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@ Mother's Little Helper: http://www.tiac.net/users/smisch/pics/dexamyl.jpg
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# Pig Hearts & Micromachines: A health futurist on 21st-century technology.
(FOX) In 25 years, will all of the aging baby boomers be able to order
brand-new hearts online for a few bucks? Or will the promise of improved
cardiac care shrivel up like so many whiz-bang futuristic technologies
of yore? http://www.foxnews.com/health/121199/flowers.sml
: What's y'r favorite whiz-bang technology? Will future technologies be even
more whiz-bang than we can imagine? What body parts will you order on-line?
# Linking PC's To Form "Supercomputers" -- Beowulf Clusters Can Be A Faster
Cheaper Option: http://sciencedaily.com/releases/2000/01/000112075104.htm
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# Modern Alchemy Promises Repurposed Tobacco. (FOX) NEW YORK - Humankind
has always used plants for medicinal purposes, and the promise of
squeezing cheap drugs out of tobacco leaves is as alluring to the
biotech industry today as alchemy was to the philosophers of medieval
Europe. See http://foxnews.com/science/122199/tobacco.sml
: Do you know how many alkaloids, proteins and other complex organics occur
naturally in tobacco & related solanaceous plants? Can you imagine how many
substances these plants can be engineered to produce? Are you salivating at
the prospect of growing vast amounts of incredibly valuable chemicals? Now?
# US Consumers Favor GM Crops to Curb Pesticides. HOUSTON (Reuters) - Nearly
3/4ths of American consumers would support genetically modified crops if
the technology means farmers can reduce pesticide use, according to a
survey: http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20000111/sc/biotech_survey_1.html
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# WAR CHEMICALS BEING TESTED. The strange-looking streaks in the sky aren't
your imagination. They are anti-bacteriological warfare chemicals being
tested by the federal government. And the public has been kept in the
dark. http://www.spotlight.org/01_07_00/Chemicals/chemicals.html
: Have you tested any military chemicals on the general population lately?
Do you enjoy watching twitchy reactions? Have your chemicals modified the
environment, climate, biosphere? Do you enjoy manipulating environments??
# Chernobyl zone may be resettled, despite mutant plants and animals:
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2563203780-936
# Meteorologists explain wimpy winter - La Nina may collapse soon:
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2563205503-69a
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# Russia rethinks Chechnya tactics. (BBC) Officials in Russia say they are
rethinking military tactics in Chechnya, after a series of setbacks at the
hands of rebel fighters. They'd better win the war before next election:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/europe/newsid_599000/599880.stm
# Also: Putin: Russia must be great again:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/europe/newsid_599000/599159.stm
# Analysis: Media swings against military:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/europe/newsid_599000/599516.stm
# Analysis: Russia's tough military lesson:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/europe/newsid_598000/598660.stm
: Have you gotten bogged down in an endless, unwinnable war lately? Do you
do this often? Does this keep you out of ever greater mischief elsewhere??
# Town celebrates life of heroic headless chicken:
http://www.salon.com/people/col/reit/1999/05/12/snl/index.html
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@ The Top 18 Things on a Y2K Survivalist's To-Do List:
18> Find grocery store receipt for 10,000 packets of ramen noodles.
17> Apologize to neighbors about the tripwire incident; offer to
replace dog.
16> Take up pork & beans skeet shooting.
15> Gather recipes for Spam, dehydrated potatoes, and crow.
14> Cancel subscription to Stockpilers Quarterly, but keep the
free can opener.
13> Convert weapons back to semi-auto.
12> Pitch "1000 Ideas for Wheat Gluten" to Martha Stewart's people.
11> Return 753 videos to Blockbuster.
10> Water yard, one lousy gallon at a time.
9> Prepare for the dreaded but little-known "Arbor Day Bug."
8> Shoot first -- forget the damn questions.
7> Learn how to disarm a Claymore mine.
6> Laugh at all those losers out there fighting each other for
scraps of food, and thank the Lord for the safety of the
bunker, cut off from all connection with the outside world.
5> Find the bastard who sold me all that dehydrated water.
4> Curse God for pussing out on the wrath.
3> Convert my anti-Y2K-Bug tin-foil hat back into an
anti-Katie-Couric-Mind-Control tin-foil hat.
2> Make sure the babes in the bunker still think we need to
repopulate earth.
1> Make friends with the 6 billion other Y2K survivors. www.topfive.com
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# Hackers target nuclear weapons labs. (BBC) Teenage hackers stole thousands
of internet accounts and used them to scan the networks of two US labor-
atories involved in the nuclear weapons programme. We're all doomed:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_599000/599753.stm
# Also: Net thief grabs credit cards:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_597000/597828.stm
# Hacker scare hits Virgin Net:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_597000/597229.stm
# Police seek key to cyber-crime:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_594000/594847.stm
: Have you hacked into any nuclear weapons labs lately? Did you steal many
secrets? Did you sell the secrets to international terrorists, rogue states,
Mafiosi, unscrupulous corporations, me? Do you hack/crack much? D'ya prefer
to steal military/political/economic/scientific/personal data? Is it sexy??
# BATTLEBOTS - machine wars for fun and profit:
http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0002/griscom.shtml
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