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# Lodestone May Be Creature Compass. (ABC) Cells containing magnetite � a
magnetic crystal also known as lodestone � found in trout may explain how
the species, and perhaps others, are able to navigate on long journeys.
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/science/DailyNews/navigation990127.html
: Are these cells like natural implants? Are there magnets in your head?
# Chip Could Eliminate Pills, Shots. (ABC) Scientists are developing a
microchip loaded with drugs that could be released at scheduled intervals
or on demand, potentially becoming a replacement for shots or pills if
swallowed or implanted into the body. Chemical modification as desired -
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/DailyNews/chip_medicine990127.html
: Is this the ideal way to deliver LSD? Would you volunteer for a hallucin-
ogen chip? Is this a good tool to control people? Is this alien technology?
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# INDONESIA, IRELAND AT INFO WAR? An Irish ISP says that the island nation
is behind a series of sophisticated attacks against its servers, which host
the East Timor country domain. Fire when you see the bytes in their eyes -
www.wired.com/news/news/email/explode-infobeat/politics/story/17562.html
# East Timor breakthrough. (BBC) Indonesian has suggested for the first time
that it will consider letting go of the troubled territory of East Timor.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/events/indonesia/latest_news/newsid_263000/
263828.stm
# Internet Links: Free East Timor: http://www.freetimor.com/
# East Timor Action Network: http://www.etan.org/
# Dept of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Indonesia: http://www.deplu.go.id/
: Is the war ending early, or is this a feint, or did the Space Brothers
intervene, or has someone's implant misfired, or is more trouble brewing?
Is Muslim Indonesia glad to be rid of Catholic E.Timor? Would you be? Is
a greater info.war being waged against Indonesia? Are they cutting losses?
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# SHARPENING UP SURVEILLANCE. A new software algorithm promises to double
the resolution of grainy convenience-store camera footage. More crooks will
be caught, yes, but privacy watchdogs are nervous. Somebody's watching you -
http://www.wired.com/news/news/technology/story/17565.html
# DIGITAL TV GETS SMALL. Microtune has figured out a way to shrink the
critical electronics of DTV onto a single chip. Pretty soon, you might be
able to watch high-res ER on your cell phone. Or monitor surveillance -
http://www.wired.com/news/news/technology/story/17543.html
# SUN ON PRIVACY: "GET OVER IT". At the launch of Sun Microsystems' new
Jini technology, CEO Scott McNealy calls consumer privacy a non-issue.
The Federal Trade Commission has another view. Much more than you wanted -
http://www.wired.com/news/news/politics/story/17538.html
: With tiny vid.cams & screens everywhere, is privacy possible, meaningful?
When the whole globe is wired tight, are your secret dreams public property?
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SAN PEDRO, WATCH OVER THE NET. A group in Spain would like to see a 15th
century priest become the patron saint of the Internet. Like we need one -
http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/17541.html
: Would you prefer a Mormon, Orthodox, Sufi, Buddhist, atheist saint? Who?
*** Court clears solstice celebrators. NEW YORK (AP) - A judge who said his
Celtic pre-Christian ancestors considered the winter solstice a sacred cele-
bration dismissed charges against solstice revelers arrested for building a
bonfire and dancing on a beach. "There are some occasions and situations
where it is appropriate for the government to step back and allow special
things to happen," Criminal Court Judge Michael Brennan said in a written
ruling Tuesday in dismissing trespassing charges. The 23 solstice revelers
were cited Dec. 21 for dancing around a bonfire on a closed Staten Island
beach. http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2558221091-104
: Would you like to dance naked around a beach bonfire? Do you need a 'holy'
day as an excuse? Should we go dance naked right now? Will the ETs let you?
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# Electric theories on acupuncture. (BBC) A British scientist believes the
ancient Chinese medical art of acupuncture works by sending electrical cur-
rent through the body. Zap me again, Doc, yeah, right there, oooh....
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_263000/263387.stm
# Links: Foundation for traditional Chinese medicine:
http://www.demon.co.uk/acupuncture/index.html
# The British Medical Acupuncture Society:
http://www.medical-acupuncture.co.uk/
# Credit Where Due: Once Dismissed, Freud�s Theory on Dreams Gains Credence.
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/living/DailyNews/dreams990126.html
: How testable are these theories? Are the dreams & currents measured? How?
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Humans may be collecting bad genes. (BBC) Humans could be getting weaker
and sicker because better health care means the carriers of bad genes no
longer die before reproducing. No longer culling the herd - see
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_264000/264191.stm
# Relevant Links: Human Gene Map: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genemap
# Gene map a pointer to better health:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_189000/189213.stm
# DNA traces Chinese back to Africa
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_183000/183392.stm
# Humans came close to extinction
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_166000/166869.stm
Thousands mislabelled epileptic. (BBC) Research shows that up to 30,000
people in the UK are misdiagnosed as epileptic, meaning their treatment
does nothing to alleviate the real cause of their symptoms.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_264000/264107.stm
: Is euthenasia the answer, or eugenics or eucharists or eunuchs or eurus?
Do we now evolve culturally so fast that biological evolution is irrelevant?
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