Showing posts with label funny. Show all posts
Showing posts with label funny. Show all posts
Tuesday, 25 November 2008
Wednesday, 30 July 2008
Tuesday, 29 July 2008
Top 11 TED talks
Johnny Lee demos Wii Remote hacks | Video on TED.com
Johnny Lee: Creating tech marvels out of a $40 Wii RemoteHans Rosling shows the best stats you've ever seen | Video on TED.com
Hans Rosling: Debunking third-world myths with the best stats you've ever seenKen Robinson says schools kill creativity | Video on TED.com
Sir Ken Robinson: Do schools kill creativity?Jill Bolte Taylor's powerful stroke of insight | Video on TED.com
Jill Bolte Taylor: My stroke of insightStephen Hawking asks big questions about the universe | Video on TED.com
Stephen Hawking: Asking big questions about the universeCameron Sinclair on open-source architecture | Video on TED.com
Cameron Sinclair: TED Prize wish: Open-source architecture to house the worldTony Robbins asks why we do what we do | Video on TED.com
Tony Robbins: Why we do what we do, and how we can do it betterHelen Fisher tells us why we love, cheat | Video on TED.com
Helen Fisher: The science of love, and the future of womenMatthieu Ricard on the habits of happiness | Video on TED.com
Matthieu Ricard: Habits of happinessRick Warren on a life of purpose | Video on TED.com
Rick Warren: Living a life of purposeDan Dennett's response to Rick Warren | Video on TED.com
Dan Dennett: A secular, scientific rebuttal to Rick Warren
Friday, 25 July 2008
Talks Jill Bolte Taylor: My stroke of insight
Jill Bolte Taylor's powerful stroke of insight | Video on TED.com
Talks Jill Bolte Taylor: My stroke of insight
Saturday, 19 July 2008
100 Things to do Before You Die
The Buried Life » About
The Buried Life is four regular guys on a mission to complete a list of “100 Things to do Before You Die” and to help and to encourage others to go after their own lists.
Relying on goodwill, guts and sheer determination Duncan, Ben, Dave and Jonnie travel the globe in a retro purple transit bus named Penelope and ask everyone they meet: ‘What do you want to do before you die?’ For every item they complete on their list, they help a stranger achieve one of their dreams.
Friday, 18 July 2008
Great Moments in Physics
Short Funny Stories 88
Great Moments in Physics
The following concerns a question in a physics degree exam at the University of Copenhagen.
"Describe how to determine the height of a skyscraper with a barometer."
One student replied:
"You tie a long piece of string to the neck of the barometer, then lower the barometer from the roof of the skyscraper to the ground. The length of the string plus the length of the barometer will equal the height of the building."
This highly original answer so incensed the examiner that the student was failed. The student appealed on the grounds that his answer was indisputably correct, and the university appointed an independent arbiter to decide the case. The arbiter judged that the answer was indeed correct, but did the problem it was decided to call the student in and allow him six minutes in which to provide a verbal answer which showed at least a minimal familiarity with the basic principles of physics.
For five minutes the student sat in silence, forehead creased in thought. The arbiter reminded him that time was running out, to which the student replied that he had several extremely relevant answers, but couldn't make up his mind which to use.
On being advised to hurry up the student replied as follows:
"Firstly, you could take the barometer up to the roof of the skyscraper, drop it over the edge, and measure the time it takes to reach the ground. The height of the building can then be worked out from the formula H = 0.5g x t squared. But bad luck on the barometer."
"Or if the sun is shining you could measure the height of the barometer, then set it on end and measure the length of its shadow. Then you measure the length of the skyscraper's shadow, and thereafter it is a simple matter of proportional arithmetic to work out the height of the skyscraper."
"But if you wanted to be highly scientific about it, you could tie a short piece of string to the barometer and swing it like a pendulum, first at ground level and then on the roof of the skyscraper. The height is worked out by the difference in the gravitational restoring force T = 2 pi sqroot (l / g)."
"Or if the skyscraper has an outside emergency staircase, it would be easier to walk up it and mark off the height of the skyscraper in barometer lengths, then add them up."
"If you merely wanted to be boring and orthodox about it, of course, you could use the barometer to measure the air pressure on the roof of the skyscraper and on the ground, and convert the difference in millibars into feet to give the height of the building."
"But since we are constantly being exhorted to exercise independence of mind and apply scientific methods, undoubtedly the best way would be to knock on the janitor's door and say to him 'If you would like a nice new barometer, I will give you this one if you tell me the height of this skyscraper'."
The student was Niels Bohr, the only person from Denmark to win the Nobel prize for Physics.
