On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 09:01, Henning Brauer <lists-open...@bsws.de> wrote: >> If you check usb flash stick packaging, it may say guaranteed for a >> 1000 writes which is marketing crypto speech for, sectors may fail after >> 1000 writes. > > cut the crap. take a random usb stick and don't mail misc until it > fails due to exceeded write cycles. we'll never again hear form you in > life. > >> I've also had a usb stick fail due to the pcb inside dying, which >> could happen to your motherbaord, network card, fans causing overheat. > > see? as I said, they fail, but not for write cycles. >
or they get left in a pants pocket, and they get washed (multiple times) http://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Flash-Voyager-Drive-CMFUSB2-0-32GB/dp/B000XUMR6C I've had this thumbdrive for almost 3 years, and have washed it at least a half dozen times, sometimes it got through to the dryer... Still running solid... has almost 30 GB of stuff on it regularly
