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16GB Flash USB Dongle

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the that-might-be-pushing-it dept.

Derek Dongle writes "This is great — Toshiba plans to bring out a limited edition 16GB USB dongle. What would you do with 16GB in your pocket? Who knows? As the writer of this story says, "It may be one of the occasional cases of: who cares? It's a 16GB USB drive that fits in your pocket and weighs 12 grams!" I'm not quite sure I want to call it a dongle. At 8x2 cm it's not the smallest thing to attach to a keychain. But at 16 GB you could keep a good bit of your life there, provided you aren't working in audio or video. I keep a 1GB stick on my keychain, which is enough for almost anything.

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  1. But... by vnangia · · Score: 4, Funny

    640K should be enough for anyone!

    1. Re:But... by malraid · · Score: 4, Funny

      My life fits in 50 punched cards

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    2. Re:But... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

      Wow! You slipped "your mother" into that almost as smoothly and neatly as I slipped into your mother!

  2. Pardon me by with_him · · Score: 3, Funny

    Is that a Flash Drive in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me.

    1. Re:Pardon me by mancunian_nick · · Score: 4, Funny
      Aww you beat me to it ... obviously great minds think alike. :)

      Then again, I can just imagine it now ... My dongle's bigger than your dongle!! :)

    2. Re:Pardon me by BadAnalogyGuy · · Score: 5, Funny

      If an 8cm dongle in your pocket can be mis-identified as arousal, something is terribly wrong with either you or the woman making the comment.

      No offense to anyone with a true microdongle, of course.

    3. Re:Pardon me by Klaidas · · Score: 2, Funny

      Soo, you have a 8cm long friend which can be confused with a USB flash drive?

    4. Re:Pardon me by jawtheshark · · Score: 3, Funny

      Q: Why are women bad at parking cars?

      A: Because men keep telling them that this <----------------------> is 8 inches!

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    5. Re:Pardon me by Tackhead · · Score: 4, Funny
      > Q: Why are women bad at parking cars?
      > A: Because men keep telling them that this <----------------------> is 8 inches!

      I don't get the joke. I read /. on a 200" room projector, you insensitive clod!

      (...because I tried watching pr0n on it once, and I'm still having nightmares about shoggoths!)

  3. Re:How about some more *durable* flash drives? by kingkoopaunion · · Score: 5, Funny

    How about we see some more durable drives in larger sizes? Hell, I'd be willing to pay a premium for something I could rely on to take a beating.

    Well, In the back of most free city papers, you can find all sorts of ads for businesses which provide the services described...

  4. What to do with it? by in2mind · · Score: 5, Funny
    What would you do with 16GB in your pocket?

    Windows Vista Service Pack 1 !

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  5. Re:How about some more *durable* flash drives? by $RANDOMLUSER · · Score: 5, Funny

    I want to murder the engineers who designed the flash drives that the strap attaches to the CAP. What were they thinking?

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  7. Replacement by tritonman · · Score: 2, Funny

    This would be a great replacement for the 12 inch dongle that's in my pocket currently... er, I mean 12 GB dongle.

    1. Re:Replacement by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Why thats mad! We all know that no /.er has a dongle larger than 5 inches...er...gigabytes in his pocket! If they did, they wouldn't be on /.

  8. Did I do this right? by chriswaclawik · · Score: 1, Funny

    Is that an erection in your pocket, or are you just happy that you have a 16 GB USB Flash Dongle?

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  9. Re:How about some more *durable* flash drives? by $RANDOMLUSER · · Score: 2, Funny

    So I can lose the drive, but I get to keep the cap?

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  10. Obligatory Response Required by kid_oliva · · Score: 5, Funny

    I can't help myself... with a strong rubber boot that fits snuggly around it, especially if you're active, pay a premium for something I could rely on to take a beating
    That's what she said!!!

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  11. Re:Yeah but... by Andrewkov · · Score: 4, Funny

    So you're saying large USB dongles promote piracy?

  12. Re:Yeah but... by jank1887 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Please wait by the phone, the RIAA/MPAA lawyers will be calling shortly.

  13. Re:Do you even own one? by TheRaven64 · · Score: 2, Funny

    My 1GB drive has been through the washer-dryer three times and still appears to work fine. The wash cycle covers it in water, and the dryer then gives it a healthy dose of static electricity.

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  14. That might be true by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    "But at 16 GB you could keep a good bit of your life there,"

    Yea, if you're an empty shell of a human being.

  15. It's not the size of a man's dongle that matters.. by objekt · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...rather it's..umm...I got nothing.

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  16. Re:How about some more *durable* flash drives? by archen · · Score: 3, Funny

    Umm... what's a wocket?

    something elmer fudd uses to get to the moon?