"Code Sandwiches"

[Nick Sabalausky]

"lurker" <a at a.a> wrote in message news:ile4mh$2qoe$1 at digitalmars.com...
> Nick Sabalausky Wrote:
>
>> I've never had a USB drive or an SD card die on me. And I've been using 
>> the
>> cheap no-name ones from MicroCenter. Maybe you're just using *really* bad
>> ones or being rough on them? Or spend time near strong em fields?
>
> You might forget them in the wrong pocket or your dog might bite the usb 
> connector into pieces.

Outside of chinese restaurants, I hate dogs, so that second part isn't a 
problem for me ;)

> I also don't like the unmount feature. You sometimes forget to sync data 
> and boom the whole file system is corrupt.

Yea. I have always thought it seemed strange that "modern" removable media 
lacks the sensible lock/eject system that CD-ROM drives have had since the 
90's.