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@ Conehead: http://www.srv.net/~bhw/conehd2.jpg
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# Japan: 30% view fertilized eggs as humans - human eggs become human beings
when fertilized and therefore should never be exploited. 70% think human
eggs should be fried & eaten: http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/newse/0307sc13.htm
# Human Genetics, The DOE, Lockheed Martin, & Nuclear Weapons. There's some-
thing very unique & special in the human DNA, and the wizards and warlocks
at the highest levels of the US government, academic and corporate worlds
are trying to decipher it. This is a huge effort on a par with the push to
develop the atomic bomb. http://www.sightings.com/politics6/gends.htm
: Do humans and other lifeforms need protection before/after birth/death? Do
humanity and personhood necessarily overlap? Are you one of those bigots who
doesn't like nonhuman persons, nonperson humans, disincarnate intelligences?
Is human DNA special, or just a set of variations on a widely-used code? Eh?
# Give a dog a clone. The vet says that Goldie, the family pet labrador, is
suffering from old age and will have to be put down. Today all you can do
is comfort the children. But very soon, if you have enough money, you will
be able to order up a carbon copy clone of Goldie, maybe re-engineered to
be somewhat less flatulent: http://www.independent.ie/2000/66/d11a.shtml
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# Call It the SyDNA Olympics. (Wired) SYDNEY, Aus. -- If you buy official
merchandise at this year's Sydney Olympics, you'll be taking home a piece
of one of Australia's top athletes. The ink derived from the undisclosed
athlete's DNA has been placed on each piece of official Olympic merchand-
ise to thwart counterfeiters. The ink is invisible, impossible to reverse-
engineer, and easy to check with special scanners no larger than a garage
door-opener. In short, it's a biotechnology security tag. And you can
clone the donor: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,34774,00.html
# U.K. Crypto Law a Key Issue. (Wired) British politicians all agree that
police need new powers to read the email of drug dealers, terrorists,
and pedophiles. But campaigners are furious that other Net users are
about to lose their right of innocence until proven guilty. Bend over
and smile: http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,34776,00.html
: What's your favorite security measure? Is DNA goo because it's secure; not
so good because of the cloning potential; aesthetically pleasing; tasteful?
Is security worth any price, any sacrifice, any imposition? Are you secure?
# NSA Crypto Museum: http://www.npr.org/ramfiles/wesat/20000304.wesat.12.ram
# Coolio fries: Off the hook for the DDoS frenzy, he now faces charges for
other hack-attacks. http://wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,34741,00.html
# MicroSoft Gives Grants to Solve DoS Attacks - search & destroy, leave none
alive, burn their brains: http://techweb.com/wire/story/TWB20000302S0012
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# Cosmic Catastrophe: Planetary Alignments and Cosmic Disasters. The word is
out: The planets come into alignment in May, 2000, and some are predicting
that Earth will be affected by cosmic forces that will trigger a "cosmic
catastrophe." http://www.griffithobs.org/Planetarium.html#anchor4181640
@ Planetary Alignments 2000: http://www.griffithobs.org/SkyAlignments.html
@ Alignments & Destruction: http://www.teleport.com/~tcollins/conjunct.shtml
@ Alignments - Why Panic? http://www.skypub.com/news/special/whypanic.html
@ Planetary Alignments: http://www.sunspot.noao.edu/PR/alignment.html
@ Alignments Cause Quakes: http://www.badastronomy.com/bad/misc/planets.html
@ Planet Conjunctions: http://drumright.ossm.edu/astronomy/conjunctions.html
@ CALENdeRsign� - THE ALIGNMENTS OF THE NAKED EYE PLANETS - PRECURSERS OF
THE PLANETARY BEAD OF 5-5-2000. The "time turning" point approaches! A
very rare and remarkable planetary alignment is taking place! Give your-
self up! http://www.calendersign.ric.at/english/alignment2000random.htm
@ 60 days to go until the planetary bead in May 2000. Help us plan the
ceremony at time turning point: http://www.calendersign.ric.at/mayfest.htm
: Are you prepared for the inevitable catastrophe(s)? Was your home planet
torn apart recently? How did you escape? D'ya run from planetary alignments?
To where? Have you warned us, or do we deserve our fate? Are we that bad??
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# Volcano Mayon To Cool World Temperatures - Again. SINGAPORE (Reuters) -
While villagers living near Mayon volcano in the Philippines are feeling
the force of brutal eruptions almost daily, the rest of the world could
feel Mayon's impact through cooler global temperatures. Use more freon:
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20000305/sc/environment_volcanoes_1.html
# Earth enters the big thaw. (BBC) The world's ice cover is melting faster
and in more places than at any time since records began. Grow more hair.
Fast. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_669000/669051.stm
@ Worldwatch Institute: http://www.worldwatch.org/
@ British Antarctic Survey: http://www.nerc-bas.ac.uk/
@ World Glacier Monitoring Service: http://www.geo.unizh.ch/wgms/
: Will Earth freeze over, break apart, suffocate in smog/shit, melt down, go
into another dimension, implode, get even weirder? What's y'r favorite Earth
Change? Have you altered any climates/biospheres/lithospheres lately? How?
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SkeptiWinks - your turn to ask questions:
# MedSchool Puts Virtual Reality To The Test - surgical residents to face
biomedical tele-immersion. The residents will participate in a unique
research project to measure whether virtual reality technology, high-
performance computing and high-speed networking can improve medical
education. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2000/03/000306075800.htm
# HIV Vaccine 'At Least Another Decade Away' - AidsBiz conglomerates to stay
profitable, powerful: http://foxnews.com/health/030600/hiv_vaccine.sml
# Nurse Transmits HIV To Patient http://www.sightings.com/health3/hivinf.htm
# AMA Tries To Suppress Pic [posted here recently]: http://www.geek.net/ama/
# 'I pledge avoidance to the flag' - Fewer campuses leading students in pat-
riotic recitation - nor public readings of US/state constitutions and UN
charter: http://www.charlotte.com/observer/natwor/docs/pledge0306.htm
@ ReligiousEuphemisms: http://www.ugcs.caltech.edu/~werdna/alliteration.html
# The wrath of Genghis Khan - Hordes of Mongolians threaten to name selves
for ancient warrior: http://www.smh.com.au/news/0003/07/world/world12.html
# Parlez-vous e-mail? France pooh-poohs modern English business phrases. Au
revoir: http://www.theage.com.au/breaking/0003/07/A59112-2000Mar7.shtml
# Jupiter's moons in focus. (BBC) The Galileo spacecraft returns sharp
images of Jupiter's icy and volcanic moons. Hot and cold hells, clearly
seen: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_669000/669092.stm
$ Radar Robots Rule: http://www.mcphee.com/products/future/10289.html
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