32 GB memory stick

http://tinyurl.com/5t8c2zl

I bought one, and it works; or at least it has the once that I've used
it to backup my personal files.

Where's it all going to end? It's not that long ago that I bought a 1TB
hard drive, and now they're up to 3TB (And no, don't tell me if by the
time you read this they've got even bigger).

Ed

On Fri, 04 Nov 2011 15:20:18 +0000, Ed Cryer <>
wrote:

>Where's it all going to end? It's not that long ago that I bought a 1TB
>hard drive, and now they're up to 3TB (And no, don't tell me if by the
>time you read this they've got even bigger).

Objects get bigger and so there is a demand for more storage. It
wasn't that long ago that we were worrying about how to store a page
of text. Now it's not unusual to store two hour high resolution
movies. In my case there is little demand for better or bigger
hardware because I'm a tight get and I don't collect anything that
needs storage. I replace my hardware about once every six years and my
software every second or third version. The biggest drive I have is
1TB and is about 3% full so I don't think I will replace it for a
decade or two unless it breaks.

Steve

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Stephen Wolstenholme wrote:
> On Fri, 04 Nov 2011 15:20:18 +0000, Ed Cryer <>
> wrote:
>
>> Where's it all going to end? It's not that long ago that I bought a
>> 1TB hard drive, and now they're up to 3TB (And no, don't tell me
>> if by the time you read this they've got even bigger).
>
> Objects get bigger and so there is a demand for more storage. It
> wasn't that long ago that we were worrying about how to store a page
> of text. Now it's not unusual to store two hour high resolution
> movies. In my case there is little demand for better or bigger
> hardware because I'm a tight get and I don't collect anything that
> needs storage. I replace my hardware about once every six years and
> my software every second or third version. The biggest drive I have
> is 1TB and is about 3% full so I don't think I will replace it for a
> decade or two unless it breaks.

I know what you mean. I have three 500 GB drives, two internal and one
external. Most of the space is unallocated. I use about 100 GB total,
including backups and archives. Most of it is expendable duplication,
but since I have the space...
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On Fri, 04 Nov 2011 15:20:18 +0000, Ed Cryer <> wrote:

>http://tinyurl.com/5t8c2zl
>
>I bought one, and it works; or at least it has the once that I've used
>it to backup my personal files.
>
>Where's it all going to end? It's not that long ago that I bought a 1TB
>hard drive, and now they're up to 3TB (And no, don't tell me if by the
>time you read this they've got even bigger).
>
>Ed

I remember my very first computer, a Christmas gift from my wife 29 years ago.,
It was custom built and the guy put in an 80Mb hard drive. He said to me "You'll
never run out of space"! That was terabytes ago!

On Fri, 04 Nov 2011 15:20:18 +0000, Ed Cryer wrote:

> http://tinyurl.com/5t8c2zl
>
> I bought one, and it works; or at least it has the once that I've used
> it to backup my personal files.

How safe are memory sticks for long term storage?

<> wrote in message
news:...
> On Fri, 04 Nov 2011 15:20:18 +0000, Ed Cryer
> <> wrote:
>
>>http://tinyurl.com/5t8c2zl
>>
>>I bought one, and it works; or at least it has the once that I've
>>used
>>it to backup my personal files.
>>
>>Where's it all going to end? It's not that long ago that I bought a
>>1TB
>>hard drive, and now they're up to 3TB (And no, don't tell me if by
>>the
>>time you read this they've got even bigger).
>>
>>Ed
>
> I remember my very first computer, a Christmas gift from my wife 29
> years ago.,
> It was custom built and the guy put in an 80Mb hard drive. He said
> to me "You'll
> never run out of space"! That was terabytes ago!
>

Not to go too far OT down memory lane, but my first IBM Compatible
computer was an 8088 at 4.77MHz with 640KB RAM and a whopping 30MB
hard drive running DOS 3.1. At the time, it was a top of the line PC,
made by Packard Bell. Unlike many PCs available then, mine only had a
single 5.25" FDD because you didn't need the 2nd FDD since it had an
HDD...

