Call them what you will -- crossword filler, useless left-brain clutter, lump o' letters -- but to many people on his e-mail list, the words are as indispensable a part of the day as their morning coffee.
If they did, he believes the entire western region could enjoy a more reliable power supply.Real-time data is, of course, useless without the brains to process it and the brawn to act on it.
And even the most ardent fans of text mining warn that the software is useless without human brain power.
And maybe too, if you listen to non-stop chanting most of the day, it renders the decision making part of your brain useless.
Mr. Barich wrote of "handicapping overkill, the brain weaving useless webs".
But if bingeing on "Friday Night Lights," "Gossip Girl," or "House of Cards" is sure to make you feel glassy-eyed, useless, and a little brain-dead, none of these shows has the power to psychically traumatize you.
A too-potent drug might wreak havoc on emotions or fill the brain with useless clutter.
Avoid over-studying and filling your brain with useless information.
They heed Picasso's warning about those "enormous new mechanical brains": "They are useless.
The findings were not just that brain-training games are useless, but that scientists who have already said brain-training games are useless were right!
Every vital system of my body disrupted: an arrhythmic heart, a seizing brain, severe allergies, useless reproductive organs.
