At 5:29 AM -0800 11/21/2010, Geke wrote:
I never knew USB sticks were so fragile. Also interesting how "hot- swapping" is really rather hot, and how the OS tries to cater for hardware issues.
Anecdotal... but I'd venture that many usb sticks go bad because people can't be bothered to (or don't know to) wipe off / clean the contacts or anything. The sticks gets stashed in fairly hostile environments - pockets, purses, etc, collecting crud. Shove 'em into the socket, they short out, gersparken, poof.
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