Joe, Exactly. On Fri, Jul 15, 2016 at 1:32 PM, Joseph Fox <[email protected]> wrote:
> Sorry - to clarify, this means that they're not to be relied on (rather > than immediately dangerous)? > > Joe > > On Fri, 15 Jul 2016 at 21:30 Nick Wilson (Quiddity) <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Just FYI, regarding the square green USB sticks,[0] that you might have >> received amongst the Lombardy region travel information - >> I tried to check and format two of the USB sticks (one given to me by a >> roommate), using the linux utility badblocks[1]. >> Both USB sticks failed the first pass, in nearly the same section (block >> 516544 and block 515904). I will not be using either of them, and I suggest >> caution (or your own personal testing) before relying upon any from this >> batch. >> >> Hope that helps. (The t-shirt thread reminded me to send this. :) >> >> [0] with this design >> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Lombardy_square.svg >> [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badblocks >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimania-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l >> > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > > -- Nick Wilson (Quiddity) Community Liaison, WMF
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