I came across an interesting difference in usage between British and American versions of the word assurance. The word typically means a promise or a guarantee in American English. So when I came across this ad on the Scotsman it caught my eye. Hell yes I want my life assured! Turns out, to the Brits, [...]
Archive for 17 August 2007
Life Assurance
Posted: 17 August 2007 in UncategorizedTags: advertising, humor, language, language change
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Body heat -> electricity
Posted: 17 August 2007 in UncategorizedTags: batteries, discoveries, physics, portable devices, technology
Now this will be a nifty little device if they can get it to work. It’d be great to not have to charge your cell phone as frequently. Though the logistics of having a patch on your body with a cord running to your phone might be a little dicey. You could at least power [...]
Giuliani = Hamas?
Posted: 17 August 2007 in UncategorizedTags: election, FUD, giuliani, hamas, media, new york, palestine, politics, yellow journalism
Sometimes journalists say the damnedest things. “Giuliani’s Gaza Analogy” caught my attention because I haven’t been following the Republican candidates very well and was curious what his take on Israel/Palestine was. Alec MacGillis goes through some moderately interesting points about Giuliani’s 17-page foreign policy proposal, trying to say that he will deviate from the neo-con [...]
Memory trail
Posted: 17 August 2007 in UncategorizedTags: discoveries, dystopia, medicine, memory, real sci-fi
ScienceDaily is reporting that some scientists have managed to erase some long-term memories of tastes from rats. These were the oldest memories ever removed purposely. The researchers also discovered that the brain actively maintains memories and failure to do so results in memory loss. There is still a lot of work to be done before [...]
