The Iron Warrior: Volume 22, Issue 4

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The Magazine o he University o Waterloo Engineering Society Volume Issue 4

The world is a nettle; disturb it it stings. Grasp it firmly, t stings not. Owen Meredith


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school s in for summerLetter FromThe Editor

opportunities, let me refreshyour memory as to whyyou're glad to be here.

case you missed my point, very few placesof work have any more natural beauty thana parking lot with a couple of trees. Nowthink of our campus, one of the greenest,most spacious campuses around. Sure, ELis one messed up looking building, andmost of the decor is late 1960's, but look atthe grass and the trees Enjoy the fact thatyou can see green And don't curse thebuildings too much. In case you haven'tnoticed, the temperature in the engineeringbuildings is so low that you forget that it issummer.

Caroline Page First the majority of students end up with less hours(or at least more convenientB Enviro Chern

I n an attempt to de-stress myself onCanada Day, r headed home to relaxwith some friends from highschool.As alWays happens in a town the size ofmy hometown, I ran into a few people thatI hadn't seen in a year or two. The typicaldialogue for a coop student followed:

Person J haven't seen in a while: "So,are you working or what?"

Me: "No, I'm in coop at Waterloo."(Awkward pause as the person strug

gles to comprehend.)That means that I'm in school right

now."Person: "Wow That must suck "The person then rambles on about howhorrible it must be, being in school during

the summer.I'm sure that you have all had dealings

with just such a person. But r hope thatyou don't agree with them as they moonover the tribulations in your life, becausebeing in school during the summer doesnot suck. For those of you who may beforgetting this, due to world cup soccermatches, warm sunny days, coo l eve nings,endless summer sports and recreational

hours) of class during thesummer term. The reason? I'm not sure,but it probably has something to do withthe fact that professors are people too, andthey like to escape the cocoon of UWwhile the sun is still shining just as muchas we do. Having less hours leaves moretime to enjoy the days (and nights), despitethe homework. Also, most students tendto have a couple of hours off during theday between classes, which provides theopportunity to get outside for severalhours in the middle of the day.

This leads to my second point, which isa biggie. f you w e r e n ~ in school rightnow, what would you be doing? Wouldyou be lazing about your house all day,being served drinks and jumping in thepool at every opportunity? Or would yoube working, most likely at a fast food placeor at a camp or perhaps filing and enteringdata? Very few university students havethe lUXUry of following the first path. Thismeans that students who aren't in schoolduring the summer are working during thesummer. And most jobs are eight or nineto five, with one measly hour off to enjoythe beauty of nature that surroundsMcDonald's or an office building .... in

People often tell me that they pity mebecause I don't get a break. But theyspend their break" working all day. Bytheir own logic, this means that we, thesufferers of coop, get a break every fourmonths. And we tend to earn more moneyduring our breaks, plus we gain valuableexperience for the future. So yes, on someof those glorious days when the sun isshining, the clouds drift like feathers aftera pillow fight, a gentle breeze blows, thetemperature never passes 28 Celsius and Ihave 7 hours of class, I am very tempted toagree with those who pity me. But whenits hot and humid, or thundershowering, orI have 3 hours off in the middle of the dayto enjoy the outside, I can't help but pitythose people who are working.

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W l H I ~The Magazine o he UniversiWaterloo Engineering Socie

Editor - n . ChiefCaroline Page

Assistant EditorLuke WindischLayout EditorRichard Kuttner

Advertising ManagerAlison Kudelka

StaffWil AballeAllison AnnanCory AmundrudYasin BismillaNick GaganiarasAmy IGmAaron LeibaMark McCansJenny MitchellMat Pigozzo

Min SongEvan YoungZhan Huan ZhouContributorsAndre Brisson

Ryan Chen-WingKelly FawcettChris FosterPaul JohnsonBrigette Lau

Agustin LebronKathleen McCormick

Spencer MinielyShivan Narine

Mike OlleyGeorge Roter

Paul Schreiber

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Dear Editor,

enny MitchellB Enviro Chem

Envidious

This past weekend I participated in the EngineeringSoccer Tournament as a beginner soccer player. I thought itwould be a good opportunity to improve my skills, learnmore about the game, and have some fun with friends andfellow engineers. For the most part, thi was the case.Unfortunately, there were a number of participants who felt,for some unknown reason, that they were participating inthe World Wrestling Soccer Championships. Now, I knowmany will say that it s the nature of the game , it s a contactport , or toughen up . In my defense, I can say that I ve

played a number of sports for a number of years, includingthose that would be defined as contact sports. I will admitthat I have a light disadvantage in being female since,physically, I have less mass and a smaller body size and Iunder tand that I have to be a little stronger and smarter toplay with the boys . I can accept this and do not expect anyspecial treatment. Unfortunately, I was under the impres-ion that this tournament was ba ed on the concept of

friendly competition between peers (friendly meaningshowing kindly interest, goodwill, and not being hostile,ultra competitive, creating a contest between rivals). Evensome of the experienced players I know would agree that, attime , the play was excessively rough. Certain individualstook it upon themselve to physically prevent participantsfrom being part of the play, to di pute every call by the referee, and, at times, purposely injure other players. Forwhat? To show their dominance of the sport? To gainrespect? To play in the Wor Id Cup? Everyone - big, tall,short, small, male, or fema le - has the right to play aggressive and competitive soccer, to have fun and enjoy them-elves while on the field. And, as an added bonus, each

individual deserves the basic human respect of the otherplayers Uu t because I may be a better soccer player doesnot mean that I have the right to completely clobber or trample anyone that gets in my way). Now, maybe the refereescould have controlled this a little more, but who wouldexpect such behaviour in this type of tournament, and howcan the game be played if the whistle is blown every twominutes? I can honestly say that at times I was concernedabout my safety and I was completely prepared to walk offthe field . And to think, these same individuals roam thesame halls as me everyday, and are within our communityof engineers. I will give credit to those who came out onSaturday to enjoy a day of friendly soccer - it is with themthat I enjoyed myself throughout the tournament. However,because of those few individual I m not sure that I wouldwant to play again next term. I guess my point is that a funtournament is suppo ed to be fun for everyone. f what youare interested in is aggressive, tough soccer, then there arecampus rec, city, and provincial leagues to join.

And for those concerned about the lack of participationon the behalf of engineering students, until there is an attitude change, I can t see it getting any better.

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uke Windisch

8 Systems

M any of us in our lives have, at sometime oranother, spent time at a cottage, or at very leasthave been to a lake or ocean. And while at thewater, we've certainly all taken a moment to play in thecrashin waves, tryin hard to focu n the nuance' fbody surfing, while trying equally hard to filter out thefrantic calls from mom, advising us to watch out for theundertoe. And we've definatley all seen a movie or twodepicitng the awesome power of tidal waves, even if theyare only the entree before the destructive main course of'Mutated Dinosaur with an Attitude' is unleashed on apoor Japanese costal town (or more recently, New York).But for all of our exposure to water and waves, have anyof us ever really sat down and thought about just what thecontours of the surface of the ocean look like? Now, somemay coff and say, Yeah, it' all crests and troughsman J've used a ripple tank , but in fact. as ProfessorFieguth has dicovered through some of his work, therecan be height differences 011 the surface of the ocean ofmany lens of meters . Hardly a calm day at the beach. But, tudying ocean contour through remote sensing and imageprocessing is just one small facet of Prof. Fieguth's complex profile.

Professor Fieguth grewup in Southern Ontario,attending UTS highschool inToronto. His highschoolexperience led him to the oneand only University ofWaterloo where he excelledin the Electrical Engineeringundergrad program. Aftergraduation, he set his sightson the reputableMa achu et Institute ofTechnology, where he studied image processing for bothhis Masters and Ph.D.Specifically, for hi Mastersthesis he studied FocalMicroscopy, and its use inapplications such as 3D imaging. For his Ph.D. a morestatistical approach was taken to image processing andanalysis. This is where the ocean surface studying comesin (and it's probably safe to say that this involved usingequipment slightly more complex than ripple tanks) .Using satellite pictures of the ocean surface, the shape ofthe ocean floor can be predicted through, what ProfessorFieguth refers to in a nutshell as, Hierarchical Methodsfor Statistical Image Processing . After completing hisPh.D. he received a Post Doctorate fellowship from theNational Science and Engineering Research Council. Thelast and most recent stop on this long and winding road is

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Professor Fieguth is a member ofthe Department of SystemsDesign Engineering.

