engineering quotes

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MATHEMATICS 2Q4

"So, you factor three times?"
"Yes, you factor three times."

THERMODYNAMICS OF MATERIALS 2B3

"It is not my position to give you a good grade."

"I got temperature to equal -7 kelvin. I don't think that's right."

"If you have any questions, you can find me at the Pheonix [bar]."

COMMERCE 2BA3

"How many guest speakers have we had?"
"How many classes have you attended?"

"All calculators are permitted for this exam."

MATHEMATICS 2P4

"Flying chalk!"

"Take naps, go see a movie, have sex...my recommendation to you is that, before the exam, don't worry, and relax."

"P(o) is unstable if P(o) is not stable."

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING 2CJ4

"In case you didn't know, professors never make mistakes."

"I'll tell you how to do it next day...maybe...if you're good."

COMPUTER ENGINEERING 2DI4

"You see how computer guys get geeky...they have to do this stuff...they get all weird."

"It's easy to Bill Gates...did I say Bill Gates? I meant "build gates" - see how he influences the world?"

"GALs [generic array logic] have better outputs, and do things better and faster than PALs [programmable array logic]."
"That's why we have GALs do all the work!"

"Excuse me, do you mind staring at us while you're talking?"

"I don't believe it. Our TAs are surfing the net during our lab!"

"Tell any A-holes from the Thurs. lab to return the stolen wire snips."

"Go find your lab partner and ask him what he did."

"I just wrote my lab question while I was watching the Leafs on TV, and they were losing... it's gonna be a tough one."

COMPUTER ENGINEERING 2SI4

"Eat your vitamins. Get off that Hamburger Helper crap."

"Your executable should be DOS code -- i.e., it should not require Windows 3.x or Windows9x or WindowsNT or CP/M or a Macintosh or a Pentium or a VAX 11-780 or an Amdahl V7 or a KDF9 or an ENIAC to run."

COMMERCE FINANCE 2FA3

"You have one minute left."
[20 seconds later] "Okay, time's up."

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS 3TI4

"The course was okay, but the MATLAB assignments were too friggin' hard."

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING 3SJ4

"Basically, I wouldn't want to fly a plane running Windows95."

"If we didn't get our program done on time, a little man came up from the basement (where the computer was kept) and told us we were late. If we still didn't get it done, a BIGGER man showed up. On the third time, a woman came...the situation became increasingly threatening."

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS 3TJ4

COMMERCE FINANCE 3FA3

"However, for those who are truly excited about the material and have free time on their hands, the Research Questions and Cases at the end of each chapter are also interesting."

"Sorry, I started drinking early this morning."

COMMERCE 3BC3

"[No late assignments while be accepted, except for certain cases.] You better have a really good reason...death, or something like that."

"A job description will explain working conditions...a hospital orderly will have to deal with certain things...with mentally ill patients (or in my case, my wife), you may be exposed to verbal abuse."

"You know what a manager at Burger King is? Head flipper!"

"It's bit of a drug standing in front of people...I'm feeling better already."

DIGITAL SYSTEMS 3DJ4

"I'm trying to get to what I'm hoping is a dramatic point."

"[The answer is] ociloscope. Sorry, I'm an engineer, I can't spell."

"Put up your hand if you don't understand what I am saying."
[silence] "Hey, it doesn't matter to me, I understand it!"

"Would you like me to hold your hand while you're doing this lab?"

"I think programming is between you and your God."

"He's one pin short of a decoder."

"Oh come on, this is such an easy course. You have only two answers: 1 or 0. You have a 50-50 chance of getting it right."

"Don't let university interfere with your learning."

ELECTROMAGNETICS 3FI4

"Why is it that Superman just stands there when you shoot him with bullets, but ducks out of the way when you throw the gun at him?"

"The closing force is blah blah blah blah, blah blah blah."

SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT 3SL4

"Could anybody go to the tutorial, check it out for me?"

Mr. Hurst: "Do you know what they call my last joke in the stock market?"
Student: "Not funny?"

"It now takes me all night to do what I used to do all night."

"Half of you guys have 3 letter last names and the other half has 33 last names. I had to make a special spreadsheet to make the class list."