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# Defcon live! Dildog, a member of the hacker group Cult of the Dead Cow, is
lounging in his hotel suite, a smile smeared on his face. The unveiling of
his latest software upgrade for Back Orifice-a not-so-subtle dig at Micro-
soft's Back Office-was a success, a raucous party that had more in common
with a heavy metal concert than a software release. A gaggle of groupies,
most of them in their twenties and dressed in noir black, with tattoos,
piercings and scraggly hair, wait for him. They sit cross-legged on the
carpet, availing themselves to a well-stocked minibar piled high with
bottles of vodka, bourbon, whiskey. Cult of the Dead kicked off the
conference with a laser-light show, culminating in a deafening electronic
moo sound. http://www.forbes.com/tool/html/99/jul/0716/feat2.htm
: Are you a scene whore? Do you make loud moo sounds? Are you noir? Are ETs
invisible in this crowd? Are your friends/enemies/children/parents/pets in
this crowd? Do you hack? What's your latest virus/worm/trojan? Do you crack?
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# Y2K 'REPAIRS' COULD OPEN DOOR FOR BILLION-DOLLAR THEFTS. Don't be surpri-
sed if crackers make off with at least one electronic heist in the US$1
billion range by taking advantage of the year 2000 problem. Contractors
and programmers hired by companies to make Y2K fixes may have left "trap-
doors" to move money between accounts. System crashes could lead to theft:
see http://cnn.com/TECH/computing/9907/19/theft.y2k.idg/index.html
# And: FCC study says Net prospers without regulation, should keep hands-off
policies: http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560360324-0e3
: Would you rather be regulated, repaired, raped? Should hackers/crackers/
consultants be regulated?Is effective regulation/security possible? Why not?
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# CALIFORNIA BROTHERS CHARGED IN GAY SLAYINGS. Two brothers with ties to a
white supremacist group have been charged with the shooting deaths of a
gay couple. Benjamin Matthew Williams, 31, and James Tyler Williams, 29,
who also are suspects in June arson fires at three Sacramento synagogues
that caused $1 million in damage may face the death penalty if convicted.
Held without bail: http://cnn.com/US/9907/20/PM-GaysSlain-Arson.ap/
: Does your belief system promote violence against those with other beliefs/
sexuality/ethnicity? Would you mind being zapped for your beliefs/sexuality/
ethnicity? Is your faith/sexual/ethnic group supreme? Do Reptilioids agree?
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# Space capsule Liberty Bell 7 retrieved from Atlantic. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.
After 38 years on the Atlantic Ocean floor, Gus Grissom's space capsule
was brought to the surface Tuesday. The capsule Liberty Bell 7, which had
lain in water 3 miles deep since 1961, was brought to the surface around
2:15 a.m. Coincidentally, the underwater salvage team's success came on
the 30th anniversary of man's first walk on the moon. Screwed the pooch:
http://nandotimes.com/nation/story/0,1038,72220-114196-810618-0,00.html
: Do you want to own a soggy space capsule? Would it make a good party room?
How much would you pay? Is this the real capsule, or was it planted by ETs,
CIA/KGB, NASA,, IBM MicroSoft? Does Bill Gates have the original? Where??
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# UN outer space confab opens. VIENNA, Austria (AP) - Secretary-General Kofi
Annan urged the peaceful use of outer space as the UN opened a conference
[UniSpace III] on space technology & exploration. "Above all we must guard
against the misuse of outer space and ensure that the fruits of technical
progress are made available to all people in all nations." Yeah, sure -
see http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560359938-0b3
: Who determines whether space is well- or badly-used? Will humans use space
better than Reticulans, Reptilioids, Klingons? Who will rule the universe??
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SkeptiLinks:
@ Insurgents on the Net: A look at hacking: http://cnn.com/hackers
# China Sees National Security Threat in Pentium III and Win98 -
gov't P3's forbidden Net access: http://jya.com/cn-p3-peril.htm
# SHUTTLE MISSION ABORTED SECONDS BEFORE LAUNCH - anti-abortion
groups outraged: http://cnn.com/TECH/space/9907/20/shuttle.03/
# Two exposed to radiation at Chernobyl during safety checks:
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560354584-425
# FDA Should Ban Cancer-Linked Bread Ingredient, Says Consumer Group:
http://news.excite.com/news/r/990720/00/science-health-bread
# Firm fined $8 mln for diet pill claims - "blast" off pounds w/o exercise,
dieting: http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560360588-ec4
# Researchers work to find edible vaccine in form of vegetable - cure
for deadly parasite: http://news.excite.com/news/uw/990719/odd-106
# Intel chief sees 1 bln Internet users - then his eyes uncrossed:
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560358473-03a
# Detectives lose business to Internet - PI industry stunted, shrinking:
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560358555-e27
# Columbine students design wall tiles - the conspiracy widens:
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560361273-eb6
# Sex Prevents Headaches, German Scientist Says:
http://news.excite.com/news/r/990720/10/science-life-sex
@ Shepherds of Christ: http://www.shepherds-of-christ.org/index.htm
@ Non-angelic UFO Web Site: http://www.ufo-net.clara.net
# New massacre victims found in Kosovo - ethnic killing continues:
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560364549-9f9
# Yugoslavia: UN violates resolution, steals Kosova away:
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560360825-db7
# Hopes fade for joint anti-Milosevic front - Serbs factionalized:
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560362933-8f3
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"She wasn't really my type, a hard-looking but untalented reporter from
the local cat box liner, but the first second that the third-rate repre-
sentative of the fourth estate cracked open a new fifth of old Scotch,
my sixth sense said seventh heaven was as close as an eighth note from
Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, so, nervous as a tenth grader drowning in
eleventh-hour cramming for a physics exam, I swept her into my longing
arms, and, humming 'The Twelfth of Never,' I got lucky on Friday the
thirteenth." --Wm. W. "Buddy" Ocheltree
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