Saturday, October 16, 2004

New Away Message

I have a new away message, which I think some of you may enjoy. Here goes:

And now, some long words:

pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis - a lung disease caused by the inhalation of volcanic dust and/or ground rose quartz

pro-pseudocontraneoantidisestablishmentarianalistically - in favour of the false behaviour in the manner of a person belonging to the movement opposed to the new version of the movement opposed to the first movement.

And finally, according to some, the longest word is the word following the phrase "And now, a word from our sponsors"


I actually got this from a Wikipedia article, The Longest Word in the English Language. Apparently the longest word is.... wait for it...

methionylglutaminylarginyltyrosylglutamylserylleucylphenylalanylalanyl
glutaminylleucyllysylglutamylarginyllysylglutamylglycylalanylphenylalanyl
valylprolylphenylalanylvalylthreonylleucylglycylaspartylprolylglycyl
isoleucylglutamylglutaminylserylleucyllysylisoleucylaspartylthreonylleucyl
isoleucylglutamylalanylglycylalanylaspartylalanylleucylglutamylleucyl
glycylisoleucylprolylphenylalanylserylaspartylprolylleucylalanylaspartyl
glycylprolylthreonylisoleucylglutaminylasparaginylalanylthreonylleucyl
arginylalanylphenylalanylalanylalanylglycylvalylthreonylprolylalanyl
glutaminylcysteinylphenylalanylglutamylmethionylleucylalanylleucyl
isoleucylarginylglutaminyllysylhistidylprolylthreonylisoleucylprolyl
isoleucylglycylleucylleucylmethionyltyrosylalanylasparaginylleucylvalyl
phenylalanylasparaginyllysylglycylisoleucylaspartylglutamylphenylalanyl
tyrosylalanylglutaminylcysteinylglutamyllysylvalylglycylvalylaspartylseryl
valylleucylvalylalanylaspartylvalylprolylvalylglutaminylglutamylseryl
alanylprolylphenylalanylarginylglutaminylalanylalanylleucylarginylhistidyl
asparaginylvalylalanylprolylisoleucylphenylalanylisoleucylcysteinylprolyl
prolylaspartylalanylaspartylaspartylaspartylleucylleucylarginylglutaminyl
isoleucylalanylseryltyrosylglycylarginylglycyltyrosylthreonyltyrosylleucyl
leucylserylarginylalanylglycylvalylthreonylglycylalanylglutamylasparaginyl
arginylalanylalanylleucylprolylleucylasparaginylhistidylleucylvalylalanyl
lysylleucyllysylglutamyltyrosylasparaginylalanylalanylprolylprolylleucyl
glutaminylglycylphenylalanylglycylisoleucylserylalanylprolylaspartyl
glutaminylvalyllysylalanylalanylisoleucylaspartylalanylglycylalanylalanyl
glycylalanylisoleucylserylglycylserylalanylisoleucylvalyllysylisoleucyl
isoleucylglutamylglutaminylhistidylasparaginylisoleucylglutamylprolyl
glutamyllysylmethionylleucylalanylalanylleucyllysylvalylphenylalanylvalyl
glutaminylprolylmethionyllysylalanylalanylthreonylarginylserine.

That is, the scientific name for the chemical C1289H2051N343O375S8.

Oh, and happy 30th birthday D&D!!!!

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