Absolute Zero - Engineering Humor @ −273.15°C : Introduction!
CEans,
We're totally excited and chilled to announce "Absolute Zero" - Engineering Humor @ −273.15°C : Our weekly comic strip!
Why a strip like this?
Well, we wanted to take a funny look at a profession or education which all of us have been a part of. Some of us practice it, some evangelize it, some have changed careers, but there is one truth - all of us will chuckle when we see an engineering-based joke. You can take an engineer out of engineering, but you can never take engineering out of an engineer.
What Absolute Zero will do is make you laugh, and we request you to look upon it with an open mind. There will be times where you feel that the noble profession has been made fun of - that is not that aim of the strip, at all. It's to give ourselves a relief from the phone reviews and CERN's latest experiments with the Hadron Collider and remind us of the lighter side as well.
Absolute Zero will be a weekly affair (we hope!) and will be published in this space. At times there will be stick figures, at times there will be properly drawn (well - as well as we can draw) characters, at times there will be single-panel comics and graphs as well - so there's lots of variety here - just like your 6th semester electives!
We hope you enjoy Absolute Zero as much as we enjoyed putting it together, and look forward to your brickbats and bouquets. We don't accept donations as of now, but feel free to send in your miniature van de Graaf generators.
We're totally excited and chilled to announce "Absolute Zero" - Engineering Humor @ −273.15°C : Our weekly comic strip!
Why a strip like this?
Well, we wanted to take a funny look at a profession or education which all of us have been a part of. Some of us practice it, some evangelize it, some have changed careers, but there is one truth - all of us will chuckle when we see an engineering-based joke. You can take an engineer out of engineering, but you can never take engineering out of an engineer.
What Absolute Zero will do is make you laugh, and we request you to look upon it with an open mind. There will be times where you feel that the noble profession has been made fun of - that is not that aim of the strip, at all. It's to give ourselves a relief from the phone reviews and CERN's latest experiments with the Hadron Collider and remind us of the lighter side as well.
Absolute Zero will be a weekly affair (we hope!) and will be published in this space. At times there will be stick figures, at times there will be properly drawn (well - as well as we can draw) characters, at times there will be single-panel comics and graphs as well - so there's lots of variety here - just like your 6th semester electives!
We hope you enjoy Absolute Zero as much as we enjoyed putting it together, and look forward to your brickbats and bouquets. We don't accept donations as of now, but feel free to send in your miniature van de Graaf generators.
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I_am_Kunal :)Please also connect the 4-5 teasers to this . 😀
How do the first two teasers match to this ?
I mean the name of the Strip is there in the teasers. But how could people guess it was about comic strip ? 😀
People were scratching there heads over superconductors and what-not . 😏 -
Ankita KatdareTotally excited about this new launch on CE.
It was time we had a dedicated comic strip for all of us, crazy engineers.
It will be great fun to come back each week to see whats new from 'Absolute Zero'.
Feel free to share these strips with fellow engineers.
PS: I agree you take away absolute zero from this. 😛 but then, thats the point. -
Ankita Katdare
😁 In tough times, we often don't look at the easy options.I_am_Kunal :)Please also connect the 4-5 teasers to this . 😀
How do the first two teasers match to this ?
I mean the name of the Strip is there in the teasers. But how could people guess it was about comic strip ? 😀
People were scratching there heads over superconductors and what-not . 😏 -
Kaustubh KatdareThe teasers should have helped members guess that a new feature called 'Absolute Zero' is being launched. The last strip should have enabled them guess that it's a comic. We'd discussed the launch of comic strip on CE, right? I'm surprised no one even thought of the launch of comic strip! 😁
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PraveenKumar Purushothaman
Rightu!!! But a good start guys!!! 😀The_Big_KThe teasers should have helped members guess that a new feature called 'Absolute Zero' is being launched. The last strip should have enabled them guess that it's a comic. We'd discussed the launch of comic strip on CE, right? I'm surprised no one even thought of the launch of comic strip! 😁 -
Kaustubh KatdareAlright, your comments on the strips are going to encourage us and motivate us to keep coming up with amazing strips!
