SkeptiNews

SkeptiNews 000311b - - - - - - - - - - - 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 cryptozoologists were sexually exploited to produce this bulletin.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

@ Devil Woman: http://www.halcyon.com/cyber/misc-pics/bettyblue.png
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

# Chinese e-commerce site attacked. (BBC) Police are attempting to track
a hacker who shut down a leading Chinese e-commerce web site. The fiend:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_674000/674038.stm

# Also - Web hackers strike again - nobody is safe - run and hide:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_657000/657783.stm
# A-Z: Hack attack - when the world is hacked, will society fall?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/newsid_639000/639248.stm
# Beating the hacker attack - a good offense is the best defense:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/business/newsid_638000/638166.stm

& NET-NANNY CRACKED - The Breaking of Cyber Patrol® 4. Several attacks are
presented on the "sophisticated anti-hacker security" features of CP4, a
"censorware" product intended to prevent users from accessing Internet
content considered harmful. Motivations, tools, and methods are discussed
for reverse engineering in general and reverse engineering of censorware
in particular ... Excerpts from the list of blocked sites are presented
and commented upon. A package of source code and binaries implementing the
attacks is included. http://hem.passagen.se/eddy1/reveng/cp4/cp4break.html

[ this brilliant work was forwarded via http://www.politechbot.com/
    For more info see http://www.politechbot.com/p-00994.html and
    http://www.politechbot.com/cgi-bin/politech.cgi?name=censorware
    http://www.politechbot.com/cgi-bin/politech.cgi?name=loudoun ]

: Have you uncovered any ill-kept secrets lately? Have you demonstrated the
moral corruption and/or incompetence of authoritarians? Has retaliation been
swift and deadly? Will the conspiracies re-group and proceed to their goals?
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

# Yowie hunters head for the hills near Gympie. AAP -- To some it's just a
huge, hairy joke, but 12 deadly serious men plan to search for that large,
ape-like and always elusive creature, the yowie. "There were thousands of
yowies up and down the eastern seaboard of Australia, and they had terro-
rised people over the last few years, usually in less densely populated
areas." http://news.ninemsn.com.au/05_technology/story_15992.asp

# Not every mystery has a paranormal explanation - just the interesting
ones: http://www.calgaryherald.com/opinion/stories/000311/3740391.html
# ETs INVADE USA! http://www.vny.com/cf/news/upidetail.cfm?QID=68304
@ VIRUS CULTURE: http://www.mtsu.edu/~english/weinstock.htm

: Have you experienced anything paranormal lately? Are you sure it's really
paranormal? Just because *you* couldn't figure it out, does that make it
mystical? Have you chased any elusive creatures? Have they chased you? Why?

# Pollster: Americans put high priority on spirituality. DENVER - This is
a "bull market" in spirituality as more and more Americans seek their
own mystical experiences. http://www.denverpost.com/news/news0311n.htm
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

@ Eve Is Again Listening to the Voice of the Serpent. Eve fell for the fruit
but Adam fell for Eve. There is a replay of the garden incident in the end
time. Satan's plot is to corrupt woman and ruin the race. Womanhood of
America is running headlong to harlotry. Instead of the Bible, movie
stars set American standards. http://members.aol.com/libcfl/woman.htm

# Natural Passion. Rape is as much a feature of the normal landscape of
sex as flirting or courting. Power is not the issue: spreading genes is.
So sez: http://www.newscientist.com/opinion/opinion.jsp?id=ns222611
# Outrage as professors claim rape is natural - "cut off their scrotums!"
www.telegraph.co.uk/et?ac=000343180237640&pg=/et/00/3/9/ecnrape09.html

: Is your sexuality evil/natural/neutral/boring/odd? Do y'r belief/knowledge
systems inform you of proper/normal/acceptable sexual behaviors? D'ya ignore
the teachings and just do whatever the hell you want to do? Have you bred??

@ I'M YOUNG & BURNING WITH SEXUAL DESIRE & SEXUAL TORMENT. WHEN DO I HAVE TO
MARRY? WHEN MUST WE MARRY? WHAT OF PORN? WHAT CAN I DO ABOUT THE BURNING?
http://www.etext.org/Religious.Texts/Polyamory/UnderageSexBurning.txt
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

# Crows Wield Beak-Crafted Tools. It was dogma for decades, but the notion
that tool-making distinguishes humans from other animals turned out to be
a flattering delusion. But of all the animal artisans, only humans seemed
to shape tools according to a set pattern and with a favored hand. Now, an
ecologist claims to have found both those traits among crows in the south-
west Pacific. http://www.academicpress.com/inscight/03092000/grapha.htm

# A face in the flock - Sheep use facial clues to tell friend from foe in
their flock. And like people, they use the right side of their brain to
tell each other apart, a finding sure to provoke debate on how our brains
became asymmetrical. http://www.newscientist.com/news/news_222922.html

: Are you smarter than other animals, aliens, angels, adaptive systems? Do
you use your head as a computer, paperweight, hammer? Do you create unique
patterns? Do mammals, avians, reptiles, bacteria cut better crop circles?