Currently, Professor Fieguthis working on many projets,including his own furhterresearch into statistical im geprocessing and better methods forits use. This field relie heavilyon the divide and conquerapproach to problem solving,whereby a compJex problem issolved by first breaking it downinto many smaller ones, solvingthose, then bringing the piecesback toghether for an overall

solution. But the process of breaking down the prooften involves making many assumptions and approxtions to mantain continuity between the different pAs a result, as the number of sub-problems increaccuracy decreases, which is not necessarily desiwhen dealing with highly complex problems. Finways to reduce this error is the primary focus of ProfFieguths research. Fieguth is also currently collaborwith a student at M.LT. on a related topic, and is dwork with a student in Uruguay studying InterferomRadar, and real time tracking in image processing, wha potential applications such as generating highlyrate topographical surveys of the eruth's crust.

Beyond research though, Professor Fieguth has mother interests, although this would not seem to bcase since his initial response to the question, Whayour interests outside of the school , was the politicorrect answer None, of course. But the reality oFieguth is that he is an extremely multi-dimensionalson. He enjoys wood working, bak.ing, cooking, bicanoeing, hiking, star gazing, and the list goes on. even currently taking voice-lessons, a throw-back tdays as an undergraduate student at Waterloo, whewa a member of the University Chamber Choir.

So the next time your at the beach and pick up a to hear the sweet, musical sound of the ocean . be canot to gel knocked down by a 50 metre swell.


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Tal e

Engineering IsGood Part 1

Zhan Huan Zhou2B Comp

Flying Circuits

D on't let the title deceive you. It says "Engineeringis Good," not Engineer ing is God." Even so, youare probably still wondering what good words Ican put forth for engineering. Though the premise of

Cam ea thyEats

n Seasonmy Kim2B Civil

OVERW DED JOINTSCamping season is definitely upon us, and I'm surethat the majority of you out there are planning ongoing on one trip or another if you haven't alreadydone so. Year after year, I find that my first trip of the season is pretty miserable because I don't do the planning andpacking necessary to ensure a good time. Now , I'm nottalking about a full-scale camping trip, one where you'reout in the middle of nowhere for days or weeks without areal shave or shower (although they definitely apply in amore extreme way) . I am talking about one of those weekend or even overnight excursions where you have to sleepon the cold hard ground outdoors, or if you're luckyenough to have one, a foamy or air mattress (if you're areal wimp, in the car). There are some essentials you really ought to remember to take. When I realize I forgotsomething, I don't think it's a big deal at the moment butlater I kick myself. Like bug spray. I HATE forgetting bugspray. Those nasty little critters really love that sweatysalty skin (All that walking Carrying those over-packedcoolers ) and they manage to get at every comer of yourbody somehow or another. You wake up in the morningwith your face and extremities swollen about twice theirusual size, about 8 shades pinker. Then the itch. Whocares whether you look like a human zit when every inchof your body bums for those fingernails? Definitely don'tforget the bug spray.

If you're an allergy sufferer like me, never forget the

"encrineering i. g(X lJ rna) appear to contradict eYer,thin"m\ ~ o l u m n ~ l a ; J ~ for, I han.' never once , tated Iha; e n g i ~n;ering is inherently a bad thin ... T have always triedlook at difkrent viewpoint, that can maj..e you a betterengineer. In Part I. I examine the ~ n e f i t of engineeringto ociet) wh ile in Part 2, 1 examine the ~ n c f i t s of engi-neering to sLUdents.

Even in the technological age of the twentieth emUl .engineer are till faceless in sociel). Howe\er. thL faceIe. force i, respon.ible for \ irtually all of the technicalgadget u ed in everyday life. ociety could not ha\eattained it pre. ent state of being without engineers guiding the way through hi tory.

According to the definition given in the MerriamWeb ter ColJegiate Dictionary, engineering i "the application of cience and mathematic. by which the propertieof matter and the source of energy in nature are madeu eful to people. " By the very definition of engineering,it i a benefit to society becau,e of the 'useful to p ople'dau e.

In the Renais ance days of Leonardo Da Vinci, thebooks of ancien t art ,science and mathematic wererediscovered and new interest was tirred in the academiccommunity. It was common in that era for an individualto practice art , science, mathematics and engineering.

medication. I did once, and I don't recall leeping thenight. However, I do remember inhaling bug because mynose would not function normally, and not being able tosee within 5 metre because my eye were nearly wollenshut. Those romantic nature hikes tum deadly -you don'twant to sneeze and spray all over your honeybunny.

Also remember to take a large water bott le, or at leastseveral little ones. If the water source is far away, it's areal pain in the butt to have to hike to it every time youneed more water. You always end up needing a lot morethan you think, to drink or otherwise. And ince peopleg y ugfew plastic bags along to clean up after yourself when youare leaving the site. Nothing's wor e than going camping,thinking you're going to enjoy a little bit of the naturalworld, and finding a huge mess of garbage and litter leftover from the last group of people that were there.Besides, beer bottles and chip bags aren't biodegradable,at least the last time I checked.I'm pretty sure there are dozens more helpful andhandy tips on camping preparation, but I think I coveredthe essentials. And if you haven't planned on getting intouch with nature and roughing it at least once this summer, get to it There are only so many summers when youdon't have to worry about being in to work early Mondaymorning.

Anyway, now on to the fun stuff. Of ourse, thatwould be food. The fir 1 thing you do when you comehome from school most days is drop your bag, tum the TVon (if you have one) and open the fridge (let's hope youhave one of those). Most of the time you have nothing toeat, or if you do, it's something that takes more than 5minutes to make or is just junk food . I f you prepare someeasy snacks ahead of time, you can eliminate this problem. Having healthy, quick thing to eat as soo n as you gethome to feed that monster in your stomach makes the daya lot nicer. One good idea is to cut up a bunch of veggiesticks beforehand, and leave them in a container filledwith some water (they keep fresh longer) . Pull them outafter school with some dip and you have yourself a quicksnack. I've included in this article 2 recipes for dips I'msure most of you have tried. They're really supposed to beeaten with warm pita bread, but you can substitute veggies, other breads or even crackers if you have nothingelse. With a salad and bread, these dips are good as a lightmeal as well. If you don't have any olive oil or it's not possible for you to get any, you may substitute vegetable oil

o iet) was begging for a revolution, and it was answere\\ ilh manelou . art. stunning scientific and mathematicadiscoveries and wondrou,' feat. of engineering. Sincthen. the book of knowledge ha. not been closed and thcontent just kept on growing. Furthermore, societhas been 'hangmg \vith the new technologies presented tit.

ometime on the way to the pre. ent, engineerinmalh. science and art. got separated into four distincarea. whereas th ') had once been one. (This soundr'markably lij..e a micro copi vcr ion of the GranUnified Th ory.) Thc . e four t1isciplincs are still intricately intertwined in today' society. The y all feed off eac

ther and help so iety grow. ft just so happens that engneering bring e cry hing together. Math and science iapplied in a useful manner and the final product hatouch of art. If anyone of these four fields of study suddenly stopped development, .oc iety would crash ananother era of Dark Age would ensue. Hence, accordinto thi. principle, engineering is good.

It really i a shame, howev r, that society i unawarof the engineers behind the product they use. Engineertand atop of the shoulders of giants, but they are stil

invisible.

in the e recipes because th e amount you need i 0 little.Tzatziki (Cucumber and Yogurt dip)

Thi i a Greek dipping . auce that is really gettinpopular. You can eat it with anything, from vegetable tmeat. I find it's better when you make it yourself, becausthe stuff in the stores tends to be really expensive, andoften made with our cream, which is really high in fatBeside , it's not supposed to be made with sour creamanyway. You can vary the amounts of the ingredients toyour liking, but go ea y on the garlic if you like you

Ingredients:2 cups yogurt1/2 cucumber, finely chopped2-3 cloves garlic (crushed)2 tbsp olive oiljuice of 1/4 lemonsalt pepper to tasteCombine all ingredients in a bowl and mix thorough

ly. Use a hand mixer or food processor if you have oneKeep refrigerated.Hummus

Hummus, if prepared properly. is one of the mo, 1balanced dishes in terms of th e proportions of carbohydratesproteins and fats. a really high cnergy food, tlnd igreat if you are really active. llusually works greH I uspre-game meal (about an hour befor ). Again you cavary the amount of garlic, but be carefu l -those lilll guyreally make their presence known.

]ngrcdients:2 cans (15 Ol chickpeas1 2 cup tahini (crushed sesame seeds)I t P olive oil4 tbsp lemon juiceI clove minced ga rlicchili powder or hot sauce (optional)salt pepper to taste

Drain the chickpeas and ave the liquid . Blend thbeans in a food processor and mix in the other ingredientsAdd salt and hot sauce to taste. Use the liquid from the cato thin the mixture if needed. Consistency should be thickenough to spread on crackers, but thin enough to use asdip too. Keep refrigerated.

