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| 25 new of 905 responses total. |
kentn
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response 425 of 905:
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Jul 3 02:02 UTC 2000 |
Okay, I'm a-thinkin' of a six-letter word.
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aruba
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response 426 of 905:
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Jul 3 02:17 UTC 2000 |
teepee
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kentn
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response 427 of 905:
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Jul 3 05:04 UTC 2000 |
teepee 0 (aruba)
A summary of guesses on the current word can be found in the file
~kentn/letter.match
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rcurl
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response 428 of 905:
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Jul 3 05:55 UTC 2000 |
Thanks, Mark! I will do this.
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rcurl
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response 429 of 905:
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Jul 3 06:33 UTC 2000 |
OK. ~rcurl/l.m.words now has the most recent word first. How would I
say this: the list is in ascending age order?
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aruba
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response 430 of 905:
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Jul 3 15:43 UTC 2000 |
... or in descending order by date. Thanks Rane!
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rcurl
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response 431 of 905:
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Jul 3 17:16 UTC 2000 |
The reason I didn't know tac is that it isn't in _Unix for Dummies_ :).
I wondered what "tac" is short for....so did a man tac, and discovered that
it is cat reversed. That sure helps to remember it.
I've always gotten confused by the "ascending" and "descending"
terminology. It is not apparent whether it refers to ascending or
descending the *list* or the *values* in the list. One could say the list
is in ascending descending order, when the smallest values are at the top
of the list. Then descending ascending order would mean the same thing!
What is implicit? That one is allows *reading* the list in descending
order?
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prp
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response 432 of 905:
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Jul 3 22:35 UTC 2000 |
livers
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kentn
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response 433 of 905:
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Jul 3 23:49 UTC 2000 |
livers 0 (prp)
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aruba
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response 434 of 905:
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Jul 4 00:44 UTC 2000 |
Re #431: If you accept SQL terminology, ascending means the first item in
the list is the lowest and the last is the highest. So I guess it's
implicit that you're reading the list from top to bottom. But I see your
point. :)
banana
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rcurl
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response 435 of 905:
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Jul 4 06:03 UTC 2000 |
(I'll try to internalize that.....)
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kentn
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response 436 of 905:
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Jul 4 14:35 UTC 2000 |
banana 0 (aruba)
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prp
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response 437 of 905:
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Jul 5 02:14 UTC 2000 |
forgot
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aruba
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response 438 of 905:
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Jul 5 07:45 UTC 2000 |
atonal
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kentn
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response 439 of 905:
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Jul 5 10:42 UTC 2000 |
forgot 0 (prp)
atonal 0 (aruba)
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prp
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response 440 of 905:
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Jul 5 21:28 UTC 2000 |
sweeps
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kentn
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response 441 of 905:
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Jul 5 23:13 UTC 2000 |
sweeps 0 (prp)
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aruba
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response 442 of 905:
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Jul 6 02:39 UTC 2000 |
exarch
Main Entry: 1ex7arch
Pronunciation: 'ek-"sdrk
Function: noun
Etymology: Late Latin exarchus, from Late Greek exarchos, from Greek,
leader, from exarchein to begin, take the lead, from ex- + archein to
rule, begin -- more at*ARCH-
Date: 1588
1 : a Byzantine viceroy
2 : an Eastern bishop ranking below a patriarch and above a
metropolitan; specifically : the head of an independent church
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gelinas
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response 443 of 905:
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Jul 6 07:05 UTC 2000 |
duster
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kentn
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response 444 of 905:
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Jul 7 21:27 UTC 2000 |
exarch 3 (aruba)
duster 1 (gelinas)
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prp
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response 445 of 905:
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Jul 7 22:59 UTC 2000 |
expose
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kentn
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response 446 of 905:
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Jul 8 04:49 UTC 2000 |
expose 0 (prp)
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gelinas
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response 447 of 905:
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Jul 8 04:53 UTC 2000 |
drowns
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kentn
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response 448 of 905:
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Jul 8 11:05 UTC 2000 |
drowns 0 (gelinas)
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prp
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response 449 of 905:
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Jul 9 14:19 UTC 2000 |
bleach
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