# In the foothills of the headlands. What is our most distinctive attribute?
Our incisive minds? Our manual dexterity? Our ability to solve The Times
crossword in under 12 minutes? Evolutionary biologists who think that
little bit more deeply might come up with a surprising answer -- our
heads. [nok-nok-nok] http://helix.nature.com/nsu/000309/000309-6.html
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

# Brain cell 'chorus' appears as attention increases - order from
cacophony: http://www.eurekalert.org/releases/jhun-bcc030800.html
@ Links - Neuro Ring: http://www.pitt.edu/~mattf/NeuroRing.html
@ Human Brain Project: http://www-hbp.scripps.edu/HBP_html/HBPsites.html

# Sleep longer, learn better - sleep forever, learn everything, eh?
http://www.exn.net/html/templates/htmlpage.cfm?ID=20000307-53
@ Links - Sleep Home Pages: http://bisleep.medsch.ucla.edu/
@ Sleep, Dreams & Wakefulness: http://ura1195-6.univ-lyon1.fr/index_e.html

: Have you tuned-up your brain lately? Do you use relaxation, meditation,
drugs, sex, food, money, electronics, hope, implants, water, drills, fire?
Have you marketed your tune-up method? Do you sleep well anyway? D'ya dream?

# H.L. Mencken would have loved today's diet/nutrition gurus, with outland-
ish/contradictory theories, all backed by rock-solid scientific "proof"
www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/068/living/Food_fight_showdown_at_the_USDA+.shtml
# 'Herbal fuel' inventor busted. (BBC) A scientist who became famous in
India for inventing a herbal fuel for cars has been arrested for fraud.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/south_asia/newsid_674000/674039.stm
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

"I will not sell miracle cures." --Bart Simpson

* Rev.R.Carter, ULC * http://skepticon.pitas.com * FAX: 603-415-3736
* SkeptiNews bulletins now *ONLINE* at: http://skeptinews.pitas.com/
* Fringes of: Science, Faith, Paranormal, Conspiracy, Sex, Dope, Art

SkeptiNews 000311a - - - - - - - - - - - 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 naive young robots were sexually exploited to produce this bulletin.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

@ Yum. http://www.badfads.com/images/tattoos01.jpg
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

# Huge UFO Slowly Passes Over, Dazzles Lima - Taped By TV News. LIMA, Peru
(IPRI) - During the early morning hours of this March 10th, a UFO made a
slow flyby of the city of Lima at very low altitude for about 15 minutes;
many local residents witnessed its unhurried passing. Some witnesses
claimed having seen small spheres emerge from the object at a given point,
drifting away aimlessly. http://www.sightings.com/politics6/lima.htm

@ UFOs And Capitalism - A Classic Case Of Chicken & Egg, Fact & Fiction
But We Love It, Eh? http://www.sightings.com/politics6/ufocc.htm

: Have you gained any money/friends/renown/experience involving UFOs lately?
Has anything constructive come from y'r UFO/ET experiences? Would you rather
have done something else? Is UFOlogy a dirty job but someone has to do it??

# ET, POUR CONCRETE. Can we build homes on Luna or Mars? In an environment
simulating the conditions of space, NASA will try out mixing of concrete.
For scientists, it is a step in finding out if future space colonies will
be able to mix their building materials using Martian or lunar sand and
gravel. http://news.excite.com/news/uw/000307/tech-149
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

$ BIG FOOT TURD *** He Lives !!! Well here is proof that Big Foot lives!
This is a big foot dropping carefully encased and saved in a 3 x 4 inch
plastic cube environment. It includes a paper of authenticity by the Uni-
versity of Ann Arbor. This preserved dropping shows roughage and grains
and is surrounded by some type of moss. Handle with extreme caution.
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=273511747

$ BIG! BIG! BIG! DINOSAUR POOP!!! WOW!! This is one big turd! 17.2 LBS.
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=273438839

: Do you collect Yeti/Sasquatch/Alien/Dinosaur/Dragon/Deity turds? Have you
analyzed them carefully? What have you learnt about their food/life habits?

# Plastination - Making Whole Bodies Firm And Sliceable In The Lab - you
could wind up here: http://www.sightings.com/politics6/plast.htm
# Giza Plot - ETs in Pyramid? http://www.sightings.com/politics6/giz.htm
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

# Aum Trial Marks Slow Courts. TOKYO (Reuters) 5 years after a fatal gas
attack on Tokyo's subway system,the guru of a doomsday cult accused of the
killing is still on trial, highlighting the country's snail-paced judicial
system. http://news.excite.com/news/r/000308/22/international-japan-cult

# SPACE BLANKETS MAY AID WACO INVESTIGATORS. The Justice Dept plans to use
"heat-reflective space blankets" to show that something other than gunfire
could account for flashes seen on infrared videotape shot on the final day
of the Branch Davidian seige. http://CNN.com/2000/US/03/11/waco.probe/

: Does your conspiracy successfully delay investigations/prosecutions/retri-
butions for as long as possible? Have you delayed justice lately? Is justice
delayed, justice denied? Can there ever be real justice? Is reality unfair?

