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# Scientists show off robots. PITTSBURGH(AP) Scientists are learning to make
robots that do what they're supposed to do when they're supposed to do it.
Now if only human beings would play along. One common problem: making the
programmed machines work alongside unpredictable human nature. Damn bio
units: http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560929622-3f7
: Do you work well with robots? Do your robots work well with humans? Who
fucks up more? Who are more easily trained, controlled, implanted? Would you
rather be a human, a robot, an alien, an animal, a demon, a deity, or me??
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# New Sensing Device Reads Chemical Makeup In Real-Time. W.LAFAYETTE, Ind.
When Capt. Kirk on the Starship Enterprise wanted to know something about
a nearby planet, he simply requested a "sensor reading" and immediately
got info on the chemical makeup of the planet's atmosphere and surface.
Researchers have brought this "Star Trek" technology down to Earth with
a new tool that can chemically analyze a wide variety of materials in real
time. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1999/08/990830072406.htm
: Does a sensor aimed at you reveal any life-signs? Do alien implants inter-
fere with sensor readings? Do you generate a masking field? Do you vibrate?
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# Maize maze amazes - who needs crop circles? STIRLING, Ont. (AP) A local
farm family has created what they believe is Ontario's largest corn maze.
More than 200 visitors have already wound their way through the labyrinth
at Haggerty Farms. They began devising the maze in their corn field last
May, claiming the maze is as educational as it is entertaining. The paths
that make up the maze total over 3,000 meters and take between 45 minutes
and an hour to complete. "It's actually divided into three sections so
it's three mazes in one." Visitors can complete one section, then return
to a rest area inside a former cheese factory on the farm, or walk through
all three sections together. Then the Reptilioids abduct them. ###
: Are crop circles just anonymous maize mazes? Have you built any good mazes
lately? Have you negotiated any? Do you collect mazes? Do they collect you?
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# UFO GEOMETRY 101 - Triangles & Rectangles. 1) Pennsylvania Triangular UFO.
2) Pennsylvania Rectangular UFO. 3) Indiana Triangular UFO. 4) Ohio Trian-
gular UFO. 5) Brazilian Triangular UFO. http://caus.org/ft083099.htm
# PERSONAL CONTACT EXPERIENCEs (PCEs): UFO Under Attack. Have you heard from
any other abductees that have a memory of being on board a "ship" in which
there was an incident of being "shot" at by someone or something? I have
just such a memory: http://caus.org/pc083099.htm
: What's your favorite UFO shape? Are you shot at inside UFOs? Do you shoot
back? With what? Are you treated differently inside different-shaped UFOs??
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# HOTMAIL ACCOUNTS OPEN TO ALL. More than 50 million Hotmail accounts have
been exposed. This may be the most serious -- and definitely the most
widespread -- Net security breach yet. What, you were expecting privacy?
http://www.wired.com/news/news/email/tip/business/story/21490.html
# WANT SECURITY? FORGET WEB MAIL. Security holes are inevitable in Web-based
email, experts say. So, if you want to sue MS, go ahead, but don't expect
to win. http://www.wired.com/news/news/tip/business/story/21498.html
# DID MS DIG ITS HOTMAIL HOLE? Microsoft may have created the massive Hot-
mail security hole by leaving a backdoor script up on its servers. That's
an all-too-common flub, according to experts. Just not paranoid enough:
http://www.wired.com/news/news/email/tip/technology/story/21495.html
: Do you trust Net security? Do you break Net security? Have you penetrated
any accounts lately? Do your alien masters insist? What do they wanna know?
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Psych-O-Rama:
# ALCOHOL HAS NO DIRECT EFFECT ON SOCIAL ANXIETY - placebos are equally
effective: http://psychiatry.medscape.com/11349.rhtml
# ANIMAL DATA SUGGEST WHY ALCOHOLICS FEEL PERSISTENT STRESS, DEPRESSION -
alcohol ingestion depletes the monoamine neurotransmitters dopamine,
serotonin and gamma aminobutyric acid, and it depletes levels of opioid
peptides in the brain. http://psychiatry.medscape.com/11395.rhtml
# COCAINE immunization possible: http://psychiatry.medscape.com/11443.rhtml
# METHADONE EQUIVALENT SHOWS PROMISE FOR COCAINE ADDICTION - dopaminergic
compound blunts the symptoms: http://psychiatry.medscape.com/11479.rhtml
# DEPRESSION, IMPULSIVITY COMMON AMONG ADOLESCENTS WHO TAKE OVERDOSES:
http://psychiatry.medscape.com/11432.rhtml
# INTERNET ADDICTION NOT A VIRTUAL PATHOLOGY - meets the diagnostic criteria
for a true addiction: http://psychiatry.medscape.com/11433.rhtml
# EPILEPSY DRUG MAY TREAT DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE. Gamma-vinyl GABA appears
to block or inhibit the biochemical effects of methamphetamines, heroin
and alcohol: http://psychiatry.medscape.com/11487.rhtml
# Survey on youth substance abuse. WASHINGTON (AP) Teens who don't get along
with their fathers in 2-parent families are more likely to smoke, drink &
use drugs than those raised by single moms. Kids raised by mothers alone
were 30% more likely to use drugs than those in supportive 2-parent homes.
But those with 2 parents who have poor relationships with dads have a 68%
greater risk. http://infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560935774-055
# SEASONAL EFFECT SHOWN ON MOOD, EMOTIONS IN HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS - even
without S.A.D: http://psychiatry.medscape.com/11365.rhtml
# MIRTAZAPINE TREATS MAJOR DEPRESSION WITH COMORBID GENERALIZED ANXIETY
DISORDER: http://psychiatry.medscape.com/11385.rhtml
# RESEARCH SUGGESTS NEUROTENSIN ROLE IN SCHIZOPHRENIA and the mechanism
of antipsychotic drugs. http://psychiatry.medscape.com/11415.rhtml
# ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS MAY TRIGGER SCHIZOPHRENIC DELUSIONS - activity and
the presence of other people: http://psychiatry.medscape.com/11455.rhtml
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