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# Safe Sex The Reptilian Way. Then the Reptilian entered her life: "He just
appeared in my bedroom and began making love to me. The sex was incredible,
it was tantric, it was organic, it was like everything you wanted it to be.
There was telepathic communication and I felt totally connected to this
being. It's not even physically sexual when we merge - you sense the vibra-
tion, our bodies merge, you literally walk into each other. Your whole body
has an orgasm, it's not just localized. It's a total merging of energy and
spirit, it's beyond words, it's beyond what's here. I don't even have to
date anymore, It's the safest way of having a good time I've ever come
across." For a good time see http://www.konformist.com/pamela/pamelaft.htm
: Do you prefer sex with humans, aliens, animals, machines, vegetables, sun
demons, rocks, trees, trolls, electrons, neurons, implants, fantasies, me?
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# Screening for alien life. (BBC) A screensaver that hunts for signs of ET
life is expected to be downloaded by millions of people worldwide. Anyone
with a computer and an Internet connection can join a worldwide search for
intelligent life in space. The Seti@home project is a "grand experiment" -
see http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_345000/345465.stm
# Also: Is anybody out there?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_321000/321749.stm
# A signal from ET?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_307000/307873.stm
# Largest alien-hunting telescope planned:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_275000/275896.stm
# Search for life on Mars with your computer:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_112000/112768.stm
@ Links: SETI: http://www.seti.org/
@ Seti@home: http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/
@ Arecibo Observatory: http://www.naic.edu/
@ The Planetary Society Seti page: http://seti.planetary.org/
: Is Seti@Home a serious search tool, a marketing ploy, a mind-control plot?
Do you care? Will you search for aliens? What will you do if you find them?
What will THEY do if we find any? Is there intelligent life on Earth? Where?
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# SPEAKERS DOWNPLAY COMPUTER GAMES' SWAY ON KIDS. The videogame industry is
at a threshold of a converging marketplace of interactive entertainment,
work and learning, sez a flack. "The video game industry, which is already
larger than Hollywood, is poised for even much greater growth as it expands
into areas such as education." The Internet is changing the way children
play, learn, work and interact with each other. The future of gaming - and
dodging legislation: www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9905/14/e3.idg/index.html
: Do arcades teach killing? Would you prefer to learn, work, relax, live in
a VR/video environment? Do you already? Would you like a direct mental link?
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# Plans for virtual human. (BBC) Two companies are teaming up to develop a
virtual human body that will be used in the development of new drugs. They
hope that such technology will dramatically cut the time it takes to get a
medicine on the market by removing the need for clinical trials over many
years. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_345000/345762.stm
# Also: Cyberdocs could be deadly:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_209000/209155.stm
# Gene key may unlock immune system diseases:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_183000/183973.stm
@ Links: The Immune System: An Overview:
http://www.cs.unm.edu/~steveah/imm-html/immune-system.html
@ The Physiome project: http://www.physiome.org/
@ Immunological diseases: http://www.mic.ki.se/Diseases/c20.html
@ International Society for Computational Biology: http://www.iscb.org/
: Do you prefer real or virtual humans? Would you rather test drugs on
people, animals, borgs, simulations, lawyers, animal rights activists?
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> ISRAELI FILM LOOKS HARSHLY AT RELIGIOUS LIFE. In the opening of "Kadosh,"
an Orthodox Jewish man awakes, recites his morning prayers. In a traditional
prayer he thanks God "for not making me a woman." Amos Gitai, director of
the first Israeli film chosen for Cannes competition in 25 years, named it
"Kadosh", "sacred." The film is a brutal attack on Orthodox Jewish life and
its treatment of women. Film shot in ultra-Orthodox Jerusalem neighborhood -
http://cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/Movies/9905/14/cannes.israel.ap/index.html
: Does your belief system devalue women, men, children, nonmembers, others?
Is it divine will, human nature, a systemic feature, alien programming? Why?
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# Iraqi paper goes online. (BBC) A weekly newspaper owned by the eldest son
of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is launching on the Internet. Wired, wily:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/middle_east/newsid_345000/345096.stm
# Sewage Splatters Salt Lake Valley. SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Maybe it's a bird,
maybe it's a plane. But it is certainly sewage. Jehovah dumps on Mormons,
bigtime - see http://www.anomalous-images.com/news/news444.html
# Election99 fun screensaver. You can download a very amusing screensaver
and watch South Africa's top politicians being gobbled up by an energetic
pacman who obviously has no respect or particular liking for the powers
that be: http://iafrica.com/election99/index.htm?src_id=tmp0320
# Step by Step Guide to Dinos. (BBC) Researchers studying foot movements of
dinosaurs say they walked the same as modern birds, showing the evolutionary
link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_342000/342352.stm
# CONGRESSMAN CALLS CHINESE SPYING 'GRAVE' - "This is not accidental or
random," but of course it started during previous GOP administrations.
http://cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1999/05/16/china.nuclear/index.html
# BRITISH COPS BUGGY. The UK's largest police force is among emergency
services running "unacceptably late" in preparing for the millennium bug.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk_politics/newsid_345000/345702.stm
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