cctalk Digest, Vol 34, Issue 8

[Don Y]

[Calibrated Dust Machine]

 > One of those memories that lasts a lifetime:  the test engineer
 > complaining about how hard it was to buy calibrated dust.

This is actually a problem in many industries:
- how do you test a *hammer*? a screwdriver? a tape rule?
- how do you quantify the "shell" of an M&M candy?
- how do you check the race of a ball bearing made out of *glass*?
- just how "fizzy" should alka-seltzer tablets be?

Some of the "solutions" can be quite amusing...