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jbrenner assigns HOMEwork - Planning Atlantis

Posted by $ jbrenner 10 years, 9 months ago to The Gulch: General
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An assignment I give my students in almost every course I teach is what I call a questions and issues sheet. Students are asked to come up with a list of at least 25 questions and issues on a process design, product design, or failure analysis of my choosing. Students start by brainstorming either by themselves or in groups for 0.5 to 1 hour, and then categorize their questions and issues into the following categories: technical/engineering, economic, legal, regulatory, quality, environmental, safety, health, logistical, project management, and social impact. It is better for the questions and issues to be in the form of a question such that the question can be answered with a yes/no or a number. In that way, the exercise serves as a checklist to keep the project on track. Points are given for the number of questions, category coverage, identification of all of the key issues, depth of insight, creativity, and for thoroughness of the list. A critical issue not considered is often the project killer. Your assignment is to participate in this exercise for the development of a physical Atlantis.


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  • Posted by $ 10 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I have often jokingly compared myself to Quentin Daniels, Galt's assistant, so I think it's entirely reasonable that an apprentice program can be instituted.
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  • Posted by khalling 10 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    This is actually a very interesting topic, as I was raised the same way and I had to work on it, to keep from raising my kids in that vein. Be respectful to your elders. Well, heck, often the elders said and did outrageous things! Anyway, although I do not agree with most of lebanese artist and writer Khalil Gibran, I love the sense of life in this poem (I read the archer as Reason):
    http://www.katsandogz.com/onchildren.htm...
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  • Posted by $ iamfrankblanco 10 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    No apologies needed. I just didn't want to come off as condescending. I just know that I was willing to trade value, whether youth or intelligence, in exchange for an opportunity to participate in a community such as this one.
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  • Posted by Hiraghm 10 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    1) How do I ensure reproducibility of product or process?

    Armed men with assault rifles?

    2) Calibration standards such as for purity and weight of coinage

    Of course!

    3) Some definition of acceptance criteria, as well as a quality assurance program to ensure that those criteria are being met.

    See answer to 1)

    :)
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  • Posted by khalling 10 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    This is not the thinking that propelled the US to the greatest nation on the Earth in under 150 years.
    I hope your parents are bearing up well and you as well. take care
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  • Posted by Hiraghm 10 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    The only government with a legitimate claim on the Earth's moon is the U.S.

    If you want a gulch in orbit, scale Vesta in from the asteroid belt, park it in a Lagrange orbit.
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  • Posted by khalling 10 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Johnrobert is asking you to re-check a premise. Most of the signers of the Declaration of Independence were younger than you might think: http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_p...
    Also, Hugh Akston was Galt's mentor and professor, but it was a much younger Galt who invited Akston to the Gulch. ALL adults take the Oath. Remember the fish girl in AS? She just provided fish to the community and she wanted to be a writer. Dagny experienced her first feelings of jealousy in meeting her. It is said that Rand included the fish girl as a cameo for herself in the Gulch. Value for Value. ;)
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  • Posted by $ johnrobert2 10 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Sometimes we're not wiser, just a little more experienced in some things. I STILL make mistakes in dealing with people.
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  • Posted by $ iamfrankblanco 10 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I don't follow you - I was just trying to be considerate and understanding that sometimes those older than me have more wisdom to impart.
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  • Posted by ObjectiveAnalyst 10 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    ewww...I guess we would need someone to handle that... A "Groom of the Stool"... oh well, it's a dirty job... regardless, there is honor in work no matter how unpleasant to some.
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  • Posted by $ johnrobert2 10 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    So, all animals are equal but some are more equal than others? Riiiight. The 'apprentice' system implies a tiered class system. If someone wants to work at a certain job, and needs to learn the basics thereof, then they can attach themselves to whomever would teach them and learn. But to impose such a system flies in the face of what we are trying to accomplish.

    If I have misread your intent, I apologize but something about your statement just doesn't come off right.
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  • Posted by Temlakos 10 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I ought to have said, I see no reason not to have competing and parallel infrastructure. In fact, I would suggest any Committee of Safety would welcome such a development as an enhancement to community security.
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  • Posted by radical 10 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Good comments. Some of my answers depart from AS. I was trying to offer more present day solutions while adhering to the philosophy of AS.
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