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Casting Life Beyond Earth…(July E-News from 2SS.Com)

 

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‘     E – N E W S from    ‘

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‘     Mailed on: 07/01/2001 9:41 PM                   Number 33   ‘

‘     Int’l Standard Serial No. - ISSN: 1523-3537‘    

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‘     In this issue (5 Items):     ‘

‘     ================     ‘

‘     1--CASTING LIFE BEYOND EARTH        ‘

‘     2--QUESTIONS?      ‘

‘     3--PRODUCT WATCH    ‘

‘     4--STRATEGIC/USEFUL/INTERESTING LINKS     ‘

‘     5--WHY SUBSCRIBE? 2SS.Com &      ‘

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‘     --------------------------Item One----------------------     ‘

‘     CASTING LIFE BEYOND EARTH?    ‘

‘     ==================================    ‘

‘     Some futurists are considering the possibilities    ‘

‘     of man propagating life ‘as we WILL COME to     ‘

‘     know it’.      ‘

 

‘     Some of the big questions include:     ‘

‘     *  Should we send a mass of living raw materials   

’         into space toward a lifeless planet with life     ‘

‘         supporting potential?    ‘

‘     *  Could Cyborg-like descendants from the     ‘

‘         forthcoming marriage of man and computers   

‘         be sent on a distant ‘activate-on-arrival’      ‘

‘         mission?     ‘

‘     *  Is the fulfillment of biblical prophecy     ‘

‘         (as described every day in the media by    

‘         Christian futurists) an inescapable    ‘

‘         ‘out-of-this-world’ destiny that earthlings     ‘

‘         are drawing ever closer to fulfilling?    ‘

 

‘     I believe the foundation for how we think about    ‘

‘     these questions is already being ‘well-formed’.       ‘

‘     Consider a few simple predicaments of living    

‘     in the 21st century:     ‘

‘     *  You have a serious condition that is treatable.    

‘         You simply need to have some man-made    

‘         materials inserted into you to be restored to    ‘

‘         ‘normal’ health.  Would you hesitate to     ‘

‘         say YES!?      ‘

‘     *  You have an unseen and unnoticed health     ‘

‘         problem that is detected as part of a normal     ‘

‘         check-up.  Your doctor can verify the finding,      ‘

‘         remove the offending and replaceable body     ‘

‘         part and restore you to ‘normal’     ‘

‘         health.  Would you hesitate to say YES!?     ‘

‘     *  Your child might be born with a genetic defect    ‘

‘         that could potentially be corrected.  If you     

‘         agree, an inexpensive low-risk procedure     

‘         can obtain information so you can make     

‘         an informed decision.  Would you hesitate    

‘         to say YES!?     ‘

‘     *  Your child is in poor health and needs a      ‘

‘         specially engineered component installed     ‘

‘         in his or her head.  The procedure and the      ‘

‘         component have a recent but proven track     

‘         record and it’s the best chance for your child     ‘

‘         to be restored to a healthy a normal life.    

‘         Would you hesitate to say YES!?     ‘

 

‘     These questions may seem futuristic.  They are     ‘

‘     NOT!  If cast into the reality of hernias, decayed      ‘

‘     teeth, a late-in-life conception and ear tubes,     ‘

‘     they’re simply ‘years-old’ facts of history.

 

‘     Where are the decisions we make every day      ‘

‘     leading us?     ‘

‘     *  Will we hesitate to massively buy computers     ‘

‘         we can really talk to?       ‘

‘     *  Will we hesitate to use a computer to give     ‘

‘         us deductive information that we know we     ‘

‘         alone could never have deduced?     ‘

‘     *  Will we hesitate to capture and preserve    ‘

‘        knowledge, memory, and wisdom for future     ‘

‘        use?     ‘

‘     *  Will we hurdle a container of living mass or    ‘

‘        ‘activate-on-arrival’ cyborgs toward distant     ‘

‘        planets?      ‘

 

‘     My optimistic Christian opinion is that     ‘

‘     maybe we can’t do as much about all this as     ‘

‘     we think we can.     ‘

 

‘     Nevertheless, it is very interesting to see how     ‘

‘     easily we do accept these ‘answers’ into our     ‘

‘     lives.  I have the good fortune to be able to    

’     make a living working with technology and,      ‘

‘     to work with may of the readers of E-News    ‘

‘     while doing it.  I’m grateful for, and at least a little      ‘

‘     suspicious of, where it’s all leading.  If you are      ‘

‘     too, I’d be pleased to hear from you?     ‘

 

 

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‘     --------------------------Item Two-----------------------      ‘

‘     QUESTIONS?     ‘

‘     -------------------------------------------------------------     ‘

‘     WHAT ABOUT A BLACKOUT?     ‘

‘     It seemed a remote consideration until the      ‘

‘     dawn of the year 2000 in California.  Now     ‘

‘     participants in one of the world’s largest     ‘

‘     economies MUST consider what to do when     ‘

‘     the lights--and everything else--go off!     ‘

 

‘     The April 2001 issue of Harvard Business     ‘

‘     Review guides readers through a useful     ‘

‘     list of considerations with some detail you    

‘     may wish to investigate.  Topics include:    ‘

‘     1.   Know where your electricity comes from.    ‘

‘     2.   Realize the risks of being an ‘interruptible   ‘

            customer’    ‘

‘     3.   Consider electricity independence –      ‘

‘           but wisely     ‘

‘     4.   Pursue smart energy conservation    ‘

‘     5.   Get into politics or get out of business     ‘

 

      If this topic interests you, consider getting an    ‘

‘     adobe acrobat copy of the full version at    ‘

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/hbsp/prod_detail.asp?F0104C for about $5.50.    ‘

 

‘     The NE’XP’T WINDOWS?     ‘

‘     Microsoft appears to be trying to catch up     ‘

‘     to Apple with it’s growing pace of Office and    

‘     Widows updates.  The next ‘XP’ version of    ‘

‘     Windows will hit the streets in October of this    ‘

‘     year.  The list of feature improvements     

‘     (particularly compatibility improvements) is    ‘

‘     impressive, but We’re not expecting it to be   ‘

‘     compelling enough to motivate most folks to    ‘

‘     upgrade for some time.  For more information    ‘

‘     try: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/default.asp

 

 

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‘     ---------------------Item Three-------------------------      ‘

‘     PRODUCT WATCH     ‘

‘     -------------------------------------------------------------     ‘

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‘     Palm where it also stores it’s own software     ‘

‘     so you can backup any time or re-install from    ‘

‘     and retrieve your data.     ‘

 

‘     NEW MULTI-FUNCTION SOHO ROUTER    ‘

‘     If you’re thinking about getting a home or     ‘

‘     small-office router, Netgear and Sonicwall      ‘

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‘     Finally, it has an integrated 4–port     ‘

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‘     ----------------------Item Four--------------------------      ‘

‘     STRATEGIC/USEFUL/INTERESTING LINKS     ‘

‘     -------------------------------------------------------------     ‘

‘     1.  http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/vtour/index.html

 ‘         is the home of a fascinating tour of the Inter-    ‘

‘          national space station.  You can move from     ‘

‘          module to module and control a video-quality     ‘

‘          picture of what’s inside.  It’s amazing stuff!    ‘

 

‘     2.  Learn about QuickBase in an article at:     ‘

http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/stories/story/0,10738,2782592,00.html. In this interesting     ‘

‘          article see an example of using QuickBase.      ‘

‘          Intuit’s WWW-based database that allows      ‘

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‘          Harlan Ellison, Robert Silverberg, Nancy      ‘

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