Why is Zach's car parked in front of my office?

Michael Westerfield · **Posted:** Wed Apr 17, 2013 8:51 pm

Cash Davidson wrote:

I once had a building inspector object to the way I had framed an out building. I asked if I got it stamped by a PE, would he approve it. He said, Yes. I said, "Hold on, I'll be right back." :mrgreen:

Ryan Holton · **Posted:** Wed Apr 17, 2013 8:53 pm

Cash Davidson wrote:

I once had a building inspector object to the way I had framed an out building. I asked if I got it stamped by a PE, would he approve it. He said, Yes. I said, "Hold on, I'll be right back." :mrgreen:

I'm shocked. Engineers never make mistakes

Cash Davidson · **Posted:** Wed Apr 17, 2013 9:33 pm

Ryan Holton wrote:

Cash Davidson wrote:

I once had a building inspector object to the way I had framed an out building. I asked if I got it stamped by a PE, would he approve it. He said, Yes. I said, "Hold on, I'll be right back." :mrgreen:

I'm shocked. Engineers never make mistakes

Clearly, it was not an error. It was an alternate solution. :sing:

Vincent Keene · **Posted:** Thu Apr 18, 2013 8:47 am

Ryan Holton wrote:

Engineers never make mistakes

Agreed, and contractors are idiots.

Ryan Holton · **Posted:** Thu Apr 18, 2013 10:06 am

Vincent Keene wrote:

Ryan Holton wrote:

Engineers never make mistakes

Agreed, and contractors are idiots.

Draftsmen never make errors either.

Vincent Keene · **Posted:** Thu Apr 18, 2013 10:08 am

Ryan Holton wrote:

Vincent Keene wrote:

Ryan Holton wrote:

Engineers never make mistakes

Agreed, and contractors are idiots.

Draftsmen never make errors either.

I just repeat the engineer's errors, and make them look pretty.

Zach Hill · **Posted:** Thu Apr 18, 2013 2:37 pm

Cash Davidson wrote:

Cool! Didn't IGSP only recently move into North? I know 145 and 154 very well.

I'm pretty sure IGSP has had machines in 154 and offices upstairs for quite some time. We have infrastructure in 154 and Fitz East. My office is NB room 109 if you're ever in the building feel free to drop by.

Basically all the machines (about 600 compute nodes + network & storage gear) in NB145 is the Duke Shared Resources Cluster. I was the primary sysadmin for that cluster for 4 years prior to moving to IGSP last summer.

Cash Davidson wrote:

BTW, If you look at the design drawings for Fitz EDC, you'll see my stamp. I designed it prior to coming to Duke - guess that's how I ended up here. We need to hook up for lunch.

Don't think I've ever seen the design drawings. My interaction with FMD & Operations is more along the lines of "ok, we have all these servers, where can we stick them in the datacenter?" and halting computation on the servers to bring heat load down while HVAC maintenance is performed.

Lunch next week? Where are your favorite spots to eat?

steve remchak · **Posted:** Thu Apr 18, 2013 4:34 pm

Vincent Keene wrote:

Ryan Holton wrote:

Engineers never make mistakes

Agreed, and contractors are idiots.

Hey, Hey, Hey..........

Speaking of which, we have done work at Duke Hospitals in the past but nothing lately.

Anyone care to help a brutha out?

RickyBeam · **Posted:** Sun Apr 21, 2013 1:18 am

Cash Davidson wrote:

Clearly, it was not an error. It was an alternate solution. :sing:

As my engineering professors would say, "there is only one right answer(tm)" And if you got there by an "alternate path", your answer was wrong. (that was also why 70% of his students failed. and why he was under academic review every 4 years.)

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