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1. Comment - Hitachi debuts 500GB laptop drives, but you can't buy them

   (Jan 6, 2008 - 1:16 PM)

   You don't lose data on SSDs. If a sector is worn too badly on an attempted write, it writes to another location determined by the wear-leveling algorithms, and that sector is marked unusable. You won't likely burn out any current drive in its practical lifetime. A 32GB SSD writing constantly at 100MB/sec will not likely mark its first worn sector until more than a year later. Since most notebook and desktop drives are active 10% of the time or less, you're looking at 10 years before the first sector is marked worn. This is not a major concern, as by this time, one will likely be on a different system.

2. Comment - Service unlocks the human genome for the consumer

   (Nov 21, 2007 - 3:39 PM)

   A long time, in all likelihood. The prices for checks are prohibitively expensive right now on a per-person basis (a company covering a million people would need to come up with a billion dollars at the prices listed above, and likely higher for more accurate testing).
   
   In addition, the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2007 passed the House 420-3, and while it hasn't yet made it out of committee in the Senate, it still has another year and change to do so, similar bills having sailed through the Senate in the past. The president has indicated that he would sign it upon passage. GINA would prohibit insurance companies from using genetic information for purposes of determining eligibility and pricing, and employers from using the information for purposes of hiring, transfers, promotions, or terminations.

3. Comment - Microsoft, Mozilla Disagree Over JavaScript's Future

   (Nov 4, 2007 - 1:58 PM)

   JavaScript is the implementation of ECMAScript that Netscape (and Mozilla following it) used. Java and JavaScript have nothing to do with each other.

4. Comment - Comcast Accused of Throttling BitTorrent Traffic

   (Aug 22, 2007 - 3:07 PM)

   RR doesn't seem to block anything here in SoCal. I routinely use BitTorrent to download Linux DVD ISOs.
   
   If your computer performance is decreasing when you download a torrent, it's not your cablemodem company getting involved. Try running chkdsk against all of your drives. Problems on the drive can cause just those kinds of issues.

5. Comment - California Revokes Four Voting Machine Certifications

   (Aug 6, 2007 - 7:53 PM)

   "WHO again is the governor of CA, dude?!"
   
   Most Republicans despise Schwarzenegger. He's anything but conservative in spending, social beliefs, and program ideas. The only thing that he has held onto that is considered a core Republican belief is not raising taxes.