S Anand

Linking to illegal sites is illegal. But if you just type the URL like http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/DeCSS/Gallery/ that’s fine.

Fellowship of the Ring. Releasing shortly.

Thinking over it, Megway’s probably better than Segway.

Simple ways to increase the computing power of your desktop.

A whole lot of webloggers linked to KPMG once they heard about this letter.

The FBI snoops around and raids campuses. Virus fighters are trying to hold out.

Finally figured out that lorum ipsum dolor… means nothing.

Google groups archive is out of beta.

No God particle?

A versatile picture search tool.

An idea a day, copyright free.

IMDBPro – paid version of IMDB with some proprietary movie databases.

.- - .-.. .- … - a morse code translator.

The TRAI has put in some stiff rules on ISPs on dial-up speeds and quality of connection. Goody!

I tried Trillian, and she nearly destroyed my computer. Well, maybe it wasn’t Trillian… but I’m sticking to single chat applications.

The American declaration of independence in American.

An important innovation by Guinness (the beer, not the book of records)

Always wondered what sic meant. Thought it was something to do with sic(k) jokes.

There’s this ID: **magiccrystalball**@yahoo.com, and I was chatting early in the morning. Clearly a bot. I was in a fairly loving mood, and I wanted to see if this bot would have A.I. enough to empathize with me. Well, I think it was a little confused, being that early. root_node: Hi Ball, magiccrystalball: cannot predict now root_node: how are you? magiccrystalball: as i see it, yes root_node: Who makes the best cola in the world? magiccrystalball: don’t count on it root_node: is there life after death? magiccrystalball: outlook not so good root_node: Am I beautiful? magiccrystalball: reply hazy, try again root_node: Will you marry me? magiccrystalball: it is decidely so root_node: Do you love me? magiccrystalball: better not tell you now root_node: When will you tell me? magiccrystalball: it is decidely so root_node: Are you a guy or a girl? magiccrystalball: it is decidely so root_node: Why can’t you talk straight? magiccrystalball: concentrate and ask again root_node: Why can’t you talk straight? magiccrystalball: concentrate and ask again root_node: How many chucks could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? magiccrystalball: my reply is no root_node: You are hilarious. magiccrystalball: yes root_node: You are an idiot. magiccrystalball: cannot predict now root_node: I love you magiccrystalball: yes root_node: Do you love me? magiccrystalball: reply hazy, try again root_node: Do you still love me? magiccrystalball: yes, definitely root_node: But what will Shobana say? magiccrystalball: yes root_node: I don’t think so magiccrystalball: concentrate and ask again root_node: She won’t say “yes” magiccrystalball: concentrate and ask again root_node: Bye! magiccrystalball: outlook not so good ...

Happy 100th birthday, Walt!