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  • T Tom Welch

    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?

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    Vikram A Punathambekar
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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.

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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.

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      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

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      • T Tom Welch

        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?

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        Wesner Moise
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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

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        • T Tom Welch

          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?

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          Chris Losinger
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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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          • T Tom Welch

            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?

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            dandy72
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            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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            • T Tom Welch

              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?

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              Daniel Turini
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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

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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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                Tom Welch
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                Excellent idea. I am doing that right now.

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                • T Tom Welch

                  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?

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                  Pavel Klocek
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                  Aside from transporting data I have an encrypted database with passwords in it. Pavel Sonork 100.15206

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                  • W Wesner Moise

                    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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                    David Stone
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                    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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                    • D Daniel Turini

                      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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                      David Stone
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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

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                      • D David Stone

                        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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                        Daniel Turini
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                        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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                        • J Jeremy Falcon

                          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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                          Lost User
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                          :laugh: Paul ;) I have been afraid always. When you see something insurmountable ahead of you, say to yourself: "All right! I am afraid. Now that I've been properly afraid, let's go forward." That is the whole secret. - Jeanne d'Arc

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                          • J Jeremy Falcon

                            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 A Punathambekar
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                            Jeremy Falcon wrote: pr0n flicks :slowly-backing-off:
                            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.

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