Re: [H] Flash drive(s)

2008-03-03 Thread Anthony Q. Martin
The corporate world of today sounds much like the defence industry of the 90s. I worked in aerospoce in an evironment where everything was top secret and compartmentalized. If you wrote pi=3.14 on the wrong piece of paper and left it out over night or took it home by accident, you could end up

Re: [H] Flash drive(s)

2008-03-03 Thread Thane Sherrington
At 01:26 PM 03/03/2008, Ben Ruset wrote: Would you want your personal info on a computer that would be easy for someone to copy data onto a USB disk and walk out undetected? Of course, no one could ever write down said personal information on a piece of paper. :) T

Re: [H] Flash drive(s)

2008-03-03 Thread Ben Ruset
Would you want your personal info on a computer that would be easy for someone to copy data onto a USB disk and walk out undetected? Anthony Q. Martin wrote: The corporate world of today sounds much like the defence industry of the 90s. I worked in aerospoce in an evironment where everything

Re: [H] Flash drive(s)

2008-03-03 Thread Ben Ruset
Well, it's easy to throw a brick through your window, but you still lock your front door, right? Thane Sherrington wrote: At 01:26 PM 03/03/2008, Ben Ruset wrote: Would you want your personal info on a computer that would be easy for someone to copy data onto a USB disk and walk out

Re: [H] Flash drive(s)

2008-03-03 Thread Thane Sherrington
At 02:11 PM 03/03/2008, Ben Ruset wrote: Well, it's easy to throw a brick through your window, but you still lock your front door, right? Yes, and it's pretty silly to do that too. Of course, neither are done to protect one's self from unscrupulous people. It is to protect against the

Re: [H] probably a really dumb question

2008-03-03 Thread Harry McGregor
Thane Sherrington wrote: At 05:06 PM 01/03/2008, j maccraw wrote: Still waiting for reply from Antec as to if they will stand behind this junk unit w/ 1year of use on it even though it's past warranty. Not holding my breath likely never buying another Antec. I missed the beginning of this

Re: [H] probably a really dumb question

2008-03-03 Thread The Beave
Antec has recently gone downhill a bit on the quality of their power supplies. Right now I recommend Silverstone and PC Power and Cooling for gaming rigs. For base or normal use computers Antec will do fine. Tim The Beave Lider E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original

Re: [H] Flash drive(s)

2008-03-03 Thread Brian Weeden
Computer World Magazine just posted an article reviewing 7 secure USB drives from major manufacturers. Some funny and sad stuff in there, especially what sort of gimmicks these vendors put in to try and make their drives secure. In the end they chose IronKey, but really putting free and open