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Bokusatsu_Tenshi
11/19/09

In reply to Is There Any Point to the World's First Wireless USB Drive?
Well, what can I say? Simplicity sells.
There's one favorite Gizmodo company whose motto is exactly that.

And you know, the vast majority of computer users don't know much about dealing with wi-fi and servers, so I guess a good number would really pay extra just for the plug and play ability.

I'm only wondering how the one to one connection works... does each USB key + drive pair have an unique identification? Because if so, the signal interception argument makes sense... and is also great for users who don't know their way around configuring wireless routers and stuff...
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blash
11/19/09

In reply to Is There Any Point to the World's First Wireless USB Drive?
Why? Let's see...

1) Put wireless USB fob on your key ring
2) Pair it with your desktop
3) Pair it with your laptop

When you're at home, work on items on the USB fob. Save your work, grab your laptop, and go out. Get to work, open your laptop, and start working again. No need to disconnect and reconnect makes your data appear to almost be in the Cloud but without all the privacy concerns and need for constant internet connection. Drivers can be equipped to encrypt the data for local transmission, pairing codes, etc. etc.

The price is rather irrelevant since this is a 1st-gen product, eventually the prices will fall to what they are for USB fobs today, and when they do I will buy one. I'm guessing the dongle is a WUSB dongle since the majority of computers don't have it built-in yet... give it time.
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ceilingFANBOY
11/19/09

@blash: You only have a 30 foot range. Unless you work from home, you aren't going to be able to access the drive from work, in which case you might as well just transfer the files to your laptop.
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blash
11/19/09

@ceilingFANBOY: I said put the wireless USB fob on your key ring. Do you not take your keys with you when you leave the house? Ergo your data comes with you wherever you go without going through the time needed to plug in the USB fob and transfer the files, since you're just working off the fob all the time.

Dunno why my explanation doesn't make sense to you... put 2 and 2 together please.
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ceilingFANBOY
11/20/09

@blash: But you would still need the hard drive. If you have room for the hard drive, then you probably have room for a cable connecting your hard drive to your computer. That's all I'm saying. Anyway, with the hard drive being wireless, wouldn't that also mean that you would either have to plug in the hard drive to a wall outlet anyway, or take the risk of using a battery operated hard drive that could die in the middle of a file write? How is that any better than just connecting directly to your computer?
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blash
11/20/09

@ceilingFANBOY: Who's talking about a hard drive? Take a USB 16 GB flash memory key fob, put a WUSB chip and a LiOn battery on it, and THAT'S IT! Recharging comes from the once-a-week plugging in, induction charging... remember when you didn't have to recharge your dumb cellphone every day because it had a standby time of a month? Oh, but you forgot because you got a smartphone that goes through the whole battery in a day.
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ceilingFANBOY
11/21/09

@blash: If you don't want to use a hard drive, which is what the article was talking about, and you are only using flash memory which fits on your keys, I don't really see any need for this to be wireless. It would be a lot quicker for the for the computer to connect via a USB plug and more reliable than a wireless connection. About the only use I could see for this is if you could link two or more computers to the same drive at the same time so that you could get sort of a Google Wave or Docs thing going on where multiple people can work on the same document at the same time.
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blash
11/21/09

@ceilingFANBOY: Now you're thinkin' :)
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ceilingFANBOY
11/24/09

@blash: The wireless technology itself is all I can find a use for. The actual implementation that is being discussed in this article is what I find fault with. Yes, I know that the first few generations of a technology may not necessarily live up to the expectations, but I feel that even with current technologies this could have been utilized in a better manner that would have better encouraged others to invest in R&D for this product. As it stands, it seems useless to the majority of people (if even people on a tech site look at it as useless, what do you think the average person is going to see in the product?). Had they instead marketed it as a tool for allowing multiple people to collaborate on a single document without the need of a network that could either be unreliable or a security risk, I feel they would have been on to something.
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Kaiser-Machead
11/19/09

In reply to Is There Any Point to the World's First Wireless USB Drive?
This is junk, and whoever buys it is a sucker, when one could get either a good USB (cabled) drive or a network drive. I can't see any situation whatsoever where this would be remotely useful compared to the alternatives
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BergenCountyJC can't beat MW2
11/19/09

In reply to Is There Any Point to the World's First Wireless USB Drive?
You could pretend it's a phone - that's about all the value I get out of it
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Kirkaiya
11/17/09

In reply to Fusion-io IoXtreme SSD: Fastest Consumer SSD on the Market
Maybe we'll eventually see PCs and notebooks with built-in high-speed, low-capacity SSDs from which to boot (I'd love to see Win7 cold-boot in 6 seconds or whatever), with mechanical hard drives to hold our ever-increasing store of movies and porn.

