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Off Planet Expletives…

By Chris Gilbey

Wikpedia has a list of imaginary…. or perhaps not…. expletives….. Here are some: flup – from Larry Niven's Known Space stories (specifically the “Ringworld” stories); used as “fuck” or “shit” but is revealed to mean the substance which pools at the bottom of rivers near the “spill mountains” on the ringworld due to the ringworld's [...]

Consumer sites move users.

By Richard McKinnon

MySpaces and Wikpedia are the standout movers amongst websites in March. MySpaces was ranked at the 8th most visited site and Wikpedia 18th. (comscore)Wikpedia had jumped 10 spots. Both share a common feature. The content is consumer created. MySpaces is on track to take the title of the web's most visited site in 2006