RE: [OT] RE: cp to flash drive very slow

2004-10-02 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
 Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
  On Thu, 30 Sep 2004, Gary R. Van Sickle wrote:
  
  Well, yes.  The flash drive is a Sandisk Cruzer Mini which is USB 
  2.0 with fallback to 1.1.  The computer is a Dell Dimension 4600 
  which claims eight USB 2.0 connectiors.
  Running Windows XP.
  [snip]
  
  (EIGHT USB 2.0 connectors?  Wowzers!  This USB fad just might be 
  catching on! ;-))
  
  You better believe it! :-D
  
 http://www.troubles.ru/Humor/Admins_Life/index_files/41.jpg 
   Igor
 
 http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/usb/68ce/zoom/
 http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/usb/6984/zoom/
 http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/usb/6db9/
 http://www.nerdorama.com/showproduct.php?ProductID=149
 
 The last two may actually be usefull, well the last one anyway.
 Bill

Yeah, um... wow.

While a USB air purifier and a USB aquarium are nutty enough, the USB cup
warmer is nutty and FWICT a scam.  The max power you can draw from a USB
port is 2.5W, not quite enough to keep your Breakfast Of Champions much
above room temperature.

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RE: [OT] RE: cp to flash drive very slow

2004-10-02 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
That is simultaneously so sweet and so wrong.

I wonder which Device Class that one falls under ;-).

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 Subject: [OT] RE: cp to flash drive very slow
 
 On Thu, 30 Sep 2004, Gary R. Van Sickle wrote:
 
   Well, yes.  The flash drive is a Sandisk Cruzer Mini which is USB 
   2.0 with fallback to 1.1.  The computer is a Dell Dimension 4600 
   which claims eight USB 2.0 connectiors.
   Running Windows XP.
  [snip]
 
  (EIGHT USB 2.0 connectors?  Wowzers!  This USB fad just might be 
  catching on! ;-))
 
 You better believe it! :-D
 http://www.troubles.ru/Humor/Admins_Life/index_files/41.jpg
   Igor
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RE: [OT] RE: cp to flash drive very slow

2004-10-01 Thread Hughes, Bill
Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
 On Thu, 30 Sep 2004, Gary R. Van Sickle wrote:
 
 Well, yes.  The flash drive is a Sandisk Cruzer Mini which is
 USB 2.0 with fallback to 1.1.  The computer is a Dell
 Dimension 4600 which claims eight USB 2.0 connectiors.
 Running Windows XP.
 [snip]
 
 (EIGHT USB 2.0 connectors?  Wowzers!  This USB fad just might be
 catching on! ;-))
 
 You better believe it! :-D
 http://www.troubles.ru/Humor/Admins_Life/index_files/41.jpg Igor

http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/usb/68ce/zoom/
http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/usb/6984/zoom/
http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/usb/6db9/
http://www.nerdorama.com/showproduct.php?ProductID=149

The last two may actually be usefull, well the last one anyway.
Bill
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