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@ Tongue: http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/395000/images/_399477_pierce300.jpg
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# CLUES TO SLEEP DISORDERS MAY LIE IN THE FLIES. Do flies sleep? While it is
  known that higher animals must snooze to survive, it has never been clear
  whether insects, such as fruit flies,require regular rest in order to per-
  form their biological functions. When we cross-breed humans & flies, we'll
  work forever: http://www.healthcentral.com/news/newsfulltext.cfm?ID=29390

@ Shape-Shifting Reptilians & Their Cross-Breeds. The shape shifting process
  is initiated at a genetic level & the body's molecular/atomic consistency
 shifts from the inside out. After the process is triggered, the vibrational
  energy that binds together the molecules, releases or "unbinds" & reshapes
  the molecules to a genetically encoded form or "template" that is embedded
  deep within the animal gene itself. Zow! http://www.caus.org/pn040500.htm

: Have you created any human-X chimerae lately? Are they sleepless? Do ETs
ever rest? Do they consume vast amounts of amphetamines, cocaine, caffeine?
Is STARBUCKS a Reptilioid enterprise? Are humans transformed by cappuccino?
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# ANDRO LINKED TO PRIAPISM. One more strike against the bodybuilding hormone
  androstenedione.A man who had been taking it for a week came to an ER with
  a painful erection that had persisted for some 30 hours.Relationship buil-
  der? http://www.healthcentral.com/drdean/DeanFullTextTopics.cfm?ID=31106

# Cloned cow a first for Thailand - Team to tackle buffaloes next - then on
  to orangutans, humans: http://www.bangkokpost.com/today/040400_News06.html
@ ARE THE CHAT ROOMS CAUSING MY NERVES TO TINGLE? Or is this a normal reac-
  tion? http://www.healthcentral.com/drdean/DeanFullTextTopics.cfm?ID=31084
# SkeptiNews Editor Identified As Malevolent Entity! Seek & Destroy Now!
  Hurry! http://www.brunching.com/cgi/toy-cyborger.cgi?acronym=RICHARD

: Have you cloned/stimulated/identified any nonhuman entities lately? D'ya
reprogram (non)humans for your own purposes? D'ya take/apply/sell drugs that
promote interspecies breeding? Should you be destroyed? Should we all? When?
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# Did the Vikings make a telescope? (BBC) The Vikings could have been using
  a telescope hundreds of years before Dutch spectacle makers supposedly
  invented the device in the late 16th century. Sophisticated lenses:
  http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_702000/702478.stm

# Also - World's oldest telescope? Brought here by aliens? Which ones?
  http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_380000/380186.stm
# New mirror for Ireland's 'Leviathan' telescope - spun by spiders:
  http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_342000/342012.stm
# The smoothest surface in the world - and it's not a baby's butt:
  http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_162000/162349.stm

: Have you rediscovered any ancient high technologies lately? Are they human
/alien/robotic/divine/insectoid/impossible? What's your fave old technology?
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# US ARMY: 40 PERCENT OF HELICOPTERS 'CANNOT PERFORM MISSION'
  http://CNN.com/2000/US/04/04/army.helicopters.02/index.html
@ UPDATE - Echelon & Related Data Interception Capabilities 2000:
  http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Shuttle/5604/data.html

@ TRACK,TAG & BUCKIES. My experience of being tracked closely & the research
  I have done leads me to conclude that it takes a combination of techniques
  to put it into full effect: http://www.geocities.com/wtmick/buckies.htm

# Is Bill G. bugging the Valley? http://sfbg.com/nessie/14.html
@ Virus Data: http://www.cai.com/virusinfo/encyclopedia/
@ Free Antivirus Software: http://antivirus.cai.com/

