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Archimedes may have anticipated a bit of Cantor’s work on infinity. In mathematical history terms, that’s about as big as the ancient Greeks invented aeroplanes.

The Internet Oracle (ultimate source of Internet humour, IMHO) is alive and well.

If you thought HAL and IBM in 2001: A Space Odyssey was clever, you should read this article to learn out about the pun in Gattaca.

Celera’s Genomic News is a pretty good source of information on what’s happening in genetic engineering.

Sanskrit texts and bhajans are available as audio.

Learn courtesy at CourtesyFlush.

Am I Annoying has a list of the most and least annoying people in the world. The most annoying person I’d heard of in that list was Steven Seagal (the least was Kate Winslet)

David Wheeler’s report shows how open source is quantintatively better than Windows. All it needs is a good user interface, a suite of applications, and a little less fanaticism about keeping it free, in order for it to commercialise.

Someone wanted to know dating sites in India. Bachelors India, India dating, Bharatplanet singles, Yahoo India dating, Dating club, Singles India and Dhak dhak.

The Machiavellian Intelligence hypothesis says that the brain evolved more for its social purpose, than for finding food and things like that. Incidentally, Google’s collection on evolution is as comprehensive as ever.