'Punksters There was an interesting piece on a new AIDs self-test kit this morning that focused on privacy. The idea is that an AIDs self-test kit is made widely available via your local pharmacy. You use the kit's materials to draw a drop of blood, which you place on an enclosed test slide. You then seal the slide, attach a barcoded sticker, and mail in the enclosed mailer to a lab. After a few weeks, you call a 1-800 number, punch in your code (from the sticker) and you get a recording telling you if the test was negative. From this point on the piece (CBS this morning) was elaborating on whether or not a machine should be used to pass on this news, or should a "real" person be involved. Interesting... Brian Williams Extropian Cypherpatriot "Cryptocosmology: Sufficently advanced communication is indistinguishable from noise." --Steve Witham "Have you ever had your phones tapped by the government? YOU WILL and the company that'll bring it to you.... AT&T" --James Speth