Phil Hobbs <pcdhSpamMeSenseless@electrooptical.net> wrote:> If your laptops have full size SD card slots, you could use micro-SDs with > adapters. > > Lots of adapters have a "read-only" switch, and that plus a drop of epoxy > seems like a reasonable solution.A better approach for SD/MicroSD cards is to set their controller to read-only mode, which can be permanent. I'm not sure whether any normal card readers (or their public drivers) support this, but there are dedicated devices for doing it: https://blog.tindie.com/2021/02/sd-card-locker/ -- __ __ #_ < |\| |< _# | Note: I won't see posts made from Google Groups |
cheap usb ("thumb") drives
Started by ●November 29, 2023
Reply by ●December 8, 20232023-12-08
Reply by ●December 8, 20232023-12-08
On Fri, 1 Dec 2023 11:08:12 +0000, Martin Brown <'''newspam'''@nonad.co.uk> wrote:>On 30/11/2023 12:15, Don Y wrote: >> On 11/30/2023 3:53 AM, Martin Brown wrote: >>> On 30/11/2023 00:24, Dan Purgert wrote: >>>> On 2023-11-29, Don Y wrote: >>>>> I've got a box that builds a "backup partition" on a machine >>>>> and then invokes it to install the OS/apps prior to distribution. >>>>> >>>>> Some of the clients are hosing the backup partition by trying to >>>>> upgrade to Windows, etc. >>>> >>>> Not your problem if they trash their box, is it? >>> >>> It might be. >> >> If your (paying) customer trashes the item he BOUGHT from you, >> do you tell him to go suck eggs because he mistreated it? >> How much responsibility can he heap on you for creating a >> product that was so EASILY mistreated? > >Depends on what you mean by easily. Few devices with spinning rust in >can survive being dropped 3' onto a concrete floor, iPads and mobile >phones are even more fragile. My old one had a bit missing from its >"Indestructible" gorilla glass but still worked. My wife had someone >drop an iPad destroying it beyond economic repair. > >> Even if you refuse to comp him for his losses, do you, also, >> refuse to do any further business with him? > >Potentially. We took to putting telltales into the shipping package >after one damaged machine came back with clear evidence that it had >stood upside down in 12" of salty water long enough for mild steel parts >to go rusty. That pretty much clinched who was at fault (it was the sort >of kit that is shipped in air floatation supports "this way up!"). > >Most spectacular one to repair we ever had was when they dropped one >from the cargo bay door of a 747. It was never the same again. >> >> When your customer doesn't give you monies for your product, >> the dynamics change!� ("You've been a bad boy!� We're going to >> cut our ties to you...") > >Absolutely. I had a strict policy of no support for existing work until >my bills were paid. Some of the large companies I worked for as an >employee and then later as a contractor would only pay their bigger >bills when someone from the bailiffs turned up to take the fax machine >away. I knew their systems and MO so I made damn sure that I got paid on >time and in full.One of my aerospace customers sometimes expresses concern that we aren't making enough money. We shipped a bunch of VME modules with a bug. They said "you're a small company, let us pay you to fix it." We declined the offer. On the other hand, companies in Silicon Valley tend to be cheapskates and steal our IP when they can. Different culture.
Reply by ●December 9, 20232023-12-09
The idiot not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) persisting in being an Off-topic troll... -- not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) wrote:> Message-ID: <65738a98@news.ausics.net> > From: not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) > Subject: Re: cheap usb ("thumb") drives > Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design > References: <uk8317$v4vl$1@dont-email.me> <slrnumflkc.v1f.dan@djph.net> <uk9pjr$1b0dt$1@dont-email.me> <uk9udg$1boju$3@dont-email.me> <7054764f-b65c-4117-aacb-38ddae96ba01n@googlegroups.com> <uka2gn$1cefq$2@dont-email.me> <uka46v$1cnfc$1@dont-email.me> > User-Agent: tin/2.0.1-20111224 ("Achenvoir") (UNIX) (Linux/2.4.31 (i586)) > NNTP-Posting-Host: news.ausics.net > Date: 9 Dec 2023 07:28:57 +1000 > Organization: Ausics - https://ausics.net > Lines: 17 > X-Complaints: abuse@ausics.net > Path: not-for-mail > X-Received-Bytes: 1580
