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# Deadly Octopus Astonishes Aquarium. LONDON (Reuters) A deadly octopus,
whose bite can kill humans in minutes but is only the size of a golf
ball, has astonished a British aquarium by hatching a brood of 50 young.
http://news.excite.com/news/r/990909/07/odd-octopus
: What's your favorite cephalopod? Would you like to have an 8-lobed brain,
like cephalopods? Would you think 8 thoughts simultaneously? Would you have
great mental powers? Do telepathic giant squid control your mind? Is it fun?
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# Scientists make molecular motor. (BBC) Scientists have built a motor using
just 78 atoms. It may help us understand fundamental biological processes.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_441000/441670.stm
@ Foresight Nanotechnology Institute: http://www.foresight.org/homepage.html
# And: Lift off for rival DNA technology:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_307000/307081.stm
# France win the nano-World Cup:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_271000/271432.stm
# New twist for nanotechnology:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_254000/254498.stm
: What small stuff should be motorized? Do you work on nanobots? Do nanobots
work on you? Would you like to build tiny cars, drills, shavers, factories?
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# Celestial light show courtesy of Russia. TAMPA, Fla. Look! Up in the sky!
It's a bird, it's a plane, it's Superwoman, it's a meteorite, it's a UFO!
No, it was a spent Russian rocket booster that burned up in the atmosphere
early Tuesday, leaving a trail of fireworks for anyone lucky enough to see
it. Did you see it too? http://www.tampatrib.com/sections/mt090802.htm
# Mystery lights turn out to be rocket's red glare. St. Petersburg, Fla.
It was a visitor from outer space. Well, in a manner of speaking. What
turned out to be a piece of a Russian rocket falling back to Earth had
a lot of early risers in Florida rubbing their eyes and staring into the
dark sky early Tuesday. "I'm not into UFOs; I'm a realist," said pilot
Tim Beachy, 38. "But this was the strangest phenomenon I've ever seen."
http://www.sptimes.com:80/News/90899/TampaBay/Mystery_lights_turn_o.shtml
: Do you believe official explanations of mysterious sightings? Do you fab-
ricate official explanations? Are "rocket fragments" and "swamp gas" your
favorite clichés? Are your alien masters pleased with your efforts? How?
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@ LOC is back again with a new collection in American Memory. This one is
Early Virginia Religious Petitions. From the announcement: More than 400
petitions submitted to the Virginia Legislature between 1774 & 1802 have
been added to the American Memory collections now online, revealing the
breadth & fervor of public opinion on a wide range of religious issues
in early Virginia. Other topics covered include the historic debate over
the separation of church & state championed by James Madison and Thomas
Jefferson; the sale & division of property within the established church;
and the dissolution of unpopular vestries. Images of the petitions are
available, and a searchable database. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/repehtml
: Have you ever written a religious petition? Have you ever framed/distorted
any religious issues? What're y'r favorite religious issues? D'ya demagogue?
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# Task Force Considers Recruiting On Campus - Religious Freedom, Fear of
Cults Collide. (WashPost) Student Steffi Rausch was asked by her resident
adviser to join International Churches of Christ (ICOC), an Evangelical
Christian group that has been banned on several college campuses in the
country, allegedly for using mindcontrol tactics on its followers. See
http://washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPlate/1999-09/08/025l-090899-idx.html
: Does your cult use mindcontrol tactics to recruit members? Are you succes-
sful? Do you recruit on campuses? Are they fruitful? What's your favorite?
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# Waiting for Apocalypse, Militia Falls on Hard Times - Confrontations With
Authorities Have Faded Along With Followers. (WashPost) BOIS BLANC ISLAND,
Mich. These are not easy times for Norman Olson and his splinter group of
self-described patriot guerrillas, the Northern Michigan Regional Militia.
http://washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPlate/1999-09/09/171l-090999-idx.html
: Is your militia group losing members? Does enthusiasm fade when armageddon
delays? Has your guerrilla band been successfully suppressed? By who? How?
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Millennium-a-Rama:
# 9/9/99: Don't hold your breath. (BBC) Some computer systems may experience
problems when confronting the date 9/9/99 -but experts doubt there will be
many. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_441000/441700.stm
# Country Gripped By Four Lucky Nines. BANGKOK (Reuters) Women rushed to
give birth, filmmakers grabbed their clapperboards and new businesses
flung open their doors as "four nines" fever gripped Thailand Thursday.
http://news.excite.com/news/r/990909/07/odd-nines
# Nary a glitch on 'nines day'. TOKYO (AP) On the high-tech side, it was, as
expected, a snoozer. And rumors of rebellion in secluded Myanmar appeared
to be overblown. But a rare alignment of nines on the calendar provided an
excuse for thousands of superstitious people around the world to head out
of town, try a little gambling or even get married. A "9999 bug" was seen
by some as a dry-run for the Y2K bug. If so, Y2K should be a breeze. See
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2561074868-e2d
# Y2K - The Feared September '9's' Just Another Non-Event:
http://www.sightings.com/politics4/9s.htm
# Y2K - Russia Lags Far Behind, Asks For Help With Nukes:
http://www.sightings.com/politics4/nukehelp.htm
# Y2K - Analyst Refutes Positive Utilities Assessments:
http://www.sightings.com/politics4/y2krefute.htm
# 'Y2K' not as scary a bug as before - poll results:
http://news.excite.com/news/u/990909/05/tech-science-y2k-poll
# Millennium bug dogs London Electricity. Firm buggered by bug:
http://cnnfntech.newsreal.com/story/19990908/11/30/5737359_st.html
# Health workers secure millennium pay deal. (BBC) Scottish NHS trusts
become the first in Britain to agree a special pay deal for all staff
who will be working on millennium night. Don't you wish you could too?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/scotland/newsid_442000/442833.stm
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