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Flash drive with indicator light
I know Centon and Kingston flash drives have indicator lights that flash during writes/reads.
Anyone know of other brands that do also ? Most stores keep them locked up, so you can't tell before buying one. Thanks, ANdy |
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On Thu, 7 Jan 2016 18:00:18 -0800 (PST), Andy wrote:
I know Centon and Kingston flash drives have indicator lights that flash during writes/reads. Anyone know of other brands that do also ? Most stores keep them locked up, so you can't tell before buying one. Just google below keywords including the quotes. "USB" "flash" "drive" "specifications" "LED" e.g. for Corsair drives: "corsair" "USB" "flash" "drive" "specifications" "LED" When you're interrested on a USB flash drive in one or more shops, take a note of their brand and model then look for their speifications from the internet. Or just do it while shopping using your phone to google the drive specs. e.g. if you're interested on a 64GB Corsair Flash Voyager google it like this: (long text warning) "corsair" "flash voyager" "64gb" "USB" "flash" "drive" "specifications" "LED" |
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Flash drive with indicator light - google's behaviour
JJ,
Or just do it while shopping using your phone to google the drive specs. e.g. if you're interested on a 64GB Corsair Flash Voyager google it like this: (long text warning) "corsair" "flash voyager" "64gb" "USB" "flash" "drive" "specifications" "LED" Shucks, I was almost sure that the above would be regarded as an "or" clause, causing google to return a *lot* of junk pages. Instead I got a number of pages which included most, if not all of the above keyphrases ... Is quoting everything googles new way (documented?) to create an "and" search, or is this just luck ? Regards, Rudy Wieser -- Origional message: JJ schreef in berichtnieuws ... On Thu, 7 Jan 2016 18:00:18 -0800 (PST), Andy wrote: I know Centon and Kingston flash drives have indicator lights that flash during writes/reads. Anyone know of other brands that do also ? Most stores keep them locked up, so you can't tell before buying one. Just google below keywords including the quotes. "USB" "flash" "drive" "specifications" "LED" e.g. for Corsair drives: "corsair" "USB" "flash" "drive" "specifications" "LED" When you're interrested on a USB flash drive in one or more shops, take a note of their brand and model then look for their speifications from the internet. Or just do it while shopping using your phone to google the drive specs. e.g. if you're interested on a 64GB Corsair Flash Voyager google it like this: (long text warning) "corsair" "flash voyager" "64gb" "USB" "flash" "drive" "specifications" "LED" |
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Flash drive with indicator light - google's behaviour
On Fri, 8 Jan 2016 11:14:42 +0100, "R.Wieser"
wrote: JJ, Or just do it while shopping using your phone to google the drive specs. e.g. if you're interested on a 64GB Corsair Flash Voyager google it like this: (long text warning) "corsair" "flash voyager" "64gb" "USB" "flash" "drive" "specifications" "LED" Shucks, I was almost sure that the above would be regarded as an "or" clause, causing google to return a *lot* of junk pages. Instead I got a number of pages which included most, if not all of the above keyphrases ... Is quoting everything googles new way (documented?) to create an "and" search, or is this just luck ? I used search engines before most people ever knew they existed. The old IBM "RETAIN" system (from the 1960s) also had a "not" tag so you could eliminate things you did not want to see. I have never seen that in a internet based search. Maybe I just don't know the trick. |
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Flash drive with indicator light - google's behaviour
In message , R.Wieser
writes: JJ, Or just do it while shopping using your phone to google the drive specs. e.g. if you're interested on a 64GB Corsair Flash Voyager google it like this: (long text warning) "corsair" "flash voyager" "64gb" "USB" "flash" "drive" "specifications" "LED" Shucks, I was almost sure that the above would be regarded as an "or" clause, causing google to return a *lot* of junk pages. Instead I got a number of pages which included most, if not all of the above keyphrases ... Is quoting everything googles new way (documented?) to create an "and" search, or is this just luck ? [] Yes, I was wondering what the "" were for (except around "flash voyager" where they enclose a phrase). But then I use the advanced search page (https://www.google.co.uk/advanced_search?hl=en in my case), where the first box is labelled "all these words:" anyway, so maybe the default on the default page _is_ now OR (which I have as my third box, labelled "any of these words:"). Certainly, I haven't seen a page describing the syntax for some time (used to be +word meant it had to be there, -word meant it mustn't, "xxxx yyyy" meant the specific phrase, and so on). -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf Quantum particles: the dreams that stuff is made of - David Moser |
