Re: [Wikimania-l] warning: green USB sticks

2016-07-15 Thread Deryck Chan
I missed out on a USB stick too :( Mike, did someone come into our accommodation just to steal the green USB sticks from us? :'-P On 15 Jul, 2016 21:41, "Michael Peel" wrote: > Error 404: I wasn't given a USB stick. But maybe I didn't lose out there? > > For future

Re: [Wikimania-l] warning: green USB sticks

2016-07-15 Thread Thomas Morton
Not criticising you Mike, but that's like the number 1 travel tip for Italy :/ so I'm a bit surprised it didn't get any mention in the travel info!! T On Fri, 15 Jul 2016 at 21:41 Michael Peel wrote: > Error 404: I wasn't given a USB stick. But maybe I didn't lose out

Re: [Wikimania-l] warning: green USB sticks

2016-07-15 Thread Bohdan Melnychuk
Oh. I was trying to make a live linux stick out of mine and my laptop failed to boot from it. So it's not just mine. --Base15.07.2016, 23:42, "Joseph Fox" :Mike - the USB stick is a promotional thing from the Lombardy tourist board. They're empty.On Fri, 15 Jul 2016 at

Re: [Wikimania-l] warning: green USB sticks

2016-07-15 Thread Joseph Fox
Mike - the USB stick is a promotional thing from the Lombardy tourist board. They're empty. On Fri, 15 Jul 2016 at 21:41 Michael Peel wrote: > Error 404: I wasn't given a USB stick. But maybe I didn't lose out there? > > For future Wikimanias, maybe solely providing local

Re: [Wikimania-l] warning: green USB sticks

2016-07-15 Thread Michael Peel
Error 404: I wasn't given a USB stick. But maybe I didn't lose out there? For future Wikimanias, maybe solely providing local travel info via a wiki rather than a USB stick is a better approach? (Not that I have much to complain about with local travel info - except for not being told that

Re: [Wikimania-l] warning: green USB sticks

2016-07-15 Thread Niharika Kohli
A clean format of the USB stick worked for me. On Saturday, July 16, 2016, Joseph Fox wrote: > Sorry - to clarify, this means that they're not to be relied on (rather > than immediately dangerous)? > > Joe > > On Fri, 15 Jul 2016 at 21:30 Nick Wilson (Quiddity)

Re: [Wikimania-l] warning: green USB sticks

2016-07-15 Thread Joseph Fox
Sorry - to clarify, this means that they're not to be relied on (rather than immediately dangerous)? Joe On Fri, 15 Jul 2016 at 21:30 Nick Wilson (Quiddity) wrote: > Just FYI, regarding the square green USB sticks,[0] that you might have > received amongst the Lombardy