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Flash Drives Go To Work

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the teeny-but-big dept.

feminazi writes "USB drive capacity is outpacing Moore's Law by doubling every year, evolving from tchotchkes to devices capable of addressing corporate needs ranging from mobile computing platforms to files stores with encryption and biometrics protection. SanDisk and M-Systems Flash Disk Pioneers launched a thumb drive with an intelligent U3 chip that can store and launch applications. Lexar's premium JumpDrive Lightning thumb drive has the fastest data-transfer rates at 18MB/sec write and 24MB/sec read. And some are strong on the outside, too. SanDisk touts a drive built to withstand 2,000 lbs. of pressure. Computerworld tested that claim by repeatedly driving a Volkswagen Beetle over the ruggedized thumb drive. While the drive's body came away with a few scratches, there were no dents, and not a single lost file."

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  1. Beetle by 42Penguins · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sure you can drive a Beetle over it, but so you know the bandwidth of a Beetle full of thumbdrives on the highway?

    1. Re:Beetle by Scaba · · Score: 5, Funny

      From TFA:

      Computerworld tested that claim by repeatedly driving an employee's car over the ruggedized thumb drive. While the drive's body came away with a few scratches, there were no dents, and we didn't lose a single file.

      The article doesn't go on to mention how they then put the thumb drive in the employees car, set the car on fire and pushed it over a cliff. Miraculously, the thumb drive survived! Boy, was that guy pissed when he found out what they did to his car...

  2. New File Compression Scheme by pkiesel · · Score: 5, Funny

    No word on how much compression was achieved by driving the Beetle over it? A rather inefficient method in any case.