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ironic (comparative more ironic, superlative most ironic)
Adjective
      1. Both coincidental and contradictory in a humorous or poignant and extremely improbable way.

may the person who first coined "blog" rot in hell

"giraffe - Wiktionary
giraffe (plural giraffes). A ruminant, of the genus Giraffa, of the African Savannah with long legs and highly elongated neck, which make it the tallest ..."

So, if they haven't gotten the DNA analysis wrong (I think they may have), they would bump the genus up to specie and run the a, b, c, d, e, f routine - works for me :)

Entropic Doom will get us anyway, that is if this theory doesn't work out.

...you can't have "more ubiquitous" or "less ubiquitous" because ubiquitous means "present everywhere" -- it actually derives from the Latin for "everywhere":

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ubiquitous

Hence something is either ubiquitous or not -- there are no gradations of ubiquity.

Try "more widespread" instead of "more ubiquitous"...

In my limited observation of the phenomenon, the consensus has generally been reached among mathematical WP editors that the proofs do not belong in the main article about the "Foo function", and they are often not notable as articles themselves (i.e. "Proof of the foo function" pages). As a result, attaching relevant proofs to an article as a subpage has become something of a pattern. I've seen it well done in some of the General Relativity articles (it functions nicely as a sort of appendix for the article where all of the relevant proofs are collected). Anyways, this problem has been solved before with dictionary definitions. (i.e. moved to http://wiktionary.org/) It seems to me like a similar solution would work here. In fact now that I look, it seems that someone has proposed such a project, although not targeted at solving this particular issue. It seems to have not gotten very far though.

Wiktionary has a good explanation of the phrase used to and various negative forms.

I thought "to rodger" aleady was a verb. Brittish dialect.
Thought it meant something from the days of sailing ships, and was a sexual reference.
Here we go http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/roger :
Verb
    Infinitive
        to roger
    Third person singular
        rogers
Simple past
        rogered
Past participle
        rogered
Present participle
        rogering
to roger (third-person singular simple present rogers, present participle rogering, simple past rogered, past participle rogered)
      1. (transitive, coarse slang) Of a man, to have sexual intercourse with (someone), specially in a rough manner.
      2. (intransitive, coarse slang) To have sexual intercourse.
Synonyms
      * See WikiSaurus:sexual intercourse

Of uncertain origin; theories include:

• an acronym from "we own the other team";
• an onomatopoeia representing the sound of capture sirens from online capture the flag games;
• a blend of wow and loot;
• a leetspeak mutation of whoo, what or root;
• a corruption of root, shouted by hackers when they obtain root-level access in a targeted system.

Honestly I have no idea where it came from so like any good slashdotter, I ran to wiki and then called my search over.

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/w00t

Wiki doesn't even know the true origin of the word and while I joke about the correctness of wiki, when it comes to pop culture and memes, there is no better source than a million dorks the world over pouring their hobbies into a database.

I suggest you familiarize yourself with this gentleman who inspired this English adjective.

Sorry but I feel obliged to opint out that the word is albeit

Specie : http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/specie
Specimen : http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/specimen

Specie : http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/specie
Specimen : http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/specimen

I agree. But they're right to be scared of Harvard's lawyers -- they must be the bee's knees

Actually, "plagiate" isn't English but rather Italian.

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Luser_Attitude_Readjustment_Tool. LART early, LART often.

Boxen.
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/boxen

The flip-up protective cover is officially known as a molly guard.

If every user expected every /. article to contain hyperlinks to define every little word larger than two syllables, the it would indeed be a pile of shit.

I seem to remember that the folks that bring you the expurgated versions say that they aren't modifying the original in any way, which is why they don't get hammered with the DMCA or any of the other copyright acts, but it seems a minor difference to me...

So in your mind, proof and evidence are the same thing?

And the rest of us should care what you think, why?

So in your mind, proof and evidence are the same thing?

And the rest of us should care what you think, why?

So you found one error, based on some obscure piece of knowledge so specific, you probably either have gotten into edit wars over. Or perhaps you check every document that defines hydrogen, and find this error in most publications written for people lacking postgraduate degrees in the sciences. If my guess is correct you only prove that veriopedia is as bad as "respectable" references.

Such a project is totally useless. Ten seconds of google search (the website was already down) led to an error: under Hydrogen, there is listed the origin "Latin: hydrogenium". Hydrogen was derived from French "hydrogene". Although the construction "hydrogenium" does exist, it's a rare (possibly obsolete?) usage that was coined in English to emphasize in certain contexts the metal-like properties of hydrogen. And oops, Wiktionary could have told them that: Wiktionary on Hydrogenium

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary Threefold \Three"fold`\, a. [OE. [thorn]reofald; cf. AS. [thorn]r[=i]feald.] Consisting of three, or thrice repeated; triple; as, threefold justice.

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/threefold threefold 1. three times as great 2. triple

What they really need is the TLDR rule for automatically rejecting patent applications.

This[Citation needed] is to be expected. A lot of people read Wikipedia to look up stuff and learn and all that. They never really wanted to edit it though cuz they're lazu. And then when they look up a topic near and dear to their heart[Citation needed] like a specific video game or show and find something incorrect or totally lacking[Citation needed] and just can't bear to not do something about it[Citation needed]. But that's as far as the motivation takes them. I'd assume the majority of editors are like that. Who has like hours and hours to write really good articles all the time?

This[Citation needed] is to be expected. A lot of people read Wikipedia to look up stuff and learn and all that. They never really wanted to edit it though cuz they're lazu. And then when they look up a topic near and dear to their heart[Citation needed] like a specific video game or show and find something incorrect or totally lacking[Citation needed] and just can't bear to not do something about it[Citation needed]. But that's as far as the motivation takes them. I'd assume the majority of editors are like that. Who has like hours and hours to write really good articles all the time?

