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Archaeologists have unearthed an approximately 5,000-year-old brewery in China:
It's the oldest beer-making facility ever discovered in China – and the evidence indicates that these early brewers were already using specialized tools and advanced beer-making techniques. For instance, the scientists found a pottery stove, which the ancient brewers would have heated to break down carbohydrates to sugar. And the brewery's underground location was important for both storing beer and controlling temperature – too much heat can destroy the enzymes responsible for that carb-to-sugar conversion, explains Patrick McGovern, a biomolecular archaeologist at the University of Pennsylvania Museum in Philadelphia, who was not involved in the current research.
[...] The research group inspected the pots and jugs, and found ancient grains that had lingered inside. The grains showed evidence that they had been damaged by malting and mashing, two key steps in beer making. Residue from inside the uncovered pots and funnels was tested with ion chromatography to find out what the ancient beer was made of. The 5,000-year-old beer "recipe" was published [DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1601465113] on Monday in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
(Score: 2) by q.kontinuum on Wednesday May 25 2016, @06:38AM
Now I'm feeling soooo young. I appreciate Linux, and I prefer red wine compared to beer. Considering I'm from the seventies, you really made my day. Thanks!
Of course, when I started to like GNU/Linux, we didn't have this systemd-crap. Those days it was a real GNU/Linux. If you wanted to use a fancy "mouse" and "GUI" you had to invest your time to go through the config files. Setting up a sendmail server was like a final exam to linuxiness, emacs stood for "eight megabyte and constantly swapping", and eight megabyte were considered HUGE. Linux userland tools adhered to the concept of having small tools for small tasks, and a combination of small tools for big tasks. "Java" was a hot cuppa coffee with lots of milk and sugar. The sun was a computer in our basement, and trolling was a art, not a pass-time. Now ge'roff my lawn, youngster!
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(Score: 2) by Gaaark on Wednesday May 25 2016, @04:15PM
Ah, messing with the xorg config file in RedHat: good times, good times. :)
Now all i have time for is messing with i3wm config files, and barely that. :(
Linux is too easy now, lol. All the 'fun' is gone! :)
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(Score: 2) by q.kontinuum on Wednesday May 25 2016, @08:59PM
It's not "Linux", unless you are talking about the Kernel only. It's Gnome/Linux! (Some time ago it used to be GNU/Linux, and soon it will be "systemd, powered by Linux")
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