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USB Thumb Drives as ... Fashion Statement?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the not-just-for-data-any-more dept.

The Fun Guy writes "The New York Times has discovered USB thumb drives: "In some cases, flash drives have suddenly become so commonplace that, as with cellphones, their owners are adding fashion touches [DNA must be on file to read] to lend them a personal identity." Apparently, the most important thing about thumb drives is not that they are cheap, fast, durable, easy to use or hold a lot of data, but that wearing one around your neck identifies you as one of the techno-congniscenti, especially if you personalize it with stickers."

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  1. Pocket protectors? by erick99 · · Score: 3, Insightful
    Does wearing a thumb drive around one's neck identify you as part of a "in" crowd or as belonging to the pocket protector geek crowd?

    -erick

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  2. Re:Depending on where you live... by kidgenius · · Score: 3, Insightful
    I'm a geek if I saw a blinged out geektoy I'd still point and laugh.

    Yes, that may be so, but if instead it was a blinged out geek girl, then you'd go a-runnin'.

  3. Re:No DNA Sample Required by wheany · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Or, you could register, login once and it will never bug you anymore. If you don't like giving your email address, use mailinator.

    My one request for future story submitters: just say (registration required), the jokes about dna samples, firstborn babies and eternal souls are not that funny.

  4. Re:Girlie stickers by Tassach · · Score: 4, Insightful
    You can know what Lisa Frank stickers are and still affirm your manhood, simply by stating that you have a daughter in elementary school!

    Fatherhood is the ultimate affirmation of your masculinity.

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