: Have you intercepted/tracked/bugged any military/corporate/personal enti-
ties lately? Do you interfere in their missions? Are you well rewarded? How?
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$ SOUL FOR SALE! Anybody want my soul? I'll sell it to you for a measly
  $2000. I'm pretty sure I won't be needing it, so if you need one, just
  send me a check and I'll create an evil contract written in my own blood
  and sealed with goat snot. Of course the bonus is that when I realise the
  folly of my ways I will be desperate to get it back, and you can resell it
  to me at twice the price! [Note: this offer is not valid in Indiana --ed.]
  http://x45.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=605940233&CONTEXT=954941115.2032926725

@ How much could some guy's soul be worth, given that he's willing to sell
  it? http://x38.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=600693753&CONTEXT=954941024.852951057

: Have you bought/sold/rented any souls lately? Are they cheap? Are souls a
glut on the market? Do used-soul brokers abound on the Internet? Would you
rather buy/lease/rent a new/used/reconditioned soul? Do they acquire a nice
patina with age? D'ya polish'em up, wear'em as belt-buckles, strut around?
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# Spin doctors: Devices that could pass for UFOs have been around for years.
  (BayGuardian) AS WE HAVE seen, anomalous aerial phenomena and even unsub-
  stantiated reports of anomalous aerial phenomena have an almost uncanny
  ability to induce irrational gullibility in people. As we have also seen,
  this phenomenon has long been noted, studied, and on occasion applied,
  the world over for centuries. http://www.sfbg.com/nessie/15.html

# The Geography Of Cyberspace: Bandwidth Key To "Distance." The feeling of
  distance in cyberspace - how near or far away a site is - depends on band-
  width because it controls communication speed. Gosh, what a surprise.
  http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2000/03/000331093411.htm

: Have you established the geographies of cyberspace, mental space, paranoid
space, gullibility space? Have you mapped these spaces out in detail? Do the
maps tear/bend/soil easily? Do you stock your UFO with such maps? Unneeded??
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# Congress backs study of massive but dangerous energy supply. WASHINGTON
  (AP) - Deep under the ocean floor and the Arctic permafrost are ice-like
  deposits of frozen methane with energy potential equal to more than twice
  that of all other fossil fuels combined. Congress is now prepared to put
  up nearly $50 million to find out if this energy source can be developed
  without setting off a cataclysmic warming of the globe. Will greed prevail
  over caution and survival?? http://www.newshub.com/cgibin/rd.cgi?9623334

# US Mining Methane Hydrates: http://www.newshub.com/cgibin/rd.cgi?9627428
# Use Solar Rays, Kill Weeds: http://www.newshub.com/cgibin/rd.cgi?9629627
@ Forces/Matter: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1859Faraday-forces.html
@ Light/Waves: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1884kelvin-light.html

: What's your favorite source of energy? Is it dangerous? Is everything? Do
you like darkness? Is darkness safe? Are your thoughts dark? Do the voices
in your head tell you to strike out against light, energy, life, thought??
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  "One's real life is so often the life that one does not lead." --O.Wilde

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     I know that even the least technically minded will appreciate this
information about a new HTML. Something really ground breaking in mark up
languages has just been announced - MRML. This is obviously going to make
a big impression on impressionable people. You all know about HTML, VRML,
XML and SGML but now you'll have to get to grips with MRML.
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A Guide to MRML
The Mind Reading Markup Language (MRML /mur'mul/) is a proprietary extension
of the HyperText Markup Language. This document, all MRML tags, and any
ideas you come up with while reading this information are the exclusive
property of the authors. This is an open specification that will be expanded
as mind control technology is refined.

MRML tags can be embedded into any regular HTML document. They are complet-

ely invisible to all browsers. No one will ever know you are using them.

NOTE: MRML is not case sensitive. <freud> is equivalent to <FREUD> or
<frEUd>.

Basic Markup Tags
The following MRML tags are used to read the client's mind for certain kinds
of thoughts and emotions about the contained text.

<BRAINSCAN>
Brainscan performs a light scan of the client's thoughts which may include
perceptions of their current environment. The Brainscan tag is an invaluable
tool for establishing a user's identity as it is much more reliable than
checking REMOTE_HOST or USER_ID variables.

