Comment SoCal Amber Now Playing Seattle (Score 1) 380
I'm in Seattle and have received two of the Southern California Amber alerts since 6:00 pm tonight PDT. This is a good way to encourage people to disable the alerts.
Ancient Yeast Used To Brew Modern Beer 106
Kozar_The_Malignant writes "Yeast trapped inside a 45 million year old weevil, trapped inside amber has been extracted, activated, and used to brew beer. According to the report, the beer has 'a weird spiciness at the finish.' The brewer, Raul Cano, a scientist at the California Polytechnic State University, attributes this to the yeast's unusual metabolism. 'The ancient yeast is restricted to a narrow band of carbohydrates, unlike more modern yeasts, which can consume just about any kind of sugar,' said Cano. Cano brews barrels of Pale Ale and German Wheat Beer under the Fossil Fuels Brewing Co. label."
Comment Re:Sparcstation In The Wall (Score 4, Interesting) 821
Your might be thinking of the Novell NetWare server story. University of North Carolina in 2001. It was physically MIA for 4 years yet kept doing the Energizer Bunny routine.
I was a Novell Reseller at the time and the story made a great sales pitch.
http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB20010409S0012
