Google and the Chromecast<\/a>, but it is a good example to mention.<\/strong><\/p>\nMe, i.e., old engineer: What is that?<\/p>\n
Young Engineer: It is a Google Chromecast.<\/p>\n
Me: What is that?<\/p>\n
Young Engineer: It is a video streamer.<\/p>\n
Me: What does it do?<\/p>\n
Young Engineer: It streams video.<\/p>\n
Me: I think you already told me that. Let’s try again. Perhaps you could draw a diagram of what it does.<\/p>\n
Young Engineer: Why should I draw it. You’re holding it in your hand.<\/p>\n
Me: I mean a system diagram.<\/p>\n
Young Engineer: What is that?<\/p>\n
Me: You draw a circle representing the system. In this case, the circle represents the Chromecast.<\/p>\n
Young Engineer: But the Chromecast isn’t round.<\/p>\n
Me: The circle represents the Chromecast. There is a difference between the thing and the representation of the thing, but let’s not digress. After you draw a circle, you draw lines coming in and out of the circle representing the inputs and outputs.<\/p>\n
Young Engineer: blank stare<\/p>\n
Me: The system is then able to transform the inputs to outputs and so on. Simple little diagram that explains the system. In this case the Chromecast.<\/p>\n
Young Engineer: Where did you find that?<\/p>\n
Me: Find what?<\/p>\n
Young Engineer: That type of diagram.<\/p>\n
Me: It is old. Really old. I think someone found it scribbled on the wall of a cave or something. Engineers used to draw them all the time with pencil on paper.<\/p>\n
Young Engineer: What is that?<\/p>\n
Me: What is what?<\/p>\n
Young Engineer: Pencil and, and, what was the other part?<\/p>\n
Me: blank stare<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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