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    The World's Smallest 16GB Flash Drive and Oh Hey, Sarah Palin

    The First USB 3.0 Flash Drive Is a Wide Load

    4GB Star Trek Flash Drive Comes Loaded With The New Film

    Rap Group Hands Out Uzi-Shaped Flash Drive Album

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    Image of DustyButt™ DustyButt™
    11/16/09

    In reply to The World's Smallest 16GB Flash Drive and Oh Hey, Sarah Palin
    Hopefully it'll read your data better than Sarah Palin "reads" newspapers! #wink
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    11/16/09

    In reply to The World's Smallest 16GB Flash Drive and Oh Hey, Sarah Palin
    Will it eventually go rogue and take your data out with it?
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    Edited by Jrsy Devil's Advocate® at 11/16/09 10:44 AM Jrsy Devil's Advocate® was starred Jrsy Devil's Advocate® was unstarred
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    11/16/09

    @Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: I don't think she'll ever go red. #wink
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    11/16/09

    @PurpleMonkeyDishwasher: : Oops. That's *rogue* #wink
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    11/16/09

    In reply to The World's Smallest 16GB Flash Drive and Oh Hey, Sarah Palin
    Mistake number one. This: ;-) is not a winky smiley with it's tongue sticking out. This is: ;-P Get your emoticons right, guys.

    Mistake number two: Letting a first-year Photoshop student do your graphic design. Seriously, guys? Gradient, Outer Glow, done-and-done?

    At least make the red-black gradient favor the red a little more so your gross text doesn't fade into the background there, dude.

    Then again, polish a turd... #wink
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    Image of Duckspwn Duckspwn
    11/16/09

    @OCEntertainment: and get shiny poop? #wink
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    11/16/09

    @OCEntertainment: "Looks like someone's got a case of the Mondays <3" #wink
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    OCEntertainment promoted this comment 00000000 was starred 00000000 was unstarred
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    11/16/09

    @00000000: Say that one more time, I'll.....Mon your...day......

    .....Ugh. Caffeine. #wink
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    11/16/09

    @OCEntertainment: Dude, I hear ya. I feel bad (on the inside) for even stating that. I wholly h8 that line but, as I said to my last GF: you've left me no choice. #wink
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    Edited by 00000000 at 11/16/09 2:18 PM 00000000 was starred 00000000 was unstarred
    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    11/16/09

    In reply to The World's Smallest 16GB Flash Drive and Oh Hey, Sarah Palin

    So... does anyone plan to pick up a copy of her memoirs? I find it interesting that this person was able to produce a 413-page book. Note the lack of a co-author named on the title: #wink
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    Image of Duckspwn Duckspwn
    11/16/09

    @Hello Mister Walrus: Meh. People seem to forget that politicians are generally moderately intelligent people. I mean, most of them have degrees in something. They aren't total dumbasses, so I suppose one could write a book.
    I'm tired, don't criticise me too much. -_-
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    Edited by Duckspwn at 11/16/09 10:24 AM Duckspwn was starred Duckspwn was unstarred
    Image of DustyButt™ DustyButt™
    11/16/09

    @Duckspwn: You must not know anyone who lives/works in D.C.
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    Edited by DustyButt™ at 11/16/09 10:39 AM DustyButt™ was starred DustyButt™ was unstarred
    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    11/16/09

    @Hello Mister Walrus: Ghostwriters are often uncredited.. #wink
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    Image of NorwoodIsMyHero NorwoodIsMyHero
    11/16/09

    @DustyButt™: You obviously can't recognize internet sarcasm. #wink
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    Image of DustyButt™ DustyButt™
    11/16/09

    @NorwoodIsMyHero: Nooo... My sarcasm detectors are pretty good. I don't think Duckspwn is joking. #wink
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    Image of NorwoodIsMyHero NorwoodIsMyHero
    11/16/09

    @DustyButt™: Duckspwn, care to weigh in? Either way, here's your chance to:

    1. Own up to your ignorance
    2. Own up to your sarcasm
    3. Cover your ignorance by saying you we're being sarcastic

    The comment smacks of joke to me, but dumber things have been said before. #wink
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    11/16/09

    @DustyButt™: I would wager that elected representatives are generally more intelligent than the average voter that they represent. However, they are not comparable to the university professors or other smart people whose jobs are to analyze the government or to write books about politics.

