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@ OMISSION: The item on Low-Fat Computing / Forth in the previous bulletin
should have been credited to: http://www.memepool.com/Subject/Computing/
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SkeptiScrapings - your turn to ask questions:
# French to sue Brits & Yanks over spy network. UK & US Govts are to be sued
in France after claims that they have spied on French firms, diplomats and
Cabinet ministers. Lawyers are planning a class action after confirmation
that a global anglophone spy network exists. Codenamed P-415 Echelon, the
world's most powerful electronic spy system was revealed in declassified
US National Security Agency documents published on the Internet, and is
capable of intercepting telephone conversations, faxes and e-mails.
http://www.the-times.co.uk/news/pages/tim/2000/02/10/timfgneur01007.html?999
# Ben Franklin's 'Secret' Scientific Society Simmers For Centuries:
http://news.excite.com/news/r/000209/10/science-science-philadelphia
# Muslims prepare for pilgrimage to Mecca. DEARBORN HEIGHTS, Mich. Hanadi
Dorra made her first pilgrimage [Hajj] to Mecca two years ago, and as this
year's Hajj season approaches, her excitement grows for a return trip. For
the 20-year-old Dearborn resident, once was not nearly enough. "It's like
you have ascended to heaven and come back," she said. "I won't feel rested
until I go again." http://detnews.com/2000/wayne/0002/08/02060012.htm
# Flying Cop Protects West's Fossil Heritage - 'Green River Formation' Beat:
http://apbnews.com/newscenter/breakingnews/2000/02/08/fossils0208_01.html
# Psychic Jeane Dixon Was FBI Stooge - Maligned Civil Rights Movement With
Hoover's Approval: http://www.apbnews.com/media/gfiles/dixon/index.html
# Be all you can be... forever, in US Army - 'Indefinite re-enlistment' is
being likened to slavery - senior NCOs required to sign over their souls:
http://worldnetdaily.com/bluesky_bresnahan/20000210_xex_soldier_slav.shtml
# More Falun Gongers busted. BEIJING (AP) China cops have seized over 2,000
members of the banned Falun Gong sect in the past five days. The arrests
began as Falun Gong members staged a protest timed for the start of the
Lunar New Year early Saturday. Among those arrested were several members
of the People's Liberation Army who had demonstrated in Tiananmen Square.
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564094158-d0f
# New Rocket Failure for Japan Space Program. TOKYO (Reuters) Japan's strug-
gling space program suffered another setback when a rocket failed to put a
research satellite into orbit, the 2nd successive such disappointment.
Dangitall: http://news.excite.com/news/r/000210/05/science-japan-rocket
@ Chemtrails DataPage: http://www.sightings.com/politics6/chemdatapage.html
@ Chemtrail Pattern Photos: http://www.sightings.com/health3/chemphot.htm
@ Chemtrails - Typical Military Aerial Spray Testing Of Toxins In 1950s
and 60s: http://personalpages.tds.net/~kknowlto/typical.htm
# X-ray vision. (BBC) Europe switches on its Newton telescope:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/635000/audio/_636349_xmm.ram
# XMM-Newton: Best XRay Pix Yet: http://unisci.com/stories/20001/0210001.htm
And see http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_636000/636349.stm
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HackySacky:
# Smells Like Mean Spirit. (Wired) Who dunnit? The hacker community
is puzzled about the identity of those responsible for the rash
of attacks on high-profile Web sites ... and it's scornful, as well.
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,34228,00.html?tw=wn20000210
# NO CLUES TO WEB BLITZ: http://www.newshub.com/cgibin/rd.cgi?9357419
# Hacker Havoc Reveals Risks - encouragement to develop better backup
strategies: http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,34229,00.html
# DoS: Defense Is the Best Offense - tech changes can boost the Web's
defenses: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,34230,00.html
# Doing Away with DoS - it's everywhere, and net.managers are running
scared: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,34249,00.html
# Beating the hacker attack. (BBC) Hacking is almost an occupational hazard
for internet companies, but what can they do to prevent such attacks?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/business/newsid_638000/638166.stm
# Hunt for hackers draws a blank:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/business/newsid_638000/638445.stm
# Press questions web security:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/business/newsid_637000/637815.stm
# US pledges net safety measures:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/business/newsid_637000/637781.stm
# Security Firms Lick Their Chops. (Wired) The spate of hacks generates new
fears among high-profile Web sites that they're woefully deficient on the
security side.Folks providing that type of service hear the cash registers
jingling. http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,34244,00.html
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CrashaRasha:
# FAA orders checks on all MD-80s: http://newshub.com/cgibin/rd.cgi?9357715
# BOEING URGES ALL AIRLINES TO INSPECT STABILIZERS ON 4 JET MODELS - check
for damage: http://CNN.com/2000/US/02/09/alaska.airlines.03/index.html
# NTSB to interview EgyptAir pilot. WASHINGTON (AP) - An EgyptAir pilot
seeking asylum in England who says he has info about October's deadly
crash of EgyptAir Flight 990 will be interviewed by U.S. accident inves-
tigators. http://infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564042615-8a3
# Prayer before flight at Rome airport. Rome's Leonardo da Vinci is the only
airport on Earth with a chapel where Catholics can get plenary indulgences
- complete remission from punishment for sins - during the Vatican's Holy
Year. http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564042427-6c0
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Egypt'R'Us:
@ Advanced Machining in Ancient Egypt. Did the ancient Egyptians use some
lost technology to machine the stones of their pyramids and temples? Or
just lotsa slaves? http://www.gizapower.com/html/advanced/refresh.html
@ Ancient Aircraft. Recently discovered carvings in the Temple Wall of
Abydos in Egypt seem to depict a modern helicopter, airplanes, & flying
discs! http://www.medialab.nl/crew/anne/templars/ancientaircraft%5Fnf.html
@ Ancient Egyptians in the New World? In 1914, an archaeologist digging in
Mayan ruins uncovers two statuettes that depict the Egyptian gods Isis
and Osiris! http://www.knowledge.co.uk/frontiers/sf098/sf098a01.htm
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