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Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 5:11
AM
Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] OSS,
interpersonal communication
Well... I think this is the part where an old fart like myself
needs to step in.
Pierre, the design process for a project like this is
likely to take months and even years... not days. If you are a design
engineer, you know this, and if you are not, you know it now. A few days
to coordinate the standards is nothing much in the grand scheme of
things. We are a large group. Granted, we have to follow the
leader, but he needs feedback in order to make his decisions... and he is
young as well, so I am sure he wants to move along as much as you do. Be
patient, lad, we'll get there!
I am very interested to see what this
group puts together and will be proud to be able to say that I had even a
small part in it, even though I am unlikely to ever bolt the first hull plate
on my own submersible.
You all seem to get along much better than any
group I have ever seen before. As near as I can tell it is because you
are not soldiers, artists, programmers, and women. Groups in these
classifications never seem to be able to get along for any length of time...
go ahead call me a sexist, I don't care, but most women would agree with
the statement.
This issue aside, we are still a very diverse group, so
I think perhaps I should point out a few things. First off, not everyone
here speaks English as their first language. A statement such as Pierre
made might just possibly be construed as inflamatory, though most likely it
was not intended as such. He's just young and impatient... and I must
add that his English is better than my Francais. We also have
different attitudes. Toleration and thick skin is a must in a project
such as this one. Intollerance will kill the project more certainly than
any technological difficulty. Be flexible, like Gumby.
Now, for
you guys who might need some help with English language skills... a phrase or
word you don't understand... or getting around American slang or attitudes...
ask me and I will give it a shot. My household speaks a mixture of
English, German, and Italian... we can also do French and Spanish if
necessary. Do it off the list if you want.
OK, enough from the
landlubber this morning. There are some interesting things developing...
the sharkskin concept, the window issue, the modular concept.... keep at
it! Oh, yeah... a while back someone discussed fish finders as active
sonar devices... hopefully the OSS would have that as well. There is
some pretty murky water around here.
BTW, how do PSUBs avoid
getting run down while surfacing? It seems to me that a large freighter
could not avoid a small sub surfacing in its path, nor could a fast moving
small surface craft.
Dale
On Tue, 2003-01-14 at 06:19,
Pierre Poulin wrote:
Man, that process is gonna take forever. Please let a leader take a decision
and let the groupe move on! We could debate that simple issue for days... (I
think that's what we've done already)
I'm looking forward to be in the design process! In the meat of the projet!
Pierre