Comments on: Engineers: This Is How NOT To Do A Presentation http://danielmiessler.com/blog/engineers-this-is-how-not-to-do-a-presentation grep understanding Sun, 29 Jan 2012 20:44:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: John A Thomson http://danielmiessler.com/blog/engineers-this-is-how-not-to-do-a-presentation/comment-page-1#comment-57801 John A Thomson Tue, 29 May 2007 02:15:49 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/archives/1265#comment-57801 <p>I once worked on Perkin Elmer projection aligners (semi-conductor equipment used in the photolithography process) that had a part called an "articulated waffle-tree" or maybe it was "articulated wiffle-tree". My memory isn't so great when recalling that far back! Regardless, it is mildly amusing.</p> <p>One of my colleagues once told a clueless production supervisor that the implanter would be down for another 12 hours because "they were waiting on the dilithium crystals recharging." The supervisor went to a production meeting and spouted this line out with enthusiasm, only to find a room of people sniggering and chuckling themselves to death! Obviously not a trekkie!!!</p> I once worked on Perkin Elmer projection aligners (semi-conductor equipment used in the photolithography process) that had a part called an “articulated waffle-tree” or maybe it was “articulated wiffle-tree”. My memory isn’t so great when recalling that far back! Regardless, it is mildly amusing.

One of my colleagues once told a clueless production supervisor that the implanter would be down for another 12 hours because “they were waiting on the dilithium crystals recharging.” The supervisor went to a production meeting and spouted this line out with enthusiasm, only to find a room of people sniggering and chuckling themselves to death! Obviously not a trekkie!!!

]]> By: John A Thomson http://danielmiessler.com/blog/engineers-this-is-how-not-to-do-a-presentation/comment-page-1#comment-247299 John A Thomson Tue, 29 May 2007 02:15:00 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/archives/1265#comment-247299 <p>I once worked on Perkin Elmer projection aligners (semi-conductor equipment used in the photolithography process) that had a part called an "articulated waffle-tree" or maybe it was "articulated wiffle-tree". My memory isn't so great when recalling that far back! Regardless, it is mildly amusing.</p> <p>One of my colleagues once told a clueless production supervisor that the implanter would be down for another 12 hours because "they were waiting on the dilithium crystals recharging." The supervisor went to a production meeting and spouted this line out with enthusiasm, only to find a room of people sniggering and chuckling themselves to death! Obviously not a trekkie!!!</p> I once worked on Perkin Elmer projection aligners (semi-conductor equipment used in the photolithography process) that had a part called an “articulated waffle-tree” or maybe it was “articulated wiffle-tree”. My memory isn’t so great when recalling that far back! Regardless, it is mildly amusing.

One of my colleagues once told a clueless production supervisor that the implanter would be down for another 12 hours because “they were waiting on the dilithium crystals recharging.” The supervisor went to a production meeting and spouted this line out with enthusiasm, only to find a room of people sniggering and chuckling themselves to death! Obviously not a trekkie!!!

]]> By: Tim http://danielmiessler.com/blog/engineers-this-is-how-not-to-do-a-presentation/comment-page-1#comment-45442 Tim Thu, 05 Apr 2007 13:49:52 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/archives/1265#comment-45442 <p>...at least, not a presentation to the customers.</p> <p>Did he just say "dingleberry"?</p> …at least, not a presentation to the customers.

Did he just say “dingleberry”?

]]> By: Tim http://danielmiessler.com/blog/engineers-this-is-how-not-to-do-a-presentation/comment-page-1#comment-247298 Tim Thu, 05 Apr 2007 13:49:00 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/archives/1265#comment-247298 <p>...at least, not a presentation to the customers.</p> <p>Did he just say "dingleberry"?</p> …at least, not a presentation to the customers.

Did he just say “dingleberry”?

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