So cool, i had to quote it completely. Stolen from http://www.short-funny-stories.com
Why Germany lost the war
Why Germany lost the war
After 63 years of debate, Myself and my brother have reached a valid conslusion as to why Germany lost the war
"Bar Stool Economics"
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Our Tax System Explained: "Bar Stool Economics"
Suppose that every day, ten men go out for beer and the bill for all ten
comes to $100. If they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would go
something like this:
The 25 Best High-Tech Pranks
The 25 Best High-Tech Pranks
Everyone loves a good laugh, and in the age of electronics, high-tech hijinks are just waiting to be pulled off. So snuggle up to your screen and get ready to unleash all sorts of shenanigans as we present the 25 best high-tech pranks known to man. Our apologies in advance to your friends and co-workers.
Alice in Wonderland - Remix
Alice in Wonderland - Remix Video
Alice in Wonderland - Remix
It was pretty trippy before, this will blow your mind.
Thursday, 17 July 2008
Terry Pratchett Quotes
Terry Pratchett Quotes
Terry Pratchett Quotes
Type: Author
Category: English Author
Date of Birth: April 28, 1948
Nationality: English
Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.
Terry Pratchett
Everything starts somewhere, although many physicists disagree.
Terry Pratchett
Funny MSN names
Messquoted, ONLY the Funny MSN Names: Top 150
ID#:164 | Rating: 216907 Vote Down Vote Up Submitter: Sniugnep
Before you insult a man, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, whern you insult him, you'll be a mile away, and have his shoes.
ID#:8 | Rating: 28963 Vote Down Vote Up Submitter: Doc
I USE CAPS LOCK BECAUSE I WILL BECOME NOTICED, POPULAR, AND GOOD IN BED
ID#:16 | Rating: 174 Vote Down Vote Up Submitter: Doc
If you smacked a kid in the face with a bottle of Johnson's No More Tears, would it create beautiful irony?
ID#:134 | Rating: 112 Vote Down Vote Up Submitter: firestarter
Give a man a match and he'll be warm for a minute; set him on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.
ID#:168 | Rating: 101 Vote Down Vote Up Submitter: Lyndsey 247
Imagine there were no hypothetical situations.
ID#:167 | Rating: 78 Vote Down Vote Up Submitter: Funny_man
Children in the dark cause accidents, accidents in the dark cause children
ID#:98 | Rating: 71 Vote Down Vote Up Submitter: zzdan
In a world full of women, you're the man!
ID#:150 | Rating: 62 Vote Down Vote Up Submitter: killer
Solution to two of the world's problems: Feed the homeless to the hungry.
ID#:133 | Rating: 59 Vote Down Vote Up Submitter: Granty
Anyone can quit smoking, it takes a real man to fight cancer
ID#:154 | Rating: 45 Vote Down Vote Up Submitter: Anonymous
Depression is just anger without enthusiasm.
ID#:71 | Rating: 43 Vote Down Vote Up Submitter: Doc
You shouldn't say anything mean about people who can't read. You should write it instead.
ID#:152 | Rating: 43 Vote Down Vote Up Submitter: killer
if my calculations are correct SLINKY + ESCULATOR = EVERLASTING FUN
ID#:72 | Rating: 29 Vote Down Vote Up Submitter: Doc
Hurricanes are like women: when they come, they're wet and wild, but when they leave they take your house and car.
ID#:83 | Rating: 29 Vote Down Vote Up Submitter: Phil
I wish my lawn was emo so it would cut itself.
ID#:70 | Rating: 28 Vote Down Vote Up Submitter: Johnsee
I enjoy using the comedy technique of self-deprecation - but I'm not very good at it.
ID#:90 | Rating: 28 Vote Down Vote Up Submitter: Granty
The last time someone listened to a Bush, a bunch of people wandered in the desert for 40 years
Monday, 14 July 2008
PEOPLE ARE STRANGE
Video PEOPLE ARE STRANGE (REMI GAILLARD) - rémi, gaillard, gag, imposture, morrison - Alice Video Share Your Videos
PEOPLE ARE STRANGE (REMI GAILLARD)
Johnny Lee: Creating tech marvels out of a $40 Wii Remote
Johnny Lee demos Wii Remote hacks | Video on TED.com
Johnny Lee: Creating tech marvels out of a $40 Wii RemoteAbout this talk
Building sophisticated educational
tools out of cheap parts, Johnny Lee demos his cool Wii Remote hacks,
which turn the $40 video game controller into a digital whiteboard, a
touchscreen and a head-mounted 3-D viewer.
Sunday, 13 July 2008
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