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(Wired) Indoorsmen experience the thrill of the hunt -- without the chill, the muck, or the blood -- with sim games. Needless to say, Bambi would approve. Or maybe not - Bambi grew up into a big buck. http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,32745,00.html?tw=wn19991213 : Should videogames be prescribed, proscribed, ignored, exploited? Do games function well for mindcontrol, programming? Have you written/shot/sold any brainwashing games lately? Have you reconditioned many to your satisfaction? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Soccer robots duel WASHINGTON (AP) The auditorium howled as the attacker charged the goal, made the winning shot and knocked over the goalie in the process. A typical soccer game - except the attacker and goalie were both robots, about one-foot tall and speeding on wheels. It was robot-mania at the Smithsonian as hundreds of elementary school kids & parents crammed to see a team of the life-like machines compete. The duel, dubbed "RoboCup," matched robots designed according to strict guidelines on shape and size: small boxes fashioned with two motors to control speed and direction. See http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2562556627-619 <wham!!> : Should sport'bots be banned in Brazil, Boston, Belarus? Do you prefer ET, human, robot athletes? Who should be paid more? Would robots go on strike? # ROBO-SUCKER. It's not quite Rosie the metallic maid from the Jetsons but it definitely is a robot that vacuums your floor. The newest offering from the innovators at Dyson is a cute little bug that crawls around your home doing the cleaning while you do something more entertaining. And unlike you, it won't miss a spot. http://www.beyond2000.com/news/story_372.html _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Catholic church sanctified in Moscow. (AP) A newly renovated Roman Catho- lic church building that had been closed down during the Soviet era was blessed Sunday by Cardinal Angelo Sodano, the Vatican's Secretary of State. The Immaculate Conception Church in Moscow was returned to the Catholic Church four years ago. It will be the second Catholic church to conduct services in the Russian capital. Restoration of the church is nearly complete, and it is expected to be fully restored by spring. See http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2562580633-1cf : Pope hails Sistine Chapel fix-up. VATICAN CITY (AP) - Recalling his own election as pope in the Sistine Chapel & seated in front of Michelangelo's "Last Judgment," Pope John Paul II led patrons of the arts Saturday in a ceremony celebrating the completion of the chapel's restoration. Expensive cleanup: http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2562553523-89d : Has a Secretary of State blessed any buildings in your vicinity lately? Did the ceremony make a difference? Have you spent a lot of money restoring buildings instead of feeding/housing the poor, treating disease, alleviating misery? Are 'Artistic Statements' more important than meeting human needs? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # THE DOWNING OF FLIGHT 800 - New evidence of missile attack - Metal plume seen emerging from side of doomed plane: "a fingerprint in a murder case" http://worldnetdaily.com/bluesky_bresnahan/19991213_xex_new_evidence.shtml # Boeing Blames Missile or Bomb in TWA Crash - "see, we didn't make a defective plane:" http://www.newsmax.com/articles/?a=1999/12/12/142429 : Have you shot down any airliners lately? Did you use a missile, particle/ laser beam, mindcontrol rays, photon torpedoes, Brilliant Pebbles, seagulls? @ Why Flutes and Mirrors Can't Fix Your House - A Comparison of Feng Shui Remedies: http://www.qi-whiz.com/matrix2.html _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # COLUMBINE GUNNERS TAPED THEIR RAGE. In home videos made in the final weeks before their fatal attack on Columbine High School, 2 teen-age gunmen said they hoped to kill hundreds in the assault, speculating about which Holly- wood director might make a flik about it. Both Eric Harris & Dylan Klebold expressed concern about the effect their murderous assault would have on their parents. "I hope we will kill 250 of you," Klebold said on one tape. Harris: "I can't wait" http://cnn.com/1999/US/12/12/columbine.tapes/ # In Canada, Free Speech Has Its Restrictions. Government Limits Discourse That Some May Find Offensive. And that's why it's such a *nice* nation: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPlate/1999-12/12/182l-121299-idx.html : Would you like to kill someone? Would you talk about it? Would some find that offensive? Should your talk be suppressed? Should you be suppressed? # From Posh Spice to Shakespeare. (Wired) Youngsters vote for their heroes online. Also: Internet users compile a virtual book of condolences for deceased Croatian President Franjo Tudjman. Easier than showing up in person: http://wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,33037,00.html?tw=wn19991213 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Russian News Site Hacked. (Wired) Hackers raid Russian news agency Tass' Web site to protest the military campaign in Chechnya. Killed if caught: http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,33038,00.html?tw=wn19991213 : Have you hacked into any establishment sites lately? Has an establishment hacked you? Do you challenge a colossus? 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