After feeding them all weekend, I put the boys to work soldering the battery leads (Pb-Free, of course) onto ShortSniffer boards. They were so efficient with those little fingers twisting the wire ends, they got the next 6-months production done in 4.5 hours! I gave our minimum wage technician a pink slip, telling her to re-apply in September.
They had big smiles on their faces as I put them on a plane to Disney World, giving them each 3 all-day passes (after warning them to stay away from Snow White). They should be well rested for the next Element Quiz winner.
Thanks,
Carl
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Subject: [TN] Element Quiz Answer
Here is the Element Quiz Question:
The Question:
Gunpowder was exploded in a long tube that contained this element which created a million times standard atmospheric pressure causing this element to change to a liquid. Only traces of this element are found in the Earth's atmosphere. One proton and no neutrons. Which element is being described?
The Answer:
The element is Hydrogen (H). Solid metallic hydrogen will conduct electricity. Hydrogen is lighter than air so it escapes Earth's gravity into outer space (i.e. there is not much H in our atmosphere). Hydrogen's name is derived from the Greek term "hydro gene" which means "water former". Hubble Space Telescope is/was powered by nickel-hydrogen batteries, which were finally replaced in May 2009, more than 19 years after launch and 13 years beyond their design life.
The winner of the quiz is Carl Van Wormer, Cipher Engineering LCC, and he will get the services of Clumpy and Kloumpios for the week.
Carl just edged out David Lindblom for the first correct response. Everyone is very good at getting the correct answer (well, except for Doug) so once in a very great while I make the answer so obvious it seems wrong. Scott Decker gets "honorable mention" for Deuterium and the wonderful humor of the golf play-by-play image!
So far Clumpy and Kloumpios have done the following:
Past Quiz winners/tasks:
Week 1 Ravinder Ajmani, Western Digital
Week 1 Ron Feyereisen, SigmaTron Intl.
Week 2 Louis Hart, Compunetics
Week 3 Mark Kostinovsky, Schlumberger Ltd.
Week 3 John Burke
Week 4 Drew Meyer, Benchmark Electronics Week 5 No Winner - no correct responses!
Week 6 Bhanu Sood, NASA
Week 7 Keith Calhoun, Sopark Corp
Week 7 Ian Fox, Rolls Royce
Week 8 Leland Woodall
Week 8 David Bealer, SMT
Week 9 Tom Carroll, Boeing
Week 10 Louis Hart, Compunetics
Week 11 Tom Carroll, Boeing
Week 11 Scott Decker, UTAS
Week 12 Matthias Mansfeld, Mansfeld Elektronik PCB Design and Assembly Week 13 No Quiz, Week 14 Matthias Mansfeld, Mansfeld Elektronik PCB Design and Assembly Week 15 Bhanu Sood, NASA Week 16 John Maxwell Week 17 Leland Woodall
Week 18 Leland Woodall
- The boys spent their weekend playing golf, and then enjoyed the NCAA tournament games. Since they were in NC, they rooted heavily for UNC, and their cheers were probably a deciding factor in the game. They were also quite curious as to how folks could grow to be so tall.
Week 19 Tom Carroll, Boeing
- Love those firewalls. The boys will help review some environmental testing for explosive atmosphere, Sand & Dust, Humidity and Salt Fog at a local supplier. When they get bored with that they can help patch the roof over my head that might have a developed a leak during the winter. After that they can relax and go fishing in the bay or ocean near my house.
Week 20 Robert Kondner
- assisted with ????
Week 21 Tom Brendlinger, ClearMotion Inc.
- Up here at ClearMotion, I've got a board to design... but our recruiter wants us looking through resumes instead. I think the boys can do that for a while, and when they're done with that, they can start cutting out molds for my upcoming cedar strip canoe.
Week 22 Carl Van Wormer, Cipher Engineering LCC
- assisted with ????
I hope everyone has a awesome week!
Dave Hillman
Rockwell Collins
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