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Flash drive with indicator light - google's behaviour
On Fri, 8 Jan 2016 11:14:42 +0100, R.Wieser wrote:
JJ, Or just do it while shopping using your phone to google the drive specs. e.g. if you're interested on a 64GB Corsair Flash Voyager google it like this: (long text warning) "corsair" "flash voyager" "64gb" "USB" "flash" "drive" "specifications" "LED" Shucks, I was almost sure that the above would be regarded as an "or" clause, causing google to return a *lot* of junk pages. Instead I got a number of pages which included most, if not all of the above keyphrases ... Is quoting everything googles new way (documented?) to create an "and" search, or is this just luck ? AFAIK, without any operator, Google searches using OR by default. That's what I thought, at least. But according to Google's guide: http://www.googleguide.com/interpreting_queries.html#AND It says that the default operator is indeed an AND, an implicit AND that is - which is described at section 12. It says: "Implicit AND Google returns pages that match all your search terms. Because you don't need to include the logical operator AND between your terms, this notation is called an implicit AND." That's what Google said, but actual result says otherwise. I still consider the default search is using the OR operator. IMO, Google uses a fuzzy search that include similar words as matching words. Google later added the Verbatim search to disable it but later on, it's no longer work and the only way to disable it is to manually add "nfpr=1" URL variable onto the Gogle search URL. e.g. http://www.google.com/search?q=exact+search Become: http://www.google.com/search?q=exact+search&nfpr=1 Then later, that URL variable no longer work again; and now I'm out of idea on how to turn off that fuzzy search. I guessed that nfpr stands for "no fuzzy prediction search result" (I'm not a native English speaker, BTW). nfpr is just one of several undocumented Google search URL variables. Some others that you may have already seen: (these are part of my personal notes; some are documented by Google) General: gws_rd=Redirection. cr=Redir,ncr=NoRedir,ssl=Secure hl=Host Language (Google's UI). ie=Input Encoding (character set) oe=Output Encoding newwindow=Open link in new window. 0=off, 1=on num=Number of results per page start=Starting result number (1-based) nfpr=No Fuzzy Prediction search Results safe=Safe search: images,active,off lr=Language (web+video only). "lang_" followed by language code cr=Region (web+image only?). "country" followed by 2char country code q=Search query oq=(Same as q?) as_q=Required words as_epq=Exact phrase as_oq=Optional words as_eq=Exclude words as_nlo&as_nhi=Number range as_qdr=Last updated all=All,h=1hour,d=1day,w=1week, m=1month,y=1year as_sitesearch=Site or domain as_filetype=File type (web+image only?). e.g.: doc,jpg,avi as_rights=Usage rights (web+image only?) tbo=Show toolbar (sidebar). 1=show tbm=Mode: isch=Image, vid=Video, nws=News,bks=Book, blg=Blog, pts=Patents,shop=Shopping,flm=Flight, app=Apps tbs=Selection Options btnG=Do search (optional; default). Value is optional and can be anything. btnI=Do "I'm Lucky" (optional). Value is optional and can be anything. Web only: as_nlo,as_nhi=Number range as_occt=Content type: title,body,url,links Image only: imgz=Image size. l=large, m=medium, i=icon, qsvga=400x300+, vga=640x480+, svga=800x600+, xga=1024x768+, 2mp=2MP+, 4mp,6mp,8mp,10mp,12mp, 15mp,20mp,40mp,70mp imgar=Aspect Ratio. t|xt=tall, s=square, w=wide, xw=panoramic imgc=Colors. color,gray,trans. (other value means any color) imgtype=Type. face,photo,clipart,lineart,animated as_st=??? eg: y (if advanced search) Book only: as_brr=Source. 0=any, 3=limited+full view, 1=full view only, 5=Google eBooks only as_pt=Type. ALLTYPES,BOOKS,MAGAZINES as_vt=Title as_auth=Author as_pub=Publisher as_sub=Subject as_drrb_is=Publication date. q=anytime, b=date range (use as_minXXX as_maxXXX) as_minm_is=Pub date start month. 0-12 as_miny_is=Pub date start year as_maxm_is=Pub date end month. 0-12 as_maxy_is=Pub date end year as_isbn=ISBN as_issn=ISSN Elsewhe ad=??? eg: w9 (on /custom only?) cd=??? eg: 1 (on /url only?) channel=??? eg: 3328277748 cof=??? eg: FORID:11%3BGL:1%3BLBGC:... (on /custom only?) complete=Autocomplete. 0=off,1=on. (on /webhp only) cx=??? eg: 010720650476917319035:grbf... (on /cse only) filter=??? eg: 0 pws=??? eg: 0 spell=??? eg: 1 url=Target URL. (on /url only) Unknown: aq=??? eg: f,t aql=??? client=?appReferer? eg: ms-android... ei=??? eg: tt_NU9PXCpWVuASL24LwAg gfns=??? eg: 1 hs=??? eg: VeF,odb meta=??? ndsp=?numResults? eg: 21 oi=??? eg: image_result_group prmd=??? eg: ivns revid=??? rls=?appInfo? rlz=??? eg: 1G1GGLQ_ITIT331 sa=??? eg: F,i,N,t,X,{userId} sei=??? source=?appReferer? eg: Int,og,lmns,web sourceid=??? tab=?selected UI tab? ww=Web,wi=Image, wl=Maps,w8=Play,w1=YouTube,wn=News, wm=Gmail,wo=Drive,wc=Calendar, wT=Translate,wD=Mobile,wp=Books, wa=Wallet,wf=Shopping,wj=Blogger, we=Finance,wq=Photos,wv=Videos um=??? eg: 1 usg=??? eg: AFQjCNHCNDeO_zRAYM9F... ved=??? eg: 0CBQQsAQ |
