USB Flash Drives

Fox · Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2009 7:48 am Post subject:

I have a small collection of them as well; some given to me free at conferences. They range in capacity from 250 mb to 8 gb. I use a 4 gb Cruzer as my regular file transfer drive, carrying it to work and transferring new files with it to my home mini. I have turned several into Linux-bootable drives to test out new distros or to hold repair distros (supergrub, parted magic).
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Bobaloo · Posted: Sat Dec 26, 2009 1:30 pm Post subject:

I have a 1GB stick I got for free, used it a few times. My daughter uses hers for school.
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JohnnyBoy · Posted: Sun Dec 27, 2009 6:02 pm Post subject:

I've been using mine for archiving purposes -- not just recent backups of constantly changing files, but for storing work that I did... Embarassed

...almost 2 decades ago.

Maybe I should just burn a CD-ROM... Rolling Eyes

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Aquafire · Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2009 2:57 am Post subject:

JohnnyBoy · Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2009 2:20 pm Post subject:

I dunno, Aqua.

In 1982, we were offered 12cm shiny discs that were encoded with music. 27 years later, the "Blu-ray" versions of those can hold 50GB of data. So maybe some things will endure.

If not, I could always store my most valuable data in "the cloud"... Shocked

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Aquafire · Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2009 5:23 pm Post subject:

Clouds have a habit of evaporating... Wink

But I get your meaning.

Perhaps I am being a bit pessimistic.

But that said, its also one of the major reasons why I am against the use of Nuclear power.

Human beings have a proclivity to self destruction. Most civilizations have a used by date of about 300 to 400 years before things fall apart.

So who will be left to maintain the technologies & the waste dumps ?

No civilization has ever lasted long enough to make sure radioactive materials are safely decayed over that time span.

Aqua
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JohnnyBoy · Posted: Thu Dec 31, 2009 6:37 am Post subject:

As a team, Aqua, you and I have a unique talent for taking threads off topic! In just four posts we've gone from USB flash drives to the repercussions of using a dangerous technology that outlives the civilisation that invented it. I love it! Laughing

(But yeah, that's a good point. Wink

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Aquafire · Posted: Thu Dec 31, 2009 7:17 am Post subject:


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