On 10/07/2014 11:41 PM, lee wrote: > Linux-Fan <Ma_Sys.ma@web.de> writes: >> On 09/30/2014 01:40 AM, lee wrote: [...] >>> Last time I looked into buying an USB stick, I found out that I'd be >>> better off buying an USB disk because the sticks were so expensive and >>> their capacity relatively low, so I bought an USB disk. The USB disk >>> failed shortly after I got it ... >> >> It highly depends on what one needs: I use USB sticks solely for data >> transport where it is typically more important for the stick to be small >> and shock-resistant. So far, 8 GB have always been enough for my >> data-transports (mainly PDF documents, source code, etc.) > > IIRC, I wanted at least 16GB ... Transporting data is much easier over > the network, though, and probably more reliable. Just put the sources > on github, send the PDF by email or put it all on your web server. When > there's someone at the other end, you can even call them and verify on > the phone that the data has arrived. Transferring data via network is also my favorite means of "transportation". On the other hand, my connection has an upload speed of about 70 KiB/sec and is therefore not suited for transferring medium amounts of data like 150 MiB (I sometimes have large PDFs) or such in an acceptable time. Linux-Fan -- http://masysma.lima-city.de/
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