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Unix Dict/grep Solves Left-Side-of-Keyboard Puzzle
destinyland writes "For decades, people have been asking this brain teaser: 'What's the longest word you can type with only the left-hand letters on a keyboard?' The answer is supposed to be 'stewardesses,' but grepping the standard dictionary that ships with Unix reveals
a much better answer. There's nearly 2,000 shorter words that can typed with only the left hand — including one word that's even longer. (The article also quotes a failed novel attempt using nothing but words typed on the keyboard's left side.)"
My thoughts exactly, I was wondering if I had somehow enabled the idle section by accident again.
And anybody that learned about grep the first time reading this article should hand in their geek card ;)
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Stewardess Porn is still the longest wank material you can google with your left hand
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...type http://www.uniform/ fetish.com/pics/stewardesses/ with one hand.
Gentoo Linux - another day, another USE flag.
Technology is the new idle. The hope is we will make ourselves seem like a bunch of confused Luddites when we start tagging things technologyispants.
With the added benefit of confusing Haggar's advertising exec's about to roll out their new campaign, "Pants is technology!" with an adorable Russian Blue cat for a spokesperson.
-=Bang Bang=-
The longest word I got was 'redrawerredrawers', which probably indicates that my wordfile is corrupted.
databases were devertebrated after stewardesses were watered
Always proofread carefully to see if you any words out.
One would think that there would be some love for us with a preference for a more efficient keyboard layout...
Sorry... those tags are improper for this article as they require the use of both sides of the keyboard.
Oh yeah? Well, I typed my reply with my left penis!
What do you mean, you only have one penis?
Personally, I'm much more likely to type "stewardesses" into a search engine when I need to use only one hand... for whatever reason.
Mornington Crescent!
AT&ROFLMAO
"sweaterdresses are great" can be typed entirely with the left hand.
"stewardesses have the greatest assets"
I win! :D
What official body is making up these rules?
I'm not sure, but I'd start the search by eliminating all those bodies with a working right hand.
which is totally what she said
No, no, no. That's not how the game is played . . ..
Is it cheating to use a Dvorak layout designed for people that can use only one hand?
There's nearly 2,000 shorter words that can typed with only the left hand â" including one word that's even longer.
Wait, there is a word that is both shorter and longer than "stewardesses"?
No, that's perfectly acceptable in the American version, and it might even be within Icelandic rules as well.
I think it's only acceptable in the Official American Ruleset, and then only when out of croop. The cromulent thing to do in this case is invoke Toksvig's Protocol (if Reynold's Standard Opening is allowed).
It's not so much eliminating those bodies with a working right hand as eliminating those with a right hand that is not otherwise engaged.
The real "Libtards" are the Libertarians!
The longest word I can type with my left hand is "okupukupu", you QWERTY-using insensitive clods!
[15:44:56] ~$ grep -i '^[pyaoeuiqjkx]\{14,\}$' /usr/share/dict/words /usr/share/dict/words /usr/share/dict/words /usr/share/dict/words /usr/share/dict/words /usr/share/dict/words
[15:44:58] ~$ grep -i '^[pyaoeuiqjkx]\{13,\}$'
[15:45:04] ~$ grep -i '^[pyaoeuiqjkx]\{12,\}$'
[15:45:07] ~$ grep -i '^[pyaoeuiqjkx]\{11,\}$'
[15:45:12] ~$ grep -i '^[pyaoeuiqjkx]\{10,\}$'
[15:45:16] ~$ grep -i '^[pyaoeuiqjkx]\{9,\}$'
okupukupu
I stole this sig from someone cleverer than me.
later, on the same flight, when i caught him in there a second time, i redestewardessed him.
Oh, right. I think I recall something like this happening during the Robertson-Glass game a few years back. In that particular case, I believe it was deemed acceptable under the Fahlenburg exception.
You have a very good memory. I know the R-G #1 game was pretty big -- are you talking about that one, or maybe the rematch in which Robertson was accused of having a computer read out possible stations to him via otic implant?
The answer is "starcraft" guys.
*crickets chirping*
You mean the cheese there doesn't attract them?
You are welcome on my lawn.
I use a Dvorak layout, you insensitive clod!
Get thee glass eyes, and, like a scurvy politician, seem to see things thou dost not.--King Lear
Z is a non-contiguous zone with a higher than normal left keyboardyness.
We don't believe in radical loony monotheistic religions from the middle east -- we're Christians.
I think you're holding something *else* in your right hand, and that these "passwords" are for porn sites.
Ian Ameline