# Japan Cult Tapped Cops. TOKYO (Reuters) - The doomsday cult blamed for the
deadly 1995 nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system wrote software for
the police that gave the sect classified data on police patrol cars.
http://news.excite.com/news/r/000310/23/international-japan-cult
@ Postmodern Crime Theories: http://www.tryoung.com/archives/pomo-crm.htm
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

# 'LA NINA' SETS WARMING RECORD, RAISES DROUGHT AND FIRE CONCERNS. The warm,
dry weather of the "La Nina" phenomenon brought the warmest winter in U.S.
history, and could bring a rough fire season to the Southeast. All-time
record high average temperatures for the December-through-February season
throughout the US: http://cnn.com/2000/WEATHER/03/10/la.nina/index.html

# Chemtrails & Disinformation. After more than a year of chemtrail spraying
in the Houston area, truly cloudless blue skies have become so rare that
they really stand out. http://www.sightings.com/politics6/chemndis.htm

: Have you manipulated any atmospheres/biospheres/psychospheres lately? Do
you use special mixes of chemicals/microbes/tissues/programming? Would you
rather re-engineer physical/virtual/mental/digital spaces? Do you succeed?

# Prozac May Stunt Growth: http://www.sightings.com/politics6/proz.htm
@ Psychedelic Drugs and Bohemians: http://www.halcyon.com/colinp/p-books.htm
@ Everything You Need To Know About Mad Cow Disease: http://mad-cow.org/
# AIDS Virus Mutating; Concerns Grow: www.sightings.com/politics6/mutate.htm
# DISHONEST WITNESS ON SALE OF FETAL TISSUE? Paid by anti-abortion group
to make video on tissue samples: http://CNN.com/2000/HEALTH/03/10/
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

# NBC TANGLES WITH AFFILIATES OVER 'GOD, THE DEVIL AND BOB' - locals prefer
vamp-hunters, dweebs: http://CNN.com/2000/SHOWBIZ/TV/03/10/god.devil.bob/
# 'God, the Devil and Bob' Dinged by Muslims: tasteless, trivial portrayal
of God. http://news.excite.com/news/pr/000309/dc-cair-critcize-show
@ BADFADS. Evil alien memes take control of human minds, forcing victims to
engage in odd, humiliating behaviours: http://www.badfads.com/home.html

# New Program to Explore the Mind and Spirit (Business Wire) PITTSBURGH -
The fromUSAlive.com Internet TV Network officially premiered Science and
the Outer Streams today, a show that examines unusual phenomena and the
spiritual realm. http://news.excite.com/news/bw/000307/pa-fromusalive.com
# Lipstick Camera - smile: http://news.excite.com/news/bw/000306/ca-pulnix
@ BRAVE NEW WORLD - Defence Of Paradise-Engineering: http://www.huxley.net/

: Have you broadcast/channeled/imbibed any spirits lately? Do you televise
your worship/doubts/beliefs/sacrifices/sexplay/bloodlust? Do you dress/act
strangely before others? D'ya alter reality/society/sanity? Are you smiling?

# Inculturation Must Not Be a Step Backwards to Paganism! Animal Sacrifice
at Mass Pollutes the Precious Blood Of Our Lord. Don't worship your anc-
estors either: http://news.excite.com/news/pr/000310/va-hli-animal-sacrif
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

# Robot Prices Plummet, Turning SciFi Into Fact. PETERBOROUGH, NH. (BUSINESS
WIRE) Hollywood sci-fi androids have led us to believe that the state of
mobile robotics is well beyond what is actually the case. Now ActivMedia's
PeopleBot (http://activrobots.com) breaks the price barrier restraining
human-interaction robotics development. Because of PeopleBot, engineers
and programmers will now be able to transform expectations into actual
technological fact. http://news.excite.com/news/bw/000308/nh-activmedia

: Have'ya designed/built/sold/exploited any cost-effective human-interactive
robots lately? Have they worked on you? Will they make you a better person?

# BotBash RoboCombat: http://news.excite.com/news/bw/000310/az-botbash-llc
# Bots Hack Knees: http://news.excite.com/news/pr/000309/ca-iss-robotic-knee
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

'I will not yell "She's Dead" at roll call.' --Bart Simpson

* Rev.R.Carter, ULC * http://skepticon.pitas.com * FAX: 603-415-3736
* SkeptiNews bulletins now *ONLINE* at: http://skeptinews.pitas.com/
* Fringes of: Science, Faith, Paranormal, Conspiracy, Sex, Dope, Art