Monthly Archives: December 2004

8oz vs Half pound . . . . .

It really is funny how one seems “more” than the other.

I noticed this when I saw both on the same menu. The menu was describing 2 burgers that the restaurant offered (amongst other items). For the more basic choice it was 8oz and the more fancy offering (which came with sauted onions and mushroom etc) it was half pound of beef.

Of course, the more basic one was under $6 and the half pound one was $7.99 ;o)

– manzoor

CoVi

It was my first time working at a hardware company. We actually made the camera and the recording unit that went with the camera. Made all the firmware and also the software.

I forget exactly how large it was when I joined, but it had grown to about 150 but later had to slim down to about 70. Eventually about a 30 of us were acquired first by GE and then sold off to UTC.

– manzoor

Lost in Translation

  • Director – Sofia Coppola
  • Actor – Bill Murray, Scarlett Johansson
  • Release Date

I simply loved this movie. It’s definitely a little weird (the making of the movie) but that’s what made it so special.

The very last scene was one of the best scenes I’ve ever seen.

– manzoor

Man & Woman

“The weaker sex is the stronger sex,
because of the weakness of the stronger sex
for the weaker sex.”

Maybe I should call this “Man vs Woman” but I really want to keep this away from being comparative.

The other day my friend (he’s a psychiatrist) was saying how Man and Woman differ. For example, in a breakup – a woman will have a bigger crisis before the actual event. Once the breakup happens she will “move on” faster / better than the man. The longer a man is in a relationship the more dependent he becomes on his SO – without realizing it.

Of course I got this from my friend and never really looked into it or asked him where I could get more info. By the way, it has now been almost 15 years and I don’t even recall who this friend of mine was 😦

But let’s assume that my friend was right, does it then imply that the woman is the stronger sex because she is able to move on from one to the next faster?

– manzoor

P.S. I have kept the original post below just to give me a reference of where I started.

==================THE ORIGINAL POST=====================

“The weaker sex is the stronger sex,
because of the weakness of the stronger sex
for the weaker sex.”

Maybe I should call this “Man vs Woman” but I really want to keep this away from being comparitive.

The other day my friend (he’s a psychiarist) was saying how Man and Woman differ. For example, in a breakup – a woman will have a bigger crisis before the actual event. Once the breakup happens she will “move on” faster / better than the man.

The longer a man is in a relationship the more dependent he becomes on his SO – without realizing it.

So, the question really becomes – who is the stronger sex? The above quote is valid only if we assume Man to be the stronger sex. But if my friend is right, then we have to declare Woman to be the stronger sex.

– manzoor