Our inability to remember life during infancy is a psychological enigma because even very young infants are capable of remembering things . By the age of 3 months , infants can recognize a mobile they saw one to two weeks earlier . By 2 years , children can reproduce the order in which a series of objects was presented to them several months earlier . Yet most adults cannot remember things from before 3 to 4 years of age .
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Tagged with Psychology.
By Steven
– November 4, 2009
Why’s it called Google ?
Google is a cute name , but does it mean anything ? The thing that stands out most on the Google home page is the company’s colorful signature . Which raise the question : Why does this search service sound like it’s named after a Muppet ?
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By Steven
– November 3, 2009
Because humans have such a poor understanding of randomness , it is very difficult for us to produce randomness on our own . Try this yourself . On a computer keyboard , type a long string of random characters . As you type , you will notice that it is difficult producing data that would be considered truly random . Chances are you will have many asdf and uiop sequences in your typing .
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By Steven
– November 2, 2009
Contrary to the frantic pace of today’s economic environment , the origin of banking and capital markets in the United States was not an overnight phenomenon . The form of organization called a corporation developed very slowly in the states . Early joint-stock companies , in which each member was responsible for the obligations of the mutual enterprise , were principally nonprofit corporations for religious worship , philanthropy , education , or land companies . Commercial corporation didn’t make their appearance until the early to mid-1700s , with a Connecticut trading corporation , a Massachusetts wharf company , a number of fire insurance and water supply companies , and the United Company of Philadelphia , which was organized to promote industry . By the late 1700s , particularly the period from 1783 to 1789 , the corporate structure expanded when numerous corporations were organized for building roads , canals , and bridges and for banking .
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By Steven
– October 26, 2009
Before the mid-nineteeth century , people in the United States ate most foods only in season . Drying , smoking and salting could preserve meat for a short time , but the avaliability of fresh meat , like that of fresh milk , was very limited ; there was no way to prevent spoilage . But in 1810 a French inventor named Nicolas Appert developed the cooking-and-sealing process of canning . And in the 1850’s an American named Gail Borden developed a means of condensing and preserving milk . Canned goods and condensed milk became more common during the 1860’s , but supply remained low because cans had to be made by hand . By 1880 , however , inventors had fashioned stamping and soldering machines that mass-produced cans from tinplate . Suddenly all kinds of food could be preserved and bought at all times of the year .
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By Steven
– October 23, 2009
We have probably heard of synonyms and antonyms , but we haven’t heard of an oronym ? Following is a list of various nym words and their meanings . Let’s see if they are interesting,
Ambigram: A word or words that can be read in more than one direction , such as rotated or reflected (SWIMS, MOM).
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Tagged with Learn English.
By Steven
– October 22, 2009
