[ExI] plain text was Boffins chomp noggin-nobbling narcotics

Wed Apr 16 21:05:50 UTC 2008

Hi.

Please forgive if you really want to attach html 
and are using its features.

Do you know that you are posting in mime attached duplicate html?
Can you please explain why the mime attached html?
If so, may I please ask  which mail program is creating these html attachments, 
under which OS, and why?
I am absolutely certain that it is not my mail program, or anything on my end,
though your mail program may hide them from you.
This is why others may not have pointed out the mime attached html problem.

Your mime attached html post, which I have appended,
is exactly what I received.

Are you using html to display anything other than plain text?
Unless you really are using the html features,
the defaults should be set to both post and answer in plain text,
or uuencode, if plain text is not an option.
your answer mode should also be set to
answer in plain text, or answer in uuencode,
not to answer in kind.

I am most concerned about viruses in unintended attachments.

If you must quote me, please put your comments first.
I have already listened to mine.

I read email with speech,
So it is not possible to scroll past the html and quotes 
without listening to them again,
and the mime code and html after the header are not speech friendly.
to quickly get to the new information.
The mime attached html is far from speech friendly!

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Thanks much again as always.

Hi.

I would much appreciate a copy in plain text.

I am having trouble with lynx web access.
If there are too many files or links to post,
a description of what is at that url would help much.

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Thanks much again as always.
Jim

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Boffins chomp noggin-nobbling narcoticsJekyll and super-intelligent
HydeBy Chris
Williams<http://forms.theregister.co.uk/mail_author/?story_url=/2008/04/10/boffin_drug_epidemic/>
$B"*(B
More by this author<http://search.theregister.co.uk/?author=Chris%20Williams>
Published Thursday 10th April 2008 15:08 GMT
------------------------------
<http://go.theregister.co.uk/c/td/ttl/http%3A//www.theregister.co.uk/Page/security200803/>

Shocking research by Nature has revealed that many of the world's boffins
are routinely taking psychoactive drugs to boost their brain power.

An "informal survey" by the leading research rag has uncovered an epidemic
of drug use in scientific circles. One in five respondents to the survey
reported they had used cognition-enhancing prescription drugs for
non-medical reasons.

Specifically, ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) drug Ritalin,
sleep medication Provigil, and beta blocking heart drugs are all reportedly
guzzled to improve focus, concentration, and memory. More than one third had
obtained their fix from an internet pharmacy. All but one of the 14 British
scientists who responded ordered online.

The enhanced eggheads reported side effects including sleeplessness,
jitteriness, anxiety, and headaches.

But the poll also revealed that most boffins have no problem with their
competitors obtaining a chemical advantage. Four in five said healthy adults
should be allowed to turbo charge their own brain if they want to.

Boffinry's - and indeed the public's - fancy for personal enhancement is
nothing new, of course.

In 2006, Sir David King, then the UK government's top scientific advisor,
briefed <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/06/05/drug_enhancement_briefing/>ministers
at Downing Street on what was dubbed "cosmetic neurology". He
warned that regulators will have to be ready for an explosion in public
interest in the concept over the next 20 years.

In November, the British Medical Association
attempted<http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/11/08/bma_brain_boost_ethics/>to
kickstart debate on the ethics around mental meddling. "It should be
remembered that people are willing to endure major surgery to enhance their
visual appearance, so they may be willing to do so to improve their
cognitive ability as well, if the techniques prove to be effective," the
doctors' group said.

Read Nature's own report on its findings
here<http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080409/full/452674a.html>.
And step away from the coffee machine. (R)
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04/10/boffin_drug_epidemic/

BTW, "boffins" seem to mean scientists in British English. :-)

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<h2>Boffins chomp noggin-nobbling narcotics</h2><h3 class="Standfirst">Jekyll and super-intelligent Hyde</h3><div class="Byline">By <a href="http://forms.theregister.co.uk/mail_author/?story_url=/2008/04/10/boffin_drug_epidemic/" title="Send email to the author">Chris Williams</a> <small class="MoreByAuthor">$B"*(B <a href="http://search.theregister.co.uk/?author=Chris%20Williams" title="More stories from this site by Chris Williams">More by this author</a></small></div>
<div class="Date"><small>Published Thursday 10th April 2008 15:08 GMT</small></div><hr id="UnderDate"><div class="TopTextLink">

<a href="http://go.theregister.co.uk/c/td/ttl/http%3A//www.theregister.co.uk/Page/security200803/"></a></div><p>Shocking research by <cite>Nature</cite> has revealed that many of the world's boffins are routinely taking psychoactive drugs to boost their brain power.</p>

An "informal survey" by the leading research rag has uncovered an
epidemic of drug use in scientific circles. One in five respondents to
the survey reported they had used cognition-enhancing prescription
drugs for non-medical reasons.

Specifically, ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) drug
Ritalin, sleep medication Provigil, and beta blocking heart drugs are
all reportedly guzzled to improve focus, concentration, and memory.
More than one third had obtained their fix from an internet pharmacy.
All but one of the 14 British scientists who responded ordered online.

<p>The enhanced eggheads reported side effects including sleeplessness, jitteriness, anxiety, and headaches.</p>

But the poll also revealed that most boffins have no problem with
their competitors obtaining a chemical advantage. Four in five said
healthy adults should be allowed to turbo charge their own brain if
they want to.

<p>Boffinry's - and indeed the public's - fancy for personal enhancement is nothing new, of course.</p>

In 2006, Sir David King, then the UK government's top scientific advisor, <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/06/05/drug_enhancement_briefing/">briefed</a>
ministers at Downing Street on what was dubbed "cosmetic neurology". He
warned that regulators will have to be ready for an explosion in public
interest in the concept over the next 20 years.

In November, the British Medical Association <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/11/08/bma_brain_boost_ethics/">attempted</a>
to kickstart debate on the ethics around mental meddling. "It should be
remembered that people are willing to endure major surgery to enhance
their visual appearance, so they may be willing to do so to improve
their cognitive ability as well, if the techniques prove to be
effective," the doctors' group said.

Read <cite>Nature's</cite> own report on its findings <a href="http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080409/full/452674a.html" target="_blank">here</a>. And step away from the coffee machine. ®<a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04/10/boffin_drug_epidemic/">http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04/10/boffin_drug_epidemic/</a> 
 BTW, "boffins" seem to mean scientists in British English. :-)

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