From: olfart on 24 Jan 2010 16:18 "BillW50" <BillW50(a)aol.kom> wrote in message news:hjhp40$84u$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > < big snip> > I have a Brit friend who is living in France. His flash drives only last > him about 2 months and then they die. One of his died in a short 2 weeks. > I can't explain it, except perhaps flash drives are different on this side > of the pond. I just don't know? > > -- > Bill > Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Windows XP SP3 this is really unusual, because in France things generally surrender to keep from dying.
From: the wharf rat on 24 Jan 2010 19:01 In article <hjhp40$84u$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, BillW50 <BillW50(a)aol.kom> wrote: > >And I have never had one fail on me yet. Except one EPROM quit on me >about 20 years ago, but that was it. > Hmmmmm, what's standard deviation on a sample of 1? 100%? >I just don't know? I'd tend to agree.
From: BillW50 on 25 Jan 2010 04:23 In news:hjin1h$s4k$2(a)reader1.panix.com, the wharf rat typed on Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:01:53 +0000 (UTC): > In article <hjhp40$84u$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, > BillW50 <BillW50(a)aol.kom> wrote: >> >> And I have never had one fail on me yet. Except one EPROM quit on me >> about 20 years ago, but that was it. >> > > Hmmmmm, what's standard deviation on a sample of 1? 100%? Who has this one you speak of? As I have dozens of EPROMs and EEPROMs. >> I just don't know? > > I'd tend to agree. No wonder others have called you a troll. Selective quoting is dishonest and illegal. It is also called slander. "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits" -- Albert Einstein -- Bill Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Windows XP SP3
From: ~misfit~ on 25 Jan 2010 05:21 Somewhere on teh intarwebs olfart wrote: > "BillW50" <BillW50(a)aol.kom> wrote in message > news:hjhp40$84u$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... >> < big snip> >> I have a Brit friend who is living in France. His flash drives only >> last him about 2 months and then they die. One of his died in a >> short 2 weeks. I can't explain it, except perhaps flash drives are >> different on this side of the pond. I just don't know? >> >> -- >> Bill >> Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Windows XP SP3 > this is really unusual, because in France things generally surrender > to keep from dying. LMAO!!!!!! -- Shaun. "Give a man a fire and he's warm for the day. But set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life." Terry Pratchet, 'Jingo'.
From: the wharf rat on 25 Jan 2010 07:13
In article <hjjnvj$u4g$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, BillW50 <BillW50(a)aol.kom> wrote: > >Who has this one you speak of? As I have dozens of EPROMs and EEPROMs. > Anecdotal evidence. "My Fiat never broke down. Therefore Fiats are very reliable." Bad logic. >No wonder others have called you a troll. Selective quoting is dishonest >and illegal. It is also called slander. "Please edit your included text". |