"Chile carbide" is actually: 1. (a) The common black substance found on the insides of chile smoker lids (b) Slang term for the burnt chili that sticks to the bottom of the pot. 2. A generic term for a family of self-sintering compounds such as serranic carbide, habanerous carbide, or di-piquinated carbide, commonly used in hardening of cutting tools and dies or as sacrificial anodes in chileplating baths. 3. A nonsense term which provides further evidence of Microsoft's attempts to subvert global communications through their spell-checker defaults; once the subject of investigation by the Justice Department, until a top policy memo text was mysteriously switched from "prosecutorial initiative" to "procrastinate indefinitely." Alex Silbajoris 72163.1353@compuserve.com I never lie - believe it