Topic: ART - on January 12, 2007 at 11:06:00 AM CET
Robert Anton Wilson, RIP
Robert Anton Wilson Defies Medical Experts and leaves his body @4:50 AM on binary date 01/11.
All Hail Eris!
On behalf of his children and those who cared for him, deepest love and gratitude for the tremendous support and lovingness bestowed upon us.
(that's it from Bob's bedside at his fnord by the sea)
RAW Memorial February 2007 date to be announced
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robertantonwilson.blogspot.com
Robert Anton Wilson interviews
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Maybe Logic - The Lives and Ideas of Robert Anton Wilson - DVD
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Topic: STRANGE - on January 12, 2007 at 11:02:00 AM CET
Man electrocuted by do-it-yourself mole-killer
A German retiree who wired up a high-voltage cable to try to wipe out the moles digging up his garden killed himself instead, police said Thursday.
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Topic: NEWS english - on January 12, 2007 at 10:51:00 AM CET
New toilet is flush with fish
The Fish 'n Flush is a clear two-piece toilet tank that replaces a standard toilet tank, with a see-through aquarium wrapping itself around a conventional toilet tank.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on January 12, 2007 at 10:48:00 AM CET
$60 to keep crapware off of a Windows PC?
Earlier today Slashdot pointed me to a CBC article citing unnamed sources at Microsoft decrying the state of "craplets" on PCs. Just what are craplets? It's a cute nickname for all of the software an OEM installs on your new Windows PC before it arrives on your doorstep. Think: 2 or 3 ISP sign-up applications, instant messengers out the wazoo, and software for updating all of this software. And a lot more. Check out the CBC article for more basic details on what craplets are and why they make people, including Microsoft, angry.
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Topic: SEX - on January 12, 2007 at 10:47:00 AM CET
Syphilis rates 'soaring in China'
A new report published in a leading medical journal suggests China is seeing alarming and rising rates of the sexually transmitted disease, syphilis.
The Lancet reports that China - which virtually eliminated syphilis in the 1960s and 70s - is now seeing the disease return with alarming intensity.
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Topic: SCIENCE - on January 12, 2007 at 10:45:00 AM CET
Skeptic Revamps $1M Psychic Prize
Ten years after stage magician and avowed skeptic James Randi first offered a seven-figure payday to anyone capable of demonstrating paranormal phenomenon under scientific scrutiny, the 79-year-old clear-eyed curmudgeon is revising the rules of his nonprofit foundation's Million Dollar Challenge to better target high-profile charlatans, and spend less time on unknown psychics, who too often turn out to be delusional instead of deceptive.
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