I started reading the article and immediately had a question...
"This is a transcript of my presentation over at the European Microwave Week 2020, actually held in 2021."
What's a European Microwave Week? Well, it's a conference put on by the European Microwave Association.
"The European Microwave Association (EuMA) is an international non-profit association with a scientific, educational and technical purpose. The aim of the Association is to develop in an interdisciplinary way, education, training and research activities."
Ok.
"The European Microwave Association (EuMA) is an international non-profit association with a scientific, educational and technical purpose. The aim of the Association is to develop in an interdisciplinary way, education, training and research activities, including:
"Promoting European microwaves
"Networking and uniting microwave scientists and engineers in Europe
"Providing a single voice for European microwave scientists and engineers in Europe
"Promoting public awareness and appreciation of microwaves
"Attaining full recognition of microwaves by the European Union..."
So, uh, how far down this rabbit-hole do I have to go to find a meaningful term...
"EuCoM 2020 Events:
"GPR and Electromagnetics for Sensing Soil, Objects and Structures: Forward Modelling, Inversion Problems and Practical Aspects" - Lecce, Italy, January 29 - February 01, 2020 - Org.:R. Persico et al."
Whew.
[Edit]
I wrote the comments above before I read the article. Now that I have read it, I came to an epiphany:
*It's exactly what he is talking about!*
EuMA doesn't do microwave things. It's an organization about microwave stuff, but what they do has nothing to do with microwaves. The schedule things, they write contracts for venues and catering, and they send press releases of various kinds.
Wouldn't it have been slightly refreshing if EuMA's web site was written by someone who actually knew something about microwaves? Someone who could spice things up with meaningful examples? Even a little?
Anyway, there are some issues with the article itself.
"And we fight for all technology, even the stuff that is not core because we are attached to it, we love what we do."
What is core, and what is not? And after you've eliminated everything that is clearly not core, what is clearly not core among the remaining things you have left? If you've outsourced the springs, knobs, cords, and cases then those start looking an awful lot like something else you should get from outside. Especially since your manufacturing facility is now just running one shift a day. Or a week.
At the end of the article, he mentions, "JPL at Caltech in the US", which is an interesting (and appropriate) phrase. If you follow the Mars rovers or any of NASA's other unmanned exploration missions, you'll see JPL mentioned a lot. NASA is very proud of JPL. Which is a little strange since JPL and NASA are only loosely related. "JPL is a research and development lab federally funded by NASA and managed by Caltech", as their web site says. The launch vehicle, by the way, was a commercial United Launch Alliance Delta II. (Not that I'm bitter in any way.)
"This is a transcript of my presentation over at the European Microwave Week 2020, actually held in 2021."
What's a European Microwave Week? Well, it's a conference put on by the European Microwave Association.
"The European Microwave Association (EuMA) is an international non-profit association with a scientific, educational and technical purpose. The aim of the Association is to develop in an interdisciplinary way, education, training and research activities."
Ok.
"The European Microwave Association (EuMA) is an international non-profit association with a scientific, educational and technical purpose. The aim of the Association is to develop in an interdisciplinary way, education, training and research activities, including:
"Promoting European microwaves
"Networking and uniting microwave scientists and engineers in Europe
"Providing a single voice for European microwave scientists and engineers in Europe
"Promoting public awareness and appreciation of microwaves
"Attaining full recognition of microwaves by the European Union..."
So, uh, how far down this rabbit-hole do I have to go to find a meaningful term...
"EuCoM 2020 Events: "GPR and Electromagnetics for Sensing Soil, Objects and Structures: Forward Modelling, Inversion Problems and Practical Aspects" - Lecce, Italy, January 29 - February 01, 2020 - Org.:R. Persico et al."
Whew.
[Edit]
I wrote the comments above before I read the article. Now that I have read it, I came to an epiphany:
*It's exactly what he is talking about!*
EuMA doesn't do microwave things. It's an organization about microwave stuff, but what they do has nothing to do with microwaves. The schedule things, they write contracts for venues and catering, and they send press releases of various kinds.
Wouldn't it have been slightly refreshing if EuMA's web site was written by someone who actually knew something about microwaves? Someone who could spice things up with meaningful examples? Even a little?
Anyway, there are some issues with the article itself.
"And we fight for all technology, even the stuff that is not core because we are attached to it, we love what we do."
What is core, and what is not? And after you've eliminated everything that is clearly not core, what is clearly not core among the remaining things you have left? If you've outsourced the springs, knobs, cords, and cases then those start looking an awful lot like something else you should get from outside. Especially since your manufacturing facility is now just running one shift a day. Or a week.
At the end of the article, he mentions, "JPL at Caltech in the US", which is an interesting (and appropriate) phrase. If you follow the Mars rovers or any of NASA's other unmanned exploration missions, you'll see JPL mentioned a lot. NASA is very proud of JPL. Which is a little strange since JPL and NASA are only loosely related. "JPL is a research and development lab federally funded by NASA and managed by Caltech", as their web site says. The launch vehicle, by the way, was a commercial United Launch Alliance Delta II. (Not that I'm bitter in any way.)