Re: [CGUYS] Vista -- Help Needed with Read Only Flag

2009-09-20 Thread John Duncan Yoyo
On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 12:26 AM, t.piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote: On Sep 19, 2009, at 11:07 PM, Robert Carroll wrote: Based on my experience, I would advise against trusting a thumb drive or a memory chip to store data over the long run. A month or two, probably OK. Yes indeed. Data stored

[CGUYS] Flash drive limits Was: Re: [CGUYS] Vista -- Help Needed with Read Only Flag

2009-09-20 Thread katan
On Sun, 20 Sep 2009 03:03:07 -0400, John Duncan Yoyo wrote: Flash drives have a limited number of read write cycles and that might be what you ran into. I'm not doubting your word, but where do you find this info? and do you have any idea what the limit is? I ask this--maybe I shouldn't admit

Re: [CGUYS] Flash drive limits Was: Re: [CGUYS] Vista -- Help Needed with Read Only Flag

2009-09-20 Thread John Duncan Yoyo
On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 6:40 AM, katan ka...@his.com wrote: On Sun, 20 Sep 2009 03:03:07 -0400, John Duncan Yoyo wrote: Flash drives have a limited number of read write cycles and that might be what you ran into. I'm not doubting your word, but where do you find this info? and do you have

Re: [CGUYS] Flash drive limits

2009-09-20 Thread Tony B
In the early days the lifetimes were only guaranteed out to about 1000 writes. But now they talk about 10,000 so it's unlikely you're going to reach that limit. It's more of a concern with the SSD hard drives, but even there they say it's not a practical factor. A much bigger worry with pocket

Re: [CGUYS] Flash drive limits Was: Re: [CGUYS] Vista -- Help Needed with Read Only Flag

2009-09-20 Thread mike
Primary data source meaning you have a backup readily available? On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 3:40 AM, katan ka...@his.com wrote: On Sun, 20 Sep 2009 03:03:07 -0400, John Duncan Yoyo wrote: Flash drives have a limited number of read write cycles and that might be what you ran into. I'm not

Re: [CGUYS] Pogue Feeling Sorry for M$

2009-09-20 Thread Chris Dunford
To call that a positive review is delusional. Delusional?? I'll tell you what's delusional: saying that a review containing these phrases is not a positive review: a gorgeous multitouch screen, feels expensive and solid in the hand, fluid, beautiful and incredibly responsive, bright, sharp

Re: [CGUYS] Vista -- Help Needed with Read Only Flag

2009-09-20 Thread Mike
Windows won't tag the files inside the zipped file, just the zipped file itself. Sent from my iPod On Sep 18, 2009, at 3:26 AM, Chris Dunford seed...@gmail.com wrote: There is a free one built into windows also...not sure how good/bad it is, I always install winrar first thing on new

Re: [CGUYS] RAID's days may be numbered.

2009-09-20 Thread tjp
On Sep 19, 2009, at 1:31 AM, Christopher Range wrote: I have used RAID for several years. When I used a JBOD system, I always had problems with backing up data. I did have a tape backup unit in the system. But, I have always found tape backup problematic. I had a 250MB TB unit. But, The

[CGUYS] We're #22!!! and we're #15!!! [was: We're #19!!!}

2009-09-20 Thread b_s-wilk
phartz...@gmail.com phartz...@gmail.com escribió: US Chamber of Commerce cites #19 rank, wants tougher IP laws http://tinyurl.com/lkcdsh IP laws won't be effective in the US until the copyright and patent laws are rewritten to be in compliance with Article I, Section 8 of the

Re: [CGUYS] We're #22!!! and we're #15!!! [was: We're #19!!!}

2009-09-20 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
Because we are no longer the home of the brave and land of the free. We are the home of the Corporate Entity and land of the Connected. Stewart At 08:39 PM 9/20/2009, you wrote: phartz...@gmail.com phartz...@gmail.com escribió: US Chamber of Commerce cites #19 rank, wants tougher IP laws

Re: [CGUYS] We're #22!!! and we're #15!!! [was: We're #19!!!}

2009-09-20 Thread b_s-wilk
Because we are no longer the home of the brave and land of the free. We are the home of the Corporate Entity and land of the Connected. Stewart Touché! * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives,

Re: [CGUYS] We're #22!!! and we're #15!!! [was: We're #19!!!}

2009-09-20 Thread t.piwowar
On Sep 20, 2009, at 9:39 PM, b_s-wilk wrote: The Internet was born and and raised in the United States. Yet— thanks to slow speeds, inconsistent availability, and bandwidth caps—we now lag the rest of the world when it comes to broadband Net access... That is what free markets are designed to