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Writing wardNo More Entries re

Being cceptedCentre for Society Technology and Values The new Beynon Memorial Humanitarian Award wanted your ideas on this topic:Technology is becoming obsolete at an increasingly rapid rate. What is the impact

r ~ accelerating obsolescence on the quality of life for members of society? Each termThe Beynon Memorial Humanitarian Award is sponsored by the Beynon Memorial Foundation and theCentre for Society, Technology and Values, andoffered through the cooperation of The Iron Warrior.

one $400-prize winner will be selected from those articles published in The IronWarrior. Judges reserve the right not to award the prize if entries do not meet a satisfactory standard.The winner will be announced in the final Iron Warrior of the Spring term.

STV Contest entryThe technologically impa ired; spare them a dime.

By Shivan NarineTough luck if you slip through the infra tructure and

become technologically impaired. It used to be the survival of the fittest. Although today you might get luckyand make a living from bashing lesser beings with a club,the tech-adept will proceed. Today you can make it betler.fas ter and m ore e ffi cient. 0 be it if technology is becoming increa ingly obsolete, it shows that our society is processing information faster than ever before. What wasonce fast is too slow today. We have become conditionedto the world where 1) change is necessary, and 2) changeis resisted.

Thousands of years ago human had a lifespan ofapproximately forty year. When they spent most of theirday hunting, harve ting, cooking or raising young, there

STV Contest entry we ~ e ~ i i ~ ; t ~ P r ~ ~ ~I hat technology has~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Implanted Into our socIety.

Technology i becoming obsolete .. , I it Really?By Brigctle Lau, 4A ComputerTechnology is becoming obsolete at an increasingly

rapid rale. At this point. I would like to point out that youshouldn't believe everything that you read. And so itbegins .....

Technology is by no means becoming obsolete.Instead, technology has become an autonomous entity thatis unstoppable. What force will stop the next personwanting to develop the latest, greatest AND environmentally friendly comfortab le writing utensil, or the next automatic toilet flusher? Technology has always been a sourceto relieve mankind of tedious tasks. If we weren't so lazy,the 2000 flushes would never have been invented becausewe would be sati fied with sanitizin g our toilets once in awhile (manually). Now we have the option to sanitize itevery time we flush (a very good thing for some). There

We begin by looking at thebeginning of the technological era. In the pa t technology existed to fulfill the requirement of immediate needs.In the past, it was difficult to carry water from the mountain springs, so pipes were produced to redirect the freshwater to its required destination. A horse and cart easedthe task of carryin g many thing on one's back. Thi istechnology; an answer to crie of help to ease the hardships of life. Nowaday s, technology is no long er developed to meet a need, but acquired ju t to be available forthose who may find orne u e to it. CIa ic exampl e,Clap ON , , Clap OFF . Please note, this is

not meant to offend tho e who find difficulty in flicking alight witch.

parchment are obsolete: slow, cumbersome, expand difficult to u e, as is the slide rule that was onbe t way to compute data. They are not refusing thtemporary or rejecting it as a fad, but denying themof free time. Choosing to stay in the past i a stupidto do especially when the rejection of technology is Quill and parchment is technology, as is the slidThey are not the late t but still remain technologieBorg said it well, Resistan ce is futile.

Those who chose to live as hermits can do sosnickers and sneers they receive are a textbook examnatural selection. Eccentric are entertaining, but ihard work to be one. Those who chose to limit themby sharpening wooden pencils with pocketknives ara tupid as tho e who moke away year of theirThe common denominator is wasted time. Time gone direction and is quite difficult to regain. The smof humans (Albert Einstein) figured that a long timToday we try to achieve the insight that the wise maWe go to universities and other institutes of higher ing. t would be stupid to hinder our enlightenmenthe tedious tasks of using a typewriter or slide rule.

nuclear energy was implemented there were no wdispose of radioactive material. It was assumed thain the next 20 years, before the hazardous wa tgoing to be of a concern to the welfare of neighcommunities, a technological olution would beTough luck for u , we should have realized scientinever alway 100% correct in their predictions.

On a more serious note, technology is actually ing a level where high impact products are havinfound social implications on our society. Genetic teone example, where expecting mothers can find oupo sible defects their babies may have. Who is to whether these defects constitute an abortion? Tproof that technology is not dying. It is actually exing. Curiosity peaks our interest and causes man tointo areas where man has little or no knowledge answer the issue raised, the rate of advancement onology does affect the quality of life for members oety. It adds complexity to our world by trying to aaway all the tedious and meaningless aspects of eveliving, allowing individuals to focus on what they dimportant. In terms of the quality of life, it defaffects those who can afford it.

_ always seem to be someone developing technology to_ make life even easier and comfortable.

Gone are the days where we tum to technology tosolve our major problem. Now, technology is a drivingforce that tries to solve every minute probl em in our lives.t even introduces new problems that we expect other

technol ogies to fix later on in the future. We expect edsome olution to come along ooner or later, (hop efullysooner), to deal with the nuclear waste issue. When

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TV ontest entry i increasing i. thereforeat lea, t premature, andlikely erroneou . We im5iEi i I I i IE ia l l .Em llllm I ply eem to be in the midConscience: A historicaJ imperative?

By Agu tin LebronAnalyzing the role of technology in ociety i never a

ta k. To do so, we must be knowledgeable aboutnature and effects of that which we tenn "technology".must also have a proper historical per pective, Ie t we

e our elves in the present. It i with thi in mind that weexamine the question of technological obsolescence.

it would seem on the urface that technology isolete at an increa ingly rapid rate, if one

the past, it appear evident that the above is anA striking parallel can be drawn between the current

and the dawn of the industrial revolution. Withinvention of the steam engine, mass rail transporta

and the cotton gin, the 19th century Western worldundergo a quick and fundamental shift from an

to an industrial society. At the time it appearedthe pace of technological change was threatening to

about, ocial anarchy. The per pective afforded byensuing ISO years shows that the pace of change even

abated, and society adjusted to cope with theIn much the arne way as in the above example, theof the electronic revolution has cau ed some ig

changes in the way the world operates.l change seems to be accelerating at a pace

some find uncomfortable. Is this indeed the case? fis any gu ide, it appear likely that this is only a

rary situation.The current sentiment that technological obsolescence

dle of an important hangein the wa) that our ociety fun tion . The original question, however, i ,till valid: "How i thi technologicalchange affecting our quality of life?" The solution t thi.que tion require the realization that the an. wer is different for each egment of ociety. Put another \\ ay, i. thitechnological chang e helping orne people at the e 'pen eof other?

Let u take computer , cienti t and engineers as anexample. Certainly people trained in the field of computing have much to gain with the technological hift that isoccurring. The current demand for graduate, in this fieldgives the e people a measure of economic .ecurity rarelyeen before. Although never a guarantee of happines" of

cour e, having an enjoyable and rewarding job is a keyfir t step. So, it can afely be said, for the. e techno-literate individual, the impact of technological change isnothing but positive.

To get a better picture of the ituation, let u examinea u eful repre entation of the way in which ociety focu -es itself: government spending. So advantageou i thistraining in a technological field that government in manycountries (ours included) , nave begun inve ting ignificantly in educating and developing people who can leadthis technological change. At thi point we must realizethat government spending is very much a zero-sum affair.If one spends more on technological development, thenone must spend less on other segment of society.Examining these portions will give a clue into who maybe disadvantaged by the technological change sweepingour society.

Certainly there have been ignificant cutbacks inmany areas of government spending: welfare, health-care,

TV ontest entryand Obsolescence

Co-Author - Kathleen McCormick, 4A ChemicalCo-Author - Spencer Miniely, 4A Chem icalTechnology become obsolete at an increa ingly rapid

because technology advance exponentially. More-ies and developments have taken place in the last

have in the past 150 years. The rapid rate ofin technology in the recent past has driven u to

questioning the impact of accelerating obsolescencethe quality of life for the members of soc iety.

it i only from the implementation of new techthat obsolescence occurs, therefore one couldpo nder what is the impact of the rapid increase in

on the quality of life for members of society?is important to emphasize that the two question are

ly interchangeable. To begin our discussion,will be explained. We will then de ti ne two

of society whose technological needs are attremes, and consider how obsolescence affects

m. We will prove th at obsolescence has a posi tiveo n the quality of hfe for members of society, and

will re fute arguments for obsolescence having a negaimp act on the quality of life.

