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@ 10 Turkeys: http://1.digital.cnet.com/cgi-bin1/flo?x=doYgKhBuBwghBKuE
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# The Universe may contain regions where time runs backwards. THE Universe
may contain regions where milk would stir itself out of coffee and eggs
would un-break, sez a New York physicist. The idea that there may be
regions where time runs backwards could explain invisible dark matter.
This kind of matter, invoked by cosmologists to explain the movement of
galaxies, could originate in a future contracting phase of the Universe.
Grave-to-cradle security: http://uk.news.yahoo.com/991124/18/bo71.html
: Do you prefer time to run forwards, backwards, sideways, upside-down, in a
spiral, or random jig-jags? Have you designed/built/used time machines that
explore each possible geometry? Where do you end up? DO you end up? Is there
an end, beginning, midpoint? Is time a probabilistic cloud, temporal fog??
@ New history of quantum physics - 100 years that shook the world:
http://www.newscientist.com/ns/19991127/goldencent.html
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@ Earth to E.T. -- let us know what's out there. In the demon-haunted world
of the Middle Ages people were abducted by incubi and succubi; the spirit-
haunted world of 19th century England & the U.S. reported apparitions and
ghosts. Now, we don't experience demons and spirits because our culture is
captured by aliens. From Star Trek & Star Wars to E.T. and The X-Files in
our pop-culture, and from NASA's Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence
(SETI) program to the [alleged] Mars rock microbes, we live in an alien-
haunted world. Yet evidence for alien existence is, well, nonexistent.
http://herald.com:80/content/wed/entertainment/books/digdocs/088449.htm
: Is your mind haunted by the current paradigm? Do you prefer older/newer
paradigms? Have you invented any different brain-haunting paradigms? Will
you share'em with us? Will they take over our minds? Will you take control?
@ Science & morality: http://sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/280/5367/1200
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# GAMMA RAY FINDING MAY OPEN NEW WINDOW ON UNIVERSE. NASA scientists say a
new finding on the properties of gamma-ray bursts could open "a new window
on the distant universe" and offer fresh insight into its beginnings - and
perhaps its eventual demise. This could make it possible to determine the
geometry of the universe throughout its various epochs, as well as when
and where massive stars formed in its very early stages. 'A much better
idea of where we came from:' http://cnn.com/TECH/space/9911/25/gamma.rays/
: Should windows be left open? Won't weather blow in? Do you really want to
know when/how the universe will end? Would you rather be surprised? Can you
take preventative measures? Should we keep the universe from ending? Would
that be "tampering with Nature?" D'ya like to tamper with Nature? Is it fun?
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# Site catches term paper cheaters. BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) - If your idea of
writing a college term paper is point-click-download, your worst nightmare
may be http://www.plagiarism.org where your misdeeds will be exposed, for
a fee: http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2562253076-78d
# Train robber designs heist game. RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) A new video
game based on Britain's 1963 Great Train Robbery will be designed by an
expert - Ronald Biggs, a fugitive who helped carry out the heist. Biggs &
fellow train robber Bruce Reynolds have signed on as design consultants -
see http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2562249718-cf1
# Cashier uses Palm Pilot in credit card scam. NEW YORK (AP) A Bloomingdale
clerk's PDA was her partner in crime. After swiping a credit card through
the store's credit card device, she'd swipe it again thru a card scanner
attached to her Palm Pilot. The PDA "is capable of storing thousands of
credit card numbers:" http://cnn.com/TECH/ptech/9911/24/creditcardscam.ap
: What are the most creative ways to use computers to profit from crime? Do
you profit from other peoples' crimes? Do other people profit from yours? Do
voices in y'r head guide you to profitable crimes, or are you in it for fun?
@ Feeble handwriting analysis of Bill Gates - ya can't analyze The Dark
Lord, can you? http://www.myhandwriting.com/celebs/billgates2.html
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# Quantum fuel for future computers - Research suggests how software market
might change. (MSNBC) Imagine a world where software is computational fuel
churned out by a processing plant and shipped down an optical-fiber pipe-
line to your computer, where it's consumed and destroyed. That just might
be the model for a future generation of quantum computers. But does your
computer eat your data already? http://www.msnbc.com/news/339196.asp?cp1=1
# Internet spies' new tactics. (BBC) Computer users are now at risk from
internet spies who are hiding secret codes in screensavers, experts warn.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_537000/537520.stm
: Would you rather have computers eat software, or vice-versa? Will spyware
devour your brain? Do you eat computer chips dipped in guacamole? Is that
only fair? Does your computer spy on you? Do you spy on your computer? When?
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# Revenge: Death to Pikachu! (MSNBC) Every day at Www.MustBeDestroyed.Com,
a Pokemon character is destroyed in a new, merciless way. People are able
to vote for their favorite method of killing and torturing the creatures.
So far, the most popular choices for mode of death are incineration and
being sawed in half by a chainsaw, but plans for “death by rottweiler”
are also on the horizon. Poor dog: http://www.msnbc.com/news/337458.asp
: Is destruction the only defense against these Oriental mindcontrol agents?
Is antiPokemonism another virulent meme? How many memes infect y'r mind now?
Have you designed/constructed/promulgate any memes/countermemes lately? How?
# Video-game violence is under attack as issue heats up before sales
season: http://www.msnbc.com:80/news/339375.asp
# ROGER CLINTON TO PLAY CONCERT IN NORTH KOREA - will further demoralize
faltering Commie regime: http://cnn.com/US/9911/25/roger.clinton.nkorea/
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