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@ If you ever hear this song it will drive you nuts forever after:
http://www.summer.com.br/~pfilho/html/lyrics/t/theres_a_new_sound.txt
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# Archaeologists descend into underworld. (BBC) Archaeologists discover
underground chambers described as a "descent into the underworld" on
the Scottish island of Orkney. And it's a Hell of a place. Stygian:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_554000/554494.stm
: What's your favorite underworld experience? Did you ever go to the gates
of Hell and back, and all you got was a lousy t-shirt? Do you descend into
the underworld everytime you ride a subway? Are subways Hellish? All of'em?
@ Real Ghosts! http://dreamryder.home.mindspring.com
@ Alien Encounters: http://www.alienencounters.com/
@ Strange: http://www.cassiopaea.org/cass/991204.htm
@ UFO Nest Hatches (Sweden): http://fly.to/ufo-nest
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Seattle-A-Rama:
# Linux Advocates Turn Violent, Go On Rampage. Until yesterday, protesters
had kept a quiet, good-natured presence outside of Microsoft's new office
in downtown Seattle, handing out free computer software, and even giving
cute little stuffed penguins --their mascot-- to children of passers-by.
"They're such NICE young men," said one grandma. But these demonstrators,
whose numbers have escalated in recent weeks, did in fact turn violent
yesterday, clashing with police in the worst street violence in the city's
history. Seattle in a shambles: http://w3.one.net/~sunlion/linuxriot.html
: Do operating systems drive you insane? Were they crafted by Reptilioids to
divert the brightest humans from more important pursuits? Is Linux a drug??
# DAY OF THE JACKAL. A teenage punk who lives on the streets of Los
Angeles tried to make his mark during the WTO protests in Seattle.
http://www.salonmagazine.com/news/feature/1999/12/08/seattle/
# How Demos Lost The White House In Seattle: WTO battles blew it for Gore:
http://www.salonmagazine.com/people/col/pagl/1999/12/08/cp1208/index.html
# Beyond the brick throwing - What does the World Trade Organization
really want? http://tabletalk.salon.com/webx?13@@.eea519f
# Everything you need to know about the WTO:
http://salonmagazine.com/news/feature/1999/11/29/wto/
: Is world trade a conspiracy? Do you benefit? Was the computer you use made
by Chinese slave laborers? Do you wear clothes made in Asian/Pacific
sweat-shops? Do the voices in your head persuade you that it's OK? Are they
right?
# Sustainable agriculture or Shakespeare? Protesters voice their resistance
to globalization in the streets of Seattle, but do they really have the
people's best interests at heart? Striking a blow for child labor:
http://www.salonmagazine.com/news/feature/1999/12/03/wto/index.html
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# It may be possible to breed or to genetically engineer new plant varieties
to improve productivity in geographic regions with significant ozone
exposure, such as California. http://unisci.com/stories/19994/1207996.htm
# Gene Therapy Yields Bigger Pigs - young hogs grow 40 percent larger and
faster. http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/19991207/sc/big_pigs_1.html
: Can big, fast-growing hogs that survive L.A. smog be bred? Should they be?
Will gigantic, ozone-tolerant lifeforms overrun California? Who'd notice??
# Genetic extremism overstates risks - scare tactics must yield to scien-
tific analysis: http://www.eurekalert.org/releases/orst-geo120699.html
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# Self-updating virus spreads on Web. NEW YORK (AP) Cybernerds warned of a
new virus that can update itself with potentially malicious instructions
from a Web site. The first of its kind, this virus primarily affects home
computers and spreads through Microsoft software used for chat rooms. The
W95.Babylonia virus comes disguised as a Y2K fix, making it the 6th known
virus preying on the Year 2000 glitch. The virus' most worrisome aspect is
its ability "to add new capabilities as it rolls along." The virus writer
can effectively control the infected computer remotely. Anti-virus experts
worked to identify the specific commands for the virus, say these could
include erasing files and grabbing sensitive information. We're all doomed
now: http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2562477896-f3e
: When will a cybervirus break loose, gain intelligence, take over the world
by making itself immortal, transmit itself into our brains, and make all of
humanity one big happy family? Will this solve all our problems? How soon?
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# Click On This Diagnosis. (Wired) A new online health service launched
in the UK is drawing criticism by some experts who fear Web users will
substitute the site for necessary doctor visits. Bend over and smile:
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,32937,00.html?tw=wn19991207
: Are your favorite physicians real or virtual; male or female; human, ET,
robotic, imaginary? When all your medical implants are installed, will you
quit your HMO and sign up with an online medic? When will the Net kill you?
# Brain scan shows how deep is your love. SCIENTISTS at the Institute of
Psychiatry in London are trying to show the difference between love & lust
by using the latest scanning technology to measure blood flow to the brain
www.telegraph.co.uk/et?ac=000343180237640&pg=/et/99/11/25/ecnsca25.html
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Shoot-A-Rama:
# Honor student turned gunman: http://cbsnews.com/story_207621.html
# Police say Okla. boy used dad's gun - purchased at Wal-Mart:
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2562474491-e5a
# Boy pleads in alleged school plot - planned school massacre:
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2562473789-fb6
# The congressman from Columbine - reelection seemed inevitable:
http://www.salonmagazine.com/news/feature/1999/12/07/littleton/
# Dutch stung by 1st school shooting - copycatting Oklahoma?
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2562485790-c9f
# Latest School Shootings... Is Mind Control Involved?
http://www.sightings.com/politics5/what.htm
: Have you beamed your mind-control rays at any schools lately? Do lines on
maps thru all the shot-up schools still intersect in Hope, Arkansas? What's
Bill Clinton's role in the shootings? Is he a controller, or controlled??
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