I think I say "thumb drive," but think I should say "flash drive."
Yes, this is me too.
They're doing it backwards; walking up the down slide.
River ,'Ariel'
Natter 70: Hookers and Blow
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Nora Deirdre - May 03, 2012 5:40:31 am PDT #3581 of 30001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
Jesse - May 03, 2012 5:46:09 am PDT #3582 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
My theatre boss calls it a "dongle". Which is wrong, and sounds dirty to me.
A dongle is a different thing!
Connie Neil - May 03, 2012 5:48:45 am PDT #3583 of 30001
brillig
People on the phone have gone between "memory stick", "flash drive," or "drive thingie you can move," but flash drive seems to be settling out as the winner.
Gudanov - May 03, 2012 5:51:22 am PDT #3584 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
I tend to like memory stick.
Calli - May 03, 2012 6:01:06 am PDT #3585 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I say "thumb drive." I'm not sure about using the term "flash drive." I mean, it doesn't convert the content to flash (.swf) files.
Vonnie K - May 03, 2012 6:02:15 am PDT #3586 of 30001
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
I say "USB drive."
The other day, I was cleaning out the drawers in my office and found a box containing a dozen unused 1.4 MB floppy disks. I don't even know how long it's been sitting there! Surely it can't have been that long ago. My desktop is about 4 years old and the one I had before that had an A: drive for these puppies.
I asked my office mates if any of them wanted the disks and was nearly laughed out of the building.
Matt the Bruins fan - May 03, 2012 6:06:00 am PDT #3587 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
And today's cute animal photo is: [link]
Connie Neil - May 03, 2012 6:26:27 am PDT #3588 of 30001
brillig
I've got a box of 1.4 mb floppies as well. I had to move some stuff from an old laptop that didn't have a USB drive.
erikaj - May 03, 2012 6:28:18 am PDT #3589 of 30001
Always Anti-fascist!
I have lots of things like that...it seems wrong to throw them out, but they are past their day.
Connie Neil - May 03, 2012 6:29:49 am PDT #3590 of 30001
brillig
It would actually be a good place to store sensitive stuff, because everyone looks at them and goes "Junk, doesn't work on systems anymore."
I probably shouldn't be going to a "Hm, I could hide things there" place so easily, should I.