The reaction that forms the potential carcinogen acrylamide in baked foods is
revealed, suggesting ways of reducing levels

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URL: http://boingboing.net/#85513616
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The new ish of Strange Horizons in out, with an interview with Bloodhag, the
most metal of the all the science fiction metal bands.
Soon, the spotlight comes up again. The lead singer grabs the microphone.
"This is Frank Bellknap Long!" he yells, and, feverish, launches into a
lecture on Long's oeuvre. There can't be more than a handful of people on
this earth who could get a beer-sodden thrash crowd to listen to an English
Lit lecture. Thirty seconds later, the audience is sufficiently educated,
and the guys begin to wail. Jake the singer holds the microphone over his
head and belts out the song in a growling voice that's monster-movie low.
"No reason! No corners!" he shouts. Two minutes later, they're done with
the pulps and ready to move on to the New Wave. "Our next song is about
Harlan Ellison!" Jake bellows, and the geeks, the hipsters, the metalheads,
and the drunks let out a howl of mutual joy.
Blöödhag -- note the dual umlauts -- hails from Seattle. Describing
themselves as "edu-core," the band performs nothing but two-minute thrash
tributes to science fiction writers. Between songs, the band pelts the
audience with paperback books, quizzes them on book titles, and demands
that the audience show their library cards. Their motto: "The Faster You Go
Deaf, the More Time You Have to Read."
Link[1] Discuss[2] (_Thanks, Zed[3]!_)
[1] http://www.strangehorizons.com/2002/20020930/bloodhag.shtml
[2] http://www.quicktopic.com/boing/H/kfFeZdnp8NE
[3] http://www.mememachinego.com/

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URL: http://boingboing.net/#85512053
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The Distributed.net project -- a precursor to SETI@Home that used volunteer
computer-time to attack giant, sophisticated ciphers -- has cracked RC564. I
used to have half a dozen computers working on this.
On 14-Jul-2002, a relatively characterless PIII-450 in Tokyo returned the
winning key to the distributed.net keyservers. The key 0x63DE7DC154F4D039
produces the plaintext output:
The unknown message is: some things are better left unread
Unfortunately, due to breakage in scripts (dbaker's fault, naturally) on
the keymaster, this successful submission was not automatically detected.
It sat undiscovered until 12-Aug-2002. The key was immediately submitted to
RSA Labs and was verified as the winning key.
Link[1] Discuss[2] (_Thanks, Dave[3]!_)
[1] http://www.distributed.net/pressroom/news-20020926.html
[2] http://www.quicktopic.com/boing/H/wf6mvUdf3xfR
[3] http://www.seizethedave.com/