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# BLAME IT ON HACKERS. While computer criminals do pose a threat and viruses
are real, recent studies show that most instances of data loss resulted
not from virus infections or vandal attacks, but from good old user error.
http://game.internetwire.com/technews/tn/tn981250.htx
http://www.chicago.tribune.com/tech/specialreport/article/0,266
# CRACKING GROUP STRIKES AGAIN. United Loan Gunmen add the NAACP's site to
their long list of recent hits. To avoid being next, stay insignificant.
http://www.wired.com/news/news/explode-infobeat/business/story/21838.html
: Are your computer problems your own damn fault, or can you justifiably lay
blame on hackers, crackers, spies, aliens, robots, me, y'r dog, anyone else?
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# PARANORML NEWs NETWORK (P3N) - The ORBIT report. 1) INCOMING, GOES-8 sats;
2) RADAR RING THEORY: MESO-SONIC MOTION THROUGH THE MAGNETOPLASMA (IPELS);
3) CHINA LAKE WEAPONS DIGEST; 4) MAXWELL'S SILVER HAMMER; 5) THE TESLA
SHIELD; 6) HERCOLOBUS - http://caus.org/pn092099.htm
: What's y'r favorite paranormal news? If you don't like the paranormal news
you hear, do you do out and make some of your own? Are you very creative??
# Brass gears give way to silicon chips. As the computer has swept
the world, it's taken the place of clockwork in myth and metaphor:
http://www.sigmaxi.org/amsci/issues/Comsci99/compsci1999-09.html
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# BIG BROTHER IS YOUR FRIEND. SciFi'er David Brin looks forward to the day
when surveillance cameras will be ubiquitous. All in the name of freedom.
http://www.wired.com/news/news/explode-infobeat/politics/story/21840.html
# NO SHORTAGE OF LIGHT BULBS HERE. Pundits gather at the Tech Museum
of Innovation in San Jose to celebrate how technology improves life.
http://www.wired.com/news/news/explode-infobeat/culture/story/21818.html
: Has technology improved your life? Has your life improved technology? Do
you like being watched? Do you like to swatch? Do you eagerly await the day
when we're all watched over by machines of loving grace? Are you nervous??
# How cute! Adventures in Marxism comes with canary yellow covers, Toys 'R'
Us lettering, and an adorable cartoon of Karl himself leaping with glee:
http://www.salon.com/books/it/1999/08/30/marx/print.html
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# Hawkings admits he made it all up. World famous "cosmologist" Stephen
Hawkings, admitted today that, like, all that stuff about the universe and
black holes and collapsing stars an' stuff, was just a load of bullshit he
made up, one day, to save his own collapsing career. "Just pulled it all
out of my ass," said Hawkings' voice synthesizer, which he also admitted
was a load of crap cause he can actually talk -- but, this way, he has a
layer of software and hardware to blame when somebody politely accuses him
of having just pulled it all out of his ass. http://c3f.com/nty0526.html
: Have you devised any grand theories lately? Have they helped your career?
Are you reputed to be a brilliant theorist? Does anyone really know you??
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@ Hypnosis & Alien Abductions. Alien abduction is the nonconsensual removal
of individual(s) without their consent from one physical location to ano-
ther. During this procedure, individuals may feel helpless, paralyzed and
unable to control their wishes. The purpose of abduction is reported to be
part of a physical or psychological experiment performed by non-humans.
At the conclusion of the procedure, the individuals are returned to their
original location; they may or may not remember their experiences.
http://www.brooksidecenter.com/hypnosis_and_alien_abductions.htm
@ Abduction experiences: http://members.aol.com/nymush/article.txt
: Have you ever abducted any individual(s)? Were/was the individual(s) human
or alien or robotic or virtual? What do you usually do with individual(s)??
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# Mars weather satellite nears orbit - spacecraft is also a communications
relay. (BBC) The first interplanetary weather satellite is due to begin
circling Mars on Thursday when Nasa's Mars Climate Orbiter (MCO) will slip
into orbit around the red planet, ready to observe the ebb and flow of
carbon dioxide frosts and giant dust storms over a whole Martian year.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_452000/452579.stm
: Should Martian weathermen dress strangely & talk funny like US network TV
meteorologists? Will you recognize them if they don't? Do you eagerly await
the Mars Weather Channel < http://www.themarsweatherchannel.com > ?? Why??
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SkeptiLinks:
@ PARANOIA: The Conspiracy Reader: http://members.aol.com/alhidell/paranoia/
# Tucson lawyer wants Waco truth: http://azcentral.com/news/0920hardy.shtml
@ Hate and the Net: http://www.freedomforum.org/speech/1999/9/15hate.asp
# Dracula's Pharmacopoeia: Harvesting Drugs from Blood:
http://www.scicentral.com/B-bioch.html#articles
# EVOLUTION & PALEONTOLOGY - Hunting Hominids:
http://www.scicentral.com/B-evolut.html#reports
# Please Pass the Prevention - designing foods to match an individual's
risk for chronic disease: http://scicentral.com/B-foodsc.html#articles
# New Line on Addiction: http://www.scicentral.com/H-toxico.html#reports
# New Microscopy Method Reveals Molecular Map of Biological Surfaces:
# Microgravity and Gene Expression: Early Results Point to Relationship:
http://www.scicentral.com/B-physio.html#articles
# Chlorfenapyr, a Pesticide Some Claim Is the Next DDT:
# Alcohol Consumption Triggers Free-Radical Damage in the Body:
# Research Shows Low Lead in Body Can Cause Spontaneous Abortion:
http://www.scicentral.com/H-toxico.html#articles
# Starbursts Triggered by Violent Collisions Lit Up Young Galaxies
in the Early Universe, Says New Study of Galaxy Evolution:
# Weighing Black Holes the Easy Way:
# Fading Embers Hold Clues to Puzzle of Gamma-Ray Bursts
http://www.scicentral.com/P-astrel.html#articles
# Concept for Rapid-Fire Thermonuclear Explosions Proposed:
# Y-12's New Supercomputer Is a Nuclear Super-Tester:
http://www.scicentral.com/E-nucphy.html#articles
# Clinton Claims Executive Prissiness - refused Congressional demand to
squash a huge DC cockroach that was crawling across the House floor:
# MTV Congress Replaces Lame Old "Holidays" With Cool New Holidaaaayyyze!!!
# US Imposes Ergonomic Sanctions on Korea: http://www.c3f.com/nty0917.html
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