Cards

[npoe1]

What is the difference and which one do you prefer?

CompactFlash Type II Card Slot (3.3v)
Secure Digital / SDIO Now / MMC Memory Card Slot

 

[dartworth]

old maid is fun...so is uno

 

[jpeyton]

I played Magic back in middle school during lunch.

 

[compuwiz1]

UNO!

 

[dethman]

Originally posted by: compuwiz1
UNO!

werd.

 

[OverVolt]

Spades is always a pretty good game. It's not frustrating like some others.

 

[Dangerer]

I always enjoyed playing LIFE, well not really, always ended up with way to many frags

 

[pennylane]

Talk about a thread hijack...

Doesn't the type of card you get depend on the device you're using with it?

 

[compuwiz1]

Originally posted by: fanerman91
Talk about a thread hijack...

Doesn't the type of card you get depend on the device you're using with it?

Yes it does, as an example for black jack, you'd be using a shoe.

 

[skyking]

pinochle, but only real cards, double deck partner, no passing.

 

[evident]

texas holdem, no limit

 

[lyssword]

ATI

 

[angminas]

What I really hate are the dollar store cards with no wax coating. Those are hard as the hot place to shuffle.

 

[allisolm]

Originally posted by: skyking
pinochle, but only real cards, double deck partner, no passing.

or bridge

 

[Tiamat]

I dont particularly like any of the Cards, I'm a Yankees fan.

 

[deerslayer]

Hand and Foot.

 

[skyking]

Originally posted by: allisolm

Originally posted by: skyking
pinochle, but only real cards, double deck partner, no passing.

or bridge

Another real card player!

 

[NatePo717]

D.R.S.E. Don't ask what it stands for.

 

[vrbaba]

Originally posted by: evident
texas holdem, no limit

 

[chuckywang]

52 card pick up

 

[Howard]

Christmas?

 

[slackwarelinux]

Originally posted by: npoe1
What is the difference and which one do you prefer?

CompactFlash Type II Card Slot (3.3v)
Secure Digital / SDIO Now / MMC Memory Card Slot

I like CompactFlash, but at 5 volt signaling. The reason is 3.3 volt signaling always struck me as 5 volt's annoying little brother. When I started tinkering with electronics, I first ran across 5 volts, and 5 volts just has a nice ring to it, nice and angular. On the other hand, 3.3 volts sounds a little too round and bumpy. I have already gone through enough glue logic to interface 3.3 volt devices with 5 volts to want to keep things simple and level. CompactFlash is nice and can be more or less transparently ATA compatable. I use CompactFlash (with 5 volt signaling!) for my solid state Linux server.

Admittedly, MMC/SD cards can be accessed with SPI, which can be convenient too. I much prefer MMC over Secure Digital, something about the simplicity and open standards. I have never programmed with the ATA bus directly, and I have much more experience with SPI, so I guess if this was on a microcontroller forum, I would of chosen MMC/SD. However, this is a computer hardware forum, and I find CompactFlash cards more convenient in this context.

On a slightly broader note, I think the gradual shrinking of flash card sizes is silly. I hold nothing against CompactFlash cards because of their relatively large size, and I detest the xD cards. Flash memory is small enough already, and I don't see a need to force the point.

 

[IGBT]

..I fall asleep playing cards. I like mahjung.

 

[intogamer]

Man Card?

 

[Bill Brasky]

lol @ this thread.

p.s. gin rummy ftw