Archive for September, 2004
04-09-30
Tags: Original URL: http://www.theonion.com/history/index.php?issue=4039 September 28, 1964 COUNTRIES OVERTHROWN BY CIA TODAY:
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ALGERIA ARGENTINA CHILE (9 a.m. and 3 pm)DENMARK ECUADOR HUNGARY KENTUCKY PANAMA PERU (unofficially)RHODESIA SOUTH AFRICA YEMEN ZAIRE
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04-09-30
Tags: Original URL: http://mobile.theonion.com/oped1.html There Are So Many Experiences I Want To Write About Having HadBy Jason Erikson As a writer, I have powers of observation far greater than those of the average person. Nothing gets by me. Sometimes, as I sit typing in my […]
This is a recent Op-Ed on The Onion. How do you parse the title?
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04-09-30
Tags: Original URL: http://reviews.cnet.com/Toshiba_Portege_M200_tablet_PC/4507-3121_7-30596988.html?tag=spec It is […]
C|net is experimenting with a new web interface, along with many new features, some of which remind me of Amazon.com. Among them, I am most impressed and puzzled by the following, which you have to scroll pretty far down to see on their product spec page. It´s interesting for a couple reasons:
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04-09-29
Tags: Original URL: http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/filtering/china/ Empirical Analysis of Internet Filtering in China
Jonathan Zittrain* and Benjamin Edelman**Berkman Center for Internet & SocietyHarvard Law School
Abstract
The authors are collecting data on the methods, scope, and depth of selective barriers to Internet access through Chinese networks. Tests from May 2002 through November 2002 indicate at least four distinct and independently […]
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04-09-29
Tags: Original URL: http://pantheon.yale.edu/%7ecdy4/ Charles YangOffice: 370 Temple St. 302Lab: 370 Temple St. 320 Telephone: (203) 432-6499FAX: (203) 432-4087E-mail: charles(dot)yang(at)yale(dot)eduPermanent Email: charles(dot)yang(at)alum(dot)mit(dot)edu Mailing Address: Department of Linguistics
Reading his Linguistic Review paper with Legate on Innateness
Yale University
370 Temple Street 302
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04-09-29
Tags: Original URL: http://language.home.sprynet.com/lingdex/pwood2.htm A Review of Pinker´s Words and RulesBy Paul F. Wood M.A. I am reminded of a remark in another context by social historian John Ralston Saul: Their work required intelligence but it did not require thought. to home A Review of Pinker´s Words and RulesBy Paul F. Wood […]
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Pinker, Twain and the Entertaining Science of Linguistics
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04-09-28
Tags: Never heard of this line of research; sounds interesting, but not sure it´s relevant. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review Volume 11, Issue 3 , June 2004, Pages 428-433ISSN: 1069-9384
The GO model: a reconsideration of the role of structural units in guiding and organizing text on line
Greenberg, Seth N; Healy, Alice F; Koriat, Asher; Kreiner, Hamutal […]
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04-09-28
Tags: Original URL: http://www.sleepycat.com/index.shtml Berkeley DB
Used in Eudora LDAP server for Windows, a GPL embedded database, with XML support (XPath, etc)… sounds like a good alternative to the MetaKit used in TclKit. But unless there is performance or stability issues with MetaKit, I will stick with TclKit.
Berkeley DB, the most widely-used embedded data management software in the […]
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04-09-28
Tags: Original URL: http://empscheduler.sourceforge.net/ Version 2.0 Beta 5 now availableA beta of version 2.0 is now available for download. Version 2.0 includes support for multiple employee schedules, 1/2 hour or 15 min scheduling, and many other enhancements. Beta 4 fixes many of the bugs in earlier beta releases including problems running under PHP v4.2.2. The demo site […]
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04-09-28
Tags: Original URL: Ingenta Dyslexia, August 2004, vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 215-233(19) Auditory processing skills and phonological representation in Dyslexic children
Sounds interesting, but cann´t access
Ulla Richardson[1]; Jennifer M. Thomson[2]; Sophie K. Scott[3]; Usha Goswami[1] [1] Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge, UK [2] Institute of Child Health, University College London, UK [3] Department of Psychology, University […]
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04-09-28
Tags: Original URL: http://csl.georgetown.edu/publications/agnew_B_and_L_2004.pdf Brain and Language 88 (2004) 21C25
… And the effect is … there is no effect on reading or phonological awareness.
