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Phil Mellor Message #58316, posted by monkeyson2 at 23:39, 9/10/2004
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1. A usb pen drive.
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Phil Mellor Message #58317, posted by monkeyson2 at 23:44, 9/10/2004, in reply to message #58316
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2. A balloon.
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Phil Mellor Message #58318, posted by monkeyson2 at 23:47, 9/10/2004, in reply to message #58317
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3. A 3DO.
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JMB Message #58319, posted by jmb at 01:36, 10/10/2004, in reply to message #58318
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4. One of these. Shame about the PXA, though :frown:

[Edited by jmb at 02:37, 10/10/2004]
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I don't have tourettes you're just a cun Message #58354, posted by [mentat] at 10:36, 11/10/2004, in reply to message #58316
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1. A usb pen drive.
I want to buy one of these*, and I do really need one. Why would anyone not need one?


*but I'm not going to right now cos I'm borrowing one and it's not been asked for back yet :)
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Andrew Poole Message #58355, posted by andypoole at 10:47, 11/10/2004, in reply to message #58316
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1. A usb pen drive.
Watch it, or |paulvigay| will be along bragging about his 1GB one :P
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Phil Mellor Message #58356, posted by monkeyson2 at 10:51, 11/10/2004, in reply to message #58355
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5. An NC.
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Andrew Poole Message #58357, posted by andypoole at 10:53, 11/10/2004, in reply to message #58356
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5. An NC.
6. Two podule NICs, to go in the two NCs I've already got :P
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Jeffrey Lee Message #58358, posted by Phlamethrower at 11:30, 11/10/2004, in reply to message #58357
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5. An NC.
6. Two podule NICs, to go in the two NCs I've already got :P
A network computer without a network interface? How useful :|
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Phil Mellor Message #58361, posted by monkeyson2 at 11:42, 11/10/2004, in reply to message #58354
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1. A usb pen drive.
Why would anyone not need one?
I don't need to transfer big files around, not at home anyway. If I need one for work, they can stinking well pay for it. :)
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Jason Togneri Message #58368, posted by filecore at 13:17, 11/10/2004, in reply to message #58361

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I fill the role of "we don't know what we're doing but it isn't working and was it a bad thing to go surfing porn with no firewall or antivirus enabled so please help me" person among friends, and I carry a complete diagnostic kit on my keyring because I'm fed up of having to end the above conversation with "I'd love to, but I don't happen to carry around 3GB of diagnostic programs around with me". They just bug me for months otherwise.

Anyway, I have a 128MB USB pen drive for the keyring, and right now they're offering a 256MB one for about £20 so I might upgrade and give my girlfriend the older one. I also have a 40GB USB external hard disk that I keep backups on, as well as CD ISO images of things where I might lose or destroy the CD accidentally, and which are important. Also it's handy for if I want to copy a CD, I can run it from the computer first to see if I really want to waste a CD making a physical copy of it. Virtual emulation is a wonder :)

Anyway, the point of this was:

YOU DO WANT USB TOYS. Trust me on this.
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Andrew Poole Message #58369, posted by andypoole at 13:18, 11/10/2004, in reply to message #58358
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5. An NC.
6. Two podule NICs, to go in the two NCs I've already got :P
A network computer without a network interface? How useful :|
Well they've got modems in at the moment, which is useless since I don't have a phone line at my disposal :P

acp. Might try one at home on the dialup line there.. Maybe.. Nah.
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Phil Mellor Message #58373, posted by monkeyson2 at 13:39, 11/10/2004, in reply to message #58368
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Anyway, the point of this was:

YOU DO WANT USB TOYS. Trust me on this.
Yes, I know I want them. I just don't need them. :P
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James Shaw Message #58380, posted by Hertzsprung at 15:05, 11/10/2004, in reply to message #58373
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This might help.
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Ian Cook Message #58386, posted by ilcook at 19:09, 11/10/2004, in reply to message #58380
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might help.



I wonder who that made me think of. :andypoole:
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Phil Mellor Message #59074, posted by monkeyson2 at 20:12, 30/10/2004, in reply to message #58355
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1. A usb pen drive.
Watch it, or |paulvigay| will be along bragging about his 1GB one :P
I've got one. :P

Went for the 512MB and it's lovely. 1GB is too expensive for something that I WILL lose at some point.
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Jason Togneri Message #59158, posted by filecore at 14:18, 1/11/2004, in reply to message #59074

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I got the 256MB one after all - it's a Sandisk Cruzer Micro - and it has a bright blue LED in the end which lights up everything when it's on and flickers when active (different speeds of flicker for different activities). Nice. I got one for the girlfriend too and christmas time is the Sandisk MP3 Companion, which is basically an MP3 player unit into which the USB stick plugs - meaning we can both use it, and have our own personal music which can be changed by simply swapping which stick is plugged in. (Pics: unplugged and plugged.)

