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@ Sexy Grammar: http://adult.dencity.com/thamiris/grammar.htm
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# Scientists Cut Estimates Of Near Earth Asteroid Danger. LONDON (Reuters)
The number of asteroids capable of colliding with the Earth and causing
massive devastation is only about half of previous estimates, US scien-
tists said. http://cnn.com/2000/TECH/space/01/12/space.asteroids.reut/
And see http://news.excite.com/news/ap/000113/01/killer-asteroids
: Do you breathe a big sigh of relief? Is humanity safe now? From what? Do
aliens prefer to 'sanitize' infected planets with asteroids, plagues, novae?
# UFOs: How To Become A 'Terrorist' http://sightings.com/ufo6/terrorist.htm
# Forbidden UFO Disclosure: http://www.sightings.com/politics5/forbidden.htm
# USAF UFO Directive 10-20 pt. 2: http://www.sightings.com/ufo5/stone2.htm
@ UFO Experiencer Runs For US Presidency: http://www.harder2000.com
@ Grafitti Artist Abducted by UFOs: http://www.basquiat.net/
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# Organic brew in space found. ATLANTA (AP) A primordial soup of complex
organic chemicals that could be the precursors of life is cooked up very
quickly after the birth of stars, new research suggests. "Life could have
had an easier time starting than we thought before." A study by the Infra-
red Space Observatory showed that large organic molecules evolve within
only a few thousand years from chemicals in the cloud-like envelope surr-
ounding some stars. The finding is based on the infrared spectra readings
of short-lived, carbon-rich stars that are engulfed in clouds of gas and
dust, rich in some of the most advanced organic molecules ever detected in
outer space. http://infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2563226776-8c0
: How quickly did your life evolve? Did deities/alien/robots give evolution
a kick-start, or were you just lucky? Is life everywhere? Is it intelligent?
# Are We Really Martians? ATLANTA (AP) Microbe-bearing rocks could have
been ejected from Mars and seeded the Earth with life billions of years
ago, or the exchange could have gone the other way, a study says.
http://news.excite.com/news/ap/000113/01/life-out-there
http://news.excite.com/news/r/000112/15/science-space-mars
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# It's the End of TV As We Know It.(Wired) Television is redefined as broad-
casters, electronics manufacturers, and Net companies unite to provide
comprehensive media services. Kill your television before it kills you.
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,33503,00.html?tw=wn20000107
# Meet George Jetson's House. (Wired) The home of the future, where
appliances talk amongst themselves isn't so far out anymore. People
will become just another passive part of the system. Robots run amok:
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,33497,00.html?tw=wn20000107
: Are ya already just another passive component of your life-support system?
Are you watched over by robots of loving care? Are you necessary, redundant?
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# TOTAL WORLD DOMINATION, PART II: In a deal unrelated to the Time Warner
merger, AOL announces a "strategic alliance" with PBS in which the public
television system will become a "premiere content provider" for AOL and
the internet provider will receive an on-air "branding presence." Not so
non-commercial: http://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/pd/e13fera.ssf
# Feds Favor M'Soft Breakup: http://usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/cth129.htm
# 3 MS Chunks: http://infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2563230880-d85
: Is the world more likely to be taken over by AOL, MicroSoft, WalMart, IBM,
Ford, Toshiba? Which is the favorite corporate tool of the Bilderbergers??
@ Media execs have dumbed down TV, the papers, and the news weeklies,
imagining people want less content and more froth. They're wrong!!
http://www.newswatch.org/December%20stories/Michael%20Kelly%20%20122099.htm
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# Megiddo Madness Averted. The FBI says it's still investigating a score of
Y2K threats to the nation's computer networks and power plants, but the
National Infrastructure Protection Center warns network administrators to
remain on guard against hackers. But who guards us from the guards, eh?
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,33486,00.html?tw=wn20000107
: Has the FBI investigated/infiltrated your terrorist group yet? Do
agent-provocateurs supply you with weapons, tech know-how, targets? R U
happy??
@ Can you fool a spammer's robot into traveling an infinite loop through
thousands of fake Web pages collecting phony e-mail addresses? Erik
Schorr's Blackflag <http://guest:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/txt/bugspray.txt>
does. The script could make the world safe again for the mailto: url.
And see http://www.memepool.com/Subject/Internet/
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# White House: New rules on encryption. WASHINGTON (AP) The Clinton admini-
stration disclosed relaxed rules allowing high-tech companies to sell even
the most powerful data-scrambling software overseas with virtually no res-
trictions. http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2563227804-a95
# Privacy Breach a Publicity Reach. A security hole that could reveal IP
addresses on the Democratic National Committee's Web site is made public
by a small group with apparently no concern for privacy. Callous swine:
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,33482,00.html?tw=wn20000107
: What's the greatest security threat y'can think of? Can it get any worse?
Does strong encryption enhance or degrade y'r security? How can you be sure?
# AIDS Is Now Global Security Threat: http://sightings.com/ufo6/threat.htm
# Reno proposes online police squad - 'LawNet' to fight crimes carried out
on, or by means of Web: http://www.theregister.co.uk/000112-000016.html
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# Robot Nurses Will Assist Sick And Elderly. LONDON (Reuters) - Robot nurses
may soon be helping the sick & elderly by telling them when to take their
pills and recording their temperature and pulse. Engineers have designed a
new generation of robots to make life easier for the elderly & housebound
& to inform their doctors of any medical problems. Robots are our friends.
Really. http://news.excite.com/news/r/000112/14/science-science-robot
: Would you rather be nursed by humans, robots, aliens, demons/deities, me?
Will nurses' unions go apeshit at the prospect? Will MDs be obsolete soon??
@ BEWARE! The Chupacabra Is Coming For Your Children! Aiiee!!
http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Vault/1259/chupacabra.html
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