]n order to understand the extent of this question, onest ac kn owledge two th ings; the commonly impliedning, and the relativity, of obsolescence. The comy implied meaning of obsolescence is that the

aced technology has no value, th at is, the most recent

endowments to the art , and many others. By examiningthi pattern of pending, we can conclude that those whosuffer as a re ult of technological change are those whore Iea, t equipped to deal with it: the poor, the ick, and

anyone who hasn't learned to u, e the new technology intheir affairs. E entially, as technology becomes today'liJlgua-fran a, those who haven't learned to peak it have

ifficully articulating their po ition , and end up beingTnarginalized. It would be naiv to think that technologi-

al hange i ' re 'pon, ible for the e shifts in pending, but_iven that we find our:elve, in a climate of technologicalreyolution, \ e mu t examine these developments in sucha context. The ontcxt in this case. seem, clear: move witht -hange., or get swept aside by them.

It may appear from the above that technologicalhange is not a po, itive force in society, bur a negative

one, othing could be further from the truth. It is undeniable that the cllITenl technologic,,1 revolution has thepotential to help not only computer and electronic workers , but anyone who ha , even the minute t need for information. Technological change is neither good nor bad, itsimpl exists. The way in whi h we re-organize our elvest cope with this technological change is the key factor in\.vhether or not its impact is ultimately beneficial or not.T truly progre s, a . ociety has 10 be mindful of all itsITlembers; those who lead the change have a responsibility to make su re that no one get left behind. To move for'Ward while others move backward is not progre s, il ispolarization.

This is the true question with which we must wrestle:How can we be t manage the technological change we seearound us so that everyone can enjoy the benefits?

fine-tuned her skills in a virtual environment. In essence,the two members of society will experience a po itiveimpact OIl their quality of life from the increasing rate ofobsolescence of technology. As for the rest of us, we are

omewhere in between, anticipating the next mo t convenient advancement in technology.We can not complete this discu sion without acknowl

edg ing and refuting ome arguments for negative impactso f ob ole cence. Common negative impacts of ob olescence are shorts ighted argument. A negative impact thatis incvilaoly raiscd is Ihul Wl nn 'ipi.itun\ly IIl1d iludkllually d 'aliened hy tcdllHllogy. Who ,';tn kcep to thIS

(aim when a child rail wlk to nils Oil the ()llIl'l sldc 01the world, 1 wHtch Ihe birth of an eHplc Oil Ihc inll'lIlct'l

II additional commonly perceiwd II 'galive impact is thl'-onvictiol1 that obsolescence has driven us to h cml,

slaves to technology. Wl' Il1l1st nol los\ sight 01 Ihe fa tthat we have the choice to embrace technology 01 no .Although circlimstances mny Sl em 10 plilih Us into odopling unwelcome technology, we have the choice to beadaptable or to move away from this unwelcome technology .

Technology will continue to increase exponentially,and therefore obsolcsccncc as well. Once we understandthat obsolescence is coupled with the advent of new technclogy it becomes clear thaI obsolescence has a positiveimpact on the quality of life for members of society.

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Obsolescence and OpportunityBy Paul Johnson, 4A ComputerWhat is unprecedented about our technological boom

is the massive positive feedback effect which it has created. New technology is so versatile that it serves to helpdesign the next generation of technology. For example,new computers can be used to design the next generationof computers or new robots can be used to build newerrobots. We now speak of technology as if it is an entityonto itself; an emity which sheds it skin at a mind-boggling pace. Under these conditions, obsolescence isunavoidable. A question worth asking, then, is: What arethe consequences of technological obsolescence? At t e h ~nology's current rate of change, individual obsolescencesaffect us relatively little. What is of far greater importance are the general trends which technology is taking.Technology is blazing a new trail for society; what isimportant to us is the direction that trail is taking. Whatpeople fear and what we should be concerned about is notthat today's technology will become obsolete, but thattoday's way of life or today's values will become obsolete.

As technology scales exponentially, people quicklypolarize themselves on the issue of how society shouldreact. At one pole, we have a culture of neo-Iuddismwhich suggests that we should reject technology because

technology uncritically,believing that technology will solve an of our problems.Clearly, what is needed is a balanced approach. We mustbe sure to make the distinction between new tools, and theway in which we u e them. Let us take communicationtechnologies, for example. Real time video-conferencingtools make "virtual" face-to-face encounters a possibility.We could lament the arrival of this technology as thedeath of true face-to-face interaction, or we could also seethe possibilities that it provides. Take a parent that is on amaternity or paternity leave from their job. Video-conferencing and other companion technologies allow them towork from home and thus earn a living while caring fortheir children. The result is actually more "face" time withthe people the parent really wishes to spend time with.Although perhaps a simplistic example, the parent working from home brings up an interesting point. The introduction of new technology should be viewed not as anirresistible force but as a new medium through which wecan express old values.

In fact, close investigation of new high-technologyshows that much of it has the potential to empower theindividual and increase our quality o f life. Access to information, the ability to communicate to anyone from anywhere and access to free markets all mean that individualsand small groups of individuals have a new suite of toolsat their disposal. We are seeing the obsolescence of mass

STV C t t t portable sun that couldones n r\ light up a room with the; ; ; J J flickofaswitch This lit- erally doubled the workThe Faucet Revolution

By Zhan Huan Zhou, 2B ComputerTake a look through your home and make a list of

every technological advance that is essential to NorthAmerican lifestyle in the twentieth century. Do not forgetto include items such as running water, the flush toilet andelectric lighting. Now imagine your home five yearsdown the road. Examine your list and mark down thingsthaI you think might need replacing due to becomingobsolete, not due to physical stresses. Fast forward another five years and examine your list again.

Here a sample of what your li st may have lookedlike. The (*) denotes that the item needs to replaced dueto becoming obsolete.

Today: car, computer, running water, light bulbFive years: car, computer, running water, light bulbTen years: car, computer, running water, light bulbRemember, [his is a list of obsolete technologies, not a

list of things that may have broken down in the five or tenyears. Before you ask yourself why "computer" is notmarked, consider why the other three items on the list arenot marked.

The transition from horse and buggy and to a car wasa major technological advance because the fundamentalprinciples of transportation were dramatically changed. Itwas a shift from animal p ower to chemical and mechanical power in which the new technology made the old technology obsolete. A newer, faster car does not render anolder. slower car obsolete. Other forms of transportationsuch as personal flight devices and teleportation wouldrender cars obsolete, however, it is unlikely we will seesuch devices within the next ten years.

The light bulb has brought on the 24-hour day. A

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year. The effects on society were profound with the introduction of the night shiftand night life. Power saving lights are a great idea, butthey do not make older bulbs obsolete. It appears unlikely that a new form of lighting will be developed in tenyears that will cause the light bulb to become obsolete .

Clean running water is perhap the one of the mostimportant advancements in the twentieth century.Increased sanitary conditions combined with modernmedicine has allowed the population of the civilizedworld to explode this century. This fact alone i enoughto constitute that running water has dramatically affectedtwentieth century society. However, when was the la ttime you heard of "the faucet revolution?"

Each of the five generations of computer is characterized by a fundamental change in the underlying technology. Computers started as mechanical devices, andprogressed to vacuum tubes transistors, integrated circuits and now, VLSI (very large cale integration) devicesin present day computers. However, the fundamentalworkings of a Pentium are the same a an XT both operating with olid-state ilicon-ba ed tran i tors. A computer that cannot run the latest incarnation of Windows, 3Dgames or Netscape does not constitute obsolescence. Acomputer is ob olete when a new computer is developedemp loying a different fundamental technology.

When wa the last time something truly revolutionarywas applied to cars, light bulbs and faucets? Not in a verylong time When was the last time something truly revolutionary was app lied to computers? Not in a very longtime Quite simply, none of the basic technologies inNorth American ociety has become truly obsolete indecades.

So what makes the computer industry so differentfrom the other three? Economics. Economics is the dri-

mediums--broadcasting is being replaced by itechnologie in which individuals acce s the inthey want when they want it, not the other waThe information age has lso created a global ecwhich the individual is free to invest. In es world is becoming de-centralized and individua

De-centralization is a very powerful concpossible by today's new technology. But isgreater good? The answer is that it is up to us. Tmyriad of benefits made possible by technologwe are afraid of losing our values is as fooli htechnology dictate them. By opening our mincountless possibilities and asserting our valuenew, extremely expressive mediums, we canfuture in which the individual can leverage a nof freedom. The result will be a society whichtrue democracy--one which can harness all ofof its constituents.

ving force in changing the relationship betweengy and society, not technology as it should be. Tof personal computing are forcing you to upgrnewest version of their software, but in ordernew software, you need new hardware. If yoabout a stereo that has a couple of new bells andwould you run out and buy it? Absolutely nmakes this any different for personal compusoftware and hardware? Nothing. It is just markis giving the image of new technologies when isimply a new product.

