On Fri, 17 Jan 1997, Stargazer wrote:

Goosed scribed:

On Fri, 17 Jan 1997, Shannon Richmeyer wrote:

Engineers Explained
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SOCIAL SKILLS

Engineers have different objectives when it comes to social interaction.
"Normal" people expect to accomplish several unrealistic things from
social interaction:

  *Stimulating and thought-provoking conversation.
  *Important social contacts.
  *A feeling of connectedness with other humans.

Ooh, I'm grouped among the normal!  Yaaaay!!  8)

Normal?  Then what are you doing on the FFML?

Seeking stimulating and thought-provoking conversation, important social
contacts, and a feeling of connectedness with other humans.  :P  ;)

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FASCINATION WITH GADGETS

To the engineer, all matter in the universe can be placed into one of
two categories: (1)things that need to be fixed, and (2)things that will
need to be fixed after you've had a few minutes to play with them.
Engineers like to solve problems.  If there are no problems handily
available, they will create their own problems.  Normal people don't
understand this concept; they believe that if it ain't broke, don't fix
it. Engineers believe that if it ain't broke, it doesn't have enough
features yet.

There are also the mad-scientist types who have a fascination with
gadgets.  And then there are the fanfic prodders.  *giggle*

The scary thing for me is that both of these apply to me. @_@

Oh?  You're a mad scientist?  Do tell....  >:)

Damon Casale, scyth@miis.edu / scyth@andrew.cmu.edu
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