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Submission + - What to do with 1-lane PCI Express?

Submitted by Very Long Time Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 18, 2007 @11:17PM

Very Long Time Anonymous Coward writes: I've recently put together my new PC from scratch, filling up the PCI slots with audio and firewire cards, and a graphics card in the 16-lane PCI Express slot. But my micro ATX motherboard also came with a PCI Express slot with a single lane. I've looked around on the net and the only cards I can find are Gigabit ethernet, which just about every new motherboard you can buy supports anyway. What do you do with your empty single lane PCI Express slot?

Journal Journal: Rosetta Code -- Building a Programmer's Rosetta Stone 215

Journal by Short Circuit on Thursday January 18, 2007 @11:04PM

Did you ever run into the problem where you knew how to do something in one programming language, but really needed to do it in another? That's what Rosetta Code is all about. A variety of programming tasks are solved using as many languages as possible. You can examine existing tasks, or create your own.

Submission + - Ruby on Rails 1.2 Released

Submitted by Scooter[AMMO] on Thursday January 18, 2007 @09:41PM

Scooter[AMMO] writes: David Heinemeier Hansson sent a post to the Rails Blog letting everyone know about the availability of Rails 1.2. This new version adds a slew of buff and polish to the rest of the system, as well several new features like RESTful interfaces, response formats, improved multi-byte support, and more. If you haven't checked out the web application framework that aims to renew joy within its users, give it a look. You may be amazed at how easy it makes things without sacrificing power or functionality.

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