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I do use the thing almost daily to sync my work from a home computer to/from a work computer (yes the company approves - they think productivity is more important than paranoia).

I think I'll get another PQI Intelligent Stick, but this time use the usb-socket-adaptor instead if plugging it in directly.

USB Memory Watch

I remember just a couple years ago being at a beach house for a week with no other video games and we found an old Pong TV game. We seriously played it for hours when it rained, setting up tournaments, etc.

Give them a hint.

"No, I will not set your watch."

Random points:

• I'm not sure about your spin directions - I thought that ferromagnets aligned with the field. Could be wrong though.
• Ferromagnetic materials will become paramagnetic above a certain temperature (the Curie temperature) - as the material heats up, the extra kinetic energy of the atoms causes them to wobble out of alignment, and above a certain temperature, there is no intrinsic magnetism unless an external field is applied. It's a nice example of a phase transition.
• Real levitation (including the levitating frog).
• The theorem is called "Earnshaw's Theorem", and note the word "static" - there are some stable dynamic configurations.

ThinkGeek has a nice one here, though it's a little on the pricey side.

ThinkGeek has a nice one here, though it's a little on the pricey side.

http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/accessories/5ca 2/

http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/ladies/5981/, told my faviorite girl im getting her one, shes exsited :P.

Sony's latest crop of desktop computers use heat pipes and water cooling to keep the noise down. I got a Vaio P4 desktop a couple months ago that is quieter than my Tivo (Except for the DVD drives.) It's mostly Linux compatable too, except for the 3D bit of the ATI pci-express card.

I'll have to sit down in the next couple of months and check out various water cooling and heatpipe systems. I noticed that thinkgeek is selling some water cooling stuff now, including that nifty water radiator.

I would have expected both you and the mods to get the joke, but apparently i'm wrong.

He refers in fact to this:
http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/frustrations/5aa9 /

And I do believe the answer to his question is in his Sig...

Sorry, meant to link to http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/sysadmin/344f/

Hmmmm, I wonder what the sound quality is... I recently bought this device, but the sound quality is really poor... nice idea though!

D'Oh! And I was just planning to get this t-shirt!

For the lazy: http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/security/69a5/

You spend more than $3,971 per year on computers, games, and other such geek crap. For shame.

Go live in Indonesia.

IPv4
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About a year ago, I would have agreed with you. But most current laptops ship without a floppy - not even one that can be swapped with the CD drive!

My sister just bought a new laptop (ASUS M5200), and she had to buy a separate, external USB floppy drive separately because she actually does need floppies for some of her course work. (Her university's got some "old" equipment lying around.)

And yes, you most certainly can boot from a USB device (including a USB floppy drive). Or the CD-RW/DVD drive. Or ethernet (if you've got that set up on a server). Or bluetooth (I think? Haven't tried).

In any case, while I would have agreed with you about a year ago, I've recently changed my mind. You really can boot from just about anything these days - including your watch! (Quote from the website: "Can be used as a boot disk".)

check this link

http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/handhelds/5fe2/

doesn't this fit in just as the same thing ? for under 300$ ?
and it doesn support quite a lot of formats ... has a tv-out ... etc.

what's the hype about the pay-more-get-less creative tool ?

better yet, grab yourself a zaurus handheld from sharp, add a portable usb 20gb hdd to it and enjoy the power of linux.

Last year I bought a PQI Intelligent Stick PQI I-Stick at Fry's for $40. It's just 128MB and USB 1.1 but I was looking for the smallest USB drive I could find and this was it. It has been durable and unfailing for the past year. A friend saw mine for the first time a couple of weeks ago and went right out and bought a 512MB USB 2.0 at Fry's for $60 minus $20 rebate. That's good money right there. What Victorinox needs to do is integrate one of these in the handle of my Cybertool right next to the toothpick. I never go anywhere without either. Both devices have been reviewed previously by ThinkGeek: Cybertool I-Stick

Last year I bought a PQI Intelligent Stick PQI I-Stick at Fry's for $40. It's just 128MB and USB 1.1 but I was looking for the smallest USB drive I could find and this was it. It has been durable and unfailing for the past year. A friend saw mine for the first time a couple of weeks ago and went right out and bought a 512MB USB 2.0 at Fry's for $60 minus $20 rebate. That's good money right there. What Victorinox needs to do is integrate one of these in the handle of my Cybertool right next to the toothpick. I never go anywhere without either. Both devices have been reviewed previously by ThinkGeek: Cybertool I-Stick

There's already a food-preperation device with USB - George Foreman USB iGrill. Guess it's only a matter of time before we see your WiFi ice cream machine.

1. A blade
2. A large flathead screwdriver/bottle opener
3. Small flathead screwdriver/can opener
4. Philips head screwdriver
5. 256M+ USB stick
6. Built in Photon III, preferably in White
7. Scissors

This has been around for a while or is it differnet?
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/tools/6b3b/

Thinkgeek, OWNED by OSDN if I'm not mistaken, has been selling USB swiss army knives for months now.

Is it obvious to anyone else that /. has happily traded in sanity for advertising dollars?

These have been available from Thinkgeek for a while now. They also make a "travel version" without those fearsome weapons of mass destruction. (Meaning the scissors, nail file and that itty-bitty knife.) Not that the travel version is necessary, since the USB drive is removable.

400mb
Would that be bits or bytes there?

it would be 3 times as large, require a seperate power supply, won't be as hard-wearing
Yeah right... And that was after 30 seconds on google. I'm sure I could dig up a firewire version if I had the time or patience...