Science and technology have always requirtime to chang e and always will. Social inertia renological change and limits the rate of changethat it can handle. Therefore, there is no impacerating obsolescence on the quality of life for msociety since technology is not becoming obsoincreasingly rapid rate.


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Wbere Are We Going?By Mat PigozzoBefore Homo apiens ever began using tool , before

they ever made that first step to elevating them elveabove nature, they became something more than merelybiology, and the world was at piece, the ball wa not moving. That ball is representative of technology, and itsmotion, the powerful effect t hat technology has on reality.The earliest humans took millennia to tart that ballrolling ever so slightly, and each succeeding generationput their shoulders to the task to keep t moving, getting itto go a little faster. That pace has been increasing at anexponential rate and now rather than pushing that ball forward, it has gotten 0 fast that it outdistance u as we tryto catch up. This loss of control did not happen suddenly,no discreet event caused it, but rather, it has been slowlygetting beyond our ability to manipulate, control and predict, likely from the very start. While this technology hainarguably improved our situation in life it has done 0 atextreme cost to the world and ourselves. Almost by definition, the technology we employ to solve the problemsand inconveniences of life itself perpetuates further problems, problems that only require further development andapplication of mor e technology, ad infinitum.Unfortunately it seems we are losing this battle. Today sproblems are growing in frequency, size and complexityand the technological solutions are having less impact, asthere are still the threats of environmental or nuclear annihilation and diseases are becoming more powerful.

While modern societies might enjoy an improvedstandard of living as a result of the technology we possess,in many ways the quality of life has been acrificed toobtain it. When advances jn practice and thought uch aagriculture, currency and government made it possible forhumanity to estab li sh permanent settlements, the first

a . ome of our intimacywith the natural world. In return we gained protection andstrength of a more edentary. yet polilicall controlled lifein the cities. There are many cultures, particularlynomadic people, the world over thaI today. in the mod rnworld. live fulfilling and contented li\ es of blis ful . implicity much a their ance tors did cenlurie. , even millennia. before them. The e ocieties enjoy a onene. s of self,pirit and culture a well a an intimate relation. hip withthe natural world that we would . urely en\ if we could

appreciate it.There has alway been such trade-off involving new

technology, to develop and learn omething new, acrificeand compromise has been made to obtain it. In orne casethi ha been beneficial, where the immediate eft; ct ofnew ideas improved both the standard and quality of ourlives, as with uch invention a fire, the wheel, tonetool , language and the alphabet. A a re ult we were nolonger single-minded, animali tic primitive on theAfrican Savannah. Unfortunately howe er, all technological advance have dramatic and far reaching ramification on ourselves, our mentality and spirit, and on thenatural world that creates and sustains us, to which we areindelibly linked no matter how much we attempt to diciate our elves from it. The true tragedy of the human raceis that almo t exclusively the negative aspects oftechnology go unnoticed or ignored, written off as insignificantcompared to the advantage , the power the new technology provides.

Technology gives power to those who know how touse it, those who understand it and those who can controlit, making them leaders of the majority who merely takeadvantage of it irrespective of its power. Technologyserve the elite and those with power and control, thosewh have developed th kills n ar t utiliz andmanipulate it. In the modem world this elite is the materialist and capitalists, the corporations that u e technology

in man greate t past time: the pursuit of material wand profit. n contmst to the pioneer, of a few cenago, today almost no one in modem . ociety is capabelf- ufficiency. We depend on mechanics to fix our

grocery . tore. and restaurant. to . upply our food acountless other ways we are trapped into certain lifehabits :impl be au e of the nature of modem soPeople hrlYe given up the ability to grow their own for example, in e hange for the ability to operate aputer. What would happen if the uper truclure that\ ides u, ilh thing uch as computer, were to colla

Modem ocicty, in many way a global society, caaccept the re opon ibilitie. that come with the pows ience and technology, and is ill equipped to deal the ocial, moral and physical issue, associated wifact inherent to technology. Whether we choo e to ait or not, technology does not come cheaply, thealways a cost. , ometime e plicitly, but often notechnology defines our mentality and challengesmorality it affect \ ho and what we are collectivelyindividually. It is no under. tatement that in many ci ntific growth and technological advancement not

influence our society, culture and morality, but al 0very identity as a . pecie and as individual . Schange is required if alvation from ourselves andown greed and ambition i to be at all possible. Otherthe technology we have developed to make life emore enjoyable and more fulfilling, will ultimdestroy us.

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A s if conforming to ba . cball ritual, all but the mo tloyal fans began to stream out of the ballpark lateon a Thursday night in June. The humid ocean airwa thick with the mcll of warm beer, empty peanutshells, and dejected emotions from fans witnessing whatwa ure to amount to a loss by the home team. Enteringthe bottom of the ninth in Baltimore, the Jays were leading the Orioles by seven runs, an almost insurmountabledeficit for one inning of work. The question i what couldpo sibly be special about the night that warrants an atticJeto be published in the IRON WARRIOR? Well, markJune 18, 1998 in the record book folks because Dave Stiebhas returned to the Blue Jays for one last romp.For those few people for whom Dave Stieb is not ahousehold name, let me familiarize you with this legendin Toronto Blue Jays baseball history. First, we shallreturn to 1979 and a Blue Jays team that had just completed their second season in the American League. Ayoung right fielder with an awesome arm ventured intospring training with dreams of making the big team.While joking around in the bullpen one day, this kidcaught the eye of a pitching coach struggling to save hishide. After all, the Blue Jays had recorded their secondseason of leading the league in highest ERA. Jump to oneyear in the future, spring training 1980. A year of ridingthe pine a an under-skilled outfielder had allowed plentyof time to work on developing some of the raw talent of ayoung and lively arm. Dave Stieb came to spring trai ning

8,with a new goal in mind - he wanted to make the team asa starting pitcher. Determination and the best lider anybody had ever een propelled a young Stieb into the starting rotation to begin the season. That wa the dawn of anew era.

Capturing the hearts of Blue Jay fans everywhere,Stieb compiled fourteen years of stellar pitching performances, and is arguably the best Blue Jay pitcher of alltime. Holding Blue Jay records for wins and completegame Stieb also gave fans the only recorded no-hitter bya Blue Jay and countIes other pectacular pitching performances. During his prime pitching years, this legendof Toronto ba ebaJl was often unhittable, especially afterthe second inning. Devoted fans can remember many fir tand second innings of crotch-grabbing adrenaline thatallowed opposing teams to strike for many runs, but ifStieb made it to the third inning without a major blemi h,the offen ive statistics against him would u ually beanorexic. Despite the starring role of Stieb for so manyyears, the end of his career wa plagued with elbowproblems that eventually forced him into retirement in1992.

Flash forward to pring training 1998. Tim John on,once a teammate of Dave Stieb and now the manager ofthe Toronto Blue Jays, invited the Toronto pitching legendto Dunedin (spring training) as a pitching instructor. Stiebgratefully accepted the position, and after a five-year hiatus from baseball, he arrived ready to mold some youngtalent into major league heroes of tomorrow. In almost anexact reenactment of nineteen years earlier, Stieb was joking around in the bullpen when he caught the eye of theBlue Jay pitching coach and was given a compliment onhow his pitching looked. That was all the encouragementthis pitching legend needed, for his unequalled competitive fire still burned strongly within his oul. At that

moment, Stieb decided that he had orne unfini henes in ba eball and that he would embark on a comThe critics had a field day. They snickered.ridiculed him. A forty year old, grey haired Davwith a less-than-overwhelming fa tball wa goattempt a comeback? What a joke, they said.

Some joke. Invigorated as ever, a healthy Stieed the eason in Single A Dunedin and quickly cthe ranks to Triple A Syracuse. In Syracuse, rus 2.7was the third best in the International League. Hiwas as deva tating a ever, and hi fastball wastently clocked in the high eightie (mph). On JGord Ash (the Blue Jays general manager), who ihad the guts to tell Stieb to go for it , made the cato Syracuse to begin Stieb's econd pitching career,five years after retirement (only two other playeever equalled this feat in ba eball history).

June 18 , 1998, Camden Yards, Baltimore. Weafamiliar number 37 on the back of his blue and grform, Dave Stieb trots in from the bullpen to beninth inning, and attempt to secure a 13-6 Blue JaHis face was aglow with happiness like a greenmaking his big league debut. This pitching legenda bit nervous on the mound, throwing a couple of ppitches very high. Taking in the greatne s of the mhi adrenaline was surely rushing through his blooenormous rate, but the first batter stepped into the bStieb's entire body language took a ninety-degreGone was the nervou ness and deLight in the momethat could be een was the focu and intensity ofcompetitor, back to prove a point - to the baseballto himself. Welcome back Dave, we missed you.

