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loraan

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OT - 4 GB USB drive--does it exist or am I going crazy?
« on: March 04, 2004, 09:17:15 pm »
I remember seeing an ad in a magazine for a 4 gig USB flash drive, but now I can't find any references to it online. In the ad, a woman was wearing the drive as an earring. Can anybody point me to a URL for this?

I know it's OT for the forums, but I know we have a lot of geeks on here, and my dad doesn't believe that the drive exists.
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Re:OT - 4 GB USB drive--does it exist or am I going crazy?
« Reply #1 on: March 04, 2004, 09:25:03 pm »
google "4GB USB flash"

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Re:OT - 4 GB USB drive--does it exist or am I going crazy?
« Reply #2 on: March 04, 2004, 09:39:21 pm »
this is the biggest ive seen:

2 gigs

http://www.supertalentflash.com/detail.php?name=USB2.0_2GM

the only 4 gig flash memory ive heard of is compact flash or similar for cameras

- does this push me to 100 posts??? transcontinential citizen here i come ...
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Re:OT - 4 GB USB drive--does it exist or am I going crazy?
« Reply #3 on: March 04, 2004, 09:40:13 pm »
Darn, I tried google, but I got so many hits for cf cards, I couldn't find the USB version. Thanks for the suggestion.
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Re:OT - 4 GB USB drive--does it exist or am I going crazy?
« Reply #4 on: March 04, 2004, 09:44:36 pm »
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Re:OT - 4 GB USB drive--does it exist or am I going crazy?
« Reply #5 on: March 04, 2004, 09:48:56 pm »
really, whats the point?

im sure it has its uses, but for $1600?

just burn it onto a DVD and save the $1595
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Re:OT - 4 GB USB drive--does it exist or am I going crazy?
« Reply #6 on: March 04, 2004, 10:57:57 pm »
Quote from: loraan on March 04, 2004, 09:40:13 pm
Darn, I tried google, but I got so many hits for cf cards, I couldn't find the USB version. Thanks for the suggestion.

Did you include the USB part of the search string? The first hit says "4GB USB Flash Drive", and the second (not counting nested) is what crowfan posted.

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Re:OT - 4 GB USB drive--does it exist or am I going crazy?
« Reply #7 on: March 04, 2004, 11:08:34 pm »
Yeah, I just copy-pasted John's suggested string. The first hit that was on that page said 4GB USB drive, but there wasn't one on the page when you clicked. I went with another one on that page, hope it helped   :)

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Re:OT - 4 GB USB drive--does it exist or am I going crazy?
« Reply #8 on: March 05, 2004, 10:19:46 pm »
Crowfan,

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"It's going to be a trilogy."  Robert Jordan, circa 1989

Now that's funny. I've read 10 of them and have started on the eleventh (a prequel trilogy it seems). I don't think he knows how to end it. It's time.

Of course, a 20 volume series is a good retirement plan --- if it keeps selling.

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Re:OT - 4 GB USB drive--does it exist or am I going crazy?
« Reply #9 on: March 05, 2004, 10:43:38 pm »
CVIII,

Isn't that great?  When I saw that quote on wotmania.com, I just had to have it  :)

New Spring is actually pretty good. Moves fairly quickly and isn't stuffed full of useless garbage, although the beginning is a little slow. It's actually gotten me back into Jordan again; I've been reading the summaries on Encyclopedia WoT lately and enjoying them.

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Re:OT - 4 GB USB drive--does it exist or am I going crazy?
« Reply #10 on: March 05, 2004, 10:50:21 pm »
I do enjoy the series and am happy to get the latest edition, whatever it is. But I can't help thinking "When will this end?".

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Re:OT - 4 GB USB drive--does it exist or am I going crazy?
« Reply #11 on: March 06, 2004, 03:31:35 am »
I am currently in the process of rereading the series so i can read 10 properly as I had totally forgotten what had happened...while waiting for ten though I got into George R R Martins Song of Ice and Fire.  If you guys haven't read I heartily recommend it.  I would actually say he was a lot better than Jordan...there are currently three books and the fourth is on the way but he knows exactly how many he is going to write...

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Re:OT - 4 GB USB drive--does it exist or am I going crazy?
« Reply #12 on: March 06, 2004, 12:14:17 pm »
NoCode,

GRRM is incredible. Currently my favorite. Robin Hobb is also great.

Some day I will reread them all, but for now I'm satisfying myself with the summaries and cross-references at Encyclopedia WoT. It's a great site.


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Re:OT - 4 GB USB drive--does it exist or am I going crazy?
« Reply #13 on: March 06, 2004, 12:16:36 pm »
Is that in the "Game of Thrones" series? I have read three of those. It's a great story and very well written but it seems that EVERYBODY dies.
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Loraan,
Sorry about hijacking your thread. I hope you were finished with it.
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Re:OT - 4 GB USB drive--does it exist or am I going crazy?
« Reply #14 on: March 06, 2004, 12:23:03 pm »
CVIII,

Yup that's the one.  I kind of like that fact though; you never know what will happen next, and you can't be too sure of anything.

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PS, yeah sorry about the hijack  :-[  :)
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Re:OT - 4 GB USB drive--does it exist or am I going crazy?
« Reply #15 on: March 06, 2004, 02:26:46 pm »
What about the iPod Mini?   Down here in NZ, everyone would call it "Flash"!    

It's not a flash drive, but it's pretty small... has 4 gb... and I think that it's USB or FW.

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Re:OT - 4 GB USB drive--does it exist or am I going crazy?
« Reply #16 on: March 06, 2004, 02:37:47 pm »
Actually, that thought wasn't too far off the mark... There was just this article in Slashdot.

http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/03/05/1720230&mode=thread

It talks about 4GB Flash MP3 players.  You might find one that does the job.  (Though I think that I like the iPod Mini more.  Which according to the article, has sold out.  I just wish it were 2GB and $150.)

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