How many MIPSM in your bench? - Page 1
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author: GiskardReventlov
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: March 03, 2014, 07:36:56 pm
content: I got some new bench top matting (see Buy/Sell/Wanted) and Dave just did a video on his new mat and his rejuvenated bench and I thought we really need a metric besides the size of the bench.I propose a new metric. The MIPSM, pronounced mip rhymes with pip and sm like sim, mipsim. The MIPSM is the Monthly Income Per Square Meter*. To calculate the MIPSM for your bench :(Income per month)/(bench top area in m2)$3000/1.39m22158MIPSMMy bench operates at 0 MIPSM but can only go up from here (I believe).No need to get complicated about how much the equipment cost that adorns the bench or shelving, etc.*for sq. ft. multiply sq. ft. by 0.09290304 to get sq. meters.

author: zapta
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 03, 2014, 07:50:19 pm
content: Quote from: GiskardReventlov on March 03, 2014, 07:36:56 pmincome from any source or just from the bench?Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk

author: rdl
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 03, 2014, 08:07:16 pm
content: I'm sure mine is negative, all I do is spend.

author: GiskardReventlov
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: March 03, 2014, 08:54:34 pm
content: @zapta, I think it should be what's earned on/from the bench. But it's open for discussion.@rdl, know what you mean, but think that it can only go negative if the project that was supposed to profit didn't.

author: zapta
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 03, 2014, 09:20:41 pm
content: Quote from: GiskardReventlov on March 03, 2014, 08:54:34 pmIf so, it is zero for me (and I have a small bench).

author: Dave Turner
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: March 03, 2014, 10:57:04 pm
content: For a professional it had better be positive. If a hobbyist isn't usually negative then maybe he/she should consider turning professional.

author: GiskardReventlov
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: March 06, 2014, 04:12:18 am
content: Quote from: Dave Turner on March 03, 2014, 10:57:04 pmWhen the hobbyist's MIPSM goes positive the hobbyist goes pro!

author: Richard Head
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: March 06, 2014, 08:10:09 am
content: Don't any of you yet know that your income is inversely proportional to you distance from the soldering iron/workbench.

author: Joule Thief
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: March 06, 2014, 08:27:19 am
content: I may qualify for MIPSM eco credits as I have an air ionizer over my bench. That's got to count for something!

author: GiskardReventlov
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: March 06, 2014, 11:21:28 pm
content: Quote from: Joule Thief on March 06, 2014, 08:27:19 amDepends on if you're carbon neutral or not.**Definition: carbon neutral -- being agnostic about where and what you eat to maintain your carbon-based life form. Note: If you're alient to Earth it might be silicon neutral.

author: Joule Thief
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: March 07, 2014, 10:28:50 am
content: Quote from: GiskardReventlov on March 06, 2014, 11:21:28 pmI am a carbon based alpha male on beta blockers and I contribute copious amounts of inflammable gases back into the atmosphere.Funny story on that. I was at a restaurant one time and felt it was time to "contribute" back some stored energy back into the atmosphere. Figured I would be sly and disquise the "contributions" by releasing it in sync with the music playing in the background. Then I saw others looking at me funny and realized ...There was no music playing in the background.I was listening to my IPod !!