IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Saturday, December 24, 2022
1 AM, December 24
01:26 schestowitz; https://www.fosslife.org/history-thumb-drive
01:26 -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.fosslife.org | History of the Thumb Drive
01:26 schestowitz; "
01:26 schestowitz; Back in 2000, at a trade fair in Germany, an obscure Singapore company unveiled a solid-state memory chip encased in plastic and attached to a Universal Serial Bus (USB) connector, writes Hallam Stevens.
01:26 schestowitz; That device now known as a thumb drive, flash drive, memory stick, or USB stick was an instant hit that changed the way computer files are stored and transferred, Stevens says.
01:26 schestowitz; This article traces the history of the thumb drive along with the sometimes competing claims related to its origins.
01:26 schestowitz; "
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06:07 schestowitz; > Hi Roy,
06:07 schestowitz; >
06:07 schestowitz; > Here's a first draft. It's the most kick-ass fuckyou
06:07 schestowitz; > take on this I've penned so far.
06:07 schestowitz; >
06:07 schestowitz; > How do you think the ending works?
06:07 schestowitz; >
06:07 schestowitz; > The horrible truth is that Microsoft are winning in places where we
06:07 schestowitz; > just don't have the skills/intelligence any longer - and the victims
06:07 schestowitz; > of that would be better if they just quit.
06:07 schestowitz; >
06:07 schestowitz; > thoughts on a postcard :)
06:07 schestowitz; This is an EXCELLENT essay which reminded why I quit academia. That was over a decade ago, I was an RA.
06:07 schestowitz; I've passed it to a friend for more feedback.
06:07 schestowitz; Caught only two typos:
06:07 schestowitz; marked it's own students ---> marked its own students
06:07 schestowitz; Time wasting technologies are ---> Time-wasting technologies are
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