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[01:26]	schestowitz	https://www.fosslife.org/history-thumb-drive
[01:26]		-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.fosslife.org | History of the Thumb Drive
[01:26]	schestowitz	"
[01:26]	schestowitz	Back in 2000, at a trade fair in Germany, an obscure Singapore company unveiled a solid-state memory chip encased in plastic and attached to a Universal Serial Bus (USB) connector, writes Hallam Stevens.
[01:26]	schestowitz	That device now known as a thumb drive, flash drive, memory stick, or USB stick was an instant hit that changed the way computer files are stored and transferred, Stevens says.
[01:26]	schestowitz	This article traces the history of the thumb drive along with the sometimes competing claims related to its origins.
[01:26]	schestowitz	"
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[06:07]	schestowitz	> Hi Roy,
[06:07]	schestowitz	> 
[06:07]	schestowitz	> Here's a first draft. It's the most kick-ass fuckyou
[06:07]	schestowitz	> take on this I've penned so far.
[06:07]	schestowitz	> 
[06:07]	schestowitz	> How do you think the ending works?
[06:07]	schestowitz	> 
[06:07]	schestowitz	> The horrible truth is that Microsoft are winning in places where we
[06:07]	schestowitz	> just don't have the skills/intelligence any longer - and the victims
[06:07]	schestowitz	> of that would be better if they just quit.
[06:07]	schestowitz	> 
[06:07]	schestowitz	> thoughts on a postcard :)
[06:07]	schestowitz	This is an EXCELLENT essay which reminded why I quit academia. That was over a decade ago, I was an RA.
[06:07]	schestowitz	I've passed it to a friend for more feedback.
[06:07]	schestowitz	Caught only two typos:
[06:07]	schestowitz	marked it's own students  ---> marked its own students 
[06:07]	schestowitz	Time wasting technologies are ---> Time-wasting technologies are
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