From: olfart on

"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
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
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
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
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".