inside aebrahim’s head

Forgive the pun, but it seems that this AP writer never took AP Physics.

SEATTLE, Washington (AP) — A critical-care nurse aboard an air ambulance fought to keep from being sucked out of the cabin when a window blew out of the aircraft at 20,000 feet.

Even someone with the most elementary physics knowledge would know that you get pushed out, not sucked out. I guess that’s what happens when people learn physics from watching movies.

It reminds me of of the Insultingly Stupid Movie Physics site, which is well worth a read. Honestly, I don’t know how anybody can sit through such drivel like The Core with a straight face. Movies like Star Wars are just as bad, but hey — at least they don’t pretend to be realistic.

In other news, India has caught up with Intel and AMD and is now producing dual-core “devices” locally.

Well not quite with his pants down, but something just as bad given his position. According to the BBC, he was caught travelling on a train without a ticket! On the bright side, at least they caught him and he paid up.

Following on from my last blog post on the elections, I wanted to mention one of the issues that is important to many Americans, outsourcing. Bush is for it, Kerry is against it. But what is outsourcing really about? Let’s take a look behind the scenes with Conan O’Brien!

You know how in the US you see all these advertisements targeted to kids that read: “Say No to Drugs” or “Say No to Alcohol”? Well, the Chinese have a different philosophy:

This sign was seen outside a bar near my university. The picture was taken on my Nokia 6600 phone.

For another example of Fox News’ hard hitting journalism, we should take a look at their live coverage of two women squishing grapes. Yes, you read that correct. They covered it live, with amusing results.

While I ignore this advice on a regular basis, I did get a good laugh out of this site. You should all check it out :).

So much for no blog updates. But at the time I really meant it :).

Got sent a link to a page of economist jokes today. Some of them are really good. Two of my favourites:
A lot of the jokes are accessible even to people who know nothing about economics, but the more you know about economics, the more funny they get.