Until solid-state can compete on price with spinning discs, that seems like a good compromise. At some point, I'm going to update my HTPC that way, so it boots fast from a 60 GB or 80 GB SSD, but has a couple of 2 TB drives for all my... um... legally acquired media. *cough* #fusionioioxtreme
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STiger
11/17/09

@Kirkaiya: I had a friend ask me about this for his computer. It sounds like a really good idea to do, and I might just do it for my own computer after I acquire the funds.

Hell, I wish my laptop had an SSD to boot from... #fusionioioxtreme
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Kirkaiya
11/18/09

@STiger: Maybe notebook manufacturers (do you read comments, Lenovo???) will start doing that for high-end models. I know I'd be willing to pay more for an onboard fast mini-SSD to boot my next ThinkPad from, with a standard 2.5" drive-bay for either a second, larger-capacity (but slower & cheaper) SSD or a fat 320GB spinning drive. Maybe someone (consumers to Lenovo, come in Lenovo...) will build it. Here's hoping! #fusionioioxtreme
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blash
11/17/09

In reply to Fusion-io IoXtreme SSD: Fastest Consumer SSD on the Market
I'm gonna give it the boot for not being bootable. #fusionioioxtreme
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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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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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PurpleMonkeyDishwasher:
11/16/09

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

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

@OCEntertainment: and get shiny poop? #wink
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00000000
11/16/09

@OCEntertainment: "Looks like someone's got a case of the Mondays <3" #wink
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OCEntertainment
11/16/09

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

.....Ugh. Caffeine. #wink
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00000000
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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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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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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DustyButt™
11/16/09

@Duckspwn: You must not know anyone who lives/works in D.C.
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Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
11/16/09

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

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

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

@The Lab: you sound like a retard #wink
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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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kylenalepa
11/11/09

In reply to Remainders - Stuff We Didn't Post (and Why)
The new Genius Bar system allows you to make reservations further in advance than the old one, which was limited to just a few days. #gizmodoremainders
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Hello Mister Walrus
11/11/09

In reply to Remainders - Stuff We Didn't Post (and Why)
"Google Cuts Price of Online Storage by 800%"

Something is wrong with this sentence... #gizmodoremainders
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yule-and-bellow
11/11/09

@Hello Mister Walrus: "Today, Google inched ever closer to being the most powerful force in the modern world."

Better? Worse? #gizmodoremainders
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Hello Mister Walrus
11/11/09

@yule-and-bellow: No - I mean if something initially costs $100 and someone says prices are cut by 50%, this means that the new price is $50. If they say prices are cut by 100%, this means the new price is zero. If you say the price is cut by 800%, this means the new price is -$700. #gizmodoremainders
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yule-and-bellow
11/11/09

@Hello Mister Walrus: @Hello Mister Walrus: "Google Cuts Price Of Online Storage by 87.5%"

I think thats right, you can tell me if I am or not because you're first comment flew right over my head, proving you have the superior mind of us two...or google is paying people massive amounts of money to have all the data in the world put in their cloud...further inching them closer to world domination
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Protector one
11/05/09

In reply to The World's Wittlest 320GB Hard Dwive
This post needs a #stowage tag. #toshibamkxx33gsg
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GustavoSM
11/05/09

In reply to The World's Wittlest 320GB Hard Dwive
Looks just like a battery. What's that thing they put on its side for size comparison? #toshibamkxx33gsg
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Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
11/05/09

In reply to The World's Wittlest 320GB Hard Dwive
This would be nice for my 5th gen iPod if only it was a PATA drive. Toshiba does has a 240GB drive for it though..

[www.rapidrepair.com] #toshibamkxx33gsg
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