[meteorite-list] Lunar/Meteorite Samples Stolen from Car in Virginia

From: Axel Emmermann <axel.emmermann_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue Jan 17 06:09:08 2006
Message-ID: <KKEDKELDHEAGAPEINLODCELODBAA.axel.emmermann_at_pandora.be>

Hm, could be the weather but I sense this strange pulling sensation in my
leg ;-)))))

Think I'll keep the "poly" translated as "many" since the polygraph records
many parameters simultaneously... heartbeat, skin conductivity and other
stress-related factors. The "graph" is probably derived from graphite as you
say.
Anyway, "polygraph avian stress" didn't google.

Axel


-----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
Van: Darren Garrison [mailto:cynapse_at_charter.net]
Verzonden: dinsdag 17 januari 2006 1:22
Aan: Axel Emmermann
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Onderwerp: Re: [meteorite-list] Lunar/Meteorite Samples Stolen from Car
in Virginia


On Tue, 17 Jan 2006 00:15:15 +0100, "Axel Emmermann"
<axel.emmermann_at_pandora.be> wrote:

>plug him into the polygraph (BTW: is that Greek for "multiwriter"? ;-))))
>

Little known fact-- before the modern electronic polygraph, police often
used specially-traied
parrots who were sensitive to human emotions during interregations, and when
those birds (which are
very good at sensing differences in vocal tones, hence their ability to
learn to talk) sensed a
change in the questioned person's tone, they were trained to make a mark on
a piece of paper with a
piece of charcoal that they held in their beaks. The proper term was "Avian
Stress Sensor" but
somewhere along the way, the slang term "polygraph" was coined-- "Polly"
being a common name for
parrots, and "graph" being short for graphite.
Received on Tue 17 Jan 2006 06:09:16 AM PST