Engineering-Nerd Entertainment

Engineering Humor

• http://jensorensen.com/ home of the Slow Poke cartoon which used to be here  www.slowpokecomics.com
• Dilbert was born with The Knack
  
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8vHhgh6oM0 (1:42 clip)
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EbNrTf-cQE (2:12 clip)
  • https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1c8nz4 (full episode - 22:31) plot: Dilbert looses "the knack" after accidentally drinking from his manager's coffee cup
  • more Dilbert stuff follows below
• www.userfriendly.org is the home of Illiad's "Technical Support" comic strip
• You're a True Engineer if...
• Evolution of a Programmer
• Engineer vs. Programmer you need to wear an Iron Ring to understand this.
• An truly invaluable real life Engineer's Flow Chart
• Creators admit that both the 'Unix OS' and the 'C Language' are a hoax
• Borland's Dead C Scrolls (how the popularity of Turbo Pascal resulted in the creation of .NET and C#)
• Nerd vs. Geek

Jokes

Understanding Engineers #1

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 on this bike, threw it to the ground, took off all her clothes and said, "Take what you want."

The first engineer nodded approvingly and said, "Good choice: The clothes probably wouldn't have fit you anyway."

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Understanding Engineers #2

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.

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Understanding Engineers #3

A priest, a doctor, and an engineer were waiting one morning for a particularly slow group of golfers. The engineer fumed, "What's with those guys? We must have been waiting for fifteen minutes!"

The doctor chimed in, "I don't know, but I've never seen such inept golf!"

The priest said, "Here comes the greens-keeper. Let's have a word with him." He said, "Hello George, What's wrong with that group ahead of us? They're rather slow, aren't they?"

The greens-keeper replied, "Oh, yes. That's a group of blind firemen. They lost their sight saving our clubhouse from a fire last year, so we always let them play for free anytime!"

The group fell silent for a moment. The priest said, "That's so sad. I think I will say a special prayer for them tonight."

The doctor said, "Good idea. I'm going to contact my ophthalmologist colleague and see if there's anything she can do for them."

The engineer said, "Why can't they play at night?"

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Understanding Engineers #4

What is the difference between mechanical engineers and civil engineers?

Mechanical engineers build weapons. Civil engineers build targets.

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Understanding Engineers #5

The graduate with a science degree asks, "Why does it work?"

The graduate with an engineering degree asks, "How does it work?"

The graduate with an accounting degree asks, "How much will it cost?"

The graduate with an arts degree asks, "Do you want fries with that?"

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Understanding Engineers #6

Three engineering students were gathered together discussing who must have designed the human body. One said, "It was a mechanical engineer. Just look at all the joints."

Another said, "No, it was an electrical engineer. The nervous system has many thousands of electrical connections."

The last one said, "No, actually it had to have been a civil engineer. Who else would run a toxic waste pipeline through a recreational area?"

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Understanding Engineers #7

Normal people believe that if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Engineers believe that if it ain't broke, it doesn't have enough features yet.

MIT Engineers believe that If it isn't broken, take it apart and fix it!

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Understanding Engineers #8

An engineer was crossing a road one day, when a frog called out to him and said, "If you kiss me, I'll turn into a beautiful princess." He bent over, picked up the frog, and put it in his pocket. The frog spoke up again and said, "If you kiss me, I'll turn back into a beautiful princess and stay with you for one week."

The engineer took the frog out of his pocket, smiled at it and returned it to the pocket.

The frog then cried out, "If you kiss me and turn me back into a princess, I'll stay with you for one week and do anything you want."

Again, the engineer took the frog out, smiled at it and put it back into his pocket.

Finally, the frog asked, "What is the matter? I've told you I'm a beautiful princess and that I'll stay with you for one week and do anything you want. Why won't you kiss me?"

The engineer said, "Look, I'm an engineer. I don't have time for a girlfriend, but a talking frog - now that's cool."

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Understanding Engineers #9

Dilbert

Searchable Dilbert.

• Become a gold member at www.dilbert.com and you'll be allowed to search Dilbert cartoons by "character dialog" or keyword or both)
• Access this free third-party tool to search for words like "COBOL" or "Java" :-)

"Look: Actual Code"

"Spaghetti Logic"

"When I Started Programming..."

Dilbert's "Salary Theorem"

"Engineers and scientists can never earn as much as business executives and sales people."

This theorem can now be supported by mathematics as follows:

Analysis: As knowledge approaches zero, Money approaches infinity, regardless of the amount of work done.

Conclusion: The less you know, the more money you make. (ask any CEO or MBA)

Women (As Explained by Engineers)

Part I

Part II

Part III

Part IV

Part V

The IT Crowd

• Not sure why the funniest stuff originates in Britain but this program about computer nerds working for a large company is reputed to be the inspiration for The Big Bang Theory
• links:
  • http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0487831/
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_IT_Crowd

Art imitates life

Sonny: I just might get to like this place. Let's see if the Braves are on. How do you turn on this here teevee?
Riker: Teevee?
Sonny: Yeah, boob-tube... you know. I'd like to find out how the Braves are doin' after all this time. Probably still finding ways to lose.
Data to Riker: Oh -- I think he means television, sir.
Sonny: Or maybe catch up on the soaps.
Data to Sonny: That particular form of entertainment did not last much beyond the year Two Thousand Forty.
 
Reference: STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Episode 126 - Titled: "The Neutral Zone"
Reality: Television died in 2004; not 2040
Reason: in order to maximize their profits, the networks decided to replace programs based upon "professional writing and acting" with "so-called Reality TV"

Sherlock Holmes

Many people are not aware of the best reincarnation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's most famous character. Starting in 1984, Granada Television in the UK spent an enormous amount of money to recreate a section of London England (circa 1895-1905) right down to the carriages, gas lanterns, and costumes. They only used stories by Doyle so you won't find Holmes fighting the Nazi's as we have seen in other incarnations from Hollywood. Jeremy Brett plays Holmes and is the most believable of all to date. Granada even goes so far as to end certain scenes with the actors standing in the same positions as the illustrations as originally published in The Strand Magazine. The series is always running on PBS in North America and you can now purchase all 41-episodes as part of a DVD collection.

• Official Sherlock Holmes Museum at 221b Baker St. London, England.
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Conan_Doyle
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes_(1984_TV_series)
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/221B_Baker_Street
• Joseph Bell (who was Doyle's medical professor in Edinburgh) was the model for Sherlock Holmes.

Music

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Neil Rieck
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.