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# BUNGEE JUMPING - SAFER THAN IT LOOKS. Here's a report on the safety of
bungee jumping - for any of you out there thinking about giving it a try.
While nearly half of the people in this study suffered mild complaints,
they resolved in about a week after the jump - except for the guy who
changed his mind mid-leap and tried to grab for the platform; he got some
lacerations. Once you leap, it is not the time to change your mind, folks.
http://www.healthcentral.com/drdean/DeanFullTextTopics.cfm?ID=13253
: Have the voices in your head ever told you to jump off a bridge or from an
airplane? Did you heed these instructions? Did you survive? Will you again?
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# LUCASFILM TAKES EX-ARMY BASE. George Lucas gets the nod to move his film
empire into one of America's premier urban park spaces, as part of the deal
requiring the National Parks Service land to be financially self-sufficient.
www.wired.com/news/news/email/explode-infobeat/business/story/20221.html
: Would you prefer the SF Presidio be used for LucasFilm, StarFleet Academy,
homeless housing, ET autopsies, AI research, spying, waste disposal, sex?
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@ 1989/90 Belgian Triangles Revealed As Secret Military Craft? "The pilot
made a categorical statement that what, in fact, had happened was a cover-
up ... He claimed that the REAL TRUTH OF THE MATTER was that a military
delta-plat-form aircraft had been operating at the time of the sightings.
He added that the Belgian Air Force wanted to divert attention AWAY from
any suggestion that advanced military hardware had been seen." Then he
beamed aboard the mothership: http://www.sightings.com/ufo3/tricraft.htm
: What's your favorite secret advanced military hardware? From which aliens
was the technology acquired, and how? Have you stolen alien secrets lately?
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# WEB EMAIL FOR YOUR EYES ONLY. Want to send a very private email to a
friend overseas? ZipLip.com uses the security already built into your
browser to offer secure Web-based messaging. But can your trust Netscape?
www.wired.com/news/news/email/explode-infobeat/technology/story/20228.html
# EVERY WEB SITE A CHAT ROOM. When you land on a Web site, you're not alone.
Gooey, a new hybrid chat-Web service, shows you who else is there so that
you can strike up a chat. What if you don't want anyone to see you there?
www.wired.com/news/news/email/explode-infobeat/technology/story/20200.html
# DOUBLECLICK'S SINGLE FOCUS: YOU. DoubleClick plans to buy DB marketer
Abacus Direct for US$1 billion. This could make DoubleClick the Net's
top direct marketer, and a big headache for privacy advocates. Privacy?
www.wired.com/news/news/email/explode-infobeat/business/story/20205.html
: How much privacy & security can you stand? Is privacy antisocial, deviant?
Should you be treated? Can you trust anyone to protect your privacy? Who???
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$ You are cordially invited to join us in the oasis-like town of Crestone in
the mysterious San Luis Valley of Colorado for our in-depth consciousness
and research training retreat. The many different spiritual persuasions that
have made a home in Crestone have found, in their own unique way, that this
enigmatic valley is conducive to the pursuit of higher consciousness. Histo-
rically, it's also been a hot spot for UFO activity and unusual happenings.
Complete details on the CSETI Website: www.cseti.org/programs/upcoming.htm
: How much would you pay to tune-up your consciousness? Do you like to visit
hot spots of UFO activity & unusual happenings? Have you ever been abducted?
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SkeptiBriefs:
# Y2K TRADEMARK: PATENTLY ABSURD? Meet Jeff Buhl, the financial consultant
who owns a trademark on the term "Y2K." He's trying to collect licensing
fees from companies that use the acronym. Who holds the trademark on WEB?
www.wired.com/news/news/email/explode-infobeat/politics/story/20219.html
# PUBLIC TV STATIONS AIR CONTROVERSIAL GAY AWARENESS DOCUMENTARY. "Kids are
absorbing information" about gays, says filmmaker Debra Chasnoff. "Some of
it's accurate and some of it's really off the wall." Her documentary, "It's
Elementary," began airing on dozens of public TV stations this month despite
having been turned down by the national PBS office. Conservative groups have
long complained about the film, which has been shown at teacher-training
seminars, PTA meetings, and churches and synagogues since 1996. Film eaves-
drops on stereotypes: www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/TV/9906/14/gay.awareness.tv.ap/
# MCDONALD'S REALLY SPECIAL SAUCE. The granddaddy of the fast-food world
imposes a ban in the UK on the use of genetically modified ingredients.
Environmentalists are ecstatic. Vegetarians don't give a hoot. Do you?
www.wired.com/news/news/email/explode-infobeat/technology/story/20222.html
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SkeptiLinks:
# Some futurists say beware, Orwell's future is at hand:
http://www.washtimes.com/culture/culture1.html
# Pilot project will test health cards with computer chip:
www.nationalpost.com/news.asp?f=990615/2726102&s2=national&s3=news
# BRIT FIRMS REBUKE PIRACY LOBBY. Two UK organizations battle the anti-
piracy juggernaut of the Microsoft-backed Business Software Alliance.
www.wired.com/news/news/email/explode-infobeat/politics/story/20217.html
@ Can Gov't Gold Be Put to Better Use? Qualitative & Quantitative Effects
of Alternative Policies: www.bog.frb.fed.us/pubs/ifdp/1997/582/default.htm
# HUBBLE CATCHES COSMIC 'BUTTERFLY' - a turbulent cauldron of starbirth:
http://cnn.com/TECH/space/9906/14/papillon.nebula/index.html
# GREENSPAN: HANDS OFF TECHNOLOGY. The Fed chair warns against regulatory
policies that stunt the growth of tech.industry and harm US productivity.
www.wired.com/news/news/email/explode-infobeat/politics/story/20209.html
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