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Why Ask Why

I know I should be writing posts about RF / Microwave, Wireless communications topics, but I thought these WHY questions would be more interesting to investigate !

  • Why do we press harder on a remote control when we know the batteries are getting dead?
  • Why do banks charge a fee on “insufficient funds” when they know there is not enough money?
  • Why does someone believe you when you say there are four billion stars, but check when you say the paint is wet?
  • Why doesn’t glue stick to the bottle?
  • Why do they use sterilized needles for death by lethal injection?
  • Why doesn’t Tarzan have a beard?
  • Why does Superman stop bullets with his chest, but ducks when you throw a revolver at him?
  • Why do Kamikaze pilots wear helmets?
  • Whose idea was it to put an “S” in the word “lisp”?
  • If people evolved from apes, why are there still apes?
  • Why is it that no matter what color bubble bath you use the bubbles are always white?
  • Is there ever a day that mattresses are not on sale?
  • Why do people constantly return to the refrigerator with hopes that something new to eat will have materialized?
  • Why do people keep running over a string a dozen times with their vacuum cleaner, then reach down, pick it up, examine it, then put it down to give the vacuum one more chance?
  • Why is it that no plastic bag will open from the end on your first try?
  • How do those dead bugs get into those enclosed light fixtures?
  • When we are in the supermarket and someone rams our ankle with a shopping cart then apologizes for doing so, why do we say, “It’s all right?” Well, it isn’t all right, so why don’t we say, “That hurt, you stupid idiot?”
  • Why is it that whenever you attempt to catch something that’s falling off the table you always manage to knock something else over?
  • In winter why do we try to keep the house as warm as it was in summer when we complained about the heat?
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Gapminder Trendalyzer Swedish bought by Google

I have met Hans Rosling from Gapminder.org back in 2003. But it was ultimate that Hans wanted to sell Trendalyzer Gapminder to Google and here goes how he made fun of the Top Swedish students and professors. A Funny and rich presentation where Gapminder should be the tool that each school can use around the world.

That’s how the word pliable comes to its vast meaning. Watch Hans Rosling From Gapminder.

Read more about Gapminder and Trendalyzer’s acquisition by Google.

Why do you see lower case Titles in Yahoo ?

It has been like this for a while when you search brands or search some old or newly built web sites on Yahoo, you only get results with some keyword in the titles and titles are shown in lower case and never in capital cases.

Reasons so far:
One of the reason can be the name of the brand
Another reason can be all anchor text coming from images or in textual links is shown as in lower case.
Third reason for seeing those lower case in yahoo can be due to some disconnectivity between what you submit in the past to yahoo directory and is still yahoo data centers.