(Stieb pitched a scoreles inning in relief, givibloop single and an infield hit.)

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B Mech

OneOfthelatestpolitiCal fad being associated witheverything involving the economy of thi countryis the idea of globalization. This word has beenfed to the media and the idea plugged at every opportunity. It has become the explanation given for all big business decisions and government actions. Bank mergers,government busines regulations and corporate expansionhave all been attributed to the need to remain competitivein this new, world- wide economy. Perhaps it is time toslow down a bit and figure out what all the hype is about.The theory behind the global economy is the concept ofabsolute free trade, and in essence, the deregulation oftrade boundaries around the world.The portrayed effect has been the opportunity for allindustries to compete all over the world without beingbounded by laws based on the well being of anyone individual country. So since it rides high in the polls andcatches attention, the decision has been made for Canadato make this great leap forward. It will be one small step

Nick Gaganiaras

Cancer (June 21-July 22)

for Canada and one giant leap for the world. Well , notquite. While eil Arm trong a pimtion were ba ed ona dream which an be triven for without cau ing harm,thi dream will be impeded by the fundamental law ofbu ine : the law of the jungle.

Micro oft is the epitome of, ucce, in dle global economy. Bill Gate and company have rampaged through thecomputer indu try, de troying everything in their path,and now have a monopoly on the omputer indu, try. Thisha led to the average computer u er not knowing the definition of a good operating y tern, but that the latestMicro oft operat ing ystem i the be t. ow, imagineFord owning all the car c o m p n i ~ in the world and theonly car everyone drove wa the late t version of the FordTauru . Thi concept can be e tended to any number ofconsumer product , all of which are po, sible no matterhow extreme the idea may eem.

Thi dreanl of small and big teps is an extremi t hopefilled with the total di regard of all other, . Victory willbecome directly proportional to greed. Road to cheaplabour will become more easily paved, and the u age ofpeopJe for corporate purpo es will mUltiply. What kind ofdream i it that places the right of the individual above theright of society? Once such clout lies with these large corporations, they will become above the government.Already thi has begun; banks control uch large portionsof this country , economy, that they 1:lirectly affect government decision. The ultimate end to all this will be avery different role for government. In tead of beingrulers, government will become the link between industryand the people. Suppose a Microbank became a reality,what would happen? Such control of the fmances of thisplanet would result in a modem day dictator of a very different kind. Perhaps this is all an exagger ation, but whatif it did happen?

Today, most people regret the previous political deci-

are 7 58.Scorpio (October 23 - November 21)8 Mech

,i on that have led to the destruction of mall busiaero, Canada, but many have accepted it and life gone on. 'Ii monow, mall busines will not be JCan enience, bur it will be K-Mart and Canadian TSocial tandard will have a lower to accommodateneed of large corporation, and p ople will be caughthi trap. Play along \ ith thi. game of Rus ian roulettbe left in (he du l Unfortunately, in thi information brainwa hing of the general public through the medibecoming ea ier and ea ier. Media is the handcuff ofideology. f the law of bu ine were not the law ofjungl , maybe globalization would not be , uch athing, but bu ines i competition for money, and gloization i the ultimate plarfonn for the conte t. Imagtechnology and quality, not money. were the ba , i, of bne , camp tition, perhaps eil Arm trong dream wobe more pr valent than the almighty corporate dreWho is re pe ted more, the powerful busines. tycoonla t years Nobel prize winner? Well , how many corpotions can you nan1e vcr, liS cienti ts and recent sciendevelopments?

The corporate dream i nothing new, it beginniwere approximately 200 year ago. and today it imost powerful dream in the world. Unfortunatelyinfringes upon the rights of individual and restricts,o cial and cientific advance in our society. If a meffort were spend on science, art. and creativity as is spon thc goal of globalization, the world would be a beplace to live. Unfortunate ly, we are governed by finaand ruled by corporation. in such a way l ~ l t money power are seen a the only end. For what it s worth, thare better operating systems than Micro oft and therebetter dreams than the one currently being realized.

Pisces (February 19 - March 20)

Watch out. Beware of opening up your hearttoo wide. It might lead to it being hurt, or evenworse, broken. It s time to look after yourself for achange. Everyone else can take care of themselvesfor a little while. Use this time wisely. Your luckynumbers are 9 7 6.

The crunch is on. You seem o be surrounded by an infinite number of small ta kand assignments. Use diligence when decid

ing which to spend time on. Don t let emotion getinvolved. It might affect those around you, andyou wont like that. Your lucky numbers are 4 6 25.Sagittarius (November 22 - December 21)It' time for you to go out on your own. lIaveyou thought of starting your own small parI (imejob instead of working for someone else? Nowmight be the time, ju t don t do it with a partner.Joint ventures will prove to be Jess successful thanthose you embark on by yourself. Your lucky numbers are 3 2 4 5.

Someone s got it in for you. Beware of yourand your pas essions. You might want to get yCD s back from those people you lent them toyou don t soon, you might not be able to laterYour lucky numbers are 782597Aries (March 21 - April 19)

Things are on the move this week. Get on train now be ollse it llltly h gOlw to1l\onnw. DoleI others drag you down lind millS your rid .'.might end up wulking f'arthl.:r thun had y()U jumon the fr e rid .. Leam your kssol1 now becltthe lesf ons lat er on arc mut ll more deadly. Ylucky J1umbi:rs ur H 7 246

Leo (July 23 - August 22)Summers almost over. [f you want to take thal

trip at the end of the term, you might want to watchwhere your money goes. It might come in handylater. You ll need that time off due to a lot of stressthat will be hitting you soon. Take up Yoga or TaiChi to deal with it. Your lucky numbers are 429Virgo (August 23 - September 22)

Relationships aren t working too well thismonth. Beware the toes you step on for the next little while, they may come back to haunt you later.This also means your roommates. Tensions will berunning high towards the weekend. Your luckynumbers are 3 825.Libra (September 23 - October 22)

You are the idea person for the next week or so.No matter where you are they keep corning out.People will be amazed. Don t let this opportunitygo to waste. Take advantage of the situation andhelp yourself to some praise. Your lucky numbers

Capricorn (December 22 - January 19)You can t go around blaming others for the way

you re feeling. The per on respon ible can befound behind the mirror. Once you discover thisperson, it will be a quick journey to recovery. Thesooner you find this person, the better. Not only foryourself, but a1 a for those close to you. Yourlucky numbers are 7 3 9.Aquarius (January 20 - February 18)

The world is about to crumble. Take advantageof the chaos for personal betterment. Don t associate yourself with people, Get a pet, and spendsome time with something that will really listen toyou. Although it might not say much in return, itwill help you out. Your lucky numbers are 5 4 3.

Taurus (April 20 - May 20)This is your month in the spotlight. You

meet old acquaintances and make new frienPerfect for hdping you out during exams (less ta month away). Take your time. You might discer something you nevel saw in u person befwhich might make you change your mind abthem. Your lucky numbers arc 3 8 5.Gemini (May 21 - Junc 20)

The key word for you is family. Spend sotime with them. They rc not as bad as you ththey are - and no, they didn t pay me to say tDiscover yourself and whom you came frYou re at the point now where you can learn fryour parents mistake s and try Jlot to makemany. Your lucky numbers are 5 8 2 S.

