Subtly bad sentence construction

[Nancy Allison <maker -at- verizon -dot- net>]

   I am so deep in engineering culture, this sentence almost slipped by
   me. (I mean, I am used to engineers torturing their sentences however
   they can in order to avoid using "you.")
   "When viewing a test result, changing the ratio for the transducer does
   not update the velocity trace."
   Error: Dangling participle with omitted subject, so that the gerund
   becomes the closest thing to a subject. And no, Mr. or Ms. Changing The
   Ratio does not view test results.
   Do you agree?
   I'm getting so jaded, I had to give myself a push . . .
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