-Caveat Lector- <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"> </A> -Cui Bono?- SkeptiNews 000226a - - - - - - - - - - - All The News That's Fit To Question * Passages starting with ':' are editorial comments to provoke discussion. * PLEASE do NOT include the ENTIRE bulletin when you reply; cut/paste, eh? * Portal to announcements, disclaimers, quirks: http://skepticon.pitas.com * All yesterday's bulletins bore the same serial number. Sorry 'bout that. * No old biocomputers were scrubbed during the production of this bulletin. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ Banned Books: http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/banned-books.html _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # eBay Yanks Soul Auction. RIVERSIDE, Calif. — You can try to sell your soul to beat the Yankees. You can try to sell your soul for political power. Just don't try to sell your soul on eBay. This week the online auctioneers pulled the offer of a Canadian man who put his soul up to the highest bid- der. By then, the site had recorded nine bids received over five days. The highest offer was $20.50. http://www.examiner.com/000224/0224soul.html # Chinese Buddhist monks land gig in Las Vegas. LAS VEGAS (AP) Meditation & prayer can help a 1,500-year-old monastery only so much when it is in dire need of a face lift. Shaolins have devised a more worldly solution. They packed up 20 Buddhist monks skilled in martial arts from their secluded monastery in the mountains of central China and headed for Sin City. They're doing a show featuring sword fights and walking on knives - boffo box-office: http://www.cnn.com/2000/TRAVEL/NEWS/02/25/monksinvegas.ap/ : How much are your soul / spiritual discipline / belief system worth? Have you sold your soul lately? Have you prayed/chanted/fought for money? Did you sing for contributions? Is economics your religon? Is religion y'r business? # Expert speaks to Rutgers U. on history and warning signs of cults.(U-WIRE) NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. -- The word "cult" conjures many images & stereotypes. Rick Ross, a world authority on destructive cults, radical and extremist groups, lectured on "Millennial Cults." Then he autographed copies of his new book: http://news.excite.com/news/uw/000225/university-education-144 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # NUCLEIC ACID DOES IT! A COMPUTER built from RNA has solved a chess problem. Its success is a step forward for nucleic acid computers, which are increasingly being touted as a future alternative to silicon chips. http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns222722 # Old computers lose history record. (BBC) Vital archaeological records could be lost as the computers they are stored on become obsolete. Yow. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_654000/654116.stm : Have your bio-computers solved any problems lately? Have you lost the sol- utions? Are synthetic biocomputers as unreliable/forgetful/emotional as the one between your ears? Should all memories be lost when they get too old?? # NOTHING BUT NOISE - Is randomness at the very heart of reality? Space and the material world could be created out of nothing but noise. That's the startling conclusion of a new theory that attempts to explain the stuff of reality. http://www.newscientist.com/features/features.jsp?id=ns22273 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # France Agog, Aghast Over Echelon. (Wired) This week's report to the European Parliament on Echelon has stirred up a furor in France, where tense relations with Britain may become even more strained. Shoot the damn Brits: http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,34586,00.html # Echelon Intel Passed on to US Firms - former CIA director Woolsey: http://abcnews.go.com/sections/world/DailyNews/echelon000224.html # U.S. denies snooping on European businesses: http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/spy25.html : Has Echelon spied on you lately? Have you spied on Echelon lately? Are you one with Echelon? Is Echelon one with you? Does Echelon possess nearly godly power? Should godly powers be employed to snoop on one's friends? How much? # Web Broker Hit by Denial-of-Service Attack - crackers go for the gold: http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2448395,00.html # DoS Bug-Fixes Prevent Hackers' Attacks - close security holes permitting "zombie" agents. http://news.excite.com/news/pr/000222/ca-shaman-corp # New Denial-of-Service Attack Software for Windows PCs Adds New Risks For Corporations: http://news.excite.com/news/pr/000223/ca-finjan-software : Have you penetrated any security systems lately? Was it difficult,sensual, political, entertaining, profitable? If you crack systems for pay, are you a crack whore? If you crack systems for patriotism, are you a tool? If you crack systems for fun, are you underpaid? Who's your favorite cracker? Why? # Reno Rejects Cyber-Security Plan: http://msnbc.com/news/374361.asp # THE WRITE STUFF - A new signature recognition system that's hard to beat: http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns222725 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Papers' staffers quit in protest - Owner will not print positive stories about abortion, homosexuality - confrontation in central California: http://www.mediainfo.com/ephome/news/newshtm/stories/022300n7.htm # 'Outed' judge addresses Catholics - Jurist to boys: 'Gay' celibacy is 'totally unrealistic': www.smh.com.au/news/0002/25/pageone/pageone6.html # U.S. to open military bases - Govt allows investigation into ban on open homosexuality: http://208.246.212.80/national/nation5-02242000.htm @ There is now a homepage for <http://www.uccs.edu/~cwetheri/GRT/BP.html> Martian bachelors. This is somehow related to Transactional Analysis <http://www.itaa-net.org/what-is-ta.htm> - but how? And why? And where? And go see http://www.memepool.com/Subject/Sex/ : Are you part of a gay/straight/celibate/bestial/alien conspiracy? What is your agenda? If any sexual behavior was unnatural, would it even exist? How? Do Martian bachelors [gay/straight/neutral/other] need love to? Can TM help? # Too much e-mail affects home life - Study: Stress of full inbox lowers sex drive in executives: http://www.theregister.co.uk/000224-000010.html _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Witches of Wagga Wagga worry clerics. (AAP) The witches of Wagga Wagga are facing the wrath of Father Luke Joseph, a Catholic priest warning against the evils of yoga, witchcraft, reading horoscopes and good luck charms. http://www.excite.com.au/news/story/aap/20000226/18/domestic/witches-nsw.inp # A PAT ON THE HEAD - Japanese cult hero claims he can cure with a little noggin' rubbin': http://www.foxnews.com/etcetera/022300/guru.sml [nudge] # Italian Churchman Held After Wine Poisoning. PEDARA, Sicily (Reuters) - Italian police have arrested the sacristan of a church near the Sicilian city of Catania for trying to murder his parish priest by replacing the communion wine with weedkiller. But the bouquet was so similar... http://www.excite.co.uk/news/news_story/oddly/reuters_oddly2.0.txt : Have you been cured/poisoned/entertained/outmaneuvered by members of rival belief systems lately? By your fellow-sectarians? By aliens/angels, robots, demons/deities, me? Does y'r belief system give you health, happiness, cash? # Pope renews appeal for Christian-Muslim harmony - Gregorian chants: http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/international/international-pope-eg.html # Farrakhan speech may be key to unity among U.S. Muslim groups: http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/25/islamic.unity.ap/index.html _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ "Virtual life equals spiritual life equals physical death; virtual death equals spiritual death equals physical life." * Rev.R.Carter,ULC * http://skepticon.pitas.com * FAX: 603-415-3736 * SkeptiChat & SkeptiNews - latest: http://www.sonic.net/~ric/x.htm * Fringes of: Science, Faith, Sex, Dope, Art, Paranormal, Conspiracy <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance—not soap-boxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
