On The...Torture Rack? LaCie's Unbreakable USB Thumb Drive

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OK! the key worked after the oven test, but for how long? nobody can answer that except after using it for a long time.So, their claims of extreme durability can't be 100% confirmed
 
[citation][nom]iam2thecrowe[/nom]you forgot the washing machine test (my usb stick has been through twice and survived) and the run over it with a lawnmower test (again my usb key survived!)[/citation]
This test was Displayed in there Freezing process for it had to be fully submerged in water to freeze/defrost phase. Along with the Draino test and sulfuric acid test each being liquids. mind you some more harsh than others.
 
[citation][nom]photog10[/nom]Isn't it about time to update to a slideshow type interface with small thumbnails under so we can select what we want. This is quite prehistoric. Get with the program tom. And when do we get SLI benchmarks for the new 400 cards?[/citation]
I honestly enjoy the refresh per paragraph factor that way ... if you skip the page of contents, you can enjoy each page independently and anew😀
 
You should have compared it with the Corsair Survivor. I'm a volunteer firefighter. I've had that key inside my pants pocket in burning buildings, swimming in a lake, and just about anything else you can imagine. A cheap one would probably still work, but the Corsair I know will keep working.
 
You should have compared it with the Corsair Survivor. I'm a volunteer firefighter. I've had that key inside my pants pocket in burning buildings, swimming in a lake, and just about anything else you can imagine. A cheap one would probably still work, but the Corsair I know will keep working.
 
TA152H said:
Next time use a better acid. Nitric Acid will dissolve many things normal acids can't. Of course, Hydrofluoric Acid would work quite well on just about anything, although not a strong acid.[\quote]

NaOH (caustic Soda) isn't a acid, its a base.. meaning its dissolved ions are OH-, and not H+ free radicals.
this is the fundamental difference between a acid and a base, Brønsted–Lowry bases accept these hydrogen radicals.

the real problem here is that Pierre Dandumont never finished high-school and then tried to run these tests...
I honestly think my little sister would have done a better job... F-

and btw.
Hydroflouric Acid has a pKa of 3.15 it's not really strong... HCL is pKa = -8, or flourosulpheric acid HFSO3 (kPa = -10)
the REALLY hardcores stuff is Fluoroantimonic acid with kPa = -25... it will protonate hydrocarbons.
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TA152H said:
Next time use a better acid. Nitric Acid will dissolve many things normal acids can't. Of course, Hydrofluoric Acid would work quite well on just about anything, although not a strong acid.[\quote]

NaOH (caustic Soda) isn't a acid, its a base.. meaning its dissolved ions are OH-, and not H+ free radicals.
this is the fundamental difference between a acid and a base, Brønsted–Lowry bases accept these hydrogen radicals.

the real problem here is that Pierre Dandumont never finished high-school and then tried to run these tests...
I honestly think my little sister would have done a better job... F-

and btw.
Hydroflouric Acid has a pKa of 3.15 it's not really strong... HCL is pKa = -8, or flourosulpheric acid HFSO3 (kPa = -10)
the REALLY hardcores stuff is Fluoroantimonic acid with kPa = -25... it will protonate hydrocarbons.
Click to expand...
 
What about the old age test? I probably have 8 or 9 32-64mb usb drives in my drawer that worked fine when I put them there several years ago and don't now.
-pmp
 
Now I seriously want to see a torture test for SSD drives. When I see specs that claim a shock resistance or 1500 g, I have to wonder, how far would you have to drop one onto a sidewalk to develop that? (Note to engineers, you can ignore the drag force of wind shear to solve this and I won't mind). Let's put these claims to a test, I say.

And the 1,000,000 hours MTBF seems a bit outrageous as well. That's over 110 years of continuous use. Yeah, I know MTBF is calculated statistically, not empirically, but I would bet a buck that none of the SSD's out there now would last that long in a 24/7 usage environment.
 
[citation][nom]mas6700[/nom]They should give it to the "Will It Blend" guy. If it survives that I'll be impressed.[/citation]
Maybe, is it a good idea to microwave this?
 
[citation][nom]jerreece[/nom]Except that rounded metal objects are likely to deflect a bullet's trajectory rather than completely stop a bullet. So in the case of chaining them together to make a "vest", that'd be a horrible idea. And so far as using them in an environment where bullets might be a risk to the USB drive's safety, that's probably the least of your concerns to begin with.[/citation]

Thank you, Captain Obvious.

In other news, fire: still hot.

R.

 
[citation][nom]cangelini[/nom]Had this been performed in the US (our French team wrote it), you *know* I would have taken as much California-legal firepower to it as possible.[/citation]
There's a form of firepower that's legal in California? 😉

But yes, the idea of taking a gun to a flash drive is interesting. It'd take very careful preparations, to make sure that the gun is aiming directly at it, (so as not to glance off) and the drive properly positioned.
 
Wish you would have tried an Ironkey also! Those things are crazy salty, but are also supposed to be very resilient. Would have been nice to know how it faired against the LaCie.
 
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