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Submission + - Windows XP Black Market (slashdot.org) 1

Submitted by NicknamesAreStupid on Sunday April 06, 2014 @09:02AM

NicknamesAreStupid writes: As Whoever57 pointed out, there are some who will still get support for Microsoft Windows XP — the 'haves'. However, most will be the 'have nots'. Anytime you have such market imbalance, there is opportunity. Since Microsoft clearly intends to create a disparity, there will certainly be those who defy it. What will Microsoft do to prevent bootleg patches of XP from being sold to the unwashed masses? How will they stop China from supporting 100 million bootleg XP users? And how easily will it be to crack Microsoft's controls?

How big will the Windows XP patch market be?

Submission + - To reduce the health risk of barbecuing meat, just add beer (economist.com)

Submitted by PolygamousRanchKid on Sunday April 06, 2014 @05:13AM

PolygamousRanchKid writes: Grilling meat gives it great flavour. This taste, though, comes at a price, since the process creates molecules called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) which damage DNA and thus increase the eater’s chances of developing colon cancer. But a group of researchers led by Isabel Ferreira of the University of Porto, in Portugal, think they have found a way around the problem. When barbecuing meat, they suggest, you should add beer.

The PAHs created by grilling form from molecules called free radicals which, in turn, form from fat and protein in the intense heat of this type of cooking. One way of stopping PAH-formation, then, might be to apply chemicals called antioxidants that mop up free radicals. And beer is rich in these, in the shape of melanoidins, which form when barley is roasted.

Submission + - How the Internet Is Taking Away America's Religion (technologyreview.com)

Submitted by pitchpipe on Saturday April 05, 2014 @11:09PM

pitchpipe writes: Using the Internet can destroy your faith. That’s the conclusion of a study showing that the dramatic drop in religious affiliation in the U.S. since 1990 is closely mirrored by the increase in Internet use.

I attribute my becoming an atheist to the internet, so what the study is saying supports my anecdote. If I hadn't been exposed to all of the different arguments about religion, etc., via the internet I would probably just be another person who identifies as religious but doesn't attend services. What does Slashdot think? Have you become more religious, less religious, or about the same since being on the internet? What if you've always had it?

Submission + - Linux Developers Look At Using QR Codes For Kernel Panics (phoronix.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 05, 2014 @06:05PM

An anonymous reader writes: Linux kernel developers are currently evaluating the possibility of using QR codes to display kernel oops/panic messages. Right now a lot of text is dumped to the screen when a kernel oops occurs, most of which isn't easily archivable by normal Linux end-users. With QR codes as Linux oops messages, a smart-phone could capture the display and either report the error string or redirect them to an error page on Kernel.org. The idea of using QR codes within the Linux kernel is still being discussed by upstream developers.

Submission + - MythBusters' Savage gets busted over bad AT&T (techcrunch.com) 3

Submitted by

etherlad

on Friday June 26, 2009 @06:36PM

etherlad writes: "MythBusters' Adam Savage got a bill for $11,000 for "a few hours" of Web surfing while in Canada, using his AT&T USB Mercury modem. AT&T gave him a quote of a data rate "at .015 cents, or a penny and a half, per kb." Looks like AT&T didn't learn from Verizon's inability to do math. AT&T is also claiming Savage downloaded over 9 GB, which he calls "frakking impossible." Savage is leading Twitter users in a revolt."

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