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Politics : Tell a joke - anything goes
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From: Stock Puppy3/21/2018 2:15:08 PM
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Okay this one is funny in a very nerdy fashion.

This is from an article talking about how NASA's standards for connecting wires are adapted from Lineman's splices.

Here is the picture, which should be familiar if you have done any electronics.

But there is something special about the (second) picture.

If you are a true nerd, you will see it right away.

Otherwise, read the comments below the picture.

Hint: The splice may have been done during a spatial-temporal anomaly.



Not the last picture - it's just solder!

"I've made many Western Union splices, none of which looked like the illustrations.

Of course I only work in three dimensions not four."

Okay, still don't see it?

Read the following line and look again.

" An Escher Splice"



AT this point, if you don't get it (there goes the joke), just follow the winding of the wire.
Now you see?
Sigh - telling jokes to people from parallel universes is difficult!
What do you mean *I'm* from the parallel - okay okay



----- The following is informative, not humor unless you think electronics is funny:

How to do it (leaving out the Escher step):

In a NASA-approved Lineman’s splice:

  1. The conductors shall be pre-tinned.
  2. There shall be at least 3 turns around each conductor and the wraps shall be tight with no gaps between adjacent turns.
  3. The wraps shall not overlap and the ends of the wrap shall be trimmed flush prior to soldering to prevent protruding ends.
  4. Conductors shall not overlap the insulation of the other wire.
  5. Solder shall wet all elements of the connection.
  6. The solder shall fillet between connection elements over the complete periphery
    of the connection.
Congratulations - if you're still awake at this point, you are officially an electronics nerd!
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