Category: Engineering Humour

  • Engineering Humour: Part 2

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    Technology Humour This is a follow on from Some Engineering Humour which you are likely to also enjoy. For this post I have tried to find videos that show some aspect of the use of technology that also has a humorous side to it. This was surprisingly difficult. It seems that as engineers, we often…

  • The First Computer Bug

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    Computer Bug Number 1 On 9th September 1947, while working on the Harvard University Mark II Aiken Relay Calculator, Grace Murray Hopper was having trouble getting the machine to work correctly. The calculator was a very simple computer using relay logic. Investigations revealed that a moth had become stuck between 2 of the relay points.…

  • Some Engineering Humour

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    Engineers do have a sense of humour Engineers might seem terribly serious about their work, but Engineers laugh too. And of course, what makes them laugh is as unique as the work they do. The classic Dilbert series of cartoons by Scott Adams are a case in point.   This first example of Engineering Humour…

  • Embedded Software Testing

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    Software Testing I recently met with an Australian Software Development company, PepperStack, and we got onto the subject of Software Testing. As someone who began their career as an Electronics Hardware Engineer, one of the things I learnt was that you have to test thoroughly to be sure everything is working as it should be.…