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Take two plates. Bring them very close in a vacuum. They will attract. The Casimir Effect (free subscription required).

Today, we will know if Napster will survive or die. We will also know what our genes are made of. Speaking of genes, biotech reports are the hottest selling at MultexInvestor.

Eric has updated The Cathedral & the Bazaar

Yahoo’s auction listings fell 82% when they started charging for auctions. But the sales apparantly is steady, and quality of listings is going up. Amazon may follow suit. Looks like the pay-model is the one that will survive on the Net.

Fantastic images at the Internet Ray Tracing Contest and at POVRay.

In Delhi & Mumbai, you can send voice messages, and soon (hopefully) use the telephone to access e-mail. Through Indivoice. They have a long way to go, though, to get on par with Yahoo! by Phone.

NASSCOM 2001 is on.

Typographical errors on San Fransisco sidewalks.

Fucked company reports that X-Drive.com is likely to lay off people. Given their accuracy, I’d recommend anyone having files on X-Drive make backups in the near future.

The Annals of Improbable Research have sent all kinds of things by post. Almost two-thirds were delivered. I doubt if it would happen in India.