I bought a sweet new 32 gig flash drive
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lxskllr
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Flash drives are PITA. They don't even have to be the tiny ones. Any drive has a 50:50 chance of dropping into a wormhole, and landing somewhere you didn't put it. Early engineers recognized this, and provided a handy lanyard so you could tether it to your body. The trend in minimalism has omitted the the tether, so more drives are getting lost; probably behind the washing machine.
Stopped using flash drives as they have a high failure rate, small ssd drive and enclosure works for me.
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And do you know how that SSD stores its data? It uses flash memory. So what you've done is swapped flash drives for a flash drive.
Want to try a laptop HDD instead?
I attach my flash drives to my keychain. I had a tiny 32GB drive, but the loop that hooked it on broke. So I'm back to my ruggedized 8GB drive that basically stores my backups and nothing else.
MongGrel
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That kinda defeats the purpose of using a thumbdrive for me to begin with personally
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Mixolydian
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lxskllr
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How could anyone ever need 32 GB of storage?!
You can carry your whole computer on a flash drive. Well, you can if you use a system that respects you :^D
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lxskllr
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Kids... It's an ASCII emoticon. I only use ASCII cause I can use them anywhere, and it's become a part of my writing style.
Edit:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_emoticons
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MongGrel
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lxskllr
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I can see why you think my writing sucks. You don't understand it. That's ok, reading comprehension and interpretation isn't everyone's forte. It absolutely is in that wiki. It's not verbatim, but the translation is pretty straightforward for anyone who mastered the shape cube as a kid ;^)
I lucked out and found a 32GB SD card in a hotel room that must have been out of eyesight of the cleaning people (I am 6' 4") It was still in the package and I know I should have reported it to the front desk but I was in a sleazy hotel, which a similar establishment had just stolen my DSLR so I rationalized the theft. The last USB stick I bought was only 8 GB.
Side story, I used the card to backup my photos and documents on my laptop. The files ended up corrupted,and I don't know if it is from keeping the card in my laptop and subjecting it to harsh conditions or from the corruption I used to obtain it.
Side story, I used the card to backup my photos and documents on my laptop. The files ended up corrupted,and I don't know if it is from keeping the card in my laptop and subjecting it to harsh conditions or from the corruption I used to obtain it.
Rakehellion
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Rakehellion
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My briefcase is filled with these. Not that easy to find, but convenient in every other way.
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And do you know how that SSD stores its data? It uses flash memory. So what you've done is swapped flash drives for a flash drive.
Get with the program, dawg.
MongGrel
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Yeah, that looks pretty portableGet with the program, dawg.
But probably not you meant.
Does that mean every photo taken with my stolen camera had an artifact I will recognize? FWIW, I formatted the card and just use it for quick transfers (you know, in the .01% chance I need to sneaker 32GB) and it works fine.
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