Re: pls refer to me by my new title [bcc][faked-from][bayes]

• Original Message ----- From: "Bruce Bullough"

Things may have changed recently, but the law in Ohio has been that one couldn't refer to oneself as an "Engineer" unless one had either 1) a degree from an accredited engineering department, or 2) a Professional Engineer's license. This included, as I understand it, comments made while standing in a grocery checkout line. the fine was on the order of a few thousand dollars. In Pennsylvania, the PE exam is solely an ethics test, but cannot be taken unless years of practical work can be verified (there is also no reciprocity form Pennsylania to any other state).

Off-Topic: the stuff in the header of this message ( [bcc][faked-from][bayes] ) apparently originated from Bruce's mailserver. Unless I am mistaken (I once thought I had made a misake, but I was wrong), this add-on to the Subject line is because the spam filter is inserting a notice to Bruce that spammish content was detected by some robot somewhere on his network.

See http://www.paulgraham.com/better.html for more info about bayesian filtering. And maybe
http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2003/0922gearhead.html

Anyway, back on topic. A company I worked for used to be called "ABC" Engineering but later changed its name to "ABC" Process and Construction. This is in Quebec where there are fairly strong laws regarding engineer status and using the word in a company name.

Jusy my 2 cents.

Paul
Montreal Received on Fri Mar 12 21:37:00 2004