Today marks the 280th anniversary of Isaac Newton’s demise. Newton was a man so far above us, he was a genius amongst geniuses. Apart from the obligatory “shoulder of giants” quote, here is one of his more illuminating quotes: I know not what I appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have [...]

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a thousand words! Taken from here. Thanks to Devin.

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Audioscrobbler now lists my tracks in the right order, but with the times backwards. Somewhere, at least one song is played at the right time. How is this possible, you ask? In a Virenskian universe, anything goes. Credit for the term “Virenskian” must go to my friend Juan.

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Maybe Einstein would have liked Morbid Angel? If he’d lived in Florida in the late 90s, maybe Von Neumann would have gone to early Death shows, or hung out with Obituary and Deicide. What about someone like Ramanujan? Would he have worked on infinite series while playing Suffocation in the background, a la “‘Despise the [...]

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I’ve been very busy of late. What with homework and work and a new girlfriend and all, I simply have very little spare time. However, the two papers I have to write this term are on topics I know a little about: IBM and the Holocaust: Based on Edwin Black’s book of the same name, [...]

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Bertrand Russell was once asked whether he was prepared to die for his beliefs. “Of course not”, the great sage replied immediately. “After all, I may be wrong.”

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Researching my term paper led me to this page: http://microcosm.web.cern.ch/Microcosm/P10/english/P0.html As Carl Sagan said: The earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena. Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that in glory and in triumph they could become the momentary masters of a fraction [...]

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