    On second thought, I don't think Sarah Palin is necessarily unintelligent - obviously some kind of manipulation was necessary to become the governor of a state. I do think that her past rhetoric implies horrifying ignorance about the world outside of her constituency. #wink
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    Image of The Lab The Lab
    11/16/09

    @Hello Mister Walrus: There have been some interesting studies on what types of people get elected in different societies. The US favors lawyers whereas China favors engineers. So the issue is not intelligence as much as what type of knowledge the leaders bring to the table. Sarah Palin may be intelligent, but she is clearly ignorant. Her lack of qualifications is her defining feature. That and her unnatural lack of self-doubt. #wink
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    Image of winterwarloc winterwarloc
    11/16/09

    @The Lab: you sound like a retard #wink
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    Image of The Lab The Lab
    11/16/09

    @winterwarloc: The measure of an argument can be judged by the caliber of its critics. #wink
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    Image of tharden33 tharden33
    11/16/09

    In reply to The World's Smallest 16GB Flash Drive and Oh Hey, Sarah Palin
    I believe the claim was: "The only USB Drive that can see Russia from its house." #wink
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    Image of Cash907Censored Cash907Censored
    11/16/09

    @tharden33: I believe we are getting pretty damn tired of hearing Tina Fey's line spit out everytime this chick comes up. It was funny the first hundred times, but now it's just annoying as all hell. #wink
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    Image of tharden33 tharden33
    11/16/09

    @Cash907Censored: Your face. #wink
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    Image of chauncy that billups chauncy that billups
    11/16/09

    @tharden33: The actual quote would be "The only USB drive that can see Russia from the western most point of Alaska."

    But that's not as ridiculous, I guess. #wink
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    Image of KW802 KW802
    11/16/09

    @Cash907Censored: Well, considering it was Palin, not Fey, who said ""They're our next door neighbors and you can actually see Russia from land here in Alaska." then, no, it is not annoying yet to highlight actual stupid quotes from politicians. #wink
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    Image of Yerzriknot Yerzriknot
    11/16/09

    @Cash907Censored: Palin said it, not Fey. #wink
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    11/16/09

    @Yerzriknot:
    Post the clip then. #wink
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    11/16/09

    @Cash907Censored: [www.youtube.com] #wink
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    Image of AmphetamineCrown AmphetamineCrown
    11/04/09

    In reply to The First USB 3.0 Flash Drive Is a Wide Load
    Yup. Fat and cutting edge. Screams "Zatoichi" to me too. #supertalent
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    Image of Intelext Intelext
    11/04/09

    In reply to The First USB 3.0 Flash Drive Is a Wide Load
    Who would actually use a 128 gb flashdrive? I've been using a 8 gb one and it is still far from being full. #supertalent
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    Image of Dr. Evil Genius Dr. Evil Genius
    11/04/09

    @Intelext: Well, we understand that you live a clean lifestyle.

    However, there are those that value pornography. #supertalent
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    Image of MrBangBam MrBangBam
    11/04/09

    In reply to The First USB 3.0 Flash Drive Is a Wide Load
    Maybe one day when global warming melts the polar icecaps and meteors pummel the mountains, and a submerged landless world emerges...

    I'll live inside one of these. I call the 128 GB. :) #supertalent
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    Image of Kay Thiele Kay Thiele
    11/04/09

    In reply to The First USB 3.0 Flash Drive Is a Wide Load
    Bye, Bye Optical Media! #supertalent
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    Image of Xjep Xjep
    11/04/09

    @Kay Thiele: Bye, bye cheap media #supertalent
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    11/04/09

    @Xjep: Bye bye.... driveby media? #supertalent
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    Image of Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected
    11/04/09

    In reply to The First USB 3.0 Flash Drive Is a Wide Load
    I wonder, 3.0 drives have got to work with 2.0 slots, just at slower speeds right? 2.0 works with 1.1..... #supertalent
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    Image of Christian Turkoanje Christian Turkoanje
    11/04/09

