flash drive that looks and feels like a coin

Leo Marx

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Dec 2, 2008, 2:06:56 PM12/2/08

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I gotta get me one of these!

http://www.geek.com/articles/gadgets/lacie-introduces-a-flash-drive-that-looks-and-feels-like-a-coin-tuesready-2008122/

or

http://tinyurl.com/55r45p

JAM

Edwin Johnston

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Dec 2, 2008, 2:20:00 PM12/2/08

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Overpriced!

Leo Marx

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Dec 2, 2008, 2:40:23 PM12/2/08

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Well, you have to pay for the cool factor.

JAM

Edwin Johnston

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Dec 2, 2008, 4:53:21 PM12/2/08

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Maybe ICG will slab them.

Jon Purkey

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Dec 3, 2008, 8:59:07 PM12/3/08

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On Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:40:23 -0500, Leo Marx <Leo...@nospam.net>
wrote:

Be cooler if they looked like a coin, such as a Walking Liberty Half.
Oh well. Will have to settle for my Morgan Dollar mouse pad.

Roger Hunt

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Dec 4, 2008, 10:18:03 AM12/4/08

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In article <g9eej4lndo4hkqjl1...@4ax.com>, Jon Purkey
<room32...@verizon.net> writes

I bought some chocolate money the other day and must confess that I have
just eaten a 1932 Quarter.
--
Roger Hunt

mazorj

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Dec 4, 2008, 4:52:38 PM12/4/08

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"Jon Purkey" <room32...@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:g9eej4lndo4hkqjl1...@4ax.com...

Do you use the obverse or reverse side? Does any particular date work
better than the others?

And most importantly, does the rubber ball clean the silver surface
better than whizzing?

Mike Marotta

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Dec 4, 2008, 7:33:14 PM12/4/08

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On Dec 2, 2:06 pm, Leo Marx <LeoM...@nospam.net> wrote:
> I gotta get me one of these!

> http://www.geek.com/articles/gadgets/lacie-introduces-a-flash-drive-t...

Got two! One for my favorite geek and one for myself. With
unemployment and underemployment and equities in the tank and even
commodities not at the $1000 an ounce I'd like to see, Christmas is
going to be pretty grim, so you gotta liven it up.

My wife and I both went back and got the four-year degrees we never
needed before. We graduated April 2008, both summa cum laude -- she
beat me by .01 grade-points. Her BS is in technology management and
in July, she added two more associate's degrees: network security and
computer forensics.

So, the coin flashdrive is perfect for both of us.

Mike M.
Criminologist

Jon Purkey

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Dec 8, 2008, 12:30:35 PM12/8/08

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On Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:52:38 GMT, "mazorj" <maz...@verizon.net> wrote:

>
>"Jon Purkey" <room32...@verizon.net> wrote in message
>news:g9eej4lndo4hkqjl1...@4ax.com...
>> On Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:40:23 -0500, Leo Marx <Leo...@nospam.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>Edwin Johnston wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Leo Marx wrote:
>>>> > I gotta get me one of these!
>>>> >
>>>> > http://www.geek.com/articles/gadgets/lacie-introduces-a-flash-drive-that-looks-and-feels-like-a-coin-tuesready-2008122/
>>>> >
>>>> > or
>>>> >
>>>> > http://tinyurl.com/55r45p
>>>> >
>>>> > JAM
>>>>
>>>> Overpriced!
>>>
>>>Well, you have to pay for the cool factor.
>>
>> Be cooler if they looked like a coin, such as a Walking Liberty
>> Half.
>> Oh well. Will have to settle for my Morgan Dollar mouse pad.
>
>Do you use the obverse or reverse side? Does any particular date work
>better than the others?

Obverse. It's supposed to be a 1880-CC, but the reverse is just the
rubber backing, so no mint mark. Still, I found it to be the most
interesting of the various coin or money mousepads on eBay.

>And most importantly, does the rubber ball clean the silver surface
>better than whizzing?

Optical mouse. ;)