Spot the oddity - local tech gear ad

[Archie Pelago]

This popped into my inbox earlier today from an online deals site in Thailand.

Something not quite right in one of the photos for the product, unless I am missing something?

[dave_boo]

The flash cells are tired and need to be topped up.

[Crossy]

You mean the perpetual energy connection?

[IMHO]

LOL

[SeaVisionBurma]

You mean the perpetual energy connection?

Not quite, keep looking.

It did my head in when I first saw it, I kept thinking "now why would that particular thing be in that place?"

[Crossy]

Argghhhh!

Spotted it

[NamKAheng]

The USB memory key

[Archie Pelago]

We have a winner!

[harrry]

Not sure about that.......are you sure that is not an equivalent of the little sony mp3 players which need to be charged in a usb port.

[SeaVisionBurma]

Not sure about that.......are you sure that is not an equivalent of the little sony mp3 players which need to be charged in a usb port.

Yeah, I'm sure. I have the exact same Sandisk USB thumb drive, and it should not be stuck into a USB charging station.

That's what made me spot it in the first place.

[Archie Pelago]

Its a flash storage drive, not a media player. Shouldn't be charged

[harrry]

OK my eyes are not good enough.just saw the dark side of the the drive which looked a bit like the screen on a sony.

[Crossy]

The flash cells are tired and need to be topped up.

Actually dave spotted it first, he was just a little too subtle for us oldies

[Archie Pelago]

The flash cells are tired and need to be topped up.

Actually dave spotted it first, he was just a little too subtle for us oldies

Sorry dave, but I had no idea what "flash cells" meant. That was a little cryptic for me. Never heard of a flash cell before, certainly not a tired one

[dave_boo]

The flash cells are tired and need to be topped up.

Actually dave spotted it first, he was just a little too subtle for us oldies

Sorry dave, but I had no idea what "flash cells" meant. That was a little cryptic for me. Never heard of a flash cell before, certainly not a tired one

No need to apologise....glad the thread didn't end there.

My quip works on another level also; flash drives work by applying a charge to the cell and flipping the bit. Eventually the cells can no longer be flipped as physically they are worn out. On an SSD at least the controller monitors how many cycles the cells have been through and moves the data to the over-provisioned area if available in order to maintain data integrity.

So my little snort snort chuckle nerd joke has been explained. Hope it hasn't lost anything I'm translation.

[harrry]

Have to put a good kiwi sheepdog minaturised and put into the cell. He would soon get the bits in their right place.

[Crossy]

Considering how FLASH memory works on a physical level I never cease to be amazed that it actually does.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_memory