Actually, amazing that it might seem, even high level managers (like a division manager) at Agilent only have cubicles. (usually they are a bit larger and fancier than the "regulars", but finding a real office is extremely rare.
Daun -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Thomas A. Frank Sent: Friday, September 05, 2008 11:39 PM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Help with HP 8640B generator > Trivia: The engineer who designed that chip for HP 35 years ago has > the cubicle next to me at Agilent Labs! It was considered very > advanced at the time. > -------------- > The cubicle? > ----- > Think of it as many nested boxes, within the building there is a room, > within the room there is a cubicle, within the cubicle there is a > piece of test equipment, within the test equipment there is a oven > enclosure, within the oven enclosure there is a box, within the box > there is an oscillator, within the oscillator there is a crystal > housing, within the crystal housing there is a chunk o' > rock, upon which everything rests... Collapsing down toward infinity. Fractal engineering at its finest. Perhaps my experience in engineering for the gov't differs a bit from that found at such a high end company, but I would have expected that at that level of seniority, those folks usually rate an office with a door...or is that sort of thing reserved solely for management? Tom Frank, KA2CDK _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