You'd think so, but how much do you want your 7-yo learning about bukkakke? Granted, I don't know if that's the site Mac uses, or if they use the Wiktionary. I'm a fan of completeness, but some things can wait to be discovered (and some things can wait forever :P).

Your distinction between "then" and "than" is too simplistic and incomplete. Your first example is correct, your second one (wrongly "correcting" the tagging) is not. It is good to see you taking an interest in the difference between "then" and "than" but you obviously haven't completed your study. You can become better educated on these two words at the following links:

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/then
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/than

Your distinction between "then" and "than" is too simplistic and incomplete. Your first example is correct, your second one (wrongly "correcting" the tagging) is not. It is good to see you taking an interest in the difference between "then" and "than" but you obviously haven't completed your study. You can become better educated on these two words at the following links:

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/then
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/than

Although I disagree with what you have written, I appreciate learning a new word. Thankyou.
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fellatrice

fellatrice
English
Noun
fellatrice (plural fellatrices)
(rare) A woman who performs fellatio; a fellatrix.

Tact

1. The sense of touch; feeling.
2. The stroke in beating time.
3. Sensitive mental touch; peculiar skill or faculty; nice perception or discernment; ready power of appreciating and doing what is required by circumstances.
( http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tact )

Tack

1. small nail with a flat head
2. loose seam used to temporarily fasten pieces of cloth
3. (nautical) part of a sail (Wikipedia) specifically the lower corner on the leading edge of the sail relative to the direction of the wind.
4. (nautical) direction, hence approach try a different tack. Specifically a course or direction that enables the vessel to head upwind. See also reach, gybe.
5. part of the harnessing for a draft animal or riding animal, e.g. a horse pulling a wagon, or a riding horse. Includes bit, bridle and reins.
( http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tack )

Tack No. 4

People miss this one all the time, you adopt a tack, tact is what I lack :-)

Tact

1. The sense of touch; feeling.
2. The stroke in beating time.
3. Sensitive mental touch; peculiar skill or faculty; nice perception or discernment; ready power of appreciating and doing what is required by circumstances.
( http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tact )

Tack

1. small nail with a flat head
2. loose seam used to temporarily fasten pieces of cloth
3. (nautical) part of a sail (Wikipedia) specifically the lower corner on the leading edge of the sail relative to the direction of the wind.
4. (nautical) direction, hence approach try a different tack. Specifically a course or direction that enables the vessel to head upwind. See also reach, gybe.
5. part of the harnessing for a draft animal or riding animal, e.g. a horse pulling a wagon, or a riding horse. Includes bit, bridle and reins.
( http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tack )

Tack No. 4

People miss this one all the time, you adopt a tack, tact is what I lack :-)

*whoosh* http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/loose http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lose

*whoosh* http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/loose http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lose

Note that this term may have derived from the word "gypsy", although no direct evidence exists.

One could argue that someone with a nucular device is[...]

OK, I can't upload HoTCS, and I doubt you have a copy sitt, but the following links might be useful.

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algorithm
• http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/algorithm
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heuristics
• http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/heuristic

OK, I can't upload HoTCS, and I doubt you have a copy sitt, but the following links might be useful.

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algorithm
• http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/algorithm
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heuristics
• http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/heuristic

How is Microsoft holding free software innovation back? How is this Office Suite or Open Office more innovative than MS Office? At least they innovated the new Ribbons interface whereas OO seems to be stuck on cloning the older versions. The only better thing I've seen in OO was that it used a gzipped xml compared to the opaque binary files that MS Office uses, but this hardly matters for the business users out there.

Your questions are important ones and need good answers for those who don't see the obvious. I don't know if you read my blog entry "SCO finally dead! MS next?" even though I don't prove my statements there about Microsoft having hold free innovation back, merely indicates the explanation for those who have same type of insight as me, which is not rare, about 50% of the people I know have this insight.

However, if you are very young and have grown up with the PC only, no Unix, no Lisa, no Mac, no Amiga then I don't expect you to have this insight. To achieve this you need to care a lot about computers and have been around them for a few decades. For my own I took my MSc in engineering physics with a enhanced focus on computer science 1981. After that I was working with software development and systems design the next ten years, teaching, research and development the next ten years, resulting in a PhD in computer science 2003 (my thesis, pdf) and I am now working as a researcher and research consultant in own company when at the same time developing a new business idea a mass innovation concept Wish-IT® to encourage free innovation, to give consumers, manufacturers and investors what they want.

To make a few brief statements about Microsoft.

1. Bill Gates is smart, but he lacks visions and he doesn't really care much about computers and computer science. He is a hacker, but unfortunately lacking the philosophy and spirit of a hacker his interest was just to make money on computer hacks. OK, something he managed quite well though...
2. Bill Gates as being the

Wrong, the word "Nevada" actually means "snow fall" or "snow storm", look http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nevada.

Wikipedia isn't very consistent:
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/censorship
Here's the thing. So you think Walmart should be forced to carry media that may offend its customers? What if it offends the owners? Should a little Jewish owned bookstore be force to carry pro-Nazi books?

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/censorship

Please explain to me how Walmart is controlling a bands freedom of expression? I'll say it again. Walmart cannot prevent a group from releasing a song with offensive lyrics. Just as they can't prevent the release of another GTA game, or any other media they won't carry because of its content.

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/deign

Note the prescribed usage as an intransitive verb. Seems to match up with the way Tech ARP uses it.