-Caveat Lector- <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"> </A> -Cui Bono?- SkeptiNews 000229a - - - - - - - - - - - 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 notices, excuses, overflow, links: http://skepticon.pitas.com * No nymphomaniac hassocks were harmed during production of this bulletin. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ Furniture Porn: http://www.furnitureporn.com/ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Another Triangle; Another Boomerang: VERMONT FLYING TRIANGLE - NEW JERSEY BOOMERANG SHAPED HOVERING UFO: http://www.caus.org/ft022900.htm # FLORIDA - UFO HOVERS ABOVE HOME: http://www.caus.org/pc022900.htm # Mystery deepens as `UFO' disappears. CORPUS CHRISTI, TX (AP) -- Coastal authorities have a UFO mystery on their hands -- an unidentified floating object. Officials were attempting to identify the cone-shaped item that looked as if it belonged to a spacecraft after it washed onto a Mustang Island beach. Then, a day after it turned up, the object disappeared. It was apparently hooked to a trailer hitch & hauled away by two unidentified men. http://www.austin360.com/statesman/editions/today/metro_state_9.html : D'ya prefer UFOs that fly, float, fade, flutterby, flame-out, flip? Have you lost/found any UFOs lately? Do unidentified men take them all? Where to? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Genetic food cover-up? Lawyer sez FDA overruled its own scientists on safety: http://www.lineone.net/express/00/02/29/news/n0620gm-d.html # How far should DNA testing go? Potential for abuse, privacy concerns: www.apbnews.com/crimesolvers/kobilinsky/index.html?s=syn.adhoc_kobilinsky # Woman Files For Patent On Herself. LONDON (Reuters) - A poet and casino waitress has become the first person to attempt to patent herself. Donna MacLean was angered at the patenting of gene sequences by businesses. "It has taken 30 years of hard labour for me to discover and invent myself, and now I wish to protect my invention from unauthorised exploitation, genetic or otherwise." http://uk.news.yahoo.com/000229/2/a0x4h.html : Have you protected yourself lately? Has someone else copyrighted/patented/ trademarked you? D'ya have trouble trying to retain possession of yourself? # 'Sex-perts' triumph at Sex Olympics: "It's interesting to see what girls are best at putting on condoms" http://news.excite.com/news/uw/000229/odd-97 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization: http://www.bfro.net/ @ Searching for Sasquatch: http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=sasquatch @ WHERE ARE THE BEASTS? Cryptozoological <http://maxpages.com/cryptozoology> entities have just dropped off the [news] radar. Coincidence, conspiracy or environmental devastation? [From http://skepticon.pitas.com/ 2/28/2000] : Have you seen a Sasquatch/Yeti/etc lately? Where have they all gone? Are chemtrails successful in eliminating bigfoot populations? Is that the goal? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # New Generation Gap: Hackers. (Wired) Old-time hackers -- those who have been around for a decade or so -- look down on their young counterparts. But putting age differences aside may be crucial to saving the species. http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,34617,00.html <-- crack this # Japanese Cult May Have Had Hand in Govt Computers. TOKYO (Reuters) Japan's Defense Agency thinks the Aum doomsday cult may have been involved in the installation of its new computer system. Everybody's pointing fingers: http://news.excite.com/news/r/000229/07/international-japan-cult : What's y'r favorite method for cracking secure systems? Have you installed any secure systems lately? D'ya have backdoor access? Does your conspiracy/ agency/firm have access to every computer in the world? Most of'em? Any?? # US urban intelligence criticized - Pentagon too dumb for street-fighting: http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564631226-1f9 # Pentagon backs use of chemical suits - "They look and feel really nice!" http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564629696-59b _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # New affiliation by Farrakhan offends Jews. CHICAGO (AP) — Jewish community leaders hoped for an apology from the man who once called Judaism a "gut- ter religion." http://www.deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,150017627,00.html # McCain slams XianRite 'leaders' - calls Falwell, Robertson 'agents of intolerance' - http://cbsnews.cbs.com/now/story/0,1597,165667-412,00.shtml # Nigeria heads toward 'national suicide' - more Xian/Muslim riots, killing: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/World/Africa/2000-02/nigeria290200.shtml @ A nice scholarly resource on the Bible's creation and history, the Reading The Old Testament <http://www.hope.edu/bandstra/RTOT/RTOT.HTM> site is a huge repository of <http://www.hope.edu/bandstra/RTOT/PART1/PT1_1B1.HTM> text analyses, and <http://www.hope.edu/bandstra/RTOT/CH1/CH1_BAB.HTM> pretty pictures. And see http://www.memepool.com/Subject/Religion/ NOW! : D'ya prefer your religion in the gutters/sidewalks/streets/freeways/malls? Is your belief system necessarily intolerant of all other belief systems, as they MUST be wrong? D'ya gain spiritual happiness at the expense of others? # DALAI LAMA HELPS AUTHOR DISCOVER 'THE ART OF HAPPINESS' - all the money makes him even happier: http://CNN.com/2000/books/news/02/28/happiness/ # Trappist Monks Forsake Corn for Coffins - switching to carving as farm earnings dwindle: http://news.excite.com/news/r/000229/08/odd-coffins _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Mapping Out a Brand New World. (Wired) Digital technology is transforming the once painstaking science and art of mapmaking. But does the technology detract from the craftsmanship? Does artifice stomp art every time? Are we lost/found yet? http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,34298,00.html @ MemePool's Mapping Articles: http://www.memepool.com/Subject/Cartography/ @ A huge pile of links to mapping sites and more mapping sites and more... http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/map_sites/map_sites.html : Have you mapped a path in life lately? If you don't know where y'r going, will you probably end up someplace else? Do your mental maps match reality? # Canoe Returns After Trip to Easter Island. HONOLULU (Reuters) The crew of the Hawaii voyaging canoe Hokule`a was home again after sailing more than 14,000 mi (22,400 kms) to Easter Island and back, her crew guided only by stars & ocean currents. http://news.excite.com/news/r/000229/08/odd-voyage _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # WELCOME TO YEAR ZERO - Leap day glitches jump in Japan - Cash dispensers, weather devices can't handle 'today' - hi-tech haven forced to retreat to 'yesterday' - http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20000228/tc/yk_japan_2.html # HK Leap Year Free of Y2K Glitches. (Wired) As predicted, the leap year rollover in Hong Kong came and went with no Y2K disruptions. Doomsayers are crushed: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,34634,00.html : Have y'r systems failed yet? Will they soon? Do spirits/plotters force it? @ Hey, you want really old electrical equipment? See electrical devices <http://www.bakkenmuseum.org/gallery.html> used for medical purposes from the 18th century. 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