Comments on: Common Sense…Engineers Has It

By: paperhurts

paperhurts — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:48:53 +0000

Actually he is a performance guy, so he makes sure core air flow/pressure etc. are all on the mark and the engine exceeds expectations…OK that’s a little scary, but in their defense performance guys tend to be BRILLIANT…just no common sense!!

By: wayne schulz

wayne schulz — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:34:36 +0000

I feel a lot safer that the same guy hanging his coat over the thermostat, unable to determine the cause of the temperature shift is maybe checking jet engines for tolerance and usability.

By: Johan Lont

Johan Lont — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 22:50:59 +0000

The word “this question” in my previous comment is supposed to link here: http://twitter.com/jclont/statuses/993104322 (it didn’t seem to work)

Johan Lont´s last blog post..jclont: @shortyawards I nominate NL Cabinet Minister @MaximeVerhagen in the #politics category, because he uses Twitter to involve the public.

By: Johan Lont

Johan Lont — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 22:47:58 +0000

I'm from the Netherlands; my first language is Dutch. Strictly speaking, that is not true, because I grew up with a regional language, Frisian (or West Frisian, officially), which is spoken by some half a million people in the North. But I use that language only within my family, and express myself better in Dutch. Of course, I also had an advantage, because I live in Europe. There are simply more (albeit smaller) countries in that part of the world. I think there are more than a dozen independent countries within a 500 mile radius of where I live. Have you any idea how many of the Americans know the answer to this question? Johan Lont´s last blog post..jclont: @shortyawards I nominate NL Cabinet Minister @MaximeVerhagen in the #politics category, because he uses Twitter to involve the public.

By: paperhurts

paperhurts — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 20:11:54 +0000

What is your first language? That is a definite disadvantage. If I had to enter them in, say, French…well, I wouldn’t have gotten 56, let’s put it that way.

By: Johan Lont

Johan Lont — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 20:00:01 +0000

I got to 58 when the time was up. I had just worked through Europe, North Africa and part of West Africa and half of the countries of Southern America. I had not seen the end of the time limit coming, that was a bit frustrating, because I was sure I know at least twice as many countries as that. (I do know the United States of America, I just hadn’t come to typing that one). But the rules are the rules I guess.

(I also felt a bit disadvantaged by having to enter the names of the countries in a foreign language).