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) &lt;nwilson(a)wikimedia.org <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','nwilson@wikimedia.org');>> wrote:

On 15 Jul 2016, at 21:34, Daniel Schwen &lt;lists(a)schwen.de&gt; wrote: Another data point from me, mine crapped out, too (after filling it half way). On Fri, Jul 15, 2016 at 2:33 PM Joseph Fox &lt;josephfoxwiki(a)gmail.com <mailto:josephfoxwiki@gmail.com>> 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) &lt;nwilson(a)wikimedia.org <mailto:nwilson@wikimedia.org>> 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 <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Lombardy_square.svg> [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badblocks <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badblocks> _______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org <mailto:Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l <https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l> _______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org <mailto:Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l <https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l> _______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l

Error 404: I wasn't given a USB stick. But maybe I didn't lose out there? For future Wikimanias, maybe solely providing local travel info via a wiki rather than a USB stick is a better approach? (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...) Thanks, Mike On 15 Jul 2016, at 21:34, Daniel Schwen &lt;lists(a)schwen.de&gt; wrote: Another data point from me, mine crapped out, too (after filling it half way). On Fri, Jul 15, 2016 at 2:33 PM Joseph Fox &lt;josephfoxwiki(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: _______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l _______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l

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) &lt;nwilson(a)wikimedia.org&gt; wrote: _______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l