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Submission + - High yield urban vegetable gardening system with LED lighting (robohub.org) 2

Submitted by Hallie Siegel
Hallie Siegel writes: An indoor cultivation system that uses LED lighting instead of sunlight. “This is a 5-tiered cultivation system. For smaller heads of lettuce, you can harvest about 1,500 heads in one month. If this were to be fit into a container of about 20 feet (6m), it would be equivalent to 970 sq. meters. Thus with 16 sq. meters, you could produce an amount that is on par with 970 sq. meters.”

Submission + - Ukraine May Have To Rearm With Nuclear Weapons Says Ukrainian MP (usatoday.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: USA Today reports, "Ukraine may have to arm itself with nuclear weapons if the United States and other world powers refuse to enforce a security pact that obligates them to reverse the Moscow-backed takeover of Crimea, a member of the Ukraine parliament told USA TODAY. The United States, Great Britain and Russia agreed in a pact "to assure Ukraine's territorial integrity" in return for Ukraine giving up a nuclear arsenal it inherited from the Soviet Union after declaring independence in 1991, said Pavlo Rizanenko, a member of the Ukrainian parliament. ... Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the commitments in the agreement are not relevant to Crimea because a "coup" in Kiev has created "a new state with which we have signed no binding agreements." The U.S. and U.K. have said that the agreement remains binding and that they expect it to be treated "with utmost seriousness, and expect Russia to, as well.""

Submission + - The Man Making Bank Off Tesla and SpaceX (businessweek.com) 1

Submitted by pacopico
pacopico writes: Silicon Valley venture capitalists have not always been the first to back Elon Musk's super risky ideas. In fact, as Businessweek reports, a firm in Chicago called Valor Equity run by Antonio Gracias has been the quiet, major investor behind Tesla, SpaceX and SolarCity. With Tesla and SolarCity's shares soaring, Valor is doing very well and has capitalized big time on Musk's success. Oddly, its next major move has nothing to do with technology but will be instead to take Dunkin' Donuts and Little Caesars to Mexico and China. The firm is looking to become the Auto Nation of food.

Submission + - One Bitcoin Miner is Mining $8 Million Each Month (ibtimes.co.uk)

Submitted by DavidGilbert99
DavidGilbert99 writes: While most people are toiling in their bedrooms to try and optimise their graphics cards to most efficiently crack the complex mathematical equations needed to mine a bitcoin, one Seattle-based bitcoin enthusiast has taken things to a whole new level. Dave Carlson has two warehouses full of purpose built mining rigs running 24/7 and which are mining an estimated $8 million every month — though his electricity bill is a bit high....

Submission + - NYT Op-Ed: Stop Glorifying Hackers (nytimes.com)

Submitted by Geste
Geste writes: Diane McWhorter, an author, take to the March 8th NYT Op-Ed pages with a plea to Stop Glorifying Hackers. Among other things she rails against providers' tendencies to "blame the victim" with advice on improved password discipline. But what lesson are we to learn from this lecture? From someone who emails lists of passwords to herself?

Submission + - LABONFOIL: Portable Bond-Style Lab Promises Low-Cost Detection and Diagnosis (gizmag.com)

Submitted by Zothecula
Zothecula writes: A European project coordinated by Ikerlan and CIC microGUNE is developing a James Bond-style automated laboratory called "LABoratory skin patches and smart cards based ON FOILs and compatible with a smartphone" (LABONFOIL). Using lab-on-a-chip technology and smart patches to detect a wide variety of substances and diagnose diseases, the goal of the project is to create a cheap, portable laboratory that can interact with smart devices.

Submission + - Slashdot to inflict users with autoplaying video ads. 2

Submitted by dacullen
dacullen writes: Apparently unsatisfied income from text based ads, Slashdot will not come with LOUD autoplaying video ads for your enjoyment. Kinda freaks me and my students out when they start to play. I tried to play nice and turn off AdBlock, but see what I get.

Submission + - Patented new implant stimulates orgasms in women (newscientist.com)

Submitted by SpankiMonki
SpankiMonki writes: A US patent has been granted for a new machine that stimulates orgasms for women at the push of a button. The device, which is a little smaller than a packet of cigarettes, is designed as a medical implant that uses electrodes to trigger an orgasm. The device could help some women who suffer from orgasmic dysfunction.

Submission + - Free Software Foundation announces seminar on GPL Enforcement and Legal Ethics (fsf.org)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: The FSF is hosting a half-day seminar with some big names in the free software movement, including authors of the GPLv3. This should be a great opportunity for anyone looking to expand their knowledge of free software licensing and policy issues.

Submission + - It's the End of (XP) Support as we Know It (microsoft.com)

Submitted by X!0mbarg
X!0mbarg writes: We've all heard about the inevitability of it, but M$ has started sending out Downloaded Notifications of its End Of Support for Windows XP as part of Automatic Updates. Has anyone else seen these pop up on their XP systems? I certainly did.

(Apologies in advance for my poor code-fu here.)


Many links abound for reference here:
  • http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/end-support-help?locale=ja-jp
  • http://windows.microsoft.com/en-ca/windows/lifecycle
  • http://www.scmagazine.com/pop-ups-to-signal-the-coming-end-of-windows-xp-support/article/336777/
  • http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2014/03/windows-xp-will-now-notify-you-that-its-dying/
  • and the Google-it-for-you reference: https://www.google.ca/search?q=WinXP+End+Of+Support+Notice&num=100&source=univ&tbm=nws&tbo=u&sa=X&ei=mLoYU-7WJ4nTqgHEjoGgCw&ved=0CE4QqAI&biw=1173&bih=750

Anyone else see this as an attempt to scare users into upgrades directly from the desktop?

Yes, we all knew this day would be upon us, but surely we didn't see M$ being so downright aggressive, did we?

Ultimately, what is everyone's opinion on this effort and its' ultimate affect to their usage of the admittedly antiquated OS?

I for one, will still be chugging along on a few systems until the system finally just Dies on me.

Any theories on actual support and afterlife cycle predictions? Anyone still patching together their Win98 systems? Win3.11? What duties have they been relegated to and why? What plans does everyone have in the Upgrade department? Are you waiting for anything specific from M$ before taking the Win8.1 plunge, or planning on holding onto your Win7 systems 'till they pry the code from its cold, dead drive?

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