While I'd have to agree that USB thumbdrives are better than they were, they are only good if you are not using them for mission critical backups... in my eyes. I'm not pulling these from numbers on the net, I'm pulling my info from the number of times I've had issues with thumbdrives during use both in work environments and personal. All were sandisk brand. I can't speak about buying an expensive one since I really can't see the point once the price goes to a certain height. I'm a picky bastard I bet :) Or just stenographically insert your data into a graphic through uuencoding piped to gimp somehow and cascade flicker with it ;) (yes, very, very, very far fetched and problematic but hilarious to think of) In the end, I guess it's all personal preference and draw the line where you desire and hope for the best. Thanks, Dan Lund If you need more than 3 levels of indentation, you're screwed anyway, and should fix your program. --Linus Torvalds, Original Inventor of the Linux kernel August, 2006 On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 9:22 AM, Alan Dayley wrote: > Data retention of flash is at least 5 years and some manufacturers > state retention times much longer than that. Sitting in a safe > deposit box enviornment, flash should not lose data. > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss