Back when I was around eight years of age, I had my first exposure to soccer. My parents signed me up for the local peewee soccer team, and I was looking forward to it. On the first practice, our coach told us to practice dribble the ball. Having played basketball for a while, I assumed that “dribbling” in soccer was …
Many years ago, I had a friend who was not the brightest crayon in the box, figuratively speaking. Especially when it came to computer security. One day, he came up to me and asked me, “why is your password so long?” I told him the obvious, “It’s a lot more secure.” Then, he bragged “well my password is super easy …
This article originally appeared on the Plant Maintenance Resource Center’s website, on August 3rd 2009. The author is unknown. For the engineers among us who understand that the obvious is not always the solution, and that the facts, no matter how implausible, are still the facts … A complaint was received by the Pontiac Division of General Motors: “This is …
When I was young, I picked up an envelope that had, in the top-right corner, NO POSTAGE NECESSARY IF MAILED IN THE UNITED STATES. I thought, “What a great idea! If only they put that on every envelope so that we don’t have to pay for mailing stuff!” Enthralled by this new idea, I decided to write a letter to …