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Sahithi Pallavi
Yes we have discussed about CE Comic strips many times. But I didn't expected that a new forum would be launched specially for them. It's really a surprise 😀The_Big_KThe teasers should have helped members guess that a new feature called 'Absolute Zero' is being launched. The last strip should have enabled them guess that it's a comic. We'd discussed the launch of comic strip on CE, right? I'm surprised no one even thought of the launch of comic strip! 😁 -
ISHAN TOPRE
Why, I was the closest. I said you are *joking*! Give me my *seriously* earned INR 500 straightaway 😁The_Big_KThe teasers should have helped members guess that a new feature called 'Absolute Zero' is being launched. The last strip should have enabled them guess that it's a comic. We'd discussed the launch of comic strip on CE, right? I'm surprised no one even thought of the launch of comic strip! 😁 -
I_am_Kunal :)The_Big_KThe teasers should have helped members guess that a new feature called 'Absolute Zero' is being launched. The last strip should have enabled them guess that it's a comic. We'd discussed the launch of comic strip on CE, right? I'm surprised no one even thought of the launch of comic strip! 😁
True. But most of us were thinking that 'Absolute Zero' would be a 'Property (Philosophy)' and not a 'Proper Name (Philosophy)'. That is where we went off the track in the first place. 😉 .
You are right about the last strip , but it came in too late. In short the puzzle was too difficult to crack. 👍 -
Kaustubh KatdareIt wasn't a puzzle at all. I'd agree that the oldies here should have guessed it. I knew we didn't give out direct hints; but it's all meant to be fun. Serious competitions would soon follow. Be ready; you'll love them! 😀
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PraveenKumar PurushothamanCongoz to Issue!!! The Prize Winner! 😛
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Harshad ItaliyaSuperb Job Admin. 👍
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lalDo you accept nuclear reactors too..? 😛 I have one set up 😁 sending it
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vincicongrats to all CEians for inauguration of the comic
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Harish KotraNo one expected this but from that guessing thread one thing is clearly evident. People want something else more but this is something else 😀
Good idea to keep CE on the high always. But that guessing thread needs to be looked at once again for any future ventures 😉 -
PraveenKumar Purushothaman
Continuing, so that the best guess with feasibility is awarded again with 500 INR! 😁Harish KotraNo one expected this but from that guessing thread one thing is clearly evident. People want something else more but this is something else 😀
Good idea to keep CE on the high always. But that guessing thread needs to be looked at once again for any future ventures 😉 -
ashuashiGud Job...awaiting to see weekly updates...😀
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cchandansjce"You can take an engineer out of engineering, but you can never take engineering out of an engineer."
Very much true Big_k 😀 -
lalit.joshicool... m joining CE now but really excited for absolute zero concept, m very happy and will surely try to put some jokes.🎉
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ISHAN TOPREIs absolute zero closed?
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Kaustubh Katdare
It's on halt for few days.IssueIs absolute zero closed? -
prashpan
why? i look forward to this every week.Kaustubh KatdareIt's on halt for few days. -
Kaustubh KatdareFrankly speaking, the budget doesn't allow us to keep AZ going. There are two ways to deal with it -
- Everyone contributes to a monthly fund to keep AZ going.
- Everyone works towards bringing more traffic to CE by creating interesting discussions, informing friends and making sure that we keep on getting fresh content every hour. That should help us attract more advertisers and pay for AZ.
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Jeffrey ArulrajBoth are feasible in my sight. But having a section Defunc is not a real nice thing for any fora
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zaverithe second option seems more feasible . but what i don't understand is why does AZ require financing. isn't it just another section in CE, with the exception that only chuck is allowed to post there ?
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Kaustubh Katdare
Chuck's work is creative and he does it for a fee.zaverithe second option seems more feasible . but what i don't understand is why does AZ require financing. isn't it just another section in CE, with the exception that only chuck is allowed to post there ? -
GurjapI'll try to login via facebook and see if I can share some of AZ on it- or is that allowed?
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Jeffrey Arulraj
Big Guy then Why not remove this section or do some thing so that it does not goes Defunc that is not so good for CE you know it right ???Kaustubh KatdareChuck's work is creative and he does it for a fee. -
Kaustubh KatdareWe are hoping to activate Absolute Zero soon, provided the finances are worked out. The decision on the future of AZ is currently 'on hold'.
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GurjapSo, any updates?
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abhijit basakGood morning all ........
waiting for all of you
Herbal tea with T-scale stirrer ...... from engineers point of view
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