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# 'Seahenge' moves on. (BBC) A Bronze Age circle of wooden posts, known as
"Seahenge", is being removed from the sands on the Norfolk coast. All wet:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_353000/353337.stm
# Also: Ancient 'tool factory' uncovered:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_336000/336555.stm
# Fences come down at Stonehenge:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/newsid_326000/326499.stm
# Ancient tomb captured both Sun and Moon:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_313000/313720.stm
# Ancient tomb captured the winter sun:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_298000/298999.stm
: Did aliens build underwater landing beacons? Would you? Are they fakes?
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@ This Wide Wide Weird World of Sex. Many say there is nothing unusual under
the sun. Maybe so, but then perhaps they have not done much research in the
world of sex. "The pilgrimage to Mecca is not perfected save by copulation
with the camel." See http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Cafe/5840/wws.txt
: Would you rather have sex with a camel, Reptilioid, Republican, Borg, me?
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# BRITS KEEP CRYPTO KEYS. The Blair gov't decides the key-crypto encryption
plan would do little for security, and harm e-commerce. Will Congress agree?
www.wired.com/news/news/email/explode-infobeat/business/story/19885.html
# Israeli pirates shut airport. A battle of the airwaves has broken out bet-
ween up to 150 pirate radio stations and the nation's international airport.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/middle_east/newsid_352000/352642.stm
# PIRACY STILL RAMPANT IN RUSSIA. Although software piracy is on the decline
worldwide, more than 90% of warez in Russia, China and Vietnam is pirated.
www.wired.com/news/news/email/explode-infobeat/politics/story/19866.html
: Do you prefer to attack entities electronically, digitally, commercially?
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# No Mir flight for British businessman. The British businessman who claimed
he would fly on the Mir Space Station has had his training programme halted.
Bother. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_353000/353467.stm
# Few on Earth are excited about the International Space Station. Bridge to
the future: http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559687371-26a
# Lift-off for Indian space rocket. India launches its first commercial
rocket - and says it will be able to compete on price for future launches.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/south_asia/newsid_352000/352890.stm
: What would you do to go to space? What would you pay? When do you leave?
Would you fly an Indian spaceship? Might it accidentally fall on Pakistan?
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# AUSTRALIA POISED TO BURY PORN. Legislation imposing stiff fines on ISPs
hosting adult Web sites is close to becoming law. If that happens, Oz will
have one of the toughest online anti-porn laws in the world. No bloody fun:
www.wired.com/news/news/email/explode-infobeat/politics/story/19888.html
# Gov't retreat on e-commerce. The UK gov't is withdrawing plans for tough
new laws for electronic commerce designed to boost security and cut fraud.
news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/business/the_economy/newsid_353000/353416.stm
# POLS DRAW A BEAD ON CHILD PORN. Congress begins debating a law targeting
online pedophiles. Any child who logs onto the Net is a potential victim??
www.wired.com/news/news/email/explode-infobeat/politics/story/19873.html
: What restrictions would you like to impose on the Net? Would they work?
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# A cosmic mistake. (BBC) Mankind's first serious message to the stars con-
tained two errors say embarrassed scientists. More alien disinformation:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_353000/353409.stm
# Also: Interstellar message says 'ET call Earth' - use British TeleCom:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_351000/351461.stm
# Two Antarctic Ice Shelves Almost Gone. Global warming could see drowning
of coastal cities, regions by 2050. http://earthfiles.com/earth020.html
# Also: GW and Traumatic Precipitation: http://earthfiles.com/earth007.html
# Magazine disputes Chinook tragedy cause. (BBC) Computer software, not
pilot error, is blamed for a helicopter crash in which 29 people died.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/newsid_353000/353063.stm
@ Links: Computer Weekly: www.computerweekly.co.uk/cwmain/cwhome.asp
@ Air Accident Investigations Branch: www.open.gov.uk/aaib/aaibhome.htm
: Will misled ETs be mad? Would you rather be killed by angry students or
aliens, clumsy programmers, global warming, bad pilots, gods or demons, me?
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# Whaling commission challenged to act. Conservationists have told the
International Whaling Commission it must take prompt action to protect
whales. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_353000/353257.stm
# Japanese eat unfit 'whale' meat. (BBC) Conservationists say Japanese
consumers are fraudulently being sold dangerously contaminated dolphin
meat. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_352000/352611.stm
: Do eaters of tainted cetaceans deserve their fate? Should they go vegan?
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"I really feel that 'a few hours of home study' is insufficient training
to qualify you to perform my gynecological examination," Brenda Feldman
whispered breathlessly to the lump under the sheet which indicated the
present position of the brilliant dwarf, Esteban. --Robert F. Pollock
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