Machinists: didja notice GE's Superbowl ad?

[Joe Frickin' Friday]

Am I dork for noticing that he was misusing his dial caliper at 0:17?

 

http://www.youtube.com/ge?x=us_whatsnew_2986

 

"When I was a kid I wanted to work with my hands, that was my thing..."

 

Uh, yeah, you might want to consider an alternative career, since every measurement you make is off by about 0.6"...

 

[chrisd]

Wow, your catch was as good as Manningham's. Amazing you saw that. I bet he makes good use of them as C clamps, too.

[Glenn Reed]

Should have been something more like this ?

[Ken H.]

Am I dork for noticing that he was misusing his dial caliper at 0:17?

Yes.

 

 

 

 

 

In a huggable sort of a way.

[Rougarou]

 

Uh, yeah, you might want to consider an alternative career, since every measurement you make is off by about 0.6"...

 

 

Could that have been taken into consideration already? I'm just guessing as I really don't know. Could the backside be calibrated so that the reading was correct at all?

[Chris K]

Am I dork for noticing that he was misusing his dial caliper at 0:17?

 

 

Mitch, if you have to ask the question you already know the answer. Just say'in.

[Glenn Reed]

Am I dork for noticing that he was misusing his dial caliper at 0:17?

 

Well that and the picture in the Gleno thread where you're wearing white socks and sandals...

[CarrotNC]

And since when do they build turbans? They can design, manfuacture it, and sell it -- but they can't say turbine?

[RonStewart]

Gary, I thought that turbine turban was the accepted pronunciation throughout the USA. I guess I was mistaken.

 

Where is it and isn't it used?

[Kathy R]

Am I dork for noticing that he was misusing his dial caliper at 0:17?

 

http://www.youtube.com/ge?x=us_whatsnew_2986

 

"When I was a kid I wanted to work with my hands, that was my thing..."

 

Uh, yeah, you might want to consider an alternative career, since every measurement you make is off by about 0.6"...

 

 

I suspect if you couple a director with a hand model you get 0:17

Nice catch, Mitch! I trust your geekiness.

[Joe Frickin' Friday]

Am I dork for noticing that he was misusing his dial caliper at 0:17?

 

Well that and the picture in the Gleno thread where you're wearing white socks and sandals...

 

Hey, I gotta be me.

[barryd]

My father was a metallurgist for a company making turbine engines (Allison). "Turban" was pretty much the normal pronunciation when I was growing up.

Of course, midwesterners aren't known for being sticklers on enunciation.

 

As for the video, I think it was more a matter of what the art director thought looked good in the shot, and most likely, the actor didn't know the difference anyway.

 

 

 

 

[Kitsap]

Yes, but I'm calling the kettle black.

[CarrotNC]

Gary, I thought that turbine turban was the accepted pronunciation throughout the USA. I guess I was mistaken.

 

Where is it and isn't it used?

 

I'm just as bad about slurring words as anyone, especially having grown up in the southern US. During road trips in college if we went through the backwoods regions along the Smoky Mountains my co-travelers would have me talk to the locals since they couldn't understand them.

 

Since then I've had to deal with multiple languages and have grown aware of the trouble that simple pronunciation can create. When I see an international company promoting a global product but speaking the wrong word for it, that grates against my accuracy bone. Please don't get me started on the spelling of English words .

[JohnnyJ]

he was misusing his dial caliper at 0:17

 

Could this explain Three Mile Island?

 

 

Johnny J

[Rougarou]

The pronunciation is both, click the little speaker to listen.