XPost: comp.sys.cbm   
   From: sgillettnospam@diespammergte.net   
      
   "J.B. Wood"  wrote ...   
   >   
   > Hello, and my opinion of Wikipedia aside for the moment, I'm not   
   > questioning Ms. Ellsworth's knowledge or skills and I don't know if she   
   > ever has referred to herself as an engineer.  That title, however, is   
   > reserved for those who have earned it IMHO and understand the underlying   
   > theory and applied mathematics.  If non-degreed she is at best a very   
   > skilled electronics technician, but not an engineer.  Sincerely,   
      
   I don't think Thomas Edison had a degree either.  Yet he accomplished more in   
   his lifetime than any dozen "engineers" of that time period.  (In honor of   
   his accomplishments Edison may have been awarded a few _honorary_ degrees,   
   but that isn't the same as a _real_ degree is it?)   
      
   Jeri may not be quite as talented as Edison was, but she still outclasses   
   most real "engineers" when it comes right down to being able to get things   
   done.   
      
   To elaborate on comments made by another...  Before I retired, I worked as an   
   Aircraft Electrician  for a contractor that built aircraft for the military.   
   When building the first prototype for a new model the Electrical Engineers   
   often worked closely with the Aircraft Electricians on the shop floor.  I   
   know of many occasions when the solution to a problem was provided by the   
   electricians on the shop floor.  And then, when it actually worked like it   
   should, that solution would be incorporated into the blueprints by the   
   engineers.   
      
   Engineers are a necessary part of the overall picture, but they are not the   
   entire picture.    :-)   
      
   --   
   Best regards,   
      
   Sam Gillett   
      
   Why is the third hand on a watch   
   called the second hand?   
      
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