Re: Piping on TV

From: <Paul>
Date: Fri Nov 07 2003 - 23:58:00 EST


Maybe I'm the only person that likes TV documentaries about engineering (as I mentioned, they do exist, so there must be at least *some* interest out there), but the target audience is not families of engineers. They already think you are nerdlike and accept you as you are: underappreciated, hard-working and pocket-protector-equipped. Thick, geeky eyeglasses are optional.

Don't worry, all the content will be fast paced enough to snag attention, but without gratuitous CG effects, flashing widgets and viewer-patronizing garbage. I assume that you have never seen the documentaries I referred to earlier - they are very well done and without hype.

What is the story about that disaster? Certainly it's not the Edmund Fitzgerald.

Paul

> >Let's face it, piping design and construction is pretty boring for
> >those not actively involved in it.

> Judging from my family's reaction to shop talk, most people's eyes would
> glaze over with the first 10 minutes. What might be interesting though
> would be a history of piping and pressure vessel disasters and the
> evolution of safety codes. There's lots of interesting history here. For
> example how many people on the list know what the worst maritime disaster
> is US history was all abot?
Received on Fri Nov 07 23:58:00 2003

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