I'm not intending to listen to all 6,000 at once
Ah but how many can you listen to before the battery dies? I can get 8 to 12 hours out of one AAA battery...

The charger is tiny, anyway, and does fit very easily in a pocket.
Hmmm I see. The charger for my AAA batteries is big and bulky... Good thing I can leave it at home, eh?

Hard disks can last over 5 years, you know
Bouncing around in bags and pockets can be detrimental to hard drives, you know.

It's a design icon.
Its a white box.

Thinkgeek has the hardware for this. Also a good explanation of what it does.

LOL..... yes you did make my day! :D

I never actually laugh at most posts... someone should submit this to Think Geek

I don't know what any of that meant, but I think Schroedinger's Cat is gonna be pissed. Or not...

Personally I've make a keyring out of a set of PCI bridge chips here I've also built coasters out of a cut up logic board and some plexiglass, similar to the ones at thinkgeek The light elements from old scanners are nothing more than CCFLs so there are any number of uses for them when you pair them with an old wall wart.

ThinkGeek has the Roll-Up Keyboard and the TouchStream LP ZeroForce Keyboard. You can check out FingerWorks' product page as well; they make the TouchStream. I read someone's comment on the Roll-Up Keyboard before, saying that the characters on his faded over time after extended use, but he could still type on it without a problem because he got used to it, although other people couldn't.

ThinkGeek has the Roll-Up Keyboard and the TouchStream LP ZeroForce Keyboard. You can check out FingerWorks' product page as well; they make the TouchStream. I read someone's comment on the Roll-Up Keyboard before, saying that the characters on his faded over time after extended use, but he could still type on it without a problem because he got used to it, although other people couldn't.

ThinkGeek has the Roll-Up Keyboard and the TouchStream LP ZeroForce Keyboard. You can check out FingerWorks' product page as well; they make the TouchStream. I read someone's comment on the Roll-Up Keyboard before, saying that the characters on his faded over time after extended use, but he could still type on it without a problem because he got used to it, although other people couldn't.

Sounds a bit like the Ambient Orb that Thinkgeek offers.

There's also a developer interface where any semi-savvy web programmer can control the color of their Orb with a simple http "get" call. Track how full your hard drive is, traffic on your website, Slashdot posts, or your credit-card debt.

ThinkGeek started carrying the Neuros in the last few days.

I don't know about y'all, but I use my 256 MB USB Duck.

http://www.pocketec.net/
or
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/drives/5ad4/

Supersmall, USB2.0, all metal body, comes with a padded case. The ONLY complaint is that the drive end of the cable does not appear to be standard.

Would highly recommend.

I like the USB Watch better...

Mmmmm... 512MB on your wrist

If you don't want an mp3 player, check this out: ThinkGeek

They have 2 tiny USB2 drives that range from 20 to 80 gigs. And support just about any OS that has USB drivers.

this one

"MAC OS 8.6 or higher
Windows 98/98SE/ME/2000/XP
Linux Kernel 2.4.5 or higher
DOS level support"

Or this one:

"Requires Microsoft Windows 98/98SE/2000/Me/XP, Macintosh OS 8.6+, or Linux Kernel 2.4+, available USB Port (To achieve USB 2.0 speeds, your computer must be USB 2.0 enabled), CD-ROM Drive for driver installation or internet connection for driver installation download"

Note: ThinkGeek and Slashdot are both part of blahblahblah.

If you don't want an mp3 player, check this out: ThinkGeek

They have 2 tiny USB2 drives that range from 20 to 80 gigs. And support just about any OS that has USB drivers.

this one

"MAC OS 8.6 or higher
Windows 98/98SE/ME/2000/XP
Linux Kernel 2.4.5 or higher
DOS level support"

Or this one:

"Requires Microsoft Windows 98/98SE/2000/Me/XP, Macintosh OS 8.6+, or Linux Kernel 2.4+, available USB Port (To achieve USB 2.0 speeds, your computer must be USB 2.0 enabled), CD-ROM Drive for driver installation or internet connection for driver installation download"

Note: ThinkGeek and Slashdot are both part of blahblahblah.

If you don't want an mp3 player, check this out: ThinkGeek

They have 2 tiny USB2 drives that range from 20 to 80 gigs. And support just about any OS that has USB drivers.

this one

"MAC OS 8.6 or higher
Windows 98/98SE/ME/2000/XP
Linux Kernel 2.4.5 or higher
DOS level support"

Or this one:

"Requires Microsoft Windows 98/98SE/2000/Me/XP, Macintosh OS 8.6+, or Linux Kernel 2.4+, available USB Port (To achieve USB 2.0 speeds, your computer must be USB 2.0 enabled), CD-ROM Drive for driver installation or internet connection for driver installation download"

Note: ThinkGeek and Slashdot are both part of blahblahblah.

You call yourself a Slashdot reader and yet you didn't check out ThinkGeek? For shame! I found this model on there that may fit your needs. I haven't used it before though, as a disclaimer.

You call yourself a Slashdot reader and yet you didn't check out ThinkGeek? For shame! I found this model on there that may fit your needs. I haven't used it before though, as a disclaimer.

Use this AND be a babe magnet!!!

C# just wishes Java would let it *borrow* the red Swingline...

my personal favorite is the contact lens display... a great theory, but isn't it obvious that the power cable for those might be an eye irritant?

He just forgot to mention the nano-assembled zero-point generators built into each of these things. (Moore's law suggests that these will be 1/128th the size by then.)

Everyone in this thread seems to be looking way too far for Prior Art.
How about The Ambient Orb?