In Response: Letters to the Editor
Letters from Engineers
Water under the bridge I've worked as an engineer during the last 18 years for a company that designs and manufactures water valves. Regarding the recent...
Letters from engineers
Safety of fracking needs more study My perception of the controversy surrounding fracking is that energy companies have done an excellent job reassuring...
Letters from engineers
Support for standards Thank you so much for publishing your new eBooks. I especially enjoy the zero registration aspect for easy access. My favorite issue...
IN RESPONSE
The following letters are in response to the November 2011 In the Loop column, Houston, we have company, discussing international space exploration. Human...
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Thousands of readers are downloading the new Brushing Up eBooks series on topics such as physics, circuits, and magnetism. Why not join them? Thanks for...
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The following letters are in response to the June editorial, Name that Technology, in which we discussed the unlucky nature of an unnamed boat, as well...
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These letters are in response to a Motion Monitor eNewsletter, in which we compared the merits of the $10 billion FAA budget to the $8.5 billion TSA budget...
Tribute to the Fukushima 50
In response to our recent Motion Monitor eNewsletter, which encouraged prayers for the brave Japanese workers trying to solve the many problems at the...
Unfair advantage
Readers sound off about Watson, the IBM computer that bested quiz-show superstars Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter during a three-day Jeopardy! competition....
Manufacturing made America great
I just finished reading the December 2010 In the Loop editorial and can't quite figure out if you are condoning or condemning manufacturing. Manufacturing...
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Wanted: Long-term thinking I am dumbfounded by the shortsighted thinking prevalent in today's business world in the form of extreme focus on quarterly...
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Hard to let go It is difficult to let go of such idioms as the one quoted in your October issue, Penny wise and pound foolish. I still remember the conversions,...
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I second Scott Stearns' letter about unions. (MSD, September 2010.) While working in the Midwest for one of the Big Three, I saw employees let parts go...
Motion Monitor feedback on Army Corps
U.S. can no longer afford unions
Over the last several years, the number of unions representing workers in U.S. manufacturing has dwindled significantly. Fine with me: I believe unions...
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Spill just a drop in the bucket This is the first time I'm responding to one of your editorials. A lot of people are beginning to shy away from offshore...
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Arizona angst Isn't it interesting that the nation as a whole thinks Arizona is a bad place because we want to enforce federal laws regarding illegal...
In response | Jan 2010
Innovation, education keys to future Will American workers need to lower their standard of living to compete with third world manufacturers? Some will....
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The following letters are in response to an opinion column about the recent 35% U.S. import tariff on Chinese tires. Buy American As a manufacturing company...
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The following letters are in response to MSD's September editorial column, titled Choose A or B. The column compared the cost of one F22 Raptor - $350...
Up and away
One of the sweetest movies of 2009 features the delights of helium. Up the animated film in 3D where available is the story of a retired man that travels...
American manufacturing needs good karma
A few days ago, the Department of Energy approved a $528 million low-interest loan for Fisker Automotive, one of four automakers selected by the DOE to...
In Response | Oct 2009
The following letters are in response to a Motion System Design column asking whether or not the Cash for Clunkers program was a good idea. To protect...
Capacitors: Better than a mousetrap
I recently read the article, Dc motor selection: Part 1 of 2 by George Hunt, in the July 2009 issue of MSD. The article mentions a problem with dc motor...
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The following letters are in response to questions we posed regarding the government bailout of General Motors. As GM emerges from bankruptcy, the U.S....
