So you think you are a geek, eh? The first step is to admit to yourself your geekiness. No matter what anyone says, geeks are people too; geeks have rights. So take a deep breath and announce to the world that you are a geek. Your courage will give you strength that will last you forever. How to tell the world you are a geek, you ask? Use the universal Geek code! Using this special code will allo... read full post picked by tgkprog 2 months ago

Parts of the code appeared to have been lifted word for word from another school's honor code, without attribution. Even the definition of plagiarism was plagiarized. picked by tigertony 2 years ago

Enter search terms to find relevant sample code from nearly 700 O'Reilly books. The database currently contains over 123,000 individual examples, composed of 2.6 million lines of code — all edited and ready to use picked by 2manyusernames 3 years ago

A SCOTTISH church which featured in the bestselling novel The Da Vinci Code has revealed another mystery hidden in secret code for almost 600 years. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

When 13-year-old Elijah Bell came home from school on his second day of eighth grade he gave his mother the pink warning slip he'd gotten for violating the school's dress code.

His outfit? Pants and a button-up, collared shirt. His violation? The shirt was plaid. picked by nateebiinature 3 months ago

Australian High Court Judge Justice Kirby says computer code is more potent than the law--and that legislators are powerless to do anything about it. Technology has outpaced the legal system's ability to regulate its use in matters of privacy and fair use rights, said Kirby. picked by mahler87 2 years ago

The word, which is the scientific name for a protein containing 267 amino acids. It contains 1,846 letters. Take that, supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. picked by gratheo 2 years ago

It's the word of the day with a twist: sometimes things are easier to learn when sex, drugs, insults and f**king swearing are involved.

Watch out Merriam-Webster picked by suebe 1 month ago

Code Pink continues to protest in front of the Marine recruitment center, trying to deny people's civil rights. Their job is made much easier with Berkeley granting them private parking spaces on the public street. Update to this. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

The offensive section of the dress code? Students have to tuck in their shirts. Yeah, that's it. Because they claimed religious reasons they were singled out for an exemption. picked by bernardblack 7 months ago

Below we offer a summary of STENDEC theories, a primer on Morse code, the official 1947 accident report, and the theories of readers who responded in the week following the initial broadcast on January 30, 2001. Use these to take a stab at solving STENDEC yourself. picked by dollyllama 3 years ago

Students at a UK grammar school used bricks to spell out a certain word for a certain bit of male anatomy (co*k), on the school's roof. Then it was spotted by satellite, in a Google Earth image picked by bornbad 6 months ago

With a debate swirling nationwide over the n-word, a historically black college in Alabama has set aside four days to discuss the racial slur.(and here I thought the problem was with the word "Wiggles") picked by Bornbad 3 years ago

Judge Leonard Davis of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas issued a permanent injunction on Tuesday preventing Microsoft from selling versions of Word that handle custom XML in the form of the .DOCX, .DOCM, and .XML file formats

More HERE with some interesting links picked by Doggylives 4 months ago

Describing itself as "Like Flickr, but without the photos" (in other words, not like Flickr at all), Wordie is a new site that allows you to make lists of words, then hook up with fellow word lovers who share your deep fondness for 'sesquipedalian.' And as we all know, it's only small step from word lover to lover. picked by 2manyusernames 3 years ago

Voters in an online survey by Merriam-Webster have picked the word of the year for 2006. You'll have to open the link to find out what it is, but the picture to the left should give you a hint. picked by Wingnut 3 years ago

No one will be dead, but just like the group did in 1944 when it buried Jim Crow, the laws that institutionalized segregation between blacks and whites in America, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People's leaders are hoping to bury the N-word. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

how we code as we get older, through school, and on up the chain picked by trushafty38 3 years ago

A painter fascinated with The Da Vinci Code committed suicide after becoming convinced "they" were coming to get her for what she knew. picked by BrownTrout 3 years ago

One of the biggest problems that I see in beginner web pages is the overwhelming use of erroneous code and HTML in their web pages. picked by 2manyusernames 3 years ago