Comment Re:My SSD died yesterday (Score 1) 467
Since I couldn't boot any more, I simply swapped in my old hard drive. I didn't try to update the firmware of the Vertex, which would have been difficult anyway.
Comment My SSD died yesterday (Score 3, Interesting) 467
I got an OCZ Vertex 5 months and was very happy with the speed increase. Yesterday the laptop blue-screened and wouldn't boot any more. The BIOS test reported a read error. I am waiting for an RMA number from OCZ.
Comment Mars Ping Will Be Terrible... (Score 1) 703
... so of course it has to be the moon. It will take ages until there are enough people for a vibrant gaming community on Mars, and who here can do without that?
Comment use archival-grade DVD media (Score 1) 266
There are special DVD media to be had that are meant for archiving, and they do seem to last quite bit longer than normal media. I don't remember the brand name, but I recall that the Taiyo Yuden media have about the same durability. Taiyo Yuden media are not available in stores, but places like newegg.com sell them.
Comment Re:Define born. (Score 1) 262
All true, but natural birth has its own risks depending on the position of the baby and other factors. Even the prospect of 24 hours or more of labor at an unknown date would let many women choose a cesarean section. Overall it's an alternative, and sometimes an improvement.
Comment Re:Define born. (Score 1) 262
We have that already, it's called a cesarean section. It's still messy, though.
Dell Launches New UltraSharp 3008WFP 30-Inch LCD 143
MojoKid writes "Dell has taken the wraps off their new 30" LCD monitor today and launched the UltraSharp 3008WFP. You'll note that there are more than a few upgrades provided with this newer 3008 version. Specifically, the panel now has a 117% color gamut, in addition to having a 3000:1 contrast ratio, versus
the 1000:1 performance of its predecessor, the 3007WFP. The panel also comes with the same pixel response time of 8ms but now has enhanced brightness capability at 370 nits. Also, Dell finally saw fit to add significantly more connectivity options to the panel, with not only two DVI-D inputs, but also HDMI, Composite, Component, S-Video and the new DisplayPort interface. In short, anything you could want to hook up now or in the future, can be hooked up to this new Dell 30" panel."
Submission + - JBoss Chief Scientist shows his PR skills
fljmayer writes: It looks like the main purpose of the JBoss forums is to give its Chief Scientist a chance to abuse posters instead of answering questions. Needless to say that a previous search in the documentation did not yield any useful results.
