To the optimist, the glass is half-full. To the pessimist, the glass is half-empty. To the engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
Category: Engineering
Engineering Humor
Two engineering students were biking across a university campus when one said, “Where did you get such a great bike?” The second engineer replied, “Well, I was walking along yesterday, minding my own business, when a beautiful woman rode up
Costs… and College Departments
“Why is it that you physicists always require so much expensive equipment? Now the Department of Mathematics requires nothing but money for paper, pencils, and erasers…and the Department of Philosophy is better still. It doesn’t even ask for erasers.”- Isaac
Obscure Engineering Conversion Factors
Some engineering humor courtesy of Joe K: 1. Ratio of an igloo’s circumference to its diameter = Eskimo Pi 2. 2000 pounds of Chinese Soup = Won ton 3. 1 millionth of a mouthwash = 1 microscope 4. Time between
Major Cathedral Finally Nearing Completion
In case you didn’t realize that there was actually a major cathedral still under construction for more than 100 years, you should check out this story about Sagrada Família in Barcelona, Spain.
An Easy IQ Test
Courtesy of StrangeCosmos… This IQ Test only requires 3 correct answers out of 10! 1) How long did the Hundred Years’ War last? 2) Which country makes Panama hats? 3) From which animal do we get cat gut? 4) In
More Little Known Facts
The first novel ever written on a typewriter, Tom Sawyer. The San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321 Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4, John Hancock and
Little Known Facts
Men can read smaller print than women can; women can hear better. Coca-Cola was originally green. It is impossible to lick your elbow. The State with the highest percentage of people who walk to work — Alaska The percentage of
Cyberwars Becoming More Sophisticated
An interesting article in Computerworld: After Stuxnet: The new rules of cyberwar.
Is Windows 8 As Bad as Office 2010
If you knew Office 2003, you probably discovered that Office 2010 made user interface changes that offered “negative benefits” (how do you like that euphemism?). Well according to user interface guru, Jakob Nielsen: Windows 8 was more suitable for tablet