Sunday, August 23, 2009

Engine Calibration : The Gay Version


Engine calibration is a difficult task as may be known to most of my professional friends but for those who doesn't know a brief description follows in the next paragraph. Before proceeding further, let me clear first that this article has nothing to with my sexuality or any of the people who are associated with the engine calibration and it is just a mere attempt to write something out of the box and vague ...

A short description of engine calibration follows : It is the calibration of various actuators and sensors both independent and in unison with each other which is programmed in the electronic control unit which acts as a brain for an automotive engine. The various functions or rather in simplified sense say tasks need to be done before all the logic and data are freezed. To conduct these tasks the persons who work, are called as calibrators. The calibrator works on two locations: at the test bench for base calibration and in the vehicle for transient and other calibration. This calibrator is my main point of concern here because I was wondering what will happen if he happens to be a gay. So lets check out what could go wrong....

Base calibration : Let us not confuse here with the base what you all must be thinking about by now, its the basic calibration of sensors/actuators and air charge calibration. The engine basically considered as a male may feel discomfort in the presence of calibrator so the calibrator needs to be out of site of engine, which means longer length cables and more space. The calibrator would do every effort to see that engine runs at lambda 1.00 because that's the figure he loves to see the most. Consequently, he will never make it run on richer side and it would make engine run hotter than normal. He would give away with the calibration at high speeds arguing that it is simply unnecessary as engine is tender and needs care rather than generate power.

Vehicle calibration : First of all he may simply deny doing the vehicle level calibration as he sees beautiful female models leaning on the car at the launch and various functions. He may fear that this car may also succumb to marketing pressures and meet the same fate. The challenges that he may face are far far more distracting than a normal calibrator may face. The presence of so many men on the shop floor would require him to put more effort on concentrating. He may not like to do things as fast they could be done because he wants to spend more time together with the engine alone in the vehicle. The timeline would need reconsideration and project delivery may get delayed. He may not like to sit in the front seat if the engine is at the back of the car and can ask for redesigning the whole car.

The company would not be able to do anything about his unfair demands, as it would only invite litigations and protests from various newly formed associations for protection of gay rights.

So, its never in the interest of a engine or compnay to hire a gay calibrator.

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