Hors d’Å“uvres
Hors d’Å“uvre is a ridiculously complicated word. Can we just say “appetizer”? Or perhaps we could simplify it with an English spelling. “Horderves”?
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Computer Science Tragedy
One of the greatest tragedies of computer science is that the names of good programming languages stink.
History of Manuscript Discovery
Letter from Paul Byer, the USC graduate who is the originator of the inductive method of scripture study.
Plural of axis
Axes is a heteronym, the plural of both axis and axe.
World’s loudest alarm clock
Talk about getting a jolt in the morning! Sonic Bomb Alarm Clock, louder than a jackhammer.
Edited Numb3rs Article on Wikipedia
Yay, I actually made a good edit to a Wikpedia article that didn’t immediately get reverted. [Update] It’s still there, so all is well. Wikipedia rocks! The statement I edited now reads: Scenes which take place at CalSci, where Eppes and Fleinhardt are on the faculty, are filmed at Caltech and USC. One of the…Continue Reading…