Monday, September 10, 2012

A Few Good Men Trailer-- thermotron "senior" field service engineer (Dean Tripp)

Dean trip was one of the few "senior" field service engineer's at thermotron on the west coast..

He said it didn't really matter if you did a good job or a bad job!!

Just lie to the customer and tell them "we'll get back to you" and go "heavy" on you travel time, and you labor ..  Thermotron -- ask bob barber why he quit in Human resourses-- or tamer kennedy


It is essential to understanding what a particular argument is doing,
that
we
keep
track
of
what
parts
of
the
argument
are
the
premises,
and
what
is
the
conclusion.
(We’ll
work
our
way
up
to
arguments
with
multiple
conclusions,
but
for
now,
we’ll
just
deal
with
simple,
single-­‐conclusion
arguments.)
One
of
the
things
that
can
often
help
us,
in
figuring
what
claims
are
working
as
premises
to
support
what
other
claim
as
a
conclusion,
are
premise
and
conclusion
indicators.
These
are
words
that
very
frequently
are
used
precisely
to
help
signal
that,
and
so
you
will
want
to
memorize
them.
(You
will
also
want
to
memorize
them,
because
they
will
be
fair
game
on
future
quizzes!)
Words
that
often
introduce
or
appear
in
a
premise
include:
since
as
because
for
in
that
may
be
inferred
from
given
that
for
the
reason
that
seeing
that
on
account
of
the
fact
that
Words
that
often
introduce
or
appear
in
a
conclusion
include:
therefore
accordingly
we
may
conclude
entails
that
hence
thus
consequently
we
may
infer
it
follows
that
so
One
very
important
word
of
warning:
as
is
so
often
the
case
in
English
(&
other
languages),
many
of
these
words
have
multiple
meanings.
E.g.,
“since”
can
sometimes
just
convey
time
information
(“I’ve
been
enjoying
philosophy
ever
since
I
first
read
too
much
Camus
in
high
school.”)
Similarly,
“because”
and
“thus”
can
sometimes
be
used
in
explanations
that
aren’t
arguments
(“the
light
turns
on
because
the
electricity
heats
the
filament,
thus
causing
it
to
radiate”.)
And
of
course
“for”
is
just
sometimes
a
basic
preposition
(“No
I
won’t
regret,
what
I
did
for
love,
what
I
did
for
love!”)
So
looking
out
for
indicators
is
an
important
step
in
figuring
out
the
pieces
of
an
argument,
but
you
can’t
just
apply
it
robotically.
Even
when
you
see
indicators,
you
have
to
ask
yourself:
could
it
make
sense
that
the
author
or
speaker
is
trying
to
use
that
claim
as
evidence
for
this
one?
Also,
although
these
indicators
are
pretty
common
in
English,
nonetheless
there
are
often
pieces
of
arguments
that
aren’t
marked
with
indicators.
So
that’s
another
reason
why
you
can’t
just
look
for
indicators,
when
trying
to
decide
what
are
premises
and
what
are
conclusions.

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