Anas Imtiaz

Bored With The Internet – Really?

// January 4th, 2009 // 10 Comments » // Humor

You’re An Engineer If….

// December 13th, 2008 // 15 Comments » // Humor

I found these interesting points about engineers on a website which I’m reproducing here with my own comments in italics on some of them.

You’re and engineer if:

• You have no life – and you can PROVE it mathematically. Atleast we can prove it
• You enjoy pain. We can take it!
• You know vector calculus but you can’t remember how to do long division. Errr…true!!
• You chuckle whenever anyone says “centrifugal force”. Ofcourse! the fools hardly know anything about it!
• You’ve actually used every single function on your graphing calculator. Why not?!
• It is sunny and 70 degrees outside, and you are working on a computer. We ‘work’ unlike others who waste time!
• You think in “math“. LOGIC, baby!
• You’ve calculated that the World Series actually diverges. Not yet, maybe one day…
• You hesitate to look at something because you don’t want to break down its wave function. Ok, yeh zyada hogya
• You have a pet named after a scientist. Hate pets!
• You laugh at jokes about mathematicians. Better than sardar jokes
• You can translate English into Binary. Actually..I CAN!
• You can’t remember what’s behind the door in the engineering building which says “Exit“. Oops!
• You have to bring a jacket with you, in the middle of summer, because there’s a wind-chill factor in the lab. Hahaha
• You are completely addicted to caffeine. Sure am!
• You avoid doing anything because you don’t want to contribute to the eventual heat-death of the universe. Shutup!
• You consider ANY non-engineering course “easy“. Because they ARE!
• When your professor asks you where your homework is, you claim to have accidentally determined its momentum so precisely, that according to Heisenberg it could be anywhere in the universe. Good idea, never tried it though..
• The “fun” center of your brain has deteriorated from lack of use. Lame!
• You’ll assume that a “horse” is a “sphere” in order to make the math easier. Again, hadd hogayi!
• The blinking 12:00 on someone’s clock draws you in like a tractor beam to fix it. Yeah, because I can!
• You bring a computer manual / technical journal as vacation reading. Oh yeah, its interesting!
• You can’t help eavesdropping in computer stores… and correcting the salesperson. Because all sales people are a bunch of liars!
• You have any “Dilbert” comics displayed in your work area. Hmm..no!
• You have a habit of destroying things in order to see how they work. Isn’t that fun?
• You have never backed up your hard drive. Don’t even get me started!
• You haven’t bought any new underwear or socks for yourself since you got married. I’ll note that when time comes..
• You spent more on your calculator than on your wedding ring. Not applicable..
• Your favorite James Bond character is “Q,” the guy who makes the gadgets. LOL!
• You understood more than five of these jokes. All of ‘em!
• You make a copy of this list, and post it on your door (or your web page/blog !)

Student Visa Process Explained

// June 24th, 2008 // 1 Comment » // Humor

This is an extremely pragmatic comic which explains the woes of foreign education, from application process to graduation, in a light-hearted manner. It is intended to be comical but I found it more towards the serious side, in the end. Click to enlarge the image.

Where Do You Sit in Class?

// June 17th, 2008 // 1 Comment » // Humor

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Can there be a better geeky explanation that this?

The equation that shows X as a fraction quite cool if you think a little more about it.

BTW, fortunately the exit door in my class coincided with the back row, which made it much easier to escape during the class from the back row For seminars I guess I’ll prefer the back or near exit too, just in case.

A Sad Logic Indeed

// June 12th, 2008 // 2 Comments » // Humor

How many times has this happened to you? Well, my university days were in abundance with such innocent logics

Geeky Proposal

// April 17th, 2008 // No Comments » // Humor

JERSEY CITY, N.J. – Hiding a ring in a bouquet just wasn’t enough when a computer programmer decided to pop the question. Bernie Peng reprogrammed Tammy Li’s favorite video game, “Bejeweled,” so a ring and a marriage proposal would show up on the screen when she reached a certain score.

Li reached the needed score — and said yes.

The word of the romantic feat last December filtered out after Peng, a financial software programmer, posted details on his blog. The reprogramming was a tricky task and took him a month.

“I thought it was pretty cool, in a nerdy way,” Peng told The Star-Ledger of Newark.

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