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) <[email protected]> wrote: > Just FYI, regarding the square green USB sticks,[0] that you might have > received amongst the Lombardy region travel information - > I tried to check and format two of the USB sticks (one given to me by a > roommate), using the linux utility badblocks[1]. > Both USB sticks failed the first pass, in nearly the same section (block > 516544 and block 515904). I will not be using either of them, and I suggest > caution (or your own personal testing) before relying upon any from this > batch. > > Hope that helps. (The t-shirt thread reminded me to send this. :) > > [0] with this design > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Lombardy_square.svg > [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badblocks > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l >
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