Hi,
OT here
On Sat, 2005-09-03 at 14:45 -0300, Norberto Bensa wrote:
> Neil Bothwick wrote:
> > On Fri, 2 Sep 2005 22:21:30 -0300, Norberto Bensa wrote:
> > > > Incorrect. Flash memory only has a limited write lifetime, treating it
> > > > like a hard drive will kill it in no time.
> > >
> > > Yup. Like in three years or so... I've dropped both floppies and CD-RW
> > > discs in favor of pendrives (1GB)
> >
> > more like three months if you put a frequently written directory,
> > like /tmp or /var/log, on a flash device. 
> 
> You can use UNIONFS for those ;)
> Anyway, unless we're talking about different technologies, one of my USB 
> drives is working fine and it is more than a year old. And I've used it like 
> crazy (both read _and_ writes.)
> 
> 
> > BTW you have PGP signed your email but your key doesn't appears to be on
> > the keyservers.
> 
> Oops. The signature was supposed to be used for private mail messages only. I 
> don't trust keyservers. 
> 
Why you don't trust the keyservers, you (or any other person which
already has your signature) could always check if your signature is
authentic (or you can update it if need be). Your choice of course.
> My apologies to everyone! 
> 
> 
> Regards,
> -- 
> Norberto Bensa
> 4544-9692 / 15-4190-6344
> Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Rumen

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