[mdlug] Hardware diagnostic SW

[Aaron Kulkis]

Jeff Hanson wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 10:41 PM, Aaron Kulkis <akulkis00 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Lately, I've seen packaging for motherboards proclaiming:
>>
>>                        All CERAMIC Capacitors
> 
> Actually "solid" and it usually means replacing aluminum electrolytics
> with tantalum.  They are more expensive but take up less space and
> have longer life.  They also help keep the various wars in the Congo
> going due to increasing demand for coltan.

So if everyone stopped paying the Africans for their raw materials,
thus cutting off their income, that would improve Africa and make
all of their stupid civil wars stop?

I'm just asking.