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# Crowds to swamp Hacker confab. (AP) With all the buzz about computer bugs
and cyber-attacks on gov't Web sites, this weekend's hackers convention
promises to draw the biggest crowd in the event's 7-year history. It's a
sign of the times, unwelcome among the hacking elite, that DefCon7 will
feature a beginners' session so the "newbies" won't bog down other forums
with low-tech questions. The geeky masses attending the proceedings Friday
through Sunday in Las Vegas are expected to number in the thousands, up
from only about 100 back in 1993. And with that many people it's hard to
maintain the secretive aura that hackers desire and require to practice
their craft. Expect some undercover FBI/NSA/MicroSoft infiltrators, eh?
See http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560229733-e1b
: Will the agents outnumber the hackers and wannabees? If Vegas was nuked
this weekend, would the world be a better place? Will you attend? Why not?
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# E-mail Used To Nab Suspect. WAKEFIELD, Mass. (AP) A man who was declared
unfit to stand trial on weapons charges was charged again after his mental
abilities appeared fine in a 10-month Net romance with an undercover cop.
Officials said the relationship showed he had faked mental incompetence.
http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/tech/1999/jul/03/070300415.html
# Office surveillance: Growing number of employers keep an eye on their wor-
kers with hi-tech cameras. Ever find yourself watching the clock at work?
Be careful, it may be watching you. The increasing miniaturization of
video surveillance equipment is making prying eyes at the workplace a
common occurrence. http://eXaminer.com/990704/0704surveillance.html
: Are you under surveillance? Should you be surveilled? Are all your email
contacts really gov't agents? Are you spying on or for any govt or business?
Would you rather be surveilled by gov't, business, aliens, robots, gods, me?
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# Worker Makes $118,000 In 'Psychic' Calls. LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A sec-
retary in the Los Angeles County Mental Health Department pleaded guilty
to making 2,600 calls to a "Psychic Hotline" on county phones over a two-
year period, racking up $118,000 in charges. Guilty on one count of grand
theft - see http://news.excite.com/news/r/990709/08/odd-crime-psychic
: If the psychics didn't warn the secretary that she would be punished, are
they guilty of malpractice? If you can't trust a psychic, who CAN you trust?
Should this secretary have been under closer surveillance? Should everybody?
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# Acupuncture crosses over into veterinary care. (U-WIRE) GAINESVILLE, Fla.
The alternative is becoming mainstream practice in veterinary medicine.
Alternative medicine treatments like acupuncture, massage and homeopathy -
the same treatments used on humans - are enhancing the quality of life for
not only owners but also their pets, says Dr. Huisheng Xie, a new U.Fla.
faculty member. http://news.excite.com/news/uw/990708/odd-19
: Have you Rolfed your Rottweiler lately? Is Therepeutic Touch effective on
drowned parakeets? Would you practice Psychic Surgery on a porcupine? When?
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# Arrest follows threatening notes at 3 synagogues. A San Francisco man has
been arrested for allegedly leaving threatening notes at three temples in
S.F. Philip Miguel Baptista was taken into custody outside a synagogue by
police who had the temple under surveilance. Police identified Baptista as
the suspect they wanted for making terrorist threats in signed letters he
allegedly left earlier this week at two other temples. Baptista had two
outstanding bench warrants for vandalizing two church buildings. "Today
I bought a weapon" - see http://examiner.com/990708/0708synagogues.html
# CHILD-FRIENDLY, RACIST INDOCTRINATION ON INTERNET. Some extremist groups
are reaching out to teenagers via Web sites designed to be kid-friendly.
Experts call the sites a clear example of the sophistication and growth of
a new marketing tool for those who peddle hate - the Internet. "It used to
be, in order (for a hate group) to attract a kid, somebody would have to
mail stuff to them or go to their neighborhood" - Justice Dept. treading
cautiously: http://cnn.com/US/9907/08/hate.crimes/index.html
: What are your favorite hate crimes? How do you induce kids, adults, aliens
to commit them? What's your fave mind-control device? How do you brainwash?
Are religious sites easy to deface? Do you seek challenges, or are you lazy?
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# Safety Fears Scuttle Hercules Visit. BOGOTA (Reuters) Even Hercules, one
of legend's toughest superheroes, is a coward when it comes to visiting
Colombia, probably the most violent country in Latin America. A planned
tour of the traditional Disney On Ice show, which this year was to be
based on Walt Disney's "Hercules" animated film, was scrapped after the
Bogota-based company organizing the skating extravaganza received phone
threats. http://news.excite.com/news/r/990709/08/odd-colombia-hercules
: Are there places your deity or demigod is afraid to visit? Has your deity
or demigod received death-threats? Do you take them seriously? Is your deity
or demigod a wuss? Are you? Do the voices in your head urge caution? When?
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@ Latest On Some Alleged US 'Concentration' Camps. Hello all. I just got
back from my ten-day "concentration camp" tour of three states. I brought
back my striped uniform and have a new tattoo on my forearm to show for
it. Seriously, I got this list of supposed camps off of Don Bradley's
website (www.don-bradely.com). Bradley - an author of various new age
subjects - has been ranting and raving for the past year about hundreds
of camps with "machinegun towers, moats, gas-chambers, and roving armed
patrols." http://www.sightings.com/politics4/usconccmps.htm
: Have you been incarcerated in a concentration camp lately? Was it in the
US, Serbia/Kosova, China, Mexico, Burma, Palestine/Israel, Kurdistan, Sudan,
Russia? Did they bother with tattoos and uniforms, or just leave you to rot?
What kind of camp: military/gov't, punitive, religious, corporate, slaver,
alien, recreational? Were you released, and why, or did you escape, and how?
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Red Joppits smacked the fully-loaded clip of 9mm ammo hard into the black
steel butt of the Beretta, clenching his jaw tightly, eyes blazing hard
like new-frozen ice as he flipped back the heavy cocking slide to thrust
a copper-jacketed slug into the hungry chamber of his battle-proven semi-
automatic firing piece; then "Jesus!" he gasped, as he realized the skin
of one of his fingers was trapped under the sharp metal sliding rail of
the useless hunk of scrap iron. --David H. Patterson
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