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@ LUSTFUL: www.carthage.edu/departments/english/dante/frames/BlakeImage.html
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# Debating Humanity's Demise. (Wired) The topic: how hi-tech may make humans
obsolete. Silicon Valley-ites turned out in force to hear just how bad the
news might be. Bye: http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,35106,00.html
# Possible Vegetarian Dinosaur Nests Found in Argentina - devoured by carni-
vores: http://news.excite.com/news/r/000403/15/science-science-dinosaur
@ Monkeys can count to three. They seem able to recognize themselves in the
mirror. But can monkeys empathize? www.linguafranca.com/0004/monkeys.html
: Should/can/will you be replaced by silicon units; enhanced primates; toxic
software; one or more electro-mechanical prosthetic devices; cockroaches? Do
you have trouble counting past '3'?? Have you counted the circles of Hell??
@ Revelation66 - Welcome To Hell: http://members.theglobe.com/revelation66/
@ Lovely Christian Ladies: http://www.annieshomepage.com/moreladies.html
@ Hot To Trot: http://www.penis-pillow.com/ and http://vulvacious.com/
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@ Alien Origins. The big puzzle facing UFO investigators today is trying to
piece all the accumulated evidence together into a single coherent picture
of several distinct species, including but not limited to the so called
grays, reptoids, human, and other humanoids such as mothmen, big foot,
etc: http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Shadowlands/6583/et035.html
@ Alien Encyclopedia - cataloguing all the various races:
http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Shadowlands/6583/et054.html
http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Shadowlands/6583/et055.html
: Have you collected/catalogued/analyzed many alien races lately? Are they
fun to euthenize/section/study? What's your favorite nonhuman species? Would
you rather be nonhuman yourself? Are you already? Have you been studied? Eh?
# Airline Attendant Reports UFO Sighting. The National UFO Reporting Center
says a flight attendant for a major Northeastern airline claims to have
seen a UFO while in flight from Memphis to St. Louis earlier this month.
Were they the only one? http://www.cosmiverse.com/paranormal033102.html
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# Using "Pac Man" Enzymes, Researchers Explore Way To Turn Biomass Waste
Into Replacement For Gasoline: http://newshub.com/cgibin/rd.cgi?9612586
# Anticancer Ingredient In Soy: http://www.newshub.com/cgibin/rd.cgi?9624066
@ "Much like the reading of tea leaves, Fecal Fortune Telling studies the
size, arrangement, colour and interaction of bowel movements in the toilet
bowl to predict the secrets of the future and give guidence to major life
decisions." http://home.golden.net/~treleavn/toilet2.html And take a big,
auspicious dump at http://www.memepool.com/Subject/Religion/ - ahhhh...
: Would you rather use biomass for energy-generation, prognostication, agri-
biz, fashion, politics, religion, art? Have you recycled/analyzed/digested
any biomass lately? Should/will you be recycled soon? Will anyone miss you?
Will petrochemical conglomerates control your personal recycling? D'ya care?
# New Answers to Age-Old Question. Gene analysis provides new understanding
of the human aging process. Cells don't stop dividing,they just start pas-
sing on errors. http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,35337,00.html
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# Clarke's Odyssey to 2036. The author who brought us HAL the computer mulls
the future, where a former Spice Girl heads the UN. Arthur C. Clarke's new
tome is peppered with pop culture and Internet references, making for an
interesting read. http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,35101,00.html
@ Portrait of the Alien as a Young Man:
http://www.space.com/spaceimagined/ziggy_stardust_000331.html
@ Yanks & Brits are free to read Mein Kampf. But can Swedes, Turks, Croats,
or Czechs be trusted with it? NO! http://ce-review.org/00/12/culik12.html
: Have you been reprogrammed by literature/cinema/music/TV/marketing lately?
Do you reprogram others? Is reprogramming better than working for a living?
Can anyone be trusted with your programs? Are your programs obsolete yet??
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# New Web security system unveiled. SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) An all-new type of
Internet burglar alarm system just might raise the bar in the burgeoning
and vital field of computer security. Or crackers might beat it in a week
or two: http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2565380343-421
@ Echelon & Related Data Interception Capabilities 2000: 1. Organisations
and methods. 2. Intercepting international communications. 3. ECHELON and
Comint production. 4. Comint and Law Enforcement. 5. Comint and economic
intelligence. 6. Comint capabilities after 2000. Glossary and definitions.
Footnotes. Summary. http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Shuttle/5604/data.html
: Have you intercepted any data lately? Have you intercepted any attempts to
intercept data? Have you intercepted any intercepts of intercepted data, or
whatever? Are you too devious to intercept? Are you sure? Are you evil? Why?
# BERT IS EVIL: Documents and images that show that Bert is Evil. Many of
these documents were submitted by anonymous sources who choose not to be
revealed. All the files have been verified and cross-referenced with the
FBI and other Intelligence Agencies. http://plaza.v-wave.com/bert/bert.htm
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# Mass. bans computer dumping. BOSTON (AP) - With electro equipment becoming
obsolete at an increasingly rapid rate, Massachusetts has posted the US's
first ban on the disposal of computer screens, TV sets and other glass
picture tubes in landfills and incinerators. No provision for trashy
warez: http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2565346077-f11
# WORRIED ABOUT GETTING STUCK WITH ANOTHER 8-TRACK? The new choices in what
kinds of equipment you can buy to listen to music on are confusing. But
waiting until the industry winnows out some of the choices probably isn't
a good solution. http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,34854,00.html
: Have you been stuck with any old technology lately? Is old technology good
because it's thoroughly debugged, amortized, broken-in? Are noncloned humans
too old-technology? Will they be obsoleted soon? Are they illegal to dump?
@ BEANSTALKS - elevators to space: http://www.memepool.com/Subject/Science/
@ MONORAIL SOCIETY - single-track to the future: http://www.monorails.org/
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EXTRA! BILL GATES IS SATAN! READ ALL ABOUT IT!
# Microsoft guilty. (BBC) The world's biggest software manufacturer is found
guilty of breaking US competition law. Gates vows "revenge beyond grave" -
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/business/newsid_700000/700084.stm
# Ruling a distraction: http://www.newshub.com/cgibin/rd.cgi?9624712
# Text of MS ruling: http://www.newshub.com/cgibin/rd.cgi?9624713
# Microsoft to appeal: http://www.newshub.com/cgibin/rd.cgi?9623932
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