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@ Synthetic Sentience on Demand. What may be considered to be the future for
some, is already the past being unfolded into the present. Thus, synthetic
sentience, as an engineerable process, is rapidly emerging from the obscure
realms of academic interest, or a narrowly defined range of industrial and
military applications, and becoming translated into a viable, commercial
commodity. Get it now: http://www.mondo2000.com/left%20brain.html
: What intelligent species would you like to produce? Can you make a profit
with them? Is there any other worthwhile reason for synthesizing sentience?
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$ The Schwa Corporation Center. You may not believe, but that doesn't mean
you can't prepare. So the Schwa Corporation of Reno is equipping unbelievers
with silly but haunting survival gear for the approaching invasion of extra-
terrestrials: T-shirt and cap, a wallet-size Survival Card that advises the
bearer to "give or do whatever they ask", a paper Alien Imposter Mask to
help you blend into the new crowd and even a set of 18 bumper stickers to
disguise your car.. duh! http://www.theschwacorporation.com/index.html
: Are you ready for the invasion? Have you purchased enough products yet? Is
you bomb shelter up to snuff? Have you carved crop circles in your lawn? Ya?
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@ ART IMITATES LIFE. Virtually all structures which occur in nature, and
throughout the universe, ranging from the branching structures of trees,
arrangement of pebbles on a beach, shapes of clouds, to the distribution
patterns of stars in a galaxy, are forms which can be defined as a series
of formulae and procedures that represent the features of those structures.
But I could be wrong: http://www.mondo2000.com/thoughts.html
: Do you resemble a mental structure? Are you definable as "a series of for-
mulae and procedures"? What're your favorite "formulae & procedures"? Why?
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# Wrestling star sues WWF. BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) Pro wrestling champ Sable
is suing the World Wrestling Federation for $110 million, complaining it
wanted her to actin a lesbian storyline, expose her breasts on TV and appear
in sexually degrading photos. The lawsuit charges professional wrestling has
become increasingly "obscene, titillating, vulgar and unsafe." Known for her
waist-length hair and scanty outfits, Sable said the WWF stripped her of her
championship belt by scripting her defeat in a televised "Monday Night Raw"
match. http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559804486-bce
: Is pro wrestling sport, entertainment, exploitation, experiment? Are WWF
wrestlers natural, cloned, sculpted by aliens, grown in vats, ETs, borgs?
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@ C-SPAM is an interactive art project created by a consortium of concerned
artists for the purpose of educating the general public about the relation-
ship between commerce and the Internet. C-SPAM presents a scrolling display
of unsolicited commercial e-mails. Get de-programmed: http://www.cspam.com
: Is advertising your favorite artform? What commercials suck you in? D'ya
wanna propogate'em? Is COMMERCE the meaning of life, t'universe, everything?
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SkeptiLinks:
# Columbia rebels free some church hostages, tickle & devour others:
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559814666-220
# Pope praises Polish martyrs, ignores persecuted atheists:
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559825410-7cd
$ Calling all graphic/web designers, HTML programmers, entertainment
writers: job opportunities: http://iafrica.com/employ/index.htm
@ The Monday Phenomenon's Swiss Army Kit Archive:
http://iafrica.com/technology/howto/archive/index.htm?src_id=tmp0323
@ The Monday Phenomenon Archives:
http://iafrica.com/subscribe/tmp-archive/index.htm?src_id=tmp0323
# Womankind's quest for fuzz-free skin has been going on for
centuries. http://fashion.iafrica.com?src_id=tmp0323
# Net Library - a powerful new reality: www.netlibrary.com/free.asp
# And you thought Cape Town was expensive?! http://www.corcoran.com/
# Democrat tapes GOP's secret meeting with drug-addicted women:
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559815272-6e6
# Accused killer claims sleepwalking, remembers nothing - bad implant:
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559823720-49f
# Taiwan company, IBM to form alliance - IBM merges with Chinese Army:
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559825101-284
@ PropheZine - Bible Prophecy and World Events. http://www.prophezine.com/
@ New Century Search Engine: www.century88.com/cgi-bin/english/ilink.cgi
@ Timeline for the Entire History of the World:
http://personal.jax.bellsouth.net/jax/t/m/tmlove2/main.html
# Fall of Kosovo talks may be ploy by Serbia & Russia, playing for time:
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559830335-20a
# Russian seeks UN resolution, wants bigger role in Balkans:
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559822658-dfc
# Also: Russians reluctant to OK peace plan, see
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559814820-4ac
# NATO to intensify air campaign after surrender talks collapse:
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559828613-5fb
# Also: NATO hears reports of Serb attacks, see
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559822676-8c6
# And: Latest developments, see
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559829719-1ee
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