    @Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected: 3.0 is backward compatible with 2.0 but I don't know about older 1.1 hardware. Also 3.0 has more contact areas. #supertalent
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    Image of hodge22 hodge22
    11/04/09

    @Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected: Yeah I remember reading something that it would work like that, but as a bonus you get the higher power provided to 2.0 devices, making them charge even faster. #supertalent
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    Image of Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected
    11/04/09

    @hodge22: Really? Sweetness. #supertalent
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    Image of EBone EBone
    10/12/09

    In reply to 4GB Star Trek Flash Drive Comes Loaded With The New Film
    If you order the two-disc DVD edition (not the BluRay) you get a digital copy of the movie as well. Not on a nifty flash drive though.
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    Image of Curves Curves
    10/12/09

    In reply to 4GB Star Trek Flash Drive Comes Loaded With The New Film
    The insignia needs to be in pin or tie tack format so I can walk around clicking it and telling Scotty to beam me up.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_HazEnvy GitEmSteveDave_HazEnvy
    10/12/09

    In reply to 4GB Star Trek Flash Drive Comes Loaded With The New Film
    Any idea what the series number is?
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    Image of bagellord bagellord
    10/12/09

    In reply to 4GB Star Trek Flash Drive Comes Loaded With The New Film
    Why exactly would they want the DVD stored off a 4gb flash drive? The compression would murder the quality.
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    Image of TheCrudMan TheCrudMan
    10/12/09

    @bagellord:
    DVDs store 4.8gb...and a lot of it is used up by menus and other crap. I guess there are dual layer DVDs but most of the time that is not used to give you better picture quality.

    I wouldn't be surprised if it was Full MPEG-2 "quality."

    It'd be nice if they gave us the HD version on a larger drive...I don't understand why in this day and age I can't get HD movies sans Blu-Ray...the HD content on iTunes isn't actually HD.
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    MosesMonster promoted this comment TheCrudMan was starred TheCrudMan was unstarred
    Image of bagellord bagellord
    10/12/09

    @TheCrudMan: When I back up dvd's with DVDShrink I back them up with no compression and end up with nearly 8gb video ts rips.
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    Image of trickflip1 trickflip1
    10/12/09

    @bagellord: That's because you're backing up the whole Image of the DVD, not just ripped videos.

    Use Handbrake and rip a DVD's main Title (the movie alone) and check out the size difference. Rip it at full DVD resolution even.

    Of course if you don't have a multi-core processor, it may take quite a long while to do it.
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    Image of Xagest Xagest
    10/12/09

    @bagellord: Fine point, most DVDs these days are dual layered.
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    Image of bagellord bagellord
    10/12/09

    @trickflip1: Except it's not an image of the dvd like an ISO. It's the video_ts folder. I also like having the menu structure so that if my disk is messed up I can easily create a new one.

    PS - not sure where the processor thing came from but I have a 3.0GHz Core 2 Duo in my iMac. The bottleneck for me copying a movie is the crappily slow DVD drive.
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    Image of trickflip1 trickflip1
    10/13/09

    @bagellord: Oh, I was just simply saying if you had the time to test it, that it might take longer if you don't have a multi-core processor.

    I, for example, am still using a Prescott P4 in my laptop as well as my current desktop setup. So it naturally takes me a long, long time to rip a DVD.

    My mentioning of the file size was merely to state that it is possible for them to have a full DVD-quality video on the flash drive, given that the file size would be no larger than 2.2GB.

    All I was saying is that I'm sure the flash drive does not contain the DVD iso. That I was sure it just contains a DVD quality "rip" of the movie itself, maybe a few special features as separate videos.

    However, after someone saying they read the video will only take up 1.0 GB, it sounds like it will be less than DVD quality, or a "digital" copy like so many movies come with now.
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    Image of njdevil njdevil
    10/11/09

    In reply to Rap Group Hands Out Uzi-Shaped Flash Drive Album
    Ain't nothin but a G:\ thing, baby.
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    10/11/09

    @njdevil: That deserves a star.
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