I agree. Technical questions need technical precision to avoid confusion with things like.......Statuium.
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It is not aluminum, it is aluminium! Proof: the statue in London is cast in aluminium and bronze: see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaftesbury_Memorial_Fountain
I win as spelling is important!
Brian
On 27/04/2018 15:11, David Hillman wrote:
> Here is the Element Quiz Question:
>
> The Question:
> This element is not found in its pure state in nature yet its the
> third most abundant element found in the Earth's crust. The largest
> piece of this element (2.8kg) ever cast at that time, is part of the
> Washington Monument. The statue of Anteros in Piccadilly Circus,
> London. This element has thousands of commercial applications. Which element is being described?
>
>
> The winner of the quiz will get the services of Clumpy and Kloumpios
> for the week.
>
>
> 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 Week 19 Tom Carroll, Boeing
> Week 20 Robert Kondner Week 21 Tom Brendlinger, ClearMotion Inc.
> Week 22 Carl Van Wormer, Cipher Engineering LCC Week 23 Juliano
> Ribeiro, DATACOM Week 24 Gerry Gagnon, FLIR Commercial Systems Week 25
> Graham Collins, Sunsel Systems Week 26 Joyce Koo, IPC International
> Week 26 Todd MacFadden, Bose Week 27 Bhanu Sood, NASA Week 28 Leland
> Woodall Week 29 Mordechai Kirshenbaum Week 30 Leland Woodall Week 31
> Leland Woodall Week 32 Steve Gregory Week 33 Leland Woodall Week 34
> Jerry Dengler, Pergamon Corp Week 35 Frank Kimmey, VeriFone Inc Week
> 36 Graham Collins, Sunsel Systems Week 37 Richard "Dean" Stadem Week
> 38 Leland Woodall Week 38 Tom Carroll Week 39 Matthias Mansfeld,
> Mansfeld Elektronik PCB Design and Assembly Week 40 Leland Woodall
> Week 41 Tom Carroll Week 42 Matthias Mansfeld, Mansfeld Elektronik PCB
> Design and Assembly Week 43 Joyce Koo Week 44 Russell Kido, Practical
> Components Week 45 Leland Woodall Week 45 Frank Kimmey, VeriFone Inc
> Week 46 Ian Fox, Rolls-Royce Control Systems Week 47 Fred Cox,
> Bluering Stencils Week 48 Tom Carroll, Boeing Week 49 Todd MacFadden,
> Bose Week 49 Leland Woodall Week 50 Russell Kido, Practical Components
> Week 51 Ravinder Ajmani, Western Digital Week 52 Leland Woodall Week
> 53 Scott Decker, UTAS
>
> Week 54 Leland Woodall
> - We recently bought some new 3D AOI equipment, and the guys are
> assisting me with the disposition of questionable calls made by our
> associates. I should have known they were well-versed in IPC-A-610
> acceptability criteria. They hadn't made me aware of this in the past, and then told me
> it was because I'd never asked... Shame on me, right?
>
> Week 55 Tom Carroll, Boeing
> - Clumpy and Kloumpios will arrive just in time to help with some
> spring cleaning outside. Can't wait for this winter to be gone. You
> are probably dealing with Winter Storm Xanto right now, good luck with
> that. I hope it misses New York City as it moves east. Please have
> them bring the tiller attachment for their John Deere so they can
> easily turn the soil in the front flower bed. After the boys get done
> with the yard work they can relax on the deck with some nice IPA and
> go fishing in the canal out back. I know they enjoyed that last time they visited.
>
> Week 56 Mordechai Kirshenbaum
> - I picked the boys from Ben Gurion Airport after a 24 hr delay. I
> shall let them to overcome the Jet Lag, but tomorrow they are going
> to work hard at my labs. I hope they will enjoy their stay
>
> Week 57 ????
> - assisted with ????
>
>
> I hope everyone has a awesome week!
>
> Dave Hillman
> Rockwell Collins
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