Durable memory sticks

[Waihou Thumper]

I have just put for the fourth time a Toshiba 8 Gb memory stick through the washing machine and drier...
Very durable piece of kit :)
Works fine and still writes/opens....Lucky once again..

Note to oneself, check pockets prior to doing laundry!

[kevfromcoro]

I had a nokia phone..
Dropped in the drink..
Dryed it out,, and it worked fine.
Bought a nokia fliptop and stuck it in the washing machine.
That fukd it..
Never to go again..

[Oakie]

Bought two Dick Smith branded SD cards for work recently (16GB). One never worked and one failed a few weeks later. Always thought the DSE branded stuff was probably made in the same factory as 'name' brands but now not so sure.

[Tazz]

Paid through the nose of a toshiba stick while travelling a few years back and it is still going hard. It's been swimming, sat on (had it on my keys for a while), trodden on, washed, rinsed and repeated and it is missing half the plastic guide bit after one of the lard arse sat on moments mentioned previously. There are even a few teeth marks on it but I'm pretty sure they are from a cat. I don't think it is quite indestructible enough to handle a dog.

[EJK]

What's this memory sticks you speak of? Everything is cloud these days.

So 2010... Catch up eh?

[Swoop]

Bought two Dick Smith branded SD cards for work recently (16GB). One never worked and one failed a few weeks later. Always thought the DSE branded stuff was probably made in the same factory as 'name' brands but now not so sure.

Likewise. Bought one for the Whenuapai airshow a while back and it ruined 90% of the shots taken.
Thought it was a problem caused by the camera... Nope. Fucking Dick Smith.

[Tazz]

What's this memory sticks you speak of? Everything is cloud these days.

So 2010... Catch up eh?

Interweb cap is a sad panda and doesn't like the 'cloud' action too much.
Also you have to be careful where you store stuff. Was using dropbox for the business but all the servers are in the states, which the conspiracy theorist in me doesn't likey.

[Gremlin]

What's this memory sticks you speak of? Everything is cloud these days.

So 2010... Catch up eh?
I shall beat you with your virtual cloud. A, hah, like I'm giving them that much data. B, bugger paying for storage for the 3TB ish of data I currently have. Then I have to download it whenever I want it as well.

[Waihou Thumper]

What's this memory sticks you speak of? Everything is cloud these days.

So 2010... Catch up eh?

Company policy...I have to abide, don't mean I Like it though...

[Ntoxcated]

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[Akzle]

What's this memory sticks you speak of? Everything is cloud these days.

So 2010... Catch up eh?

bandwidth motherfucker. do you have it? cos i fucken dont.
(although, upon amalgamation, i only have 700gb of shit, and lots and lots of spare hard disks, anyone want a 4GB 2.5" IDE drive?)
fucken joowgle gews be packet sniffing your shit, too.

[Tazz]

packet sniffing

No doubt, conveniently, there is nothing covered on sexual harassment in their EULA either. I...feel so....unclean....:cry:

[merv]

Clouds can come and go with the weather - they just evaporate. I wouldn't trust them without my own backups.

[pete376403]

I'm sure people who had legal stuff (or even illegal stuff) on megaupload would concur

[Gremlin]

I'm sure people who had legal stuff (or even illegal stuff) on megaupload would concur
Even with someone else not related, in the same rack. There was massive fall out when the idiots took piles of gear...

[EJK]

Clouds can come and go with the weather - they just evaporate. I wouldn't trust them without my own backups.

Both Google Drive and Dropbox works by storing on both local and cloud. So even the cloud shits itself I'll still have my files.

Bandwidth limitation allows me to store photos only (for now), but regardless I find it very useful.