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Life UnbornBy Zhan Huan ZhouFlying CircuitsWhat difference will it make if I die?My life is meaningless a giant lieThe world will carry onEven after I m goneWhere did I leave my mark?In the depths of nowhere lost in the darkNo one in this world caresThey only give me blank staresPenetrating deep into my soulLeaving my heart with a gaping holeLife is a merciless gameAnd I am just a nameless nameI am a wasted birthGood-bye cruel Earth

Sketches by rian Cepuran

Tho Iron Walnm FlICldY July 10 1998

Flying LifeBy Andre BrissonXploCIVou - Pilot

Your experiences - CockpitYour Attitude - CanopyYour Friends and Family - WingsYour Dealings of Situations - StabilizersYour Past - RudderYour Drive - PropellerYour Path - AirProblemsBroken PropellerTurbulenceLoss of ControlRely on your wings to glideFor a ofter easier landin

The End of Another DayBy Andre BrissonXploCIVSitting on the sandy beachCool zephyrs drifting off the HuronCries of gulls fowl natureRestless ripples rolling on the shore.Maje tic ball - Radiating LifeIn a fiery sky with slender blue cloudsWhispering silhouettesSetting sun shimmering slowly.- Published in Shorewords , Brucedale Pre


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Throw Out Your Resumesand Log onto the Web

What: CECS.online Student Information NightWhen: Thur day July 16, 1998 @ 6:00pmWhere: DC 1350

s most of you already know, the Co-op ystem isundergoing some major changes. expected totake effect for the spring of '99. Everyone will

or not,of

w. With CECS.onlinewho are not familiar with computer will have

in Co-op.Co-op online has brought about some controversial

ues. The main student concern is that web technolothe visual enhancements of their resumes.layout and organization

an edge over the competition. The secondwith the insufficient number of computers.

student must use a computer for CECS.online.own computers will also face a simthere are a limited amount of

modem lines all shared by co-op and non-cotudent.In contrast, the current system is inadequate for

demands today. Its functions are outdated andect to daily maintenance problems which affect bothudents and employers. Students that rely on ACCESS

to view job po tings are looking forward to the change.ACCESS i ineffic ient in man) ditTerenl ways andalmost everyone who uses ACCES has e'\periencedfrequent crashes of the system.CECS.online will offer mallY benefit: to students,employers, and the entire Co-op community. Althoughstudent were only allowed eighteen re. umes in tir oround this pring term. the Co-op depru'unent still has toprocess approximately 30000 resume packages.Students will also save the photocopying expen. es ofgetting all tho, e re ume packages assembled . There willno longer be the conge tion al the application bin. andranking day line-ups will no longer exist.Are you concerned about the future of Co-op? Doyou have questions about the changes that are going tobe made? If you ru'e interested in learning more aboutthe following issue., SAC and the Co-op departmentwill be holding an information night for you, the students, on Thursd


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From the desk o thePresident

When I walk around campus here atUW, J can be pretty sure that I will run intosomeone that J know. We might talkbriefly and ask how on another is doing; ifI'm not doing so well I might share myproblem with my friend which usuallymakes me feel a bit better and then wecontinue on our ways. I play soccer andtalk with friends and help people out ifthey have questions. These are all experiences which make my life better, as I feelI am a part of the community in UW engineering. When [ came to school here, itwas my first time in Waterloo and I was faraway from home. I had some troubles atfirst but after a while [ felt comfortablehere becau e of the people 1 got to know.Most students in engineering at Waterlooleave home to come to school here; if theydon't, they at lea t end up pending a lot oftime here anyway. From the time that student are welcomed here in orientationweek and throughout the time they spendhere, students must feel comfortable in theenvironment of people and the communitythat they find away from home. One of themost important aspects of anyone's life isthe people around him or her, the friendsand family that support and help eachother. Thinking of our community and thefriends around you as a kind of a family issomething that makes our faculty richerand provides a better experience in schoolto the students that come here. It is heartening to walk around our neighbourhoodin CPH and around campus seeing peopletalk, throw frisbee, watch television andenjoy themselves with their "brothers andsisters.".Joint Council

On Sunday, 06 July. both councils fromEngineering Society B and fromEngineering Society A mel for JointCouncil, a meeting that occurs at leastonce every year to discuss issucs that concern both streams. Each exec memberfrom both s t r e m ~ addressed council 011current issues and events.In Old Business we addressed problems with discrepencies that were discovered in copies of the constitution. The lasttime the Engineering Society Con titutionwas amended was the Winter of 1996 andcopies from that time diffcr in certainparts. It seem that our constitution is a"living document" and it had mutated. Soto clarify the s lightly different c1au , ewere addressed and one was chosen from

_ each of the possibilities to create a unique_ and complete constitution; the thought of-

eportwhich, I m sure, excites everyone.

Two new motions were made. One thattook up more than half the meeting was aproposal to stipulate requirements to beeligible to run for a position on the executive.

Currently a person is required to be amemebr of the Engineering Society and bepast a certain term of there degree. Thismotion, brought forward by past CROs,election organizers, Christa McCulloughand Mike Nevill would further restrict eligiblity by imposing an academic requirement and term requirement. This wasbrought to the council meeting onWednesday 08 July for a second reading.

The second motion was to allocatemoney for new window mesh sheet rollerblinds for POETS. This motion was putforward by POETS Managers, MikeHermann and Carrie Junker. It is theirintent to provide better shading for thewindows to improve televison viewing asthe new blinds would let only three percent of light through. As well the newblinds would replace the current blindsome of which are partly damaged. Some

of the funding is corning from the GradClass of 1998 who set aside money for animprovement to POETS.

There will be a Joint Council meetingwhen we are on work term this Fall termwhen A Soc will host us .

From the desk o the VPExternal

Another two weeks have been andgone, and what fun they've been Butwhat really has happened? Well, bothweeks have been short, so really there isnot much to be said, but there are a fewthings.Yearbook Computers

The yearbook computers have beenordered and should be arriving any daynow. Once they an'ive I will be workingwith Engineering Computing to set themlip and prep them so the Yearbook Editorscan begin their work.Conferences

So far I have very few applicationsfrom people to attend the conferences thisfall (I know, they've only been open for ashort while). Anyways, I would stronglyencourage people to look at the variouconferences coming up and determine ifyou arc interested in attending any ofthem.

Along the same lines, I have beenasked a couple of que lions more thanonce, 0 I'll answer them here. All dele-

The Iron Warrior Friday. July 10. 1998

Ryan Chen-Wing Kelly FawcettPresident V Internaleng _prez@engmail eng_vpint@engmailgate fees for the conferences I am currently accepting applications for are covered by the Dean of Engineering. Thetransportation cost is also covered up to apoint. Transpor tation to the conference ispaid for based on the cost it would be totravel from Waterloo (within reason).Therefore if you're doing a work-term inCalifornia, your trip home is not covered,but we will pick you up at the airport

Other than that, take some time andread the excerpt on Joint Council, and Ihope r have a little bit more informationfor you next time .

Fromthe desk o the VPInternal

Canada DayHappy Belated Canada Day Thanksso much to Kathryn Russill and MikeHermann for organizing the engineeringevents for this day. Everyone I talked tohad a fabulous time except for the cuts andbruises from getting too involved with theevents. And thanks to all the volunteers, itwouldn't have happened without youMOT

MOT was a great time. I want to thankthe Managers, Carrie Junker and MikeHermann for doing a great job and also theTSN Director, Duane Frost, for putting aMiddle of Term Video together. It was surprising to see that so much actuallyoccurred in the first half of this term. ThisLeads me to the EOT Pub night. This willoccur on July 24th, Friday night. This isgoing to be the biggest night of the term.We have one band booked and we mighthave another one join them; more information will be coming. We will also havethe End of Term Video. So I hope to seelots or new and old faces.Semi-Formal

Semi-Formal was a fabulou time.want to thank June Lowe for hosting thisevent for us. It was held at the Universityclub and June is the only faculty memberthat was willing host a party for us . You'regreat June' I al 0 want to thank the organizers, Wendy Alexander, Eric Mathiesen,and Chris McCullough. Great job allaroundTal-Eng

Tal-Eng was on July 9th at the Bomberfor those of you who didn't see aU theadvertising. I want to thank MichealaHardy and Derek Tokarski, they have puttogether a great show. 1assume everythingwill have gone great, sorry that this papercomes out the day after the Tal-Eng,because I have to as. ume that everythingwas fantastic

hris Foster MikeV External V Feng3pexl@engmail eng_vpfiDirectorshiAcademic (1): Encourages stprofessors to contribute to theers in the Orifice, and makes skept up to date. One of the Ereps on many University acadmittees.Academics Competitions LResponsible for publicizingengineering competitions anships. Also, works to create clstudent organizations such aEngineering Society and SSMnew directorship, so new ideaswelcome.Arts (2): Organizes Tal-Enights, artistic contests (phoshart story, etc.) and other activities. A directorship dremind students that engineerartistic talentsAthletics (2): Organize spoments; encourages and helpsthat wish to organize tournameown . Typical porting evenMudbowl, floor hockey, vollbasketball.Blotter (1-2): each term a desproduced by EngSoc for the stblotter needs to be put togethewith calendar and advertisemthe term for the off stream soterm.Bridging the Gap, Industry(I): Works with the VP Externnize and promote Bridging thtures and industry speakers Responsible for providing iabout public speaking and campus as well as coordinatworkshops on improving comskills.Bus Push (3): (Winter only) tor's responsibility is organ.izpush, from getting the bu andmit to recruiting and feedingand getting prizes (large andparticipants and, of course, wethe bus. Lots of work but lotsCampus Wide Activities (1)and promotes events with otsocieties on campus. Promotesty spirit among all Waterloo stCharities (2): Plans events money for charities (plant salines, fundraising events runtion with Eng Week activitievides opportunities for estudents use their time and abilefit the community. Each chshould be fun and exciting andmany people as possibleClass Rep Advisor (2): Ensure