--
Zaphod

No matter where you go, there you are!

If you don't collect music or comic or nasty videos, you don't need all that
space. After 12 years of computing and taking family photograph stills, I
find that 300 Gb is more than enough!

Q

wrote in message news:...

On Fri, 04 Nov 2011 15:20:18 +0000, Ed Cryer <> wrote:

>http://tinyurl.com/5t8c2zl
>
>I bought one, and it works; or at least it has the once that I've used
>it to backup my personal files.
>
>Where's it all going to end? It's not that long ago that I bought a 1TB
>hard drive, and now they're up to 3TB (And no, don't tell me if by the
>time you read this they've got even bigger).
>
>Ed

I remember my very first computer, a Christmas gift from my wife 29 years
ago.,
It was custom built and the guy put in an 80Mb hard drive. He said to me
"You'll
never run out of space"! That was terabytes ago!

On Fri, 04 Nov 2011 12:35:56 -0400, "Dave \"Crash\" Dummy"
<> wrote:

>Stephen Wolstenholme wrote:
>> On Fri, 04 Nov 2011 15:20:18 +0000, Ed Cryer <>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Where's it all going to end? It's not that long ago that I bought a
>>> 1TB hard drive, and now they're up to 3TB (And no, don't tell me
>>> if by the time you read this they've got even bigger).
>>
>> Objects get bigger and so there is a demand for more storage. It
>> wasn't that long ago that we were worrying about how to store a page
>> of text. Now it's not unusual to store two hour high resolution
>> movies. In my case there is little demand for better or bigger
>> hardware because I'm a tight get and I don't collect anything that
>> needs storage. I replace my hardware about once every six years and
>> my software every second or third version. The biggest drive I have
>> is 1TB and is about 3% full so I don't think I will replace it for a
>> decade or two unless it breaks.
>
>I know what you mean. I have three 500 GB drives, two internal and one
>external. Most of the space is unallocated. I use about 100 GB total,
>including backups and archives. Most of it is expendable duplication,
>but since I have the space...

I recently did my annual cleaning of my computer junk box and tossed
out 5 80GB drives, 2 500GB's, 2 750's, and a 1TB. I figure they're
just too small to be of any real use and aren't worth wasting a SATA
port.

When I say tossed out, I mean I dropped off a big box of stuff at a
local computer shop. One person's junk is another's treasure.

--

Char Jackson

On 11/4/2011 2:54 PM, Irwell wrote:
> On Fri, 04 Nov 2011 15:20:18 +0000, Ed Cryer wrote:
>
>> http://tinyurl.com/5t8c2zl
>>
>> I bought one, and it works; or at least it has the once that I've used
>> it to backup my personal files.
>
> How safe are memory sticks for long term storage?

Depends on who you ask.
http://answers.google.com/answers/th...id/331306.html

On Fri, 04 Nov 2011 16:22:35 -0500, Bob I wrote:

> On 11/4/2011 2:54 PM, Irwell wrote:
>> On Fri, 04 Nov 2011 15:20:18 +0000, Ed Cryer wrote:
>>
>>> http://tinyurl.com/5t8c2zl
>>>
>>> I bought one, and it works; or at least it has the once that I've used
>>> it to backup my personal files.
>>
>> How safe are memory sticks for long term storage?
>
> Depends on who you ask.
> http://answers.google.com/answers/th...id/331306.html

That answer is dated 2004. Maybe we can contact the poster
(crabcakes-ga) and find out how his memory sticks are doing. We should
be able to get meaningful statistics in a seven year test :-)

I tend to be suspicious of "accelerated tests". I wonder how accurate
the extrapolation from test conditions to real life can be. That's why
on some level my above remark isn't quite a joke.

OTOH, I wonder if today's flash memory cards and flash drives might be
more resilient. Seven years of R&D...

--
Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)