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| From | "~misfit~" <sore_n_happy@nospamyahoo.com.au> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | rec.photo.digital, alt.sys.pc-clone.dell, comp.sys.laptops |
| Subject | Re: USB flash drives & photo printing kiosks |
| Date | 2011-04-08 13:37 +1200 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <inlos5$1at$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <inku1d$rg9$1@dont-email.me> <inkved$8pd$2@dont-email.me> |
Cross-posted to 3 groups.
Somewhere on teh intarwebs Daddy wrote: > ps56k wrote: >> I have a small USB flash/thumb drive on my keychain >> that I use for a variety of uses... just in case type things. >> >> Anyway - I have repeatedly had problems >> with using any of my USB flash drives >> with a variety of photo printing kiosks at the local stores.... >> the Kodak one, along with the other brand-x types. >> >> It's not just my single keychain flash, >> it's any of the different brands laying around the house - >> always have a problem reading them in the kiosk. >> In fact, I'm sure that at one point, >> one of my flash drives was trashed by a kiosk, >> and is no longer even recognized by our laptops. >> >> I usually try to print - have problems reading the drive, >> come home and re-copy the photo files to an extra SD Card >> and go back and use the SD Card, which works just fine. >> It's not even a large 2GB+ drive size issue, >> some are 2GB drives or 1GB, some are more. >> >> Anyone else had probs with using USB drives & the kiosks ???? > > If I owned such a kiosk I would do everything to prevent my kiosk from > being infected by someone's USB drive. What's to infect Daddy? A *nix system that boots from a ROM chip? (Hint: ROM = Read Only Memory.) Some people take paranoia to the next level.... -- Shaun. "He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
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USB flash drives & photo printing kiosks "ps56k" <pschuman_nospam_me@interserv.com> - 2011-04-07 12:59 -0500
Re: USB flash drives & photo printing kiosks Daddy <daddy@invalid.net> - 2011-04-07 14:23 -0400
Re: USB flash drives & photo printing kiosks ray <ray@zianet.com> - 2011-04-07 18:34 +0000
Re: USB flash drives & photo printing kiosks Better Info <binfo@address.info> - 2011-04-07 13:42 -0500
Re: USB flash drives & photo printing kiosks "~misfit~" <sore_n_happy@nospamyahoo.com.au> - 2011-04-08 13:37 +1200
Re: USB flash drives & photo printing kiosks Dave Cohen <user@example.net> - 2011-04-10 10:41 -0400
Re: USB flash drives & photo printing kiosks Allen <allent@austin.rr.com> - 2011-04-10 10:03 -0500
Re: USB flash drives & photo printing kiosks mm <NOPSAMmm2005@bigfoot.com> - 2011-05-08 21:42 -0400
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