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*** Church protesters interrupt S. Korea TV show. SEOUL (AP) - Police sought
arrest warrants for six church leaders after members of their congregation
stormed a Seoul TV network and interrupted the airing of a program critical
of the church's pastor. About 300 members of Seoul's All Holiness Church
overpowered 50 guards and seized control of the lobby of the network shortly
before the program was to go on air. 5 minutes after the program began, 50
protesters broke into the main control center and took it off-air. Network
engineers restored the program, but the protesters interrupted it three more
times. See http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559514254-80a
# WHITE HOUSE WEB SITE SHUT DOWN AFTER HACKING ATTEMPT. The official White
House Web site remained off line Wednesday as a security precaution after
hackers broke into the system. White House flak Barry Toiv said the site was
shut down Monday night after "an attempt was made to break into the system
that operates the White House Web page." The site (whitehouse.gov) features
a virtual White House tour, presidential speeches and other information on
the Clinton administration. It contains no sensitive gov't info. Shut down
Monday night: http://cnn.com/US/9905/11/whitehouse.site/index.html
and http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559512438-c19
: Does your belief system promote disrupting communication? Would you rather
shut down a TV show, a website, a net.link, a religion, a gov't, a planet?
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*** Sony makes robot dog. TOKYO (AP) This dog is already housebroken, won't
need costly shots or food; and whenever you tire of play, just hit the pause
button. Sony Corp. will sell a robot dog called AIBO soon. The "beast" is
smart enough to do tricks and even lets you know when it's happy. About the
size of a Chihuahua, the robo-canine has sensors in its paws and an antenna-
like tail. For a machine, it's pretty smart. A camera and infrared sensor
help the wired pooch judge distances and detect objects so it doesn't walk
into walls. AIBO ('pal' in Japanese) is programmed to enjoy being petted,
and a sensor on its head can tell the difference between a friendly pat and
a scolding slap. AIBO will sell for $2,500, though the Internet only. ###
: Do you prefer robots in the forms of dogs, cats, sharks, humans, gorillas,
Reptilioids, Republicans, Australians, crabs, cyborgs, or just plain blobs?
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*** Lawn device picks up after dog. EDINA, Minn. (AP) Mike Miller is build-
ing a multi-mmegabuck business on things other people don't want to touch.
Miller's Hound Dog Products is the company behind the Poop Hound, a long-
handled scooper with a raking arm that sweeps doggie droppings into a plas-
tic bag that can be released into the trash. No bending. No touching. Just
mention dog poop and Miller's eyes shine as he thinks about the business
potential. "There are 53 million dogs in America and I'll bet you dollars
to doughnuts every one of those dogs poops," Miller said. "What's a bigger
nuisance in the back yard than dog poop?" Other than alien invaders, maybe?
See http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559508361-68f
: Would you rather have a robot dog or a robot dog valet? Can/do you handle
dogshit, bullshit, chickenshit? How about a robot scooper for political BS?
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# IRRADIATION: YOUR STEAK WON'T GLOW, BUT IT WILL BE BUG-FREE. Irradiation
of food is coming, and, no, it won't make your food glow in the dark. But it
will make it virtually bug-free, which is important since even though the US
has the world's safest food supply, there are 8 million cases of food-borne
illness that occur every year. Irradiated food is expected on the market
within a year - clearly labeled, for those of you who still have qualms.
http://www.healthcentral.com/drdean/DeanFullTextTopics.cfm?ID=12193
: Do you have qualms about eating irradiated food? Would you rather eat food
infected with 'natural' diseases, 'organic' bacteria? What would Jesus do?
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*** Woman sentenced for fake hate mail. CHICAGO (AP) A black woman who sent
phony hate mail to prominent blacks in a scheme to defraud United Parcel
Service out of megabucks was sentenced to 5 years and 5 months in federal
prison. Angela Jackson, 29, scrawled racist remarks on letters sent via UPS
to prominent black leaders, including the Rev. Jesse Jackson, NAACP Pres.
Kweisi Mfume and 8 members of Congress. Blamed on UPS workers - see
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559511159-aae
: Would you rather receive real or fake hate-mail, letter-bombs, ads, love-
letters? Do you prefer real or fake snail-mail, e-mail, mind-control rays?
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*** No kill on Makah tribe whale hunt. NEAH BAY, Wash. (AP) The 1st harpoon
toss shot harmlessly over a gray whale as it rolled in the Pacific on the
1st day of whale hunting by Makah Indians in a 32-foot cedar canoe this
spring. The harpoon shot missed because "the whale rolled and the harpoon
went over the top": www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559507093-96d
: Was the whale spared by incompetent hunters, fast reactions, divine will,
demonic interference, mind-control rays, faulty equipment, miscommunication?
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SkeptiLinks:
@ Studying Kabbalah: www.butterfly.net/neoism/squares/maimon.html
# Golden Capstone to be placed on Great Pyramid on Dec.31, 1999:
aol://5863:126/alt.conspiracy:522192
# Disease Alert: www.discovery.com/exp/epidemic/alert/diseasealert.html
# WHO: world faces new disease burden - AIDS now deadliest infectious
disease: www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559512402-8b9
# SAVE THE SMALLPOX VIRUS, SAYS MEDICAL JOURNAL - nuke the gay whales:
http://www.healthcentral.com/drdean/DeanFullTextTopics.cfm?ID=12197
# COULD SMALLPOX BE USED IN BIOLOGICAL WARFARE? yes, so start worrying:
http://www.healthcentral.com/drdean/DeanFullTextTopics.cfm?ID=12171
# WHAT DO WOMEN WANT? BROAD SHOULDERS, LARGE CHEST - BMI is irrelevant:
http://www.healthcentral.com/drdean/DeanFullTextTopics.cfm?ID=12198
# China, Russia agree NATO must stop - but NATO disagrees, duh:
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559511021-bfd
# WASHINGTON: FIRING NOT LIKELY OVER BOMBING OF CHINESE EMBASSY -
China: Apologies won't cut it: http://cnn.com/US/9905/11/us.china/
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