Jonathan Arbib

Q: What is the difference between Mechanical Engineers and Civil Engineers?
A: Mechanical Engineers build weapons, Civil Engineers build targets.

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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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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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You might be an engineer if:

1)You have no life – and you can PROVE it mathematically.
2)You enjoy pain.
3)You know vector calculus but you can’t remember how to do long division.
4)You chuckle whenever anyone says “centrifugal force”.
5)You’ve actually used every single function on your graphing calculator.
6)It is sunny and 70 degrees outside, and you are working on a computer.
7)You frequently whistle the theme song to “MacGyver”.
8)You know how to integrate a chicken and can take the derivative of water.
9)You think in “math”.
10)You’ve calculated that the World Series actually diverges.
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Welcome to my Blog.

This is my little corner in the big cloud. I am a Lecturer at Roehampton University in London, United Kingdom. On this blog I will usually post computer related material with a small focus on my other interests like photography and travelling. In the main sections you will find links and papers on a variaty of subjects, from Linux to Virtual Machines to Information Security. There is also a focus on mathematics from some work done during my undergraduate degree and now continuinng during my Post Graduate studies. I hope you enjoy my blog, and please, feel free to leave comments if something interests you (or doesn’t!).

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Jon