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> And what kind of news article has an average sentence length of 29 words

The Guardian usually has excellent writing -- and I for one don't mind reading long sentences. If anything, it's refreshing.

A sentence can be any length, there is no rule defining the maximum number of words that can be used to convey the point, however some experts use a sentence's word count to quantify elements of an authors intelligence, put simply its one way you can spot AI bots operating on social media.

Must be those double-sided CD-ROMs?

I think a double-sided CD-ROM would be too thick for most CD readers to rotate at the correct speed.

They might be using all those Dreamcast GD-ROMs after the system's demise.