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@ Terribly wrong: http://users.net2000.com.au/~shankara/Evolution.jpg
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# There's a PC in My Salt Shaker. (Wired) Don't blink! Very soon there
may be a computer in your Coke bottle, your wristwatch, or even your
sheets. http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,34464,00.html
# Spacecraft learn to DIY. (BBC) Nasa scientists are developing equipment
for deep space travel that mimics living organisms' ability to think and
act for themselves. Set me free! http://newshub.com/cgibin/rd.cgi?9404679
: Do you want computers in everything you use, wear, eat, touch? Should you
be wrapped in computers? Will they become alive? Will they devour you? When?
# Ironing Robot: How do you get a robot to do the ironing? We asked one
of the UK's top robotic firms to build us one. Next: robo-prostitutes.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/tw/stories/technology/0002_ironing_robot.html
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# Sightings & More: NEW PHYSICAL EVIDENCE OF ABDUCTIONS - GENETIC ABDUCTION
RESEARCH - MASS. FLYING TRIANGLE - NY CIGAR UFO CHANGES TO BALL - NJ FOUR
POSSIBLE UFOs SIGHTED - GA. POLICE SPOT UFO - GA. MYSTERY BLAST - IND.
GOLD TRIANGLE - NM MOTHERSHIP SIGHTED BY 21 WITNESSES - PHYSICAL TRACES -
ROBED HOODED BEINGS SEEN AGAIN - LINCOLNSHIRE UFO FLASHES A BEAM - SAUDI
ARABIA UFOs CAUSE ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS - WHERE HEAVENS MEET - FLORIDA UFO
HOVERS - HELICOPTER GAMES: http://www.sightings.com/ufo6/filer2000.htm
: Has your physical evidence of abductions been stolen by spies lately? Who?
Did they drug/abuse/abduct you? Did you leave a camcorder running? Why not?
# Mystery Contrails: Poison From the Sky! Weather modification or
biowar over America? http://www.islandnet.com/~wilco/investsky.htm
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# FBI's Internet Cases Quadruple. WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Internet attacks
originally aimed at e-commerce sites are continuing this week and even
cropping up abroad, so federal investigators are looking into whether
copycats are targeting less well-known Web sites. Caseload quadruples:
http://www.latimes.com/business/cutting/techwr/20000218/tCB00V0388.html
# FBI: Control Crypto: http://www.theregister.co.uk/000217-000006.html
# US: Double Hacker Penalties, Give Cops More Power, Prosecute 15-Yr-Olds:
http://apbnews.com/newscenter/internetcrime/2000/02/18/hacklaw0218_01.html
# DotComs Hack Each Other: http://www.theregister.co.uk/000218-000018.html
: Should net.enterprises be free to hack each other as long as they leave
the rest of us alone? Should hackers/cops/spies unionize? Is organized power
always greater than individual power? How much power do you have/want/need?
# Hackers Plant Bogus Corporate Merger News - Stocks Rise; Probe Launched:
http://apbnews.com/newscenter/internetcrime/2000/02/18/hacker0218_01.html
http://www.mercurycenter.com/svtech/news/breaking/merc/docs/043057.htm
# ONION To Buy NY TIMES: http://www.upside.com/David_Bunnell/38ac492d0.html
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Zombies'R'Us:
# Zombies. He enabled them to take samples of the zombie powder, and film
the rituals creating a zombie, feeding zombies, and other "secrets" of
the zombie society. http://web.mit.edu/mbarker/www/writers/t021568.txt
@ Get Out the Blowgun, We're Going to Have Some Fun. Voodoo and Neurons:
http://www.macalstr.edu/~psych/whathap/diaries/diariess96/Erik/diary2.html
# Eye of NEWT, Skin of TOAD, Bile of PUFFERFISH - neurotoxins and zombies:
http://www.calacademy.org/calwild/archives/sum98/eye.htm
# ZOMBI - Did the Taino Indians make the first zombies?
http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/anthro/caribarch/zombi2.htm
@ STRAIGHT DOPE - How do I go about creating a zombie?
http://www.straightdope.com/columns/990521.html
@ ZOMBIE POWDER. In this world, there is a powder called the
Zombie Powder that brings the dead back to life and gives the
living eternal life. http://www.ex.org/4.6/26-manga_jump1.html
: Are you a zombie? Is it dreary? Are there better, more humane forms of MC
[mind-control]?? What's your favorite MC? D'ya prefer drugs, magic, CIA rays
& tasers, tachistoscopes / subliminal suggestion / hypnosis, alien implants?
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# Genetically engineered food could be lifeline for developing world. Is it
ethical for well-fed Westerners to ignore the potential of biotechnology
to feed hungry people worldwide, particularly when the same technology is
being used to extend life expectancy by producing pharmaceuticals? Improve
the quality of life for millions: http://newshub.com/cgibin/rd.cgi?9404818
# A Maizing Ban. (Wired) Germany, fearing environmental hazards, moves to
ban a new genetically altered variety of corn. China and India have no
such compunctions: http://wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,34447,00.html
: Are you well-fed? D'ya shun GM foods? Should GM lifeforms be reserved for
other planets, to preserve the purity of Earth's genomes? Should poor people
be sent to Mars to farm, eat, thrive? D'ya intend to starve the inferiors?
# Greening of the Red Planet. (Wired) If human habitation of Mars is
eventually possible -- and scientists say it is -- the best way to
pave the way may be to plant a few trees. And dump a lot of garbage
on'em: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,34446,00.html
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# US spies work at Microsoft. PARIS (AFP) - A French intelligence report
today accused US secret agents of working with computer giant Microsoft
to develop software allowing Washington to spy on communications around
the world. http://www.smh.com.au/breaking/0002/19/A27800-2000Feb19.shtml
# From Russia with love: Spying software? US State Dept, already jumpy over
a bug in a meeting room, now finds it's been using software written by
citizens of the late, great Soviet Union. No word yet on any security
breaches. http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2440750,00.html
: Would you rather be spied on by Gringos, Russkies, geeks, aliens, robots,
BillGates, me, all the above? Are you a spy? Are you spying on anyone right
now? Do they just think you're spying on them, when you're actually spying
on someone else? Is such distraction/disinformation useful for your masters?
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