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Replacing the Housing on Your Flash Drive?
TheFarmerInTheDell asks: "I managed to wash my USB flash drive this past weekend (note to self: check your pockets better before doing laundry) and to my surprise, it still works. The problem is that the clothes dryer managed to beat up the plastic housing, and it no longer holds the innards in place as it should. Trying to plug the drive into a USB port is a difficult proposition since the whole mechanism slides into the plastic housing, instead of sliding into the USB port. Rather than using a super glue or an epoxy solution to hold the electronics in place, I was thinking that a custom body would be a cool way to go. I can cast it in resin and have whatever shape I want for the drive, but I am not sure that it will be a good thing to do. Has anyone done anything like this, and if so were there any problems? Are there any issues about not having an air space to help dissipate the heat that the chip generates? Aside from the obvious concerns about allowing the drive to fit into the USB port of a computer, is there any reason that the drive cannot be housed in any shape that I want?"
Our old thread got archived. I know posting my reply here is off-topic and probably rude. But I figure at least I can be more stimulating than soviet russia jokes.
This must mean that it's ok for me to "observe" that you've made relatively few posts with that low Slashdot ID of yours.
Your observation would be perfectly reasonable and correct. How you interpret that observation would be another matter. Does the number of posts have anything to do with how long I've observed the history and evolution of slasdot? Are you privy to the inner working of my private motivations for posting the comments that I did? Do you understand me well enough based on our one conversation here to engage in further inquiries of an ernest and civil nature? Or are you going to remain defensive and continue to maintain that you're right and I'm wrong about asmor, slashdot, and everything else? I stand by what I said. Your slashdot ID indicates you joined relatively more recently than I did. The examples and analogies you concieved indicates a lack of awareness of the way slashdot has developed and evolved over the years. I think it is rather sad that you would think Rob Malta has sold out for monetary gain when in reality he and his team have done so much over the years to make this place grow and prosper. The work they've put into continuously improve the slashcode. The valiant efforts put into dealing with conflicts and crisis that has confronted slashdot - from overcoming DDOS attacks to the ultimately failed effort to protect comment posters from the Church of Scientology. If you truly have experienced slashdot long enough to live through some of these events you would know how steadfast CmdrTaco has steered this ship with lofty ideals that could never be bought or sold. The relevent facts are that you've repeatedly complained about how slashdot doesn't suit your fancy while giving no regard for the value of this forum to other individuals who are not like you. The relevent facts are that you try to impose rules befiting of a formal professional organization when in reality most slashdot users approach this place with a casual attitude that does not bring the kind of expectations demanded of a commercial customer-centered service organization. When you've been around long enough and starts noticing more than just your own stake in slashdot, then you will understand.
Explain this one to me. You say that judging people based on their submissions is bad, and I say it's good. You "observe" my behavior and make a judgement, and then somehow it's not relative to the discussion? Your point this entire time is that I was wrong in judging Asmor, yet you try to dodge the issue when judging me.
First off, my main objection has always been the fact that you believe guys like asmor shouldn't be allowed to *post such questions* to slashdot. Your trivial dismissal of asmor as "lazy" was a secondary objection. I feel you were unnecessarily harsh on asmor because we know too little about him and the circumstances of his inquiry to make judgments or assumptions meaningful. In other words, there isn't enough information to warrant an acurate or useful assesment of a person's skill or character. On the other hand, you and I have been conversing for more than a week. You have had ample opportunity to state your case and express your opinion clearly and without ambiguity. We have engaged in an exchange of information and perspectives. It is in the spirit of this exchange that I provided to you details of slashdot's aquisition by Andover.net. This information provides context with which to evaluate your earlier remarks about the business aspect of slashdot. Based on the history of our conversation, I made a *judgment* that you lacked such information and that it would be useful to you in better understanding the nature of slashdot. It seems to me you're more concerned about the judgment that lead to the provision of this information than the information itself. Did I hurt yo
Stay sentient. Don't drink bad milk.