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@ Boy In Holland Claims To Have Witnessed Crop-Circle Formation. And what he
saw is just incredible! A small, misty pinkish-purple light, like a small
football, floating across an enormous field to this spot about 50 meters
behind his house. And this is where snow circles occurred a couple years
ago, and a circle in mustard seed last spring, and a couple of circles in
other crops nearby. It came right back to this area and stopped, "hanging"
in the air over this spot. Then, it started to elongate, spread out, be-
coming thinner and thinner looking like a disc, and then he saw a sharp
electrical discharge. http://www.sightings.com/ufo4/cropform.htm
@ Crop Circle Comes Down In Nashville TN. This site is about the crop circle
that appeared recently in Brentwood Tennessee, a suburb of Nashville, app-
roximately 5 miles south of downtown Nashville on I-65. This crop circle
lies quite near to the Interstate itself. http://cdfnet.com/cropcircle/
: Do you like making crop circles near interstate highways because of the
easy access? Have you ever been caught? Do you blame the mind-control rays?
Do you use electric footballs? Do you drug witnesses? What's your agenda??
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# Functions of PC put on single chip. SANTA CLARA, CA (AP) National Semicon-
ductor Corp. unveiled a new computer chip that puts most of the functions
of a PC on a single chip, a move that will bring more power and function-
ality to small information devices. NSC is targeting the chip for use in
"information appliances" such as TV set-top boxes, hand-held information
devices such as the Palm Pilot, and, eventually, car navigation systems.
See http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560300031-40a
: How small will PCs go? Would an array of these chips make a cheap super-
duper-computer? Do you want an array of these implanted in your head? When?
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# ALL THE NEWS THAT'S FIT TO WEAR. A German company develops the ultimate
tool for reporters: a wearable device that delivers you-are-there coverage
of breaking news. Or just get a shortwave radio implanted in your head:
http://wired.com/news/news/explode-infobeat/technology/story/20748.html
# BREAKING THE LANGUAGE BARRIER. International scientists test a translation
system that can convert the babble of up to six languages. Curses too? A
wearable version is aimed at travelers. Get THAT one implanted fast - see
http://wired.com/news/news/explode-infobeat/technology/story/20747.html
: Do you want to be wirelessly, seamlessly wired into the entire world, with
no language barriers? Should we all be? Will we become a group-mind? When?
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SkeptiBriefs:
# Some Plants Found To Have Nervous Systems Like Humans. Plants have nervous
systems similar to those found in humans and animals, according to a gov't
scientist who's identified and cloned a dozen genes responsible for nerve-
like signals in plants. The research may lead to the development of plants
that won't get stressed out by bugs or bad weather. Scientists have long
suspected that plants possess some sort of nervous system. Further studies
could lead to the engineering of crops that could be naturally resistant
to insects and disease. "These crops may eliminate the use of pesticides."
And they're fun to torture: http://sightings.com/politics4/plants.htm
# HOUSE LEADER SCORNS UN NET TAX PLAN. House Majority Leader Dick Armey came
out swinging against a United Nations proposal to tax email and funnel the
cash to developing nations. "Let them eat cake," he hip-hopped, snarling.
http://wired.com/news/news/explode-infobeat/politics/story/20739.html
# WIZARDS OF OS MEET IN BERLIN. Open source & freeware faiths meet academia
when the Wizards of OS conference brings techies together with artists and
theorists. These folks are inventing the future while nobody's watching:
http://www.wired.com/news/news/explode-infobeat/culture/story/20727.html
# Cell Phone On Your Belt Brings Radiation To Guts. LEAVING a mobile phone
clipped to your waist leads to a hotspot of radiation being pumped into
the liver and kidneys. Yet thousands of people are now attaching mobiles
to their belts as they switch to hands-free kits, thinking they are safer.
The changeover came after warnings that the brain can be affected by
harmful rays if users spend too long with their mobiles clamped to their
ear. But using a phone while it is clipped to your belt could be even MORE
dangerous. Baked & broiled: http://www.sightings.com/health3/cellkid.htm
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SkeptiLinks:
# Japanese military wants spy.sats to monitor N.Korea's missile program:
www.scmp.com/News/Asia/Article/FullText_asp_ArticleID-19990715031734205.asp
# Japan nuke plant leak said serious - 11,500 times above the safety limit:
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560296793-caa
# China Says Taiwan Heading For Monumental Disaster:
http://www.sightings.com/politics4/monu.htm
# Chile Documents Expose Criminal Role Of US Foreign Policy:
http://www.sightings.com/politics4/crim.htm
# Stunted GM crop may 'help feed world' - or at least feed gene.mod labs:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_394000/394616.stm
# Sahara turned from grass to desert, triggered growth of civilization:
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560294199-7fd
# Satellite imagery 'can stop epidemics' - Rift Valley Fever targeted:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/africa/newsid_395000/395713.stm
@ WHO: Rift Valley Fever factsheet: http://who.int/inf-fs/en/fact207.html
# Pair charged with smuggling Viagra from store in their pants:
http://customnews.cnn.com/cnews/pna.show_story?p_art_id=4049842
# Prudes and nudes battle on Baltic beaches - E.vs.W.Germany:
http://cnn.com/WORLD/europe/9907/15/BC-LIFE-GERMANY-BEACH.reut/
# Tampa board votes to shut down 'Voyeur Dorm' - subscriptions lapse:
http://customnews.cnn.com/cnews/pna.show_story?p_art_id=4042117
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the sodden firmament, purging purity and filth alike from the land, rain
without mercy, without surcease, incontinent rain, turning to intermittent
showers overnight with partial clearing Tuesday." --David Hirsch
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