So cool :E can't wait!
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I don't have tourettes you're just a cun Message #59277, posted by [mentat] at 10:48, 3/11/2004, in reply to message #59074
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Went for the 512MB and it's lovely. 1GB is too expensive for something that I WILL lose at some point.
How much was the 512 one then?
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Phil Mellor Message #59282, posted by monkeyson2 at 12:57, 3/11/2004, in reply to message #59277
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Went for the 512MB and it's lovely. 1GB is too expensive for something that I WILL lose at some point.
How much was the 512 one then?
About 40 quid from Picstop. Still annoying if I lose it, but less annoying than losing 75 quid. It's a trade off between usability and loseability.
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Richard Goodwin Message #59285, posted by rich at 15:38, 3/11/2004, in reply to message #59282
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Went for the 512MB and it's lovely. 1GB is too expensive for something that I WILL lose at some point.
How much was the 512 one then?
About 40 quid from Picstop. Still annoying if I lose it, but less annoying than losing 75 quid. It's a trade off between usability and loseability.
http://www.aria.co.uk/specials.asp#1486 - 1GB USB 2, only 46.95 (OK, ex-VAT and carriage).
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Jason Togneri Message #59338, posted by filecore at 14:55, 4/11/2004, in reply to message #59285

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How much do you trust eBay?

2GB USB pen drive(ish) from £40 and up (have seen Buy It Now prices of around £100).

http://search.ebay.co.uk/2-2gb-usb_W0QQsatitleZ2Q2e2gbQ20usbQQsoloctogZ9 (search page URL)
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Phil Mellor Message #59346, posted by monkeyson2 at 15:42, 4/11/2004, in reply to message #59338
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Of course, past 2GB you won't be able to access it using DOSFS. :|
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Jason Togneri Message #59356, posted by filecore at 17:11, 4/11/2004, in reply to message #59346

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Who uses DOSFS?
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Phil Mellor Message #59364, posted by monkeyson2 at 17:53, 4/11/2004, in reply to message #59356
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Me!

Most people who want to read PC discs on RISC OS, actually. I know there's Win95FS which gives long filenames and things, but the RISC OS 5 DOSFS beta does that now. :)
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I don't have tourettes you're just a cun Message #59523, posted by [mentat] at 12:53, 8/11/2004, in reply to message #59338
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How much do you trust eBay?

2GB USB pen drive(ish) from £40 and up (have seen Buy It Now prices of around £100).
eBay can be a bit of a lottery.

But I just got a 512 USB drive from there for £30. Not sure quite how good value it is but what the hell.
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JMB Message #59526, posted by jmb at 13:25, 8/11/2004, in reply to message #59364
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Me!

Most people who want to read PC discs on RISC OS, actually. I know there's Win95FS which gives long filenames and things, but the RISC OS 5 DOSFS beta does that now. :)

Beta?!? It's in the 5.08 ROM :P
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Phil Mellor Message #61313, posted by monkeyson2 at 01:51, 13/1/2005, in reply to message #59526
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6. http://www.apple.com/uk/macmini/

Trouble is, I've got that awful/lovely feeling that I know that I will get one sooner or later.
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Jeffrey Lee Message #61315, posted by Phlamethrower at 03:11, 13/1/2005, in reply to message #61313
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And yes, Mac mini will take advantage of your two-button USB mouse
Ah, that still cracks me up :)
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Adrian Lees Message #61317, posted by adrianl at 09:15, 13/1/2005, in reply to message #61313
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6. http://www.apple.com/uk/macmini/

Trouble is, I've got that awful/lovely feeling that I know that I will get one sooner or later.

You're not the only one. I've often wondered about learning my way round MacOS and writing a few programs for it, especially now they've done away with the old OS kernel.... this could be a cheap intro. I was reading a book about Mac OS X last week, strangely enough....
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JMB Message #61320, posted by jmb at 10:52, 13/1/2005, in reply to message #61317
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6. http://www.apple.com/uk/macmini/

Trouble is, I've got that awful/lovely feeling that I know that I will get one sooner or later.

You're not the only one. I've often wondered about learning my way round MacOS and writing a few programs for it, especially now they've done away with the old OS kernel.... this could be a cheap intro. I was reading a book about Mac OS X last week, strangely enough....
Tsk. Haven't you got enough RO software to be writing? :P
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