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@ Volcanic: http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/695000/images/_696953_ring300.jpg
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# Dramatic Change Coming In View Of The Universe. Astronomers looking at the
very cold, far-infrared universe have barely glimpsed what's there. They
had to make do with imaging systems that survey the cosmos a few pixel
points of light at a time. http://unisci.com/stories/20001/0331002.htm
# THEY'RE EVERYWHERE - Some black holes are small enough to swallow - so
shut your mouth: http://newscientist.com/features/features_22323.html
# Closing In on Sunspot Origins: http://newshub.com/cgibin/rd.cgi?9613043
# Sun has strange 'spin cycle' http://www.newshub.com/cgibin/rd.cgi?9612597
# Solar "Heartbeat" Discovered: http://www.newshub.com/cgibin/rd.cgi?9612579
: Have you uncovered the details of the operation/construction/design of the
universe lately? Is one universe too small a sample to adequately represent
the totality of reality? Can you explain everything, even what you haven't
seen yet? How much more is there to see? Do Logos or Mythos describe it all?
@ The philosophical import of a unified theory of everything should
either be passed over entirely, or dwelt on with utmost seriousness:
http://www.booksunlimited.co.uk/lrb/articles/0,6109,149730,00.html
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# Hackers Confab in Israel. JERUSALEM (AP) - Hackers from around the world
overcame interrogations, censorship and an all-around bad image to hold
Israel's first hacker convention, wrapping up the 2-day meet without a
glitch. The 350-strong gathering was the first of its kind since major
commercial sites were crippled in February, reminding firms across the
globe of the dangers hackers can pose. Politicos quailed; Israeli police
had considered banning the conference, but Attorney General Eliyakim
Rubinstein gave the go-ahead. One of the original hackers, John Draper
[Cap'n Crunch], said hackers wanted to put a better face the practice.
See http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2565314768-7f0
# Napster: friend or foe? http://salon.com/tech/col/rose/2000/03/30/napster/
# Marc Andreessen, Prodigal Hacker: http://upside.com/Ebiz/38e0f6630.html
: Have you hacked/cracked/jammed any notable systems lately? Are defenses up
and stronger, thwarting your attempts? Have you tried to put positive 'spin'
on your efforts, claiming to be harmless? Are you harmless? Is anyone? Eh?
# Vendor Reports New Worm Viruses. Two new software programs circulating on
the Internet could damage computer files, a software vendor said Thursday.
Buy a fix, eh? http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB20000330S0016
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# Protein Shown To Help Build Body Maps In Brain. A single gene expressed
in the brain can change a long-standing icon of basic neuroscience that
was until now thought to be shaped mostly by neural input from the body's
periphery. Getting internal: http://unisci.com/stories/20001/0331004.htm
# Genes Or Environment: What Shapes The Sensory Homunculus?
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2000/03/000331084002.htm
# Brain imaging reveals less medication just as effective in treating
schizophrenia: http://www.eurekalert.org/releases/uoto-bir033000.html
# Software Pinpoints Brain Areas: www.unisci.com/stories/20001/0331005.htm
: Have you explored your brain lately? Is there any 'there' there? How much
of your brain is devoted to mapping, sports, sex, food, fear, programming,
meditation, conniving, self-improvement, self-aggrandizement, demagoguery?
# Nut source for cancer drug: http://www.newshub.com/cgibin/rd.cgi?9608127
# Life force - How protein pumps powered the first cells - little angels
squirt juice around: http://www.newscientist.com/news/news_223236.html
# US AgSec Glickman seeks biotech seeds probe - defends "terminator"
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2565303247-ed1
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# GPS Tracks Grannies in Tokyo. (Wired) The Japanese government gives
transmitters to seniors who frequently lose their way. The satellite-
based system will help monitor Japan's growing elderly population.
Gotcha: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,35333,00.html
@ "Effective Microorganisms" http://emtech.org/naturefarming/sld001.htm
(slide show) - http://209.153.214.27/ - http://emtech.org/toc.htm - re:
pollution of waters by excess organic matter-OM-, and chemicals, and
helping farmers to wean off chemical fertilizers, and chemicals in
general, thereby decreasing amounts of same in our waters.
via Dave Hartley http://www.asheville-computer.com/dave
: What's your favorite use of tracking technology? Have you tracked or been
tracked lately? Would you rather track elders, chemicals, money, aliens, me?
Do you cover your tracks wherever you go? Why not? Are you worth tracking??
# PlayStation2: Your Own ATM? Home banking via game machine, TV:
http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/review/games/cgg163.htm
# LAPD intensifies eBay investigation - simple scam, or vast conspiracy
to subvert e-commerce? http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1007-200-1597731.html
# Feds probe Yahoo! http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/cth644.htm
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SkeptiWinks:
# Nuclear Physicists Hit Broadway. (Wired) An unusual new play dramatizes
the famous 1941 meeting between physicists Werner Heisenberg and Neils
Bohr. Its success bodes well for a developing genre: science-based
theater. GoGo: http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,34839,00.html
# New meaning to strip searches? Police urge female officers to keep
clothes on: http://www.freep.com/news/locway/strip31_20000331.htm
# TV airing more sex, foul language - Report: Violent, prurient material
triples in decade: http://cnn.com/2000/SHOWBIZ/TV/03/30/tv.sex.violence/
# College to students: Take 'gay' plunges - Trips required to homosexual
bars, black churches for white pupils - cross-cultural exposure, or
conspiracy? http://208.246.212.80/national/default-2000331225657.htm
# Astronauts Have Headaches, Too. (Wired) Oh no. Have the thrusters failed,
has the heat shield fallen off? Should we call Tom Hanks? Not at all.
The intrepid crew of the shuttle Endeavour faces a crash of a different
kind. MicroShit: http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,35259,00.html
# PEACE WALL: France unveils of its Peace Wall 2000 beside the Eiffel Tower,
a 17-meter long, 9-meter high wall covered in the word "peace" in 32 lang-
uages. The artist says the wall was inspired by Jerusalem's Wailing Wall,
with "holes for members of the public to place their own personal wishes."
http://infoculture.cbc.ca/archives/visart/visart_03302000_peacewall.phtml
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