction plan symbolically shown above."
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MarkBort
10/2/2012 3:32 PM EDT
"Primitive teamwork? Have you tried it?"
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Wnderer
10/2/2012 6:08 PM EDT
Comparison of the Ogg Chart with the Org Chart show that Ogg Chart had many advantages. The Org Chart only captures the formal vertical relationships between personnel while the Ogg chart clearly demonstrates the roles everyone is expected to play in the process.
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Chris.Wyland
10/2/2012 6:45 PM EDT
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Of course, it then should probably be called the "Aargh" chart.
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John_Galt
10/2/2012 8:33 PM EDT
While inept at object oriented programming and completely ignorant of VHDL Torg was nevertheless the only EE in the room that could design with op amps....
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MarkBort
10/2/2012 9:00 PM EDT
"Thud, would you please explain why your org chart has no supervisors?"
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JaM58
10/2/2012 10:11 PM EDT
The new guy raised only his hand, this time, when the hunt for new acquisitions was getting off-track.
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seaEE
10/2/2012 10:37 PM EDT
"The Club has just been released. We will have engineering samples of the Spear available in Q4 of next year."
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elPresidente
10/3/2012 12:24 AM EDT
The efficiency consultant doesn't notice the CEO in the room when he concludes that the company's org chart indicates that its execs are neanderthals who do nothing but shoot the bull all day.
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David Ashton
10/3/2012 5:44 AM EDT
Hey! That's wrong! We drew Bison heaps better than that!
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JaM58
10/3/2012 7:24 AM EDT
The Marketing club-wielder felt compelled to ask for the branding message to be increased on every slide for greater impact.
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Parreco
10/3/2012 11:48 AM EDT
I think I figured out who the lone analog design engineer is in the room.
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msar2020
10/4/2012 7:51 PM EDT
It wasn't until the consultant presented his first report that the database optimization team realized they didn't quite have the expert in hunter-gatherer strategies that they had hoped for.
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seaEE
10/4/2012 10:14 PM EDT
Before I explain how our product is going to bomb our competitor back into the Stone Age...are there any spies in the room?!?
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David Ashton
10/5/2012 1:32 AM EDT
"So you've invented these pesky mobile phones, you've had lots of wars, and you can't even draw as well as we could. And you call that evolution??"
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Don.Swaab
10/5/2012 3:50 PM EDT
The top diagram shows our initial targeted customer acquisition strategy. If that doesn't work, we can always beat the customer over the head with our marketing clout.
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PEIFFER
10/5/2012 7:51 PM EDT
Og was invited to enforce the 10 minute presentation limit.
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palf
10/5/2012 8:14 PM EDT
"Until morale improves, the clubbings will continue"
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TFCSD
10/6/2012 12:06 AM EDT
Under management's direction above, engineering has dotted a few I's and crossed a few T's to create the next killer app in AI.
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TFCSD
10/6/2012 12:16 AM EDT
I can't grok G'rock
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TFCSD
10/6/2012 12:52 AM EDT
G'rock, your flowcharts and diagrams are so old school. The presentation above is much easier to understand.
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TFCSD
10/6/2012 12:57 AM EDT
G'rock did the UML?
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TFCSD
10/6/2012 1:21 AM EDT
Me G'rock. Me find mistake in quantum encryption feedback matrix compensator B3.
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TFCSD
10/6/2012 1:42 AM EDT
Excuse me, wasn't that already done back in the 60's.
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TFCSD
10/6/2012 1:57 AM EDT
I took the liberty to do a hand calculation and suggest you check your code.
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TFCSD
10/6/2012 2:01 AM EDT
If you calculate it by hand you get the right answer.
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TFCSD
10/6/2012 2:07 AM EDT
Granted I may still drag my knuckles and lack personal hygiene, but my design worked and yours didn't.
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TFCSD
10/6/2012 2:09 AM EDT
Speaking from the voice of experience...
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TFCSD
10/6/2012 2:13 AM EDT
Back in my time we used primitive tools out in the field. Today you talk it to death with power points in meetings rooms.
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TFCSD
10/6/2012 2:30 AM EDT
Could someone tell me how sitting in another meeting and discussing hunting theory, techniques, and methodologies solves hunger?
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Jean Beam
10/6/2012 8:52 AM EDT
B'mer: "Boss ask: Need two slides--keep right-hand bullets away from arrow points!"
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Don.Swaab
10/6/2012 4:23 PM EDT
The top diagram shows how we initially target customers. If that doesn't work, we beat them over the head with our marketing clout.
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Don.Swaab
10/6/2012 4:23 PM EDT
Who are you calling a caveman? I was at company softball practice.
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TFCSD
10/6/2012 9:29 PM EDT
G'rock draw top in 1970's by hand for big blue iron God. G'rock now draw new release using UML, CASE, Mathlab, SQL, and IDE. G'rock utilized massive parallel processors in big blue cloud and use web portal. G'rock understand. You no see new paradigm? Question for G'rock?
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TFCSD
10/6/2012 9:35 PM EDT
Me G'rock. Use newest software now.
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Don.Swaab
10/7/2012 12:36 AM EDT
Who are you calling a caveman? I just came from company softball practice.
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NoNIckName_#2
10/7/2012 3:36 PM EDT
Gorgo meets with downsizing team from cro magnon HQ. (Could this be the beginning of the end for Neanderthal man?)
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BigTech
10/8/2012 3:00 PM EDT
Multi-lingual presentations became the norm as the company's inter-temporal employee exchange program got into full swing.
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BigTech
10/8/2012 3:01 PM EDT
Grog is the marketing director for our legacy products.
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johnjulian
10/8/2012 5:25 PM EDT
Ugh. Need to consolidate resources. Better chance of success if resources are concentrated on one project instead of many.
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BobsUrUncle
10/10/2012 8:23 AM EDT
We all agree he's past his prime, but everyone's afraid to fire him. Another org chart without his name might give him the hint...
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Denis.Giri
10/10/2012 11:25 AM EDT
In an effort to communicate with Marketing, R&D unfroze a translator
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Mineyes
10/10/2012 1:32 PM EDT
Mr. Oop is the new VPL consultant.
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MarkBort
10/10/2012 3:29 PM EDT
It was unfortunately too late to reverse the effects of late-night caffeine on Thud's morning presentation.
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gvictor
10/11/2012 2:02 AM EDT
OK, the vote was 6-1 for the hierarchical diagram. But Zok here has a club, and ... Oh God the smell. We go with the cave painting diagram.
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Rick_Hille
10/11/2012 9:21 AM EDT
Dat not DingClub font like Toog ask! Toog show what DingClub look like!
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old_timer
10/11/2012 3:44 PM EDT
These legacy products (along with the old engineers) will be integrated with the NEW process here.
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GordonScott
10/12/2012 12:13 PM EDT
The new guy was puzzled.
If the deadline was so tight, why didn't they just use his time machine to go back a bit?
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NoNIckName_#2
10/17/2012 4:04 PM EDT
The rest of the team politely ignored Jimmy in a Thursday meeting in "Friday casual" attire.
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jkdrum
10/24/2012 11:10 AM EDT
Mr. Flintrock asks about keeping legacy design support.
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Chuck.Hill
10/26/2012 5:07 PM EDT
See food, throw spear. Only an engineer would make it more complicated than that.
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Mark.Goettsche
2/12/2013 4:09 AM EST
Despite the rumors to the contrary, Morg, our QA engineer, wants to assure everyone that 'Failure is not an option' is meant to be taken figuratively.
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