Effect of intensive training on auditory processing and reading skillsJohn A. Agnew, Courtney Dorn, and Guinevere F. Eden*Center for the Study of Learning, Georgetown University Medical Center, USAAccepted 27 May 2003
AbstractThis study assessed the […]
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04-09-27
Tags: Original URL: http://www.phys.uu.nl/~ecem10/Abstracts/Klein_Ch3.html Development of oculomotor and neuropsychological functions in children and adolescents
Ch. Klein´s abstract for ECEM10, as well as his 2001 paper references are here. This research reveal more about developmental changes in inhibitiory functions (prefrontal cortical functioning) than the eye movements themselves.
Ch. Klein
Research Group Psychophysiology, University of Freiburg, Belfortstrasse 20, D-79098 Freiburg, Germany (e-mail:klein@psychologie.uni-freiburg.de)
Only few studies on the development […]
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04-09-27
Tags: Original URL: http://www.brain.uni-freiburg.de/fischer/pubs/brain754.htm On the development of voluntary and reflexive components in human saccade generation
Cited in Ch. Klein´s 2001 paper “Development of prosaccade and antisaccade task performance in participants aged 6 to 26 years” Psychophysiology. Vol 38(2) Mar 2001, 179-189.
Fischer B., Biscaldi M., Gezeck S.
Brain Research. 754(1-2):285-97, 1997 Apr 18
abstract:
The saccadic performance of a large number […]
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04-09-26
Tags: Normally I try not to steal too much from Langauge Log, but this time I couldn´t resist … this would be a good story for teaching about spelling. http://money.cnn.com/pf/features/popups/new_nickels/content.3.html
Ocean ViewWhen the Corps of Discovery finally reached the Pacific ocean, it was cause for celebration. The team´s elation was duly noted in William Clark´s log, but […]
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04-09-26
Tags: Original URL: http://user.tninet.se/~ecf599g/aardasnails/java/Monkey/webpages/index.html DUKE! After 3.87721e+32 pages in this session, a monkey typed:
This one is again from LanguageLog. Tried my luck, and look what my monkeys typied:
Duke. Escalus YGd[-!F!4l&SUGiggBwC.ZnXH7Kabtb…
the first 17 letters of which match “Measure For Measure”:_________________________________________________________Duke. Escalus
Esc. My Lord
Duk. Of Gouernment, the properties to vnfold,Would seeme in me t´ […]
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04-09-24
Tags: Original URL: http://www.eyelinkinfo.com/support/resource_center/file_details.php?requested_resource=16 Name: Last Modified: Date Added: Created By: Description:
Original Title:
HM EyeLink II EXE Host Directory
Sep 20, 2004 12:00:00
Mar 12, 2002 05:13:08
SR Research Ltd.
Contains the latest version of the eyelink2/exe directory for the Head Mounted version of the system. This version of the exe includes a new status panel feature on the calibrate, validate, […]
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04-09-24
Tags: Original URL: http://www.japancorp.net/Article.Asp?Art_ID=8350 Casio Develops Hyper Amorphous Silicon TFT LCD; CEATEC Demonstration Tokyo (JCNN) - Casio Computer announced September 21 that it has successfully developed a high-resolution VGA LCD module. The new LCD incorporates Casio´s advanced Hyper Amorphous Silicon TFT (HAST) LCD technology to provide a resolution of 368ppi. The 2.2-inch […]
By way of DPreview News.
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04-09-24
Tags: Original URL: http://www.noldus.com/mb2005/invitation.html
Too bad it´s at the beginning of the semester.
Measuring Behavior 2005
We are pleased to announce that Measuring Behavior 2005, the 5th International Conference on Methods and Techniques in Behavioral research, will be held in Wageningen, The Netherlands, 30 August - 2 September 2005. Measuring Behavior will offer an attractive mix of presentations, demonstrations, […]
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04-09-23
Tags: Original URL: Some Itallian dialects do not have schwas — what do they do when they […]
Once again, this one is stolen from Language Log, from a post by Mark Liberman on the NYT article ”You say Prosciutto, I say Pro-SHOOT, and Purists Cringe”. In fact, this is an email response from Stefano Taschini.
It piqued my interests on:
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04-09-23
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