inside aebrahim's head » Amusing http://blog.ebrahim.org Ali Ebrahim on web standards, software developement, technology, politics and law. Sat, 01 Oct 2011 01:55:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 AP and Physics http://blog.ebrahim.org/2007/07/03/ap-and-physics/ http://blog.ebrahim.org/2007/07/03/ap-and-physics/#comments Tue, 03 Jul 2007 10:57:51 +0000 aebrahim http://blog.ebrahim.org/2007/07/03/ap-and-physics/ Continue reading →]]> 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.

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]]> http://blog.ebrahim.org/2006/02/02/india-enters-the-dual-core-market/feed/ 0 indian transport minister caught with pants down http://blog.ebrahim.org/2004/11/10/indian-transport-minister-caught-with-pants-down/ http://blog.ebrahim.org/2004/11/10/indian-transport-minister-caught-with-pants-down/#comments Wed, 10 Nov 2004 06:13:50 +0000 aebrahim http://blog.ebrahim.org/2004/11/10/indian-transport-minister-caught-with-pants-down/ Continue reading →]]> 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.

]]> http://blog.ebrahim.org/2004/11/10/indian-transport-minister-caught-with-pants-down/feed/ 0 outsourcing this election year http://blog.ebrahim.org/2004/11/01/outsourcing-this-election-year/ http://blog.ebrahim.org/2004/11/01/outsourcing-this-election-year/#comments Mon, 01 Nov 2004 11:19:58 +0000 aebrahim http://blog.ebrahim.org/2004/11/01/outsourcing-this-election-year/ Continue reading →]]> 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!

]]> http://blog.ebrahim.org/2004/11/01/outsourcing-this-election-year/feed/ 0 say yes? http://blog.ebrahim.org/2004/09/02/say-yes/ http://blog.ebrahim.org/2004/09/02/say-yes/#comments Thu, 02 Sep 2004 15:15:01 +0000 aebrahim http://blog.ebrahim.org/2004/09/02/say-yes/ Continue reading →]]> 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:

Say Yes to Beer!

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

]]> http://blog.ebrahim.org/2004/09/02/say-yes/feed/ 0 squishing grapes http://blog.ebrahim.org/2004/05/12/squishing-grapes/ http://blog.ebrahim.org/2004/05/12/squishing-grapes/#comments Wed, 12 May 2004 13:36:28 +0000 aebrahim http://blog.ebrahim.org/2004/05/12/squishing-grapes/ Continue reading →]]> 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.

]]> http://blog.ebrahim.org/2004/05/12/squishing-grapes/feed/ 0 why you should never put your face on the internet http://blog.ebrahim.org/2004/05/12/why-you-should-never-put-your-face-on-the-internet/ http://blog.ebrahim.org/2004/05/12/why-you-should-never-put-your-face-on-the-internet/#comments Tue, 11 May 2004 20:35:21 +0000 aebrahim http://blog.ebrahim.org/2004/05/12/why-you-should-never-put-your-face-on-the-internet/ Continue reading →]]> 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 :) .

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  1. I know that economics is ruling my life when:

    a) I tried to calculate my 3 year old son’s discount rate by seeing how many sweets he would require to be promised to him after dinner to be equivalent to one sweet before dinner.

    b) I spent one hour in a toy shop making up over 20 bundles of toys that could be purchased for $25 and then asked my son to select one of these bundles.

  2. Overheard in passing: one Oxford economics don speaking to another while walking along a street: “And ninthly, …”

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.

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