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# Human clone claim in doubt. (BBC) Serious doubt has been cast on the claim
of the first cloned human embryo, made by Korean scientists last December.
Examine http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_276000/276090.stm
@ Links: The Clone Zone - New Scientist:
http://www.newscientist.com/nsplus/insight/clone/clone.html
@ Science, Religion and Technology Project - Church of Scotland:
http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/srtscot/srtpage3.shtml
# Also: Dolly scientist backs human cloning:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_258000/258703.stm
# Human embryo cloned claim scientists:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_236000/236089.stm
: If you have sex with your clone, is it masturbation, homosexuality, incest
or narcissism? If your clone's smarter than you, would you be jealous, proud
or indifferent? Would a gathering of clones be lively, boring, scary, odd?
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# GRRL GEEKS ROCK OUT. After a long day of colliding particles, CERN scient-
ists get busy with a group of tech-savvy women musicians, who serve a "high-
energy explosive cocktail." They sing doo-wop, croon about antimatter, and
they were the first band on the Web. Ladies and gentlemen, the Cernettes.
www.wired.com/news/news/email/explode-infobeat/culture/story/17821.html
# Also: DAM Good Music: www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/14956.html
: Who are your favorite geeks? Are they sexy, powerful, life-transforming?
Are you a geek? Are you artistic? Are you tolerable? Are you naked? Now?
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# Largest alien-hunting telescope planned. (BBC) New plans to build the
world's largest telescope devoted to the search for extra-terrestrial
intelligence may include satellite television receivers. Get in on the
fun - http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_275000/275896.stm
@ Links: Berkeley Seti: http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/
@ Seti Institute: http://www.seti.org/
# Also: ET call Earth:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_265000/265937.stm
# Alien hoax dismays scientists:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_206000/206845.stm
# Anyone out there?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_170000/170954.stm
: What if the aliens we find are dumber than us? Would you be disappointed?
Will you join in a search for aliens? Will you have to be bribed? With what?
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# Kid-Porn Vigilante Hacked Media. A self-proclaimed ex-hacker with the
charismatic pseudonyms "Christian Valor" and "Se7en" has been making head-
lines around the world for his alleged vigilante campaign against online
pedophiles. There's only one problem: He's a fraud. Jiving for Jeezus -
www.wired.com/news/news/email/explode-infobeat/culture/story/17789.html
# Also: Purity Protectors Counterattack:
http://www.wired.com/news/news/politics/story/17475.html
# Hacker Vows 'Terror' for Child Pornographers:
http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/4437.html
: Was his implant hacked? Are all anti-kid-porn crusaders frauds, liars,
demagogues, charlatans? Are kids pure? Can they be protected? From what?
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*** End to forced family planning urged. THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) At The
Hague Forum, an international population conference, Hillary Rodham Clinton
urged governments to abandon coercive family planning programs and allow
women to make their own reproductive decisions. Still uppity, eh? See
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2558387076-34e
: Should reproductive choices be made by govt's, prophets, individuals, ETs,
corporations, sports teams, or chance? Who'll voluntarily relinquish power?
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> ATMOSPHERE'S ABILITY TO CLEANSE ITSELF STUDIED. A team of Australian and
British scientists is spending the summer down under studying the self-
cleansing ability of the atmosphere as part of an international project
called the Southern Ocean Atmospheric Photochemistry Experiment. Changing
hydroxyl levels? http://cnn.com/TECH/science/9902/08/hydroxyl.enn/index.html
: If humans overload the atmosphere, can the Zeta Reticulans save us? How?
Is Gaia too sick for planetary homeostasis to be sustained? Can it be fixed?
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# Zero-Knowledge: Nothing Personal. When you browse the Web or send an
email, you leave footprints. Zero-Knowledge Systems promises to change
that by offering totally untraceable surfing. Betcha can't find me -
see http://www.wired.com/news/news/technology/story/17820.html
# Also: Is Strong Crypto a Human Right?
http://www.wired.com/news/news/politics/story/16768.html
# Strong Rules for Strong Crypto:
http://www.wired.com/news/news/politics/story/16693.html
# Will Arms Treaty Hurt Privacy?
http://www.wired.com/news/news/technology/story/16651.html
: If http://www.free-pc.com offers you a free computer in exchange for some
detailed personal data, how much is your privacy worth? How much is totally
untraceable net.access worth? Can the NSA, ETs, or demons trace you anyway?
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# SUN CHIEF SPOOKS Y2K GURU. Scott McNealy says his Asian suppliers are "one
to three years" behind schedule in dealing with the millennium bug. A Wall
Street economist sees that as a very bad sign indeed. Cyber-econo-doom -
www.wired.com/news/news/email/explode-infobeat/business/story/17814.html
# Also: Ed Yardeni's gloomy forecast:
http://www.yardeni.com/y2kreporter.html
# Y2K - Americans Want to Know:
http://www.wired.com/news/news/politics/story/17611.html
: Will Armageddon result from parts holdups? Is automated production and
distribution the work of Satan? Will Y2K-compliant Xians miss the Rapture?
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HotLinks
@ UK UFOs: http://ds.dial.pipex.com/town/plaza/fa41/TRUTH-UK.htm
@ alt.alien.visitors FAQ:
ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/ufos-and-aliens
@ UFO sightings over Alice Springs, Australia:
http://www.octa4.net.au/marlinw/ufo_alice_springs.htm
@ Patriotism ala Peg Noonan: www.heritage25.org/lectures/dec98/noonan.html
@ Roswell was a hoax: http://messages.to/aliensrus
@ Bible Codes has all the answers! http://www.bible-code.com
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