Supervillains and the Gini Coefficient

A new blog post, coming after a bit of a hiatus, usually begins with acknowledging that very fact. And building upon it.

So, thanks to SMBC and KC, I learnt about the Gini coefficient: a measure of the uniformity of distribution of wealth in a country. This graph essentially measures the uniformity --- or lack thereof --- of the distribution of a nation's wealth among its population. The following graph, taken from Wikipedia, shows that India does not do too badly...depending upon your point of view of course.



For more, look up its entry in Wikipedia.

Building stuff is boring. Much better to simply change the topic.

"Does God Exist?" -- the "Ape not Monkey" take

Another day...

She calls out to the man on the street
"Sir, can you help me?
It's cold and I've nowhere to sleep,
Is there somewhere you can tell me?"

He walks on, doesn't look back
He pretends he can't hear her
Starts to whistle as he crosses the street
Seems embarrassed to be there.


Thanks to PC for the words.

"...they call me a teddybear..."

PZ Myers, one of the most vocal atheists in the world, male or female, describes himself in this interview conducted by a certain Richard Dawkins.

PZ Myers Discussion - RDF Productions - RichardDawkins.net

Rapture: Harold is still Camping...

It just boggles my mind how these people continue to thrive and make utter fools of people and still get heard. I just found out through Jen McCreight's blog that Harold Camping has now revised the date of Rapture. Personally, I hope raptors get him...but I guess he will be unpalatable.

Edit: Here's an amazing joke about the Rapture from RK: "If you can't think of a joke on Rapture, don't worry; it's not like its the end of the world."

How is Chrome built?

Well, according to Pam Greene (Software Engineer), it's built with "wrenches and hammers".

Honey, I'm home? :The well-known QUeuing problem

In other news, according to an IPL (that's the Indian Premier League of CCricket) cheerleader, MS Dhoni is a "polite" guy.

Luke Surl Comics - 449 – No ExQses



[ thanks to RS for the link ]