From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 25 19:31:46 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B13D429A for ; Sun, 25 May 2014 19:31:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from nightmare.dreamchaser.org (nightmare.dreamchaser.org [12.32.44.142]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 750B12AAD for ; Sun, 25 May 2014 19:31:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from breakaway.dreamchaser.org (breakaway.dreamchaser.org. [12.32.36.73]) by nightmare.dreamchaser.org (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id s4PJVU6U086492; Sun, 25 May 2014 13:31:30 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from freebsd@dreamchaser.org) Message-ID: <53824512.1040400@dreamchaser.org> Date: Sun, 25 May 2014 13:31:30 -0600 From: Gary Aitken Reply-To: freebsd@dreamchaser.org User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Ian Smith Subject: Re: write-protected usb flash drive References: <20140526013249.R5669@sola.nimnet.asn.au> In-Reply-To: <20140526013249.R5669@sola.nimnet.asn.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0.2 (nightmare.dreamchaser.org [12.32.36.65]); Sun, 25 May 2014 13:31:30 -0600 (MDT) Cc: Polytropon , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 25 May 2014 19:31:46 -0000 > > I like this option better than the Kanguru one, > > mostly because the kanguru drives seem to not be very robust; > > lots of failures reported. > > Gary, you've mentioned this several times. Can you provide some links > to reports of failures or unreliability of the kangaru drives? Reviews on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Kanguru-Flash-Physical-Protect-switch/product-reviews/B008OGNM8E/ref=dpx_acr_rat_t2_txt?showViewpoints=1 I saw a similar mix of good plus failures two other places, but I can't come up with them at the moment. All of them indicated either failure out-of-the-box or after a few months. > PS I'm still slightly miffed that an American company is not only using > our best-known national animal for its logo, but spells it the same way > as a minorly famous Aussie cult band of the '70s and '80s .. moreover a > band who would, I assure you, have had nothing to do with your DHS! :) Doesn't the whole world already know Americans under 45 can't spell? No one I respect wants much to do with DHS either. Or the CIA. They need to have a choke-chain put on and pulled tight. Plus a shock collar. Gary