Word: distinction
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Homo line and eventually led to modern humans. The fossil record is far too spotty to say how Homo habilis (handy man) and other members of its genus--H. rudolfensis, H. ergaster and H. erectus--were related, to what extent they overlapped or even whether they all represent distinct species. Many scientists believe, though, that it was H. erectus that was the ultimate victor, the direct ancestor of our own species...
...clever 32-bit operating system called Epoc, which has legions of devotees, just like Palm's OS. Epoc, you should know, was developed by a consortium called Symbian (which includes Nokia, Ericsson and Motorola), and is being positioned as the standard for next-generation cell phones--a distinct possibility since those manufacturers produce 80% of the world's mobile phones. That's probably why Microsoft referred to Psion as its "No. 1 global threat" in an internal memo last year...
...Most of us live in a comfortable duality with the mind/matter problem. We're basically rationalists, believing that the physical world and the images concocted by our subconscious mind are distinct and separate realities. Over the past hundred or so years, from the table-rapping seances of the 1880s to the playing of Mozart to plants in the 1960s to the spoon-bending ESP tricks of the '70s, we've come to consider that most paranormal interactions between these realms are either hoaxes or explainable by known physical factors. And yet we continue to play mind games with the physical...
Talk to Microsoft and AOL about the need for standards, and you get the distinct impression of being stuck in the middle of a high-minded schoolyard row. Both sides talk about the gangs they're forming to find common ground in the messaging industry, and if the other guy wants to come over and join our gang, well, that's fine with us. (For the record, AOL has hooked up with Apple, Sun, Novell and Real Networks; Microsoft's gang of strange bedfellows includes Excite, Infoseek, PeopleLink, AT&T, Yahoo and Prodigy...
...Shopasaurus T shirt. Jersey is the only state that so overpowers its namesake that you can drop the New when referring to it. Try that with Hampshire, York or Mexico. No one has heard of those places. Other than Texas, Jersey is the only state to have a cohesive, distinct personality. It is a state so full of attitude that its capital, Trenton, welcomes visitors with Hollywood-size letters declaring TRENTON MAKES. THE WORLD TAKES. Our mascot is the devil. Jersey is short, tough and looking for a fight. That's because everyone wants our women. Sure, they pretend...