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
<lists(a)schwen.de> 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 <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) <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>
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