The FYI on ESP

by admin on February 12, 2009

The thought of speaking to another person or animal with the mind and understanding a communicable source of language between the two entities has intrigued everyone from everyday people to scientists. The practical uses for such methods of communication could revolutionize the world in both civil and private matters. Many attempts to gain this type [...]

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The Evolution of Sign Language

by admin on February 10, 2009

Sign language is the language that uses many different forms of non-verbal communication. Lip patterns, body language, and specific hand gestures all play key roles in the language of signing. Anyone can learn sign language fairly easily, and it is quite useful for discarding the barrier between deaf people and people who can hear. It [...]

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Body Language is a beautiful thing that exists between all animals, especially humans. We constantly display movements and signals that tell when we are sad, happy, or feeling romantic. Body language is sometimes difficult to interpret, because we rely more on words than our body’s natural instinct. Humans are also able to easily manipulate their [...]

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Ever since privacy became an issue for those with sensitive writing materials and even spoken language, people have been creating secret coded languages to help disguise and confuse those who do not know how to decode the messages. In time, many of these secret codes became more complex and allowed for people to communicate in [...]

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How to Transform Your iPod into an iPhone

by Dan on January 31, 2009

There is only one difference between an iPod touch and an iPhone: You cannot make calls from an iPod touch. There is a way you can adapt your iPod touch to make calls without the extra expense and call packages involved with iPhone. It is fairly simple but requires a few extra components. First you [...]

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Proper Cell Phone Etiquette

by Dan on January 25, 2009

In the early days of the telephone there weren’t many options—you were either home to take a call, or not. Then came answering machines, caller ID and the concept of screening. The advent of the cell phone took that concept to bold new heights. With land line phones there was no real way of knowing [...]

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Where For Art Thou, Latin?

by Dan on January 19, 2009

There was a time not too long ago when doctors wrote all of their prescriptions in Latin. If you wanted to be a pharmacist you had to be in continuing medical education to be able to read these Latin prescriptions. If you were a Roman Catholic you were required to learn Latin because all masses [...]

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Who Put the “Pig” in Pig Latin?

by Dan on January 12, 2009

Anyone that has watched, or still does watch, the short comedy films of the Three Stooges is very familiar with pig Latin. The Stooges used pig Latin all the time and what they did was take the consonant from the beginning of the word, put it at the end of the word, and the stick [...]

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Battle of the Online Translators

by Dan on January 5, 2009

Online translators have been around for a very long time and it is only recently that they have been accurate enough to be considered worthwhile and useful. Of course like anything on the internet there are free translators and pay translators and the ones you have to pay for are usually more accurate than the [...]

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Around the World in 250,000 Words

by Dan on December 29, 2008

While most languages evolve and grow over time, some have managed to remain more economic than others in their word count. It is interesting to see what some of the major languages have to offer in the way of word count and how that word count is affected by constant changes in the language.

English is [...]

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