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Here is a little language trivia from Riothero:

What is the longest word you can spell without repeating a letter?

What is the longest world with just one vowel?

What is the only English word with a triple letter?

What is the longest commonly used word with no letter appearing more than once?

What is the word with the longest definition, in most dictionaries?

What is the longest common word without an a, e, i, o, or u?

What is the shortest -ology (study of) word?

What is the only two common words with six consonants in a row?

What is the longest English word with letters appearing in Alphabetical order?

Check out his post for the answers.
- jim 10-02-2000 2:14 pm [link] [1 ref] [add a comment]

Poor George W. Everybody makes fun of him. (Let the page load, it's worth it in a really juvenille sort of way.)
- jim 10-01-2000 7:17 pm [link] [add a comment]

Mike said the site was boring yesterday, so I'm trying to come up with a lot of links today. Because I don't really have time to scour the whole net, I'm just stealing a few from memepool (this one, and the last two.)

Anyway, here's the Hacker FAQ which will help answer any questions you might have about hiring a hacker.
- jim 10-01-2000 7:05 pm [link] [1 comment]

Here's the first three chapters of a graphic novel about the Presidential race: S2K. The author (artist?) says:

If there was ever any question of how I view the common voter, politicians and modern American politics, this serialized graphic novel should make everything clear by page 4. S2K is my hate filled manifesto, my ultimatum, my revealed contempt, and my pie smashed into the face of the political machine. Read it with gritted teeth. This election year, the American political system goes all to Hell...

- jim 10-01-2000 6:59 pm [link] [add a comment]

Did you know the CIA bought the film rights to Orwell's Animal Farm?
- jim 10-01-2000 6:47 pm [link] [add a comment]