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Upcoming EventsFrom the VP Internal

July1117-1919

MudbowlRafting TripCanada's Wonderland

For class reps and anyone elsewho's interested. Watch for igns

22 Council meeting #6POTLUCK Dinner in POETSA reaUy good time

From the VP FinancePOETS Renovations were discussedat the Joint Council Meeting on July

5 and there will be more details in thenext issue of the IW.Upcomingonferences

From the VP ExternalPEO-UES ConferenceWomen in Engineering Conference at

Queen'sCanadian Congress of EngineeringStudents (CCES) at U of T

reps remain spirited, motivated, and thatthey continue to do their jobs (i.e. tellingeveryone in their class what's going on inEng Soc, as welJ as organizing classevents). It is the CRA's job to aid communication between class reps and theirclasses.Corporate Manager Assistant (1): Helpmanager EngSoc business under the guidance of Corporate Manager, Mary.Responsible for chairing the biweeklyC&D Operations Committee meetingincluding setting a time, preparing anagenda, and distributing minutes.Course Critiques (3): Administrates theCour e Critique survey to a sist in theimprovement of teaching on-Campus.CRAC Rep (Campus Rec AdvisoryCouncil) (1): Represents EngSoc on theCRAC by attending 2 or 3 meetings perterm. CRAC is a committee which discusses student suggestions i sues relatedto campus rec activities.Darkroom (1): Makes sure the darkroomis useable and available to students whohave paid a membership fee. Runs a"training session" for students interestedin using the darkroom. Also responsiblefor ensuring chemical supplies are maintained.Email Communications (1): Respon iblefor passing information to class reps anddirectors via email. E-mails obtained fromevent directors.Environmental Assessment (1): Assessesand monitors the environmental impact ofthe Engineering Society.Engineers and the Environment (1):Examines educational opportunities forEngineering students interested in environmental education. Also develops andmaintains the Engineers and theEnvironment" web page.

EngiNewsletter (4): Respon ible for pro- generator-people who like to go hoppingducing a weekly bulletin containing for 2000+ people.important upcoming event . along with Off Term Rep ( 1-2): Attend A oc counlot of joke , lOp ten Ii t , and unforget- cil meeting to voice B Soc' opinion ttable Prof. quote our i ter ociety. Thi po ition includeEngWeek and Enginuity (2): Organizes a the re pon ibility of putting togetherweek of lunch-time fun event mailout to keep the directors and classEncourages classes to run e ent during rep infoffiled of Joint Council and hapthat week ( 0 you don't have to run them pening. around Waterloo. This i a po i-all yourself ). One of the day include rion to be filled over your work termEnginuity a bunch of fun and creative Orifice Director (2): Helps to in rea e theengineering challenge for tudent to u efulne of th e E ng Soc center of opera-compe te in. tion. through capital impro ements andExchanges (2): Helps exchange tudent day-to-day operation . Manages the officefeel welcome in thi trange and wonder- and help out inquiring students, hen theful plsce called UW. U ually runs variou regul ar ecretary is at lunch or awayevents such a pubs and BBQ AI 0 P**5 Paul and Paula Plummer Pointsresponsible for promoting the exchange for Participatiou :(2) Involve allottingprograms to UW Engineering student and and tabulating cia. s point for palticip akeeps track of overseas work-term oppor- tion. The P' ' '5 director is responsible fortunities. the maintenance of the P**5 banner, andExplorations (2): (Winter only) Planning promoting the ubmi sion of point"explorations", a one day work hop for POETS Manager (2): Responsible fo relementary school students. The program Opening and Closing POETS daily a we llis designed to promote engineering, sci- as contacting Bar Service with requestsence and technology and has an annual for lot more beer every-day-all- the-timeenrollment of approximately 2000 kids. and-then-some. and well as providing, IFeds Rep (1): Represents Bt'lgSoc at the other services such as music, and darts.Feds council meeting and votes on behalf The managers co-ordina te all the pub dur-of the Engineering Society. ing the term.Finance Director (I). Developes their POETS Programmer (1): Makes surefinancial and entrepreneurial skills with there's good stuff to watch for a few hoursthe guidance of the VP-Finance. Learns in POETS each day (i.e. movies, la taccounting, budgeting, and how to help nights shows, etc .. ) Also useful to create arun a small business. schedule based on prime-time televisionFrontrunners (2): Continues developing re-run showings.and implementing a presentation for high Publicity (2): Promotes, makes poster,school visits. The director is also responsi- promotes, talks to people, promotes,ble far coordinating the presentations to be se rve as a resource to other directors who

n th tud r . l l o , . l . ~ u . - , u v . l : I . I l L . . \ o I . I . w u . I U . . c ~ ~ l e ; ; \ ; ; Q l l ; r . . l i tultimate goal of this directorship is to pro- all the fun and exciting stuff they havemote engineering as a profession to high- planned for them. Also responsible for lhechool students. White Board in CPH Foyer.

Frosh Mentor Directors (2): Responsible Recycling (2): Work with the universityfor coordinating the efforts of Frosh recycling Committee and with each engiMentors in each class. Thi can be through neering class recycling rep to operate aBarbecues, class outings, info sessions, sy tern of recycling within the engineeringand involvement in EngSoc activities. buildings.Frosh Mentors will be senior students Resource Manual (2): Works on update(preferrably) in the same discipline. made to the EngSoc Resource and PolicyGeneral Environmental Awareness (1): Manual. This is a directorship for omeoneIncreases the general environmental is interested in making the m"nual moreawareness among Engineering students. useful 10 . ludents and who enjoys workltl/Also increases ties to the ERS department independently at their own pace.and its students. Resume Critiques (2): A senior studentJob Critiques (I): Collects information who can organize a few resume critiquefrom students on their past jobs and write essions where older students can helpup brief descriptions of them for future younger students build their resumes morstudents with that company. successfully and prepare for job interMedia Relations (1): Works closely: with views.the VP External in publicizing SAC Rep (Student Advising Coop) (2-3) :Engineering to the Community. Prepares Sits on a discussion committee which genpublic press statemen ts to p romot e the erates ideas on how to improv e thecurrentwork of the f engineering Society and is Coop system at Waterloo. These ideas areavailable to answer community concerns then presented to Coop.with regards to the Eng Soc opinion on SFF Rep I): Sandford Flemingvarious issues. Also maintains close Foundation student rep. Work with SPF inliaisons with local publications such as organizing and promoting debates andThe Gazette, the Chronicle and the technjcal speaking competitions.Record. Secretary (I): Takes minutes at Eng SocNovelties (2): This directorship is suited meetings, and ensures That Class Reps,for someone who wants to try their hand at Directors, Exec (and anyone else whomarketing, sales, and creative thinking wants one) get copies so that everyone isThis involves or dering unique EngSo c kept well informed.paraphernalia that people want and need Shadow Program (2): (Fall and Winter(stickers, mugs, sweatshirts, etc ..). Idea- only) A rranges for K-W area and Toronto

high school tudent to visit UWdents pend a day with a Engineer so that they can learn wreally like to be an Engineering SWaterloo.Speaker (1 ): Re pon ible for oand running the term council Required to have/develop a goodknowledge or the ociety constitbylaw as well a gra p of Robert'Order. The speaker keep councilrunnin g rnoothly and keep themintere. ling. AI 0 give people canthey speak (or, ju t to hut tProvid agenda. for each meeorgani ze J int Councils wSo iety A and B have to meet.Special Events (4+): HighRequired Special Event Direcmote Engineering spirit througsociety by organizing fun evenl . Dwill be asked 10 help celebrate spe(Saint Paddy 's day, Halloween, eevents have included LEGO Daolympics, karaoke, banana-boaetc . Also Responsible for OrEngSoc ocial event which invting on a bus and going omewhincludes Brunny Trips, OktBrewery Tour etc.Task Team I): Publicizes the Tgroup to directors and even t co-oRecruits Task Team members toorganize events but do not wrespon ibility and time commitmdirectorship.Take Some News (TSN) (2): UEng Soc video camera and the viing equipment at their di sposal,

to t tmemorable moments on tape, andtogether into videos throughout tto be shown at EOT in POETScopies available for sale to interedents.Web Page (2) : Responsible fortering and updating the EngSoc s iWorld Wide Web. En gSoc itowards a more Web based comtions s ystem for its s tudents and fnal relations.Women in Engin ('ring (7 ) : Prom10k of W


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