Need recommendation for USB Thumb Drive

--The "Drooling Fool" writes:
> I can not find an NNTP server that is reliable. Which one do you use?

I find newsguy quite reliable.
--
John Hasler
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On Mon, 11 Jun 2007 02:33:12 +0000, ToddAndMargo wrote:

>>> I would tell you, but I have a policy that forbids me helping any drooling
>>> fool who posts to Usenet from Google Groups.

>> I can not find an NNTP server that is reliable. Which one do you use?

I use my ISP's (Cox cable). I also have a (free) account on
motzarella.org.

> I am now on news.verizon.net. See if it works any better.

Much better.

> Do you know the answer to my question or where you
> just making a protest against Google Groups?

The only answer I would suggest is that there really isn't much difference
between any of the thumb drives. They all work. I've never felt a need
for this write-protect switch you mention, and in fact have never seen one
like that. I'd buy the cheapest one you can find at Wal-mart. They're
all the same.

Thanks for leaving the ranks of the Google Gropers.


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Dan C wrote:
> I've never felt a need
> for this write-protect switch you mention, and in fact have never seen one
> like that.

Part of what I make my living at is removing viruses/malware etc.
from Windows machines. Windows viruses now jump from and to
thumb drives (you knew that was coming). Check out this link:

http://weblog.infoworld.com/zeroday/...rm_gets_i.html

My office workstation is Cent OS 5 with XP-Pro and Vista
running as virtual machines.

-T

At Sun, 10 Jun 2007 19:21:45 -0700 ToddAndMargo-at-verizon.net wrote:

>
> > I would tell you, but I have a policy that forbids me helping any drooling
> > fool who posts to Usenet from Google Groups.
>
> I can not find an NNTP server that is reliable. Which one do you use?

Check out www.news-service.com. About $9/month (they bill in Euros, so
the monthly charge varies depending on the exchange rate). *Very*
reliable.

>
> --The "Drooling Fool"
>
> Zap! Dang! Keyboard just shorted out, again.
>
>

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ToddAndMargo-at-verizon.net wrote:
> Can anyone recommend me a 4 GB USB thumb drive that:
>
> 1) won't corrupt with "cp" or "rsync", AND
> 2) has a write protect switch?

I can recommend you NOT to buy PQI as they have high % of bad ones.

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In <9x3bi.780$O15.592@trnddc03> ToddAndMargo:

[Snip...]

> Part of what I make my living at is removing viruses/malware etc.

FWIW, thread's over right there; there's no link from Dan C to realworld.

JMO; YMMV...

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> Check out www.news-service.com. About $9/month (they bill in Euros, so
> the monthly charge varies depending on the exchange rate). *Very*
> reliable.

That's a pretty high rate. Especially for just usenet which is sort of
going to the way side with other web based forums and file transfer
protocols. Some ISPs don't even include nntp servers as part of their
connection package. (like AOL) Not that those that do provide nntp have
a reliable nntp server. And some linux discussion forums exist on their
own nntp servers. Like the HP printer / development forums.

The usb-stick topic does interest me. Since they're getting big enough
to actually consider using. I mean if a 1.44MB floppy has a write
protect tab, why can't/shouldn't usb sticks? Not that flash drives are
all that great with limited number of writes and such.

Shadow_7 writes:
> [$9/month is] a pretty high rate.

Yes. Newsguy charges $40/year.

> Especially for just usenet which is sort of going to the way side with
> other web based forums and file transfer protocols.

People have been confidently predicting the imminent demise of Usenet for
twenty years now.

> Some ISPs don't even include nntp servers as part of their connection
> package. (like AOL)

AOL dropping news was a real step forward.

> And some linux discussion forums exist on their own nntp servers.

I suspect that you do not fully understand how Usenet works.
--
John Hasler
john-at-dhh.gt.org
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI USA

>> And some linux discussion forums exist on their own nntp servers.
>
> I suspect that you do not fully understand how Usenet works.

It doesn't matter how it works. If it goes unsupported, or poorly
supported, it will eventually fall to the wayside. Even if that takes 40
years. But that's another topic for another thread.

Milan Babuskov wrote:
> ToddAndMargo-at-verizon.net wrote:
>> Can anyone recommend me a 4 GB USB thumb drive that:
>>
>> 1) won't corrupt with "cp" or "rsync", AND
>> 2) has a write protect switch?
>
> I can recommend you NOT to buy PQI as they have high % of bad ones.
>

Thank you! I was considering it.

Anyone use "x-digital media" with success?

http://www.x-digitalmedia.com/blade-drive.php

-T