That picture is from when I was 35!

LOL! One of my students is putting together a 3D printer for me as I am responding to this. We do still have the hands-on training, but I make sure that the "little brats" make sure they take a quick online tutorial first so that they don't break something, including themselves!

Today I feel very much like Quentin Daniels, the Utah Institute of Technology professor who also was the janitor. I have to do a little of everything to keep the lights on myself.

Well in 1970, I wasn't in FL. Moved back in 1972. Melbourne was a LOT smaller in 1972, and much smaller than now in the late 1980s.

FIT was a great engineering school when I was there. All professors had to have PE licenses too. They were practical. Pretty good teachers, and approachable.

An engineering student could just go over to the machine shop, and if you were cool, the machinist would teach you how to run any of the machines to make your projects. Dead sure lawyers have killed that by now. In my day we wrote CAD software. Now I bet they just use AutoCAD/SolidWorks, and 3D print little toys, the brats!

Nice find, Tavolino! Thanks.

I''m not an alumnus. FIT was lacking a lot in '70, imo.
My professors were unconcerned for this student's needs. Couldn't be bothered with teaching, imo.
I left for GaTech after only one quarter. It was a better place for learning at that time, for me, at least.

Really? I didn't know you were an alumnus too. Cool!!!

Punk, Thor? I was there in '70.

I wondered about the "our".

53? Ya look "punkier" in your pics. You are just my little brother's age (well in a couple of days), who used to be an adjunct in ME/Aero at FIT. Not sure he is still active on the books. I was standing right north of Crawford watching when the first shuttle blew up.

That is why I used "our" instead of "my". I do remember. At age 53, I no longer feel like a young punk, but it Is nice to be called young once in a while when you hang around with students who now don't even remember the 2nd space shuttle disaster.

Watched the whole ridiculous proceeding. Farce is not the word I would choose. Blatant partisanship expressed by a non-moderator who never challenged one, but instead helped his candidate by jogging his memory and never once called him out on falsehoods. I understand Trump's frustration, but his reaction was anything but helpful to his cause. The non-moderator cut him off each and every time he had Biden on the rails. I am not a Republican, I am an independent, and if this is the choice we have, then I choose the devil we know...

Because the 2 major parties control the debates and they only choose statist urinalists as "moderators". They also don't allow 3rd party participation because they are outside the agenda of the 2 major parties: to increase the power of the major parties and their elite donors. They also haven't allowed any candidate they couldn't control to run (for ANY office) since Perot. Trump was an uncontrollable force in 2016 and they have been trying to toss him from office since election day Nov 2016. The system is rigged.

Je sais, mon ami. OUR (yours and mine) University's motto. Remember, I was there before you, you young punk!

Yes, but..
This is either and impotent protest vote, or a vote for Biden if in a swing state.

Amen to that.

We had that argument here before, and a wealth of "Objectivists" lined up to support berating Trump. However, these same clowns (I mean Objectivists) had no response to the alternative option, or the consequences of their actions. , just static.

Apparently Tavalino found Ayn's own position on a virtually identical example. Perhaps the dogma-hero's will be silent this time!

Won't vote for Jorgensen because she literally plagiarized in her campaign advertisement John Galt's statement "The world you desired can be won, it exists, it is real, it is possible, it’s yours." Fine words, but she needs to give credit. I called her on it at least twice - once on Twitter and once on Parler. No response. No change. No vote.

I was very disappointed. I would like to have seen Trump do better at making a reasoned case. I also think he should have spoken to the camera as Biden did -- and politicians usually do.

On the other hand, Trump has been the master of the media. I do have to say that from an overview perspective, Trump spent the night arguing with Biden and Wallace, looking at the person he was talking to, Biden argued with space, he couldn't look at Trump.. Trump came off as a bully, but who do you want as President a bully or someone who is bullied?

I like to think rational argument wins out, but I've read that those who listened to the Kennedy-Nixon debates were convinced that Nixon won but those who watched thought Kennedy had won.

There you go. She could be practical! Dogma and ivory towers are not practical.

She is a great candidate, but not "viable". She can not win, and a vote for her is either an impotent protest or a vote for Biden.

Ad Astra et Scientia is our university's motto.

I like Jorgensen, but a vote for her is about like that nefarious line in Thick as a Brick.

Understand completely, mon ami. Ad Astra, maybe Mars?

Had to laugh at this: "a handmaiden of the Democrat party" when describing Chris Wallace. Fancy new name for "ho."

That was the most despicable thing I've seen since Trump debated Hillary, and mind you: I watched max 3 minutes. Unfortunately when I got up this morning, there were endless replays...but at least watching it in the morning, I know it won't keep me up all night.

While I agree with you, shrugging completely (instead of my current partial shrug) seems better by the day.

In 2016 I voted for the libertarian candidate despite his obvious flaws - one being his selection of a looter as VP running mate. I was one of Johnson's strongest supporters here in the Gulch.
I do not consider Jorgensen as a viable candidate and I do not agree some parts of their platform.
A vote for Jorgensen in any state that has a close race is a vote for Biden, imo. I strongly oppose Biden.

I ALMOST voted for Libertarian last time around... After the farce of Gary Johnson, (SO not a libertarian!) I bypassed Libertarians this time around. I am all for a strong 3rd party. I was pretty good last time around for listening to all the candidates but I desparately don't want Joe Biden, the marxists and Globalists to run America!

I'm sure Jo is wonderful... I'd proudly vote for Trump this time around. But Libertarians really need to up their game and actually put forth Libertarians and not LINOs... If you recall the libertarian debates for 2016, McAfee came across as an authoritarian; Johnson might as well been a democrat and I adored Peterson. (i can't remember the other one's name now!)

Does anyone know who Don Blakenship is? That name is on my ballot! hah.