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# Professor predicts first contact with aliens some time next century. It's
time to prepare for impact on society, Toronto academic warns. Allen Tough
believes humanity will make contact with extraterrestrial life forms soon,
and says people must prepare themselves for such an encounter. Few events
in the sweep of human history will be as significant and as far-reaching
as contact with intelligent life in outer space, and now is the time for
us to begin to prepare for the social and physiological impact. Let's go
Reptilioid: http://www.ottawacitizen.com/national/990812/2713691.html
: Which aliens do you most want to make contact with? Will they socially and
physiologically overwhelm you? Are they better dancers? Are you threatened?
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# Eclipse Beautiful But Routine; End Of World Postponed... Again. PARIS(AFP)
The total eclipse of the sun seen across Europe on Wednesday drew weird
and wacky reactions from humans, confused birds and animals and confounded
designer Paco Rabanne's prediction that it would coincide with the end of
the world. But just wait: http://www.sightings.com/politics4/post.htm
: How many end-of-the-world predictions have been right so far? How many
eclipse predictions have been wrong so far? Is there an inverse correlation?
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@ COMPUTER VIRUS DESCRIPTIONS, SOLUTIONS AND QUESTIONS. A few mildly amusing
frustrations break up the otherwise dry - yet relevant & easy-to-grasp -
info. What's great about this NG is that users of older operating systems
(especially DOS) can find Do It Yourself patches and solutions to problems
that newer antivirus programs may not always handle. news://comp.virus
: What's your fave virus? Have you uploaded it to your VCR, microwave oven,
PDA, pacemaker? What systems would you like to disrupt, crash? Do your alien
masters help? Would you mind if I uploaded a virus to your brain implant??
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# BIOTERRORISM MAY BE THREAT TO U.S. AGRICULTURE. COLUMBUS, Ohio. As if
drought and low prices weren't enough, there's a new, potential concern
in US agriculture: bioterrorism. What would happen if someone deliberately
infected a crop with a pathogen? It hasn't happened in the US yet, but
experts think that it can, and they're now beginning to look at the risk.
http://www.acs.ohio-state.edu/units/research/archive/croppat1.htm
: What crops would you like to infect? What people would you like to infect?
Would you rather infect plants, people, animals, aliens, robots, worms, me?
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SkeptiLinks:
@ Stratfor offers news and information on world "hotspots" where economic or
military crises are taking place. A good place to do research when you're
trying to get info on global current events. http://www.stratfor.com/
@ Blood Sport - The Stunt Master on "Buffy, The Vampire Slayer":
http://www.feedmag.com/bottomfeeders/bf146_master.html
# Impotence Caused By Eating Says Animal Rights Group:
http://www.sightings.com/health3/impotence.htm
@ Voyeur Auteur The Mastermind behind "Shocking Behavior":
http://www.feedmag.com/bottomfeeders/bf184_master.html
@ The United Nations Cartographics Section contains over 100 general maps
in .pdf format and deployment maps of peacekeeping missions. While you're
here check out the map library, with over 80,000 maps. Cartophile's joy:
http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/english/htmain.htm
# Nun Admits Scrawling Racist Graffiti:
http://news.excite.com/news/r/990812/15/odd-crime-nun
# Pope turns down invite from Macau:
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560697417-fca
# 94 killed in Indonesian Christian-Muslim rioting:
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560695887-0c5
@ MIT Theses and E-Theses Online offers the full text of some master's and
doctoral theses from all MIT departments. They're searchable by keyword
in author, title, or abstract. http://theses.mit.edu/
# Russian Conspiracy Or Jihad In Dagestan?
http://www.sightings.com/politics4/jihad.htm
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560698187-d6e
# Jerry Springer rules out Senate run - Howard Stern available:
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560697957-0f2
# NATO's own Experts: Bombing was a failure; Cleveland's Klu Klux Karma;
Detroit's grand porno drawer: http://motherjones.com/scoop/scoop23.html
@ StreamSearch.com is a new search engine for searchable audio & video, with
audio, video, live events, and pay-per-view link categories. They support
varied formats, including .AVI, .MOV, MP3 & Midi. http://streamsearch.com/
# Medical Marijuana Under Siege, Making Slow Progress
http://www.drcnet.org/wol/103.html#undersiege
# Methamphetamine Bill Contains Anti-Free-Speech Legislation:
http://www.drcnet.org/wol/103.html#methbill
# Killing the Bad Guys - the bogosity of DARE:
http://www.drcnet.org/wol/103.html#editorial
@ The Last Century Of The Millennium:
http://www.kentuckyconnect.com/heraldleader/news/081199/krt/html/r.htm
@ Century Links: http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Humanities/History/20th_Century/
@ 20th Century History: http://history1900s.miningco.com/index.htm
@ Story of Our Times: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/peoplescentury/
@ Shrinking World: http://www.eurekanet.com/%7Efesmitha/h2/
@ The Roswell Incident: http://www.iufomrc.com/incident.htm
@ Need a map? Need lots of maps? Need statistical information on a
country? Check out the Atlapedia at http://www.atlapedia.com/
@ Mapping the National Parks. 200 maps of park areas, dating from the 17th
century to today. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/nphtml/nphome.html
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Eschewing the normal pre-performance butterflies in stomach, Hector instead
was experiencing the dreaded, but nearly unknown malady known as "moths in
the mouth," as he spit out what appeared to be chewed-up wings and that
fuzzy, obnoxious stuff that is left when you rub a moth's wing too hard
between your fingers. --Larry Sherman * http://bulwer-lytton.com/99win.htm
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