Re: Looking for job as a Piping Designer / Draftsman

On Feb 15, 2005, at 7:55 PM, Paul Bowers wrote:

> Good old reliable Arky, I wonder whatever became of him (wasn't he a
> janitor at Dartmouth or was he really a created usenet personality?).
He still shows up from time to time and there's always someone who imagines he makes himself look good by scoring intellectual points off AP's latest invention schedule. AP is as real as rain. He used to have a web page with a life CV and all sorts of accomplishments and goals met--maybe it's still around. You see something like that and your first feeling is how great it is not to be a loonie, but then you realize, 'There but for the grace of God…'

Same with Turmel. Someone told me that Turmel's particular mishegoss stemmed from the suicide of a friend of his who got himself into debt way, way, way over his head. Turmel started inventing his new economic system as a result. I don't know what the whole story is, and it doesn't do much good asking him.

Another interesting this is how newsgroups get co-opted. Sci.engr.joining.welding is now pretty much in the hands of hobby welders. Others get taken over by academics. Someone told me once that an industrial engineering newsgroup was almost completely dominated by industrial rock fans after a few months. And take a look at sci.engr.television as another example. Good thing pipingdesign.com didn't start off on the Usenet--it'd probably be a hangout for Scottish military band enthusiasts.

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