Hilbert's Hotel
David Hilbert was an eminent mathematical personality of the 19th century, who put forward this paradox to better illustrate the intricacies of infinity.
My Dream
The Paranoid Webpage
This is a hilarious 404 page, modelled on Marvin, the Paranoid Android.
I could'nt keep myself from rolling on the floor after reading it. Really good.
Keep it up guys.
I could'nt keep myself from rolling on the floor after reading it. Really good.
Keep it up guys.
The Danger Triangle Of The Face
Due to the special nature of the blood supply to the human nose and surrounding area, it is possible for retrograde infections from the nasal area to spread to the brain. For this reason, the area from the corners of the mouth to the bridge of the nose, including the nose and maxilla, is known to doctors as the danger triangle of the face.
[Wikipedia].
[Wikipedia].
The Global Consciousness Project
The Global Consciousness Project(EGG) is one of the most significant of current research projects into parapsychology. Based at Princeton, it researches into the theory that the human consciousness may create an external field which is not detectable via conventional means. Involving, is'nt it??
Princeton
Wikipedia
(through Damn Interesting)
Princeton
Wikipedia
(through Damn Interesting)
inotify
inotify is a replacement for dnotify that overcomes the latter's limitations, such as the inability to unmount the file-system on which we are dnotifying on, the requirement of opening a file-descriptor for every directory we want to be informed, the shortage of the number & type of events and not getting to know the exact file/directory that has changed on disk. inotify overcomes all this by providing a much cleaner interface and is a part of the 2.6.13 kernel. The kernel Documentation is at Documentation/file-systems/inotify.txt.
[Article].
[Article].
Paradox
This is a quote from E.R.S. (Eric.S.Raymond) in his famous "The Cathedral And The Bazaar" that was on my blackboard for quite some time.
"Egoism itself is a form of self-satisfaction for the egoist".
"Egoism itself is a form of self-satisfaction for the egoist".
Hollow Earth
Well, the past week was kinda hectic for me. Let's see, first I attended FOSS.in, visited a coupla places in TN, watched quite a bit of movies & finally started on 2 books; a Virginia Woolf novel & a Physics book. This one's really good....I mean really. Anyway, I'm at a loss for words today. Hopefully, I'll be writing a lot about this book later. Let's kickstart with the Hollow Earth Theory. An excerpt from the book -
"Space and straightness pose subtle challenges. Some strange people maintain that all humans
live on the inside of a sphere; they (usually) call this the hollow Earth theory. They claim that the Moon, the Sun and the stars are all near the centre of the hollow sphere. They also explain that light follows curved paths in the sky and that when usual physicists talk about a distance r from the centre of the Earth, the real hollow Earth distance is: R_hollow_earth = Square(R_real_earth)/r."
Wikipedia Entry.
"Space and straightness pose subtle challenges. Some strange people maintain that all humans
live on the inside of a sphere; they (usually) call this the hollow Earth theory. They claim that the Moon, the Sun and the stars are all near the centre of the hollow sphere. They also explain that light follows curved paths in the sky and that when usual physicists talk about a distance r from the centre of the Earth, the real hollow Earth distance is: R_hollow_earth = Square(R_real_earth)/r."
Wikipedia Entry.
