Just FYI, regarding the square green USB sticks,[0] that you might have received amongst the Lombardy region travel information - I tried to check and format two of the USB sticks (one given to me by a roommate), using the linux utility badblocks[1]. Both USB sticks failed the first pass, in nearly the same section (block 516544 and block 515904). I will not be using either of them, and I suggest caution (or your own personal testing) before relying upon any from this batch. Hope that helps. (The t-shirt thread reminded me to send this. :) _______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing list [hidden email] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l |
Sorry - to clarify, this means that they're not to be relied on (rather than immediately dangerous)? Joe On Fri, 15 Jul 2016 at 21:30 Nick Wilson (Quiddity) <[hidden email]> wrote:
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A clean format of the USB stick worked for me.
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Another data point from me, mine crapped out, too (after filling it half way). On Fri, Jul 15, 2016 at 2:33 PM Joseph Fox <[hidden email]> wrote:
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Joe, Exactly. On Fri, Jul 15, 2016 at 1:32 PM, Joseph Fox <[hidden email]> wrote:
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Error 404: I wasn't given a USB stick. But maybe I didn't lose out there?
For future Wikimanias, maybe solely providing local travel info via a wiki rather than a USB stick is a better approach? (Not that I have much to complain about with local travel info - except for not being told that train tickets in Italy need to be validated, which is different from the UK, and that not validating leads to a fine...) Thanks, Mike
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Mike - the USB stick is a promotional thing from the Lombardy tourist board. They're empty.
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Oh. I was trying to make a live linux stick out of mine and my laptop failed to boot from it. So it's not just mine. --Base
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Not criticising you Mike, but that's like the number 1 travel tip for Italy :/ so I'm a bit surprised it didn't get any mention in the travel info!!
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I missed out on a USB stick too :( Mike, did someone come into our accommodation just to steal the green USB sticks from us? :'-P On 15 Jul, 2016 21:41, "Michael Peel" <[hidden email]> wrote:
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