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- sonofgod 7y agoTangentally related: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_Achievements_of_the_Earl_of_Dalkeith https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_Achievements_of_the_... "The Political Achievements of the Earl of Dalkeith was a political pamphlet that was published and circulated in Edinburgh during the 1880 United Kingdom general election. It was well presented but inside the neatly printed cover there were just thirty-two blank pages, making it an early empty book." "The 32 blank pages of the pamphlet have been digitised by the LSE Library."
- pochamago 7y agoThat is an excellent attack ad
- lom888 7y agoShoutout to http://blank.org http://blank.org Used to have this set as my homepage.
- teddyh 7y agoabout:blank
- tubbs 7y agoChecking the source code and following the little trail can provide a little entertainment, too. It's been a long time since I've seen a page like this: http://blank.org/memory/oldweb/home.html http://blank.org/memory/oldweb/home.html
- singularity2001 7y agoThe favicon is KILL M$
- steanne 7y agonathan says hi. his minions are everywhere.
- newshorts 7y agoReminds me of isitwhite.com Also, anyone donate to Wikipedia?
- Semiapies 7y agoYeah. I use it so often I'm an easy mark.
- grayprog 7y agoI always wondered why there is no "is" in this phrase. Why is it not "This page is intentionally left blank". I hoped this article would answer it, but no. It does show the is in [] to mark that's it's kinda missing. Anyone knows why there's no "is"? Does it ring wrong to you without "is"?
- bil7 7y ago"page intentionally left blank" seems kosher to me
- jiveturkey 7y agonot to me. does 'he eats faster than I [do]' seem wrong to you? it's a different problem ('than' as conjunction vs 'than' as preposition)[1] but to similar efect. [1] https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/than-i-versus-than-me https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/than-i-v...
- minitoar 7y agoIt would be more correct to add “was” since it happened in the past (the act of leaving it blank). Not necessary at all because “left blank” is already past tense.
- lukifer 7y agoOmit needless words?
- rahuldottech 7y agoTo me, "This page has been left blank intentionally" would sound the best, but eh.
- Semiapies 7y agoBecause "left" works fine as the verb and doesn't require "is". To me, it flows better in speech with "is", but that's a subjective opinion and probably a culturally-influenced one; British people use that construction less than Americans like me, in my experience.
- chaoticmass 7y ago
- dullroar 7y agoBack in the day, StorageTek, a company started by ex-IBMers, used something along the lines of "This page left intentionally almost blank." Which is, of course, more accurate. :)