Did It occur to you that the drive can be fitted inside a device like a ....SMALLER IPOD PERHAPS?

Dummy!!!

qUm... Yes, that would be the definition of trolling...
I beg to disagree, a really good troll will post opinions tat are valid, but controversial in forums that hold the polar opposite attitude in general. For example I might post here along the lines of "there is a clear ondirect but significant link between violence in media including video games and violence in society" which is certainly a defensible position but if phrased just correctly will annoy the greatest number in the shortest time.

frederickson merely represents the shouting, abusive, lying kid end of the trolling world.




Anvil

You also forgot that he lies to wind people up ...

Um... Yes, that would be the definition of trolling...

21 People currently known dead with more expected.

Que Triste.

frederickson <snip> ...oh yeah, I forgot...you're a troll

You also forgot that he lies to wind people up as demonstrated by the

I've sent red cross donations to the victims

comment when the red cross currently has no appeal for mexico. The american red cross does for blood for americans by the way.

Anvil

Ok I know I shouldn't feed the troll, but...

fredrickson you have your facts totally messed up. The Quake was about 7.8 (which is certainly severe, but no where close to "11.2") and 19 people died (not "100,000").

Additionally this was reported by the US news media right after it happened.

http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/americas/01/22/mexico.quake/index.html

If you were truly concerned about the welfare of Mexican lives you would be doing something to try and end the reign of terror that the gangs and drug lords are currently waging on the country. Mexico's #1 business right now? Kidnapping their own populace (often with the assistance of the local police) for ransom.

http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9606/18/mexico.kidnap/

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/2462965.stm

http://www.brownsvilleherald.com/sections/archive/topstoryjmp/11-18-02/news5.htm

And lastly, why the bleep are you expressing anger at supposed (untrue) US ignorance of an earthquake in Mexico on a gaming news site?

...oh yeah, I forgot...you're a troll.

this shows what a cruel populace lives here. you have no respect or care for mexican lives unlike me. I have already send a red cross donation to the victims. what have you done?

Yah they might if you reported the facts correctly.

The quake was only 7.8 according to the latest reports and very few reported injuries as of 11:46 PM EST.

Darken

MEXICO CITY - A powerful earthquake measuring at 11.2 shook Mexico's Pacific coast late Tuesday, sending panicked residents spilling into the streets of Mexico City and knocking over large buildings of the empoverished city. Over 100,000 are believed dead.


This is terrible news and America doesnt even care.

Well said ...

Dear God this appears to be serious. Please someone tell me that i've missed the joke.

If people are stupid enough to believe in astrology, tarot cards, or palm reading I don't see why they shouldn't embrace this.


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Of course I could be wrong... but really, what are the chances of that happening twice?

http://www.cardwerk.com/smartcards/smartcard_standard_ISO7816-1.aspx

This part of ISO7816 is important for card manufacturers. They are the ones that choose the materials and establish a process that embeds the integrated circuit into the card.

http://www.cardwerk.com/smartcards/smartcard_standard_ISO7816-1.aspx

Puts it in better terms.

From the article:

Furthermore ISO7816-1 defines the characteristics of a card when it is bent or flexed. This is to make sure that plastic cards with embedded chips are manufactured in a way that guarantees flawless operation over the expected life time of a card. Connections beween the surface connectors and the I/O pins of the embedded silicon die must be maintaned and withstand mechanical stress. Bending and flexing procedures are standardised in ISO 7816.

This part of ISO7816 is important for card manufacturers. They are the ones that choose the materials and establish a process that embeds the integrated circuit into the card.

-TPFKAS2S

How many toes does a fish have?
How many wings on a cow? I wonder, yep. I wonder!

Ok, you have a hard drive the size of a credit card with movable parts, a spinning disk. What is your average consumer going to do with it? Put it in his wallet and sit on it. Bend it slightly and presto. No more moving parts.

We'll see, the site (http://www.storcard.com/products/prod_tech.html) states The StorCard has the flexibility and form factor of a credit card and conforms to ISO 7816-1 including mechanical flexibility along the longitudinal and transverse axis without damage to the IC or the magnetic recording medium. but that doesn't tell us anything - any mechanical geeks here who can explain ISO 7816-1 specs to me?

Devster

Ok, you have a hard drive the size of a credit card with movable parts, a spinning disk. What is your average consumer going to do with it? Put it in his wallet and sit on it. Bend it slightly and presto. No more moving parts.

rist3903

BIAS TOWARDS ISRAEL??? COULD IT BE???

Na, ya just didn't bother to look...

http://abcnews.go.com/wire/World/ap20030121_1456.html

Thanks for playing!

you say it as if you actually expect the news to be neutral.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2680777.stm

funny how american news dont seem to care. BIAS TOWARDS ISRAEL??? COULD IT BE???

Cold - Eeze and Zicam both have some scientific support for working. There was a good journal article in early 2002 supporting it. The catch is that it must be started within the first 24 hours of symptoms, otherwise most of the benefit you get is probably placebo.....

Medically this makes sense, as most of the lingering symptoms from a cold are due to loss of mucosal cells. The bulk of that mucosal loss likely occurs in the first 24 hours of cold symptoms, so if you stop that, you lessen the cold severity....

"Customs insisted the figures are dolls, and thus subject to 12% import duties, instead of the 6.8% rate for toys."

My wife likes to tease my friend. "So you collect dolls."
"No, they're action figures"