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@ Cat Exercise Patent: http://www.patents.ibm.com/details?pn=US05443036__
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# Scientists Eye New Cell Growth. (Wired) Researchers have discovered a
gene mutation that controls photoreceptors in the retina. They hope
that more research will lead to creating new cells in the retina.
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,34040,00.html
# NEW BREED OF HEAD LICE BORES INTO VICTIMS' BRAINS. GORONG I., New Guinea.
A deadly new breed of "super" head lice has killed 5 people here in the
past two weeks - by boring right into their brains! The mystery parasites
have so far proved impervious to every insecticide used against them by
anxious health officials. http://weeklyworldnews.com/stories/1726.html
: Have you created any new cells lately? Do you need new cells to replace
those eaten by head lice? Do you have many head lice? Do you breed them? Are
they genetically-modified mutants, tailored to suck brains? Are they cute??
@ Aquatic Ape Theory: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/5168/aat_leaflet.html
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@ AntiGravity Underground: http://eskimo.com/~billb/freenrg/antigrav.html
@ How2Build a UFO: http://www.concentric.net/~asciiexp/chill/tesla.ufo.txt
@ Steam-Engine Aviation: http://firedragon.com/~kap/scd4n40.html
@ COMET & ASTEROID RISKS TO EARTH. Extinction & Survival. IS THIS THE END?
It is very unlikely that a major comet will crash into the earth - but not
so unlikely that leading scientists around the world haven't begun to plot
ways to make sure it doesn't happen. Scattered enclaves of humans may sur-
vive a major comet impact but human civilization almost surely will not.
http://www.scitec.auckland.ac.nz/~king/Preprints/book/future/comet.html
: Are you ready for a major celestial strike? Do you have a stock of oxygen,
food, drugs, weapons, water, porno, CDs, frozen embryos, cats? Will you miss
civilization much? Is civilization greatly overrated? Whats the alternative?
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# Now the Ancient Ways Are Less Mysterious. Each June for at least the last
400 years, farmers in 12 mountain villages in Peru and Bolivia follow a
ritual that Westerners might think odd, if not crazy. Late each night for
about a week, the farmers observe the stars in the Pleiades constellation,
low on the horizon to the northeast. If they look big & bright, farmers
know to plant their potato crop at the usual time 4 months later. But if
the stars are dim, the usual planting will be delayed for several weeks.
http://www.nytimes.com/library/review/013000traditions-science-review.html
@ Yaks <http://www.maroon.com/yaks/> are great. You get neato wool garments
<http://nbpea.com/dongfan/> from them, have some nice butter [especially
<http://library.thinkquest.org/10131/tibet_butterphotos.html> clarified],
a <http://www.iagora.com/pages/html/articles/culture_shock/yak_tibet.html>
spot of yak jerky, or just <http://www.maroon.com/yaks/yaksfor.htm> give
in and buy a whole yak. And see http://www.memepool.com/Subject/Culture/
: Are all your ancient traditions rational, workable, useful? Have you aban-
doned any ancient traditions lately? Do your deities punish you for straying
from the old ways? Do you eschew genetically-modified yaks? Are they evil??
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# In Kentucky, Clerks Ask Couples Who Wed: "Are you related?" State law
says they must inquire -- to protect the gene pool, of course. "Most
people just look at you like you have three heads," said a town clerk.
http://enquirer.com/columns/samples/2000/02/03/ks_clerks_must_ask_if.html
# Christians try to pray river's pollution away - Orthodoxi gather for
ritual: http://www.starnews.com/news/citystate/2000/jan/0120st_river.html
: Have you married your cousin lately? Was it a church wedding? Were your
parents cousins too? D'ya have 6 webbed toes, a vestigial tail, big floppy
ears, deep faith? Have you prayed for genetic cleansing? Did it work well?
# Karmapa Lama to concentrate on studies, girls, videogames, fast cars:
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2563853410-324
# Duo Indicted In 'Psychic' Scam - Two Suspects Charged on 94 Counts:
http://www.wcco.com/news/stories/news-20000203-023436.html
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# Tracing Origin of AIDS Resurrects Grim African History. SAN FRANCISCO
(Reuters) Somewhere in central Africa, a colonial patrol marches into a
small village, demanding its rubber quota. A fisherman who is unable to
pay up flees. http://news.excite.com/news/r/000203/10/science-aids-origin
# U.S. Seeks DNA Analysis of Ancient Skeleton. SEATTLE (Reuters) - The U.S.
Interior Dept said it would try to carry out DNA analysis on a 9,300-year-
old skeleton unearthed in Washington state, risking the wrath of American
Indian tribes who claim the remains are the sacred bones of an ancestor.
Bother: http://news.excite.com/news/r/000203/06/science-science-remains
: Have you recently traced any diseases, DNA, lifeform movements/transforms?
What use does your conspiracy have for this information? How will you gain
control over the rest of us? If y'know where our DNA and diseases have come
from, can you tell where they're going? What do you intend to do to us? How?
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BigBrother'R'Us:
# Thumbs Down on Net Wiretaps. The controversy about Internet wiretaps --
which pitted the FBI and the FCC against the ACLU and the EFF -- has
ended with a recommendation against online surveillance. Private at
last? http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,34055,00.html
# Senators honked on TV-Govt deal. WASHINGTON (AP) Lawmakers fretted about a
govt deal to insert anti-drug plugs into prime-time TV programs, while a
White House official denied the arrangement was an attempt to restrict
free speech. http://infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2563868146-cd7
# Ka-Boom! China Boots Cartoon Network. BEIJING (Reuters) Porky Pig
won't be stuttering on Chinese televisions this year at least, not
legally. http://news.excite.com/news/r/000203/08/odd-cartoons
And also see: http://www.timesofindia.com/today/04wrap5.htm
# Free Speech.org - LAPD tries to muzzle street cops on the Web:
http://www.laweekly.com/ink/00/11/news-holland.shtml
@ SING, 1984, SING: Nobody can recall the sound of George Orwell's voice.
But it might have been thin, for he smoked and had been shot in the neck:
http://nationalpost.com/artslife.asp?f=000124/184570&s2=arts&s3=bookreview
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