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Flash drive with indicator light
"Andy" wrote in message
... I know Centon and Kingston flash drives have indicator lights that flash during writes/reads. Anyone know of other brands that do also ? Staples (stationery store) house thumb drives. -- Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada) |
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Flash drive with indicator light - google's behaviour
JJ,
That's what Google said, but actual result says otherwise. I still consider the default search is using the OR operator. Thats why I was surprised when I saw the results. :-) And thanks for the "added arguments" info. Although I did search for it a few times, I never was able to find anything alike you have posted. Regards, Rudy Wieser -- Origional message: JJ schreef in berichtnieuws ... On Fri, 8 Jan 2016 11:14:42 +0100, R.Wieser wrote: JJ, Or just do it while shopping using your phone to google the drive specs. e.g. if you're interested on a 64GB Corsair Flash Voyager google it like this: (long text warning) "corsair" "flash voyager" "64gb" "USB" "flash" "drive" "specifications" "LED" Shucks, I was almost sure that the above would be regarded as an "or" clause, causing google to return a *lot* of junk pages. Instead I got a number of pages which included most, if not all of the above keyphrases .... Is quoting everything googles new way (documented?) to create an "and" search, or is this just luck ? AFAIK, without any operator, Google searches using OR by default. That's what I thought, at least. But according to Google's guide: http://www.googleguide.com/interpreting_queries.html#AND It says that the default operator is indeed an AND, an implicit AND that is - which is described at section 12. It says: "Implicit AND Google returns pages that match all your search terms. Because you don't need to include the logical operator AND between your terms, this notation is called an implicit AND." That's what Google said, but actual result says otherwise. I still consider the default search is using the OR operator. IMO, Google uses a fuzzy search that include similar words as matching words. Google later added the Verbatim search to disable it but later on, it's no longer work and the only way to disable it is to manually add "nfpr=1" URL variable onto the Gogle search URL. e.g. http://www.google.com/search?q=exact+search Become: http://www.google.com/search?q=exact+search&nfpr=1 Then later, that URL variable no longer work again; and now I'm out of idea on how to turn off that fuzzy search. I guessed that nfpr stands for "no fuzzy prediction search result" (I'm not a native English speaker, BTW). nfpr is just one of several undocumented Google search URL variables. Some others that you may have already seen: (these are part of my personal notes; some are documented by Google) General: gws_rd=Redirection. cr=Redir,ncr=NoRedir,ssl=Secure hl=Host Language (Google's UI). ie=Input Encoding (character set) oe=Output Encoding newwindow=Open link in new window. 0=off, 1=on num=Number of results per page start=Starting result number (1-based) nfpr=No Fuzzy Prediction search Results safe=Safe search: images,active,off lr=Language (web+video only). "lang_" followed by language code cr=Region (web+image only?). "country" followed by 2char country code q=Search query oq=(Same as q?) as_q=Required words as_epq=Exact phrase as_oq=Optional words as_eq=Exclude words as_nlo&as_nhi=Number range as_qdr=Last updated all=All,h=1hour,d=1day,w=1week, m=1month,y=1year as_sitesearch=Site or domain as_filetype=File type (web+image only?). e.g.: doc,jpg,avi as_rights=Usage rights (web+image only?) tbo=Show toolbar (sidebar). 1=show tbm=Mode: isch=Image, vid=Video, nws=News,bks=Book, blg=Blog, pts=Patents,shop=Shopping,flm=Flight, app=Apps tbs=Selection Options btnG=Do search (optional; default). Value is optional and can be anything. btnI=Do "I'm Lucky" (optional). Value is optional and can be anything. Web only: as_nlo,as_nhi=Number range as_occt=Content type: title,body,url,links Image only: imgz=Image size. l=large, m=medium, i=icon, qsvga=400x300+, vga=640x480+, svga=800x600+, xga=1024x768+, 2mp=2MP+, 4mp,6mp,8mp,10mp,12mp, 15mp,20mp,40mp,70mp imgar