USB Memory Drives
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I bought a new toy today. I broke down and got a 256MB USB drive (you know, those little keychain deals). It really is a toy since I don't have a specific use for it. I thought I might keep a backup-backup of my source code, but that is rather bland. I also thought about putting some of my old DOS games on there (remember Pool Of Radiance) and run them from it. Anybody have one of these and know of a really cool thing to do with them?
Well - I got a 512Mb one (USB 2 as well :-)) about three weeks ago and the first thing I did was to download the full Platform SDK install @ work (where there's super-fast Internet access) and take all 340Mb home where I've got a poxy 56kb dial-up. Apart from that, I use it for backups, sneaker-net activities etc. I've had a 64Mb drive for almost 2 years and have found it invaluable, until I got the Beast to replace/supplement it :-) Stuart Dootson 'Java, Basic, who cares - it's all a bunch of tree-hugging hippy cr*p'
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I bought a new toy today. I broke down and got a 256MB USB drive (you know, those little keychain deals). It really is a toy since I don't have a specific use for it. I thought I might keep a backup-backup of my source code, but that is rather bland. I also thought about putting some of my old DOS games on there (remember Pool Of Radiance) and run them from it. Anybody have one of these and know of a really cool thing to do with them?
Tom Welch wrote: know of a really cool thing to do with them? No. The truth is, I can't think of anything on my machine that fits into a 256 MB device. Why not try putting your photos?
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Tom Welch wrote: know of a really cool thing to do with them? No. The truth is, I can't think of anything on my machine that fits into a 256 MB device. Why not try putting your photos?
Vikram. ----------------------------- My soon-to-be-updated site KI klike KDE kand kuse kit, kbut KI kmust kadmit, kstarting kall knames kwith K kis ksilly. KI khope kthey kwill kgive kup kthis kwhole kscheme ksoon kand kcome kup kwith kreal knames. pI vThink aHungarian nNotation vIs iA aWonderful nThing cAnd pEveryone avShould vUse pIt aAll dThe nTime, adNo nMatter pWhat dThe nContext, adEven adWhen vSpeaking.Vikram Punathambekar wrote: The truth is, I can't think of anything on my machine that fits into a 256 MB device. Why not try putting your photos? Tell me about it! Them pr0n flicks sure do take a lot of HDD space. :rolleyes: Jeremy Falcon
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I bought a new toy today. I broke down and got a 256MB USB drive (you know, those little keychain deals). It really is a toy since I don't have a specific use for it. I thought I might keep a backup-backup of my source code, but that is rather bland. I also thought about putting some of my old DOS games on there (remember Pool Of Radiance) and run them from it. Anybody have one of these and know of a really cool thing to do with them?
It's so much more reliable to exchange data from one laptop to the next, than using infrared. It holds more space than floppies. It is more compact than carrying a crossed cable. Thanks, Wes
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I bought a new toy today. I broke down and got a 256MB USB drive (you know, those little keychain deals). It really is a toy since I don't have a specific use for it. I thought I might keep a backup-backup of my source code, but that is rather bland. I also thought about putting some of my old DOS games on there (remember Pool Of Radiance) and run them from it. Anybody have one of these and know of a really cool thing to do with them?
i have a little 64MB one. i use it for really sensitive stuff, like license generators and stuff, when i travel. if the laptop gets stolen, that's one thing. but if all key-gens get stolen, i'm in trouble. :( -c To vote with no response is to follow the way of the coward.
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I bought a new toy today. I broke down and got a 256MB USB drive (you know, those little keychain deals). It really is a toy since I don't have a specific use for it. I thought I might keep a backup-backup of my source code, but that is rather bland. I also thought about putting some of my old DOS games on there (remember Pool Of Radiance) and run them from it. Anybody have one of these and know of a really cool thing to do with them?
I use mine daily to back up the source code I worked on that day and bring it home, as well as any large-ish download. It beats the hassle of launching some burning software at the end of the day even though CD-RW has the larger capacity. OTOH I don't need to burn a full 700MB every day.
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I bought a new toy today. I broke down and got a 256MB USB drive (you know, those little keychain deals). It really is a toy since I don't have a specific use for it. I thought I might keep a backup-backup of my source code, but that is rather bland. I also thought about putting some of my old DOS games on there (remember Pool Of Radiance) and run them from it. Anybody have one of these and know of a really cool thing to do with them?
Get a bootable Linux distro. Use it for machine recovery, and to impress you friends. IIRC, there's even a bootable Linux that cames with MAME and several ROMs and is around 200Mb. ORACLE One Real A$#h%le Called Lary Ellison
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i have a little 64MB one. i use it for really sensitive stuff, like license generators and stuff, when i travel. if the laptop gets stolen, that's one thing. but if all key-gens get stolen, i'm in trouble. :( -c To vote with no response is to follow the way of the coward.
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I bought a new toy today. I broke down and got a 256MB USB drive (you know, those little keychain deals). It really is a toy since I don't have a specific use for it. I thought I might keep a backup-backup of my source code, but that is rather bland. I also thought about putting some of my old DOS games on there (remember Pool Of Radiance) and run them from it. Anybody have one of these and know of a really cool thing to do with them?
Aside from transporting data I have an encrypted database with passwords in it. Pavel Sonork 100.15206
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It's so much more reliable to exchange data from one laptop to the next, than using infrared. It holds more space than floppies. It is more compact than carrying a crossed cable. Thanks, Wes
Crossed cables are useful for 2 person impromptu LAN parties though. :rolleyes:
Hawaian shirts and shorts work too in Summer. People assume you're either a complete nut (in which case not a worthy target) or so damn good you don't need to worry about camouflage... -Anna-Jayne Metcalfe on Paintballing
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Get a bootable Linux distro. Use it for machine recovery, and to impress you friends. IIRC, there's even a bootable Linux that cames with MAME and several ROMs and is around 200Mb. ORACLE One Real A$#h%le Called Lary Ellison
You mean Knoppix?
Hawaian shirts and shorts work too in Summer. People assume you're either a complete nut (in which case not a worthy target) or so damn good you don't need to worry about camouflage... -Anna-Jayne Metcalfe on Paintballing
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You mean Knoppix?
Hawaian shirts and shorts work too in Summer. People assume you're either a complete nut (in which case not a worthy target) or so damn good you don't need to worry about camouflage... -Anna-Jayne Metcalfe on Paintballing
David Stone wrote: You mean Knoppix? Knoppix is a damn good bootable distro, but is not the only one (not even the first), and it's too big to fit on 200Mb. ORACLE One Real A$#h%le Called Lary Ellison
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Vikram Punathambekar wrote: The truth is, I can't think of anything on my machine that fits into a 256 MB device. Why not try putting your photos? Tell me about it! Them pr0n flicks sure do take a lot of HDD space. :rolleyes: Jeremy Falcon
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Vikram Punathambekar wrote: The truth is, I can't think of anything on my machine that fits into a 256 MB device. Why not try putting your photos? Tell me about it! Them pr0n flicks sure do take a lot of HDD space. :rolleyes: Jeremy Falcon
Jeremy Falcon wrote: pr0n flicks :slowly-backing-off:
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