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In a historic move, and one that will go down in the history books along with the great achievements of the best minds of our time, “unboundprometheus” has accomplished the seemingly impossible-a 3-dimensional post.

Since its inception in 1979, newsgroups, and of late Google Groups, have been limited to simple ASCII, or text. Paul Baran told The Fablieaux “We were building systems (back then) to allow communication between missile sites to survive nuclear impact, not transmit large, complex objects. What unboundprometheus has done is nothing short of astounding. One can only imagine the amount of time and resources involved to finally pull of the impossible. His achievements,” Baran added, “make mine seem insignificant.” More »

Increasing numbers of people with diseases and serious medical conditions are opting for tattoos to alert medical professionals and others potentially affected by their malady. Saleh Aldahouqi, a diabetes expert from Cape Girardia, Mo., will present a report about the topic Friday in Houston at the annual meeting of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists.

“I feel much better now that I’ve got an image of myself suffering from a seizure on my arm” commented Al Gerhn of St. Lois, Mo., who now can communicate to EMTs his Epilepsy if he becomes incapacitated.

Other cases include illustrating internal organs, circulatory systems and muscular structures. Having a view into a person’s body also saves costly MRI, CT and X-Ray examinations. “People are now safer than ever thanks to tattoos!”, attests Ken Haertt of Images Tattoos in Edington, Mo.