<THOUGHTSUCK>
Thoughtsuck performs of deeper scan of the client's thoughts which may
included details of significant events within the past 24 hours.

<DEEPFEARS>subject</DEEPFEARS>
Probes the client's mind for their fears about the contained subject.

<DEEPERFEARS>subject</DEEPERFEARS>
Probes the client's mind for their deeper, more repressed fears about the
contained subject.

<DEEPESTFEARS>subject</DEEPESTFEARS>
Probes the client's mind for their deepest, most repressed fears about the
contained subject. WARNING: This tag cannot be exported outside US borders.

<SEXTHOUGHTS>subject</SEXTHOUGHTS>
Probes the client's mind for sexual thoughts about the contained subject.
Use of the Sexthoughts tag will likely be depreciated with the release of
the Freud and Jung specifications. Freud and Jung Tags Specifications for
Freudian id, ego, and superego tags and Jungian symbolic tags are not
currently available.

The HYPNOTIZE Tag
Current technology enables very primitive mind control using MRML tags.
The so-called Brainwashing tags are delimited by the the special

<!--HYPNOTIZE><HYPNOTIZE--> pair. Suggestions within the Hypnotize area are
completely invisible to all clients, but it is extremely important that the
tags are placed correctly. You are liable for any mental damages inflicted
by improperly placed tags.

HYPNOTIZE Area Tags
Within the <!--HYPNOTIZE></HYPNOTIZE--> area the following tags may be used:

<SUGGEST>text</SUGGEST>
Used for mild, easily acceptable suggestions. For stronger suggestions use
PROGRAM and BELIEVE.
Some examples:
It is warm for this time of year.
You need to upgrade your computer.
Republican policies aren't all that bad.

<MEME>text</MEME>
Information that you want the client to pass on to friends and
correspondents.
Some popular memes:
Chain letters
Urban legends
Cool ascii graphics

<FORGET>text</FORGET>
Things you want the client to forget. It may be desirable to have the client
forget the URL of your MRML documents.

<PROGRAM>text</PROGRAM>
Programs the client with a strong post-hypnotic suggestion. There are a few
optional arguments.

<PROGRAM TIMES=3 INTERVAL="1 hour" DELAY="2 days"> will trigger
the suggestions three times at a one hour interval two days hence.

<PROGRAM INTERVAL="after every meal" FOREVER> could trigger the suggestion
brush your teeth for an indefinite time.
Within the <PROGRAM></PROGRAM> area the following tags may be used:

<BELIEVE>text</BELIEVE>
Explicit thoughts to be planted in the client's mind. Beware of
contradictory programming! Try to remove previous conceptions before
reprogramming.
To reprogram someone that thinks that Pepsi is better than Coke:
#<BELIEVE>You have no opinions about the relationship between Coke
and Pepsi.</BELIEVE>
#<BELIEVE>Coke is better than Pepsi.</BELIEVE>
#<BELIEVE>You are thirsty.</BELIEVE>
<BUY HREF=url> Encourages the client to buy products on the World Wide Web.
The optional ITEM=item argument may be used.

<PASSWORD=keyword or phrase>
A convenient way to access the client's mind for future programming
sessions. Should only be used with a secure client-server
connection.

Clarification: The BLINK Tag
The <BLINK> tag used in many popular browsers is not a MRML specified tag.

Running Your Own MRML Server
The software needed to run a MRML-oriented server is freely available to all
persons and institutions. To obtain a copy of the server software a
representative for you or your company must attend a special 3-day training
session where they will be given the MRML software package. These training
sessions are currently being held twice a month at an undisclosed location;
requests for private training sessions will be considered.

Ideas by Michael O'Neal-Petterson and Brandon J. Rickman
html by Brandon J. Rickman ashes@oxy.edu <mailto:ashes@oxy.edu>
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