Oh. I was trying to make a live linux stick out of mine and my laptop failed to boot from it. So it's not just mine. --Base<br /><br /><div>15.07.2016, 23:42, "Joseph Fox" &lt;josephfoxwiki@gmail.com&gt;:</div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr">Mike - the USB stick is a promotional thing from the Lombardy tourist board. They're empty.<br /><div><div dir="ltr">On Fri, 15 Jul 2016 at 21:41 Michael Peel &lt;<a target="_blank">email@mikepeel.net</a>&gt; wrote:<br /></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 0.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div>Error 404: I wasn't given a USB stick. But maybe I didn't lose out there?<div><br /></div><div>For future Wikimanias, maybe solely providing local travel info via a wiki rather than a USB stick is a better approach?</div><div><br /></div><div>(Not that I have much to complain about with local travel info - except for not being told that train tickets in Italy need to be validated, which is different from the UK, and that not validating leads to a fine...)</div><div><br /></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Mike</div></div><div><div><br /><div><blockquote type="cite"><div>On 15 Jul 2016, at 21:34, Daniel Schwen &lt;<a target="_blank">lists@schwen.de</a>&gt; wrote:</div><br /><div><div dir="ltr">Another data point from me, mine crapped out, too (after filling it half way).</div><br /><div><div dir="ltr">On Fri, Jul 15, 2016 at 2:33 PM Joseph Fox &lt;<a target="_blank">josephfoxwiki@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br /></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 0.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div dir="ltr">Sorry - to clarify, this means that they're not to be relied on (rather than immediately dangerous)?<div><br /></div><div>Joe</div></div><br /><div><div dir="ltr">On Fri, 15 Jul 2016 at 21:30 Nick Wilson (Quiddity) &lt;<a target="_blank">nwilson@wikimedia.org</a>&gt; wrote:<br /></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 0.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div dir="ltr"><div>Just FYI, regarding the square green USB sticks,[0] that you might have received amongst the Lombardy region travel information - <br />I tried to check and format two of the USB sticks (one given to me by a roommate), using the linux utility badblocks[1]. <br />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.<br /></div><div><br />Hope that helps. (The t-shirt thread reminded me to send this. :)<br /></div><div><br /></div>[0] with this design <a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Lombardy_square.svg" target="_blank">https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Lombardy_squ…</a><br /><div>[1] <a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badblocks" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badblocks</a><br clear="all" /><div><br /></div></div></div>
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