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New York TImes: Vital Signs: Measurements: The Brain Wave Made Me Do It
Scientists have experimented in recent years with machines meant to use brain waves to tell if someone is lying. Now, British researchers say they have figured out a way to use similar brain waves to tell something slightly different: whether someone is about to make a mistake.
Brukaropplevingar.com: Prosjektskildring: Navigasjon som retorikk: Muligheiter for kontroll av brukaroppleving i (offentleg) web-hypertekst.
Gustaf Cederschiöld: Om ordlekar (1910).
Ett Projekt Runeberg-projekt.
Top Ten Word Lists of 2003 Announced by yourDictionary.com.
1. Embedded
News correspondents embedded in military units suggested to many that news correspondents were in bed with the military.
2. Blog
Web logs have come of age and, regrettably, this lexical mutation with them.
3. SARS
Farm animals strike back at the humans who eat them again with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome. The Flu (with a capital "F") is pushing right behind.
4. Spam
This old word now refers to a plague contending with SARS for destructive potential. Could the Flu (with a capital "F") be any worse?
5. Taikonaut
The Chinese astronaut distracted our attention from textiles and copyrights to remind us that China is a rising industrial power.
6. Bushism
This word now has a real possibility for remaining in the language. (Dan Quayle has lost his chance of making solecisms his contribution to political history.)
7. Allision
The National Transportation and Safety Board in investigating the Staten Island ferry tragedy concluded it wasn't a collision (between two moving objects) but an allision (a crash with an immoveable object).
8. Recall
As in California Recall that resulted in the election of Ahh-nold as the Governator.
9. Middangeard
Middle English for Middle Earth in the movies of Tolkien's trilogy, still fascinating millions around the world with its characters and insights into the origins of the English language.
10. Celibacy
The word which holds the key to ending the seemingly eternal scandal of the US Catholic Church.
(via kottke.org remaindered links.)