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By jdupuis on September 7, 2010.

Inspired by Bora, but with perhaps a slightly different emphasis.

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  • Wikipedia for Credit
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  • Geeky fun: The "sound" of different sorting algorithms
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  • Wikipedia, and the librarians who hate and fear it and Wikipedia Sucks!
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