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# PEOPLE CAN BE HORNY - BUT IT'S NOT WHAT YOU THINK. Another one from the
medical oddity file: people can grow horns. They can be caused by a
variety of things, including warts, and come in various sizes and shapes.
http://www.healthcentral.com/drdean/DeanFullTextTopics.cfm?ID=16292
: Do you have horns? What's your favorite physical appendage? Are you alien?
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# THE MICROSOFT NSA BACK DOOR. It turns out that every copy of Windows 95,
98, 2000 and NT 4 has a back door that makes it easy for the US National
Security Agency to gain access to your computer. Full details are avail-
able here, as well as a sample program you can use to replace the NSA
back door. http://www.cryptonym.com/hottopics/msft-nsa.html
@ http://www.cryptonym.com/hottopics/msft-nsa/ReplaceNsaKey.zip
# http://www.slashdot.org/articles/99/09/03/0940241.shtml
# http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9909/03/windows.nsa/
# http://www.cryptonym.com/hottopics/msft-nsa.html
# http://www.wired.com/news/news/technology/story/21577.html
# http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_437000/437967.stm
@ The Boycott Microsoft web site URL:http://www.vcnet.com/bms/
: Is MicroSoft a tool of the New World Order, Illuminati, Reptilioids, me?
Is Bill Gates dictatorial, monopolistic, satanic, alien? Are we all dupes?
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# PRIVACYX REVERSES COURSE. "Secure" browser hits street. Competitor finds
hole. Makers of browser hide hole, claim it's fixed. But hours later,
they concede the browser was released prematurely. Bother. Take drugs.
http://wired.com/news/news/explode-infobeat/technology/story/21573.html
# SECURE BROWSING? NOT SO FAST. A new Web service promises private,
secure Web browsing, email, and chat. But a leading cryptoanalyst
claims he hacked the system in 20 minutes flat. Bother. Go hide.
http://wired.com/news/news/explode-infobeat/technology/story/21561.html
: Is security a delusion, a marketing tool, a cruel deception? Is death the
only true security? Do you seek security, delusion, death? Are you secure?
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# GLOBAL WARMING MIGHT UNLEASH DORMANT VIRUSES. Scientists have suggested
that global warming may thaw the ice caps, and release viruses that have
long been frozen and dormant. We don't really know if that will happen -
or if the viruses can survive. Interesting - but nothing to lose sleep
over. http://healthcentral.com/drdean/DeanFullTextTopics.cfm?ID=16290
: What's your favorite dormant virus? What ancient diseases would you like
to have released upon mankind? Will the Reptilioids harvest us in time? How?
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# EVOLUTION: WAS THERE A KANSAS BEFORE THERE WERE PEOPLE? The Grace Dangberg
Foundation was created in 1982 "to improve the quality of history educa-
tion." Eight months ago, it proudly announced that it was developing a new
textbook on the history of Kansas for 7th and 8th graders. The book was to
begin with the rich fossil record of the inland sea that once covered the
state. Then the Kansas School Board axed Darwin from the curriculum. "You
don't want to offend any group in Kansas," the foundation's director said,
explaining why the book will now start at the arrival of native Americans.
# FINALLY, AN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION DEDICATED TO CRITICAL THINKING. The
Center for Inquiry Institute, where students study pragmatism, critical
inquiry, psychology of belief, other courses aimed at making them critical
thinkers. All institutions of higher learning should offer courses like
this. http://www.healthcentral.com/drdean/DeanFullTextTopics.cfm?ID=16305
: Would universal critical thinking mark the doom of religion, creationism,
advertising? What do you believe? Are you a sucker, an easy mark, a target?
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# NOKIA: WEB, EMAIL VIA TV SIGNAL. The Euro wireless maker demonstrates
a portable device that lets users surf the Net, send email, and watch
digital TV -- all via broadcast TV frequencies. But does it do windows?
http://wired.com/news/news/explode-infobeat/technology/story/21567.html
: Would you rather carry a universal communications tool in y'r pocket, have
it built into your glasses, or have an implant in your head? Are you wired??
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# WHY NOT SELL A KIDNEY? The Internet kidney auction raises questions about
whether organ-selling should be allowed. Why not? We can live well with
only one kidney, and there are lots of people waiting for one for trans-
plant. http://healthcentral.com/drdean/DeanFullTextTopics.cfm?ID=16294
: Do you have any extra organs? Would you sell them, rent them, lease them?
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SkeptiLinks:
@ Waco-Rama: http://www.dallasmorningnews.com/specials/waco/
@ We may have to think the unthinkable about HIV and AIDS:
http://www.newscientist.com/ns/19990904/editorial.html
# Visions of China: http://www.cnn.com/china
# Crystalball: China's political future:
http://cnn.com/SPECIALS/1999/china.50/50.beyond/political.overview/
# Chinese Art Today:
http://cnn.com/SPECIALS/1999/china.50/inside.china/art.overview/
@ Lyghtforce Homoeopathy email list: http://www.lyghtforce.com/homeo.html
@ Homeo-list's e-zine: http://www.lyghtforce.com/HomeopathyOnLine/index.html
@ Hahnemannian Homoeopathy & Cyberspace Academy: http://www.simillimum.com
# COST OVERRUNS PROMPT OVERHAUL OF LASER PROGRAM - hundreds of millions
over budget: http://cnn.com/US/9909/04/laser.costs.ap/index.html
@ WACO: The Rules of Engagement - "The Original Raid Was Publicity Stunt"
http://www.reagan.com/HotTopics.main/HotMike/document-9.23.1997.4.html
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California, on the LIVE set of KNBC TV and forced him to read a state-
ment about how the CIA and ALIENS had replaced my family and friends
with clones. It is the ABSOLUTE TRUTH, and I have the evidence to
back it up in a court of law!" --Gary Stollman
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