some pretty heavy anti-nanotech propaganda here. know thy enemy folks.

also, here's Lovy's response on Nanobot : http://nanobot.blogspot.com/2003_11_02_nanobot_archive.html#106782974411603910

Resurgence issue 221 - THE HEART OF DARKNESS by Lee-Anne Broadhead and Sean Howard

] The U.S. National Cancer Institute has just decided to
] fund multiple human clinical studies to test the
] reovirus. This naturally occuring virus has a remarkable
] ability to infect and kill cancer cells, without
] affecting normal, healthy cells.

i decided to meme the /. story cuz there's a few relevant links in there...

looks to me like the shiznit... but i don't really know anything. Perhaps we can get a more expert opinion from any lurking biologists (ahem, nano ;)?

Slashdot | Killing Cancer With a Virus

nice headline.

solar flares are cool when they don't 0wn all our gadgets.

Sun on Fire, Unleashes 3 More Major Flares

] The Federal Communications Commission accused AT&T of
] making 78 phone calls to 29 consumers who asked
] telemarketers to leave them alone. The proposed fine
] would cost the company $10,000 for each call.

wow! maybe this DNC thing will actually work?

ABCNEWS.com : FCC Wants AT&T Fine for Violating Rules

hm, interesting story from england...

BBC NEWS | UK | England | London | Spiderman cordon criticised

] A "despicable" man who deliberately infected two women
] with the HIV virus has been sentenced to eight years in
] prison.

only 8?

BBC NEWS | UK | England | London | HIV man jailed for infecting lovers

this is a very good article. it's refreshing to see someone, a contracted developer no less, who gets it, understands the issues and feels strongly about transparency in the process. I wish every american would read this.

Wired News: Aussies Do It Right: E-Voting

] Doubts about the trustworthiness of electronic voting
] machines are growing among election officials and
] computer scientists, complicating efforts to safeguard
] elections after the presidential stalemate of 2000.

is this the first time this has been in CNN? at least, it's nice that it's seeing broader exposure.

CNN.com - Worries grow over new voting machines' reliability, security - Oct. 30, 2003

] Friends of the Horn Lake, Miss., woman said she "snapped"
] under recent stress but they did not believe the incident
] was politically motivated.

news of the wierd, man.

Bush-Motorcade, 4th Writethru

] We, as a nation, need to ask ourselves some pretty hard
] questions about this incident.
]
]
] The sad fact is that local officials were not acting in a
] manner much different from the way in which many of our
] national leaders have been acting in the two years since
] Sept. 11, 2001. I speak primarily of the rampant,
] institutionalized violations of privacy by our
] government, and the sky-is-falling mentality of fear that
] continues to grip our nation and colors much of what
] passes for national policy these days.

indeed. good article by Bob Barr...

it's getting to the point where being an unhappy kid, or maybe even just a creative one, is indicative of radical mental disease and maladjustment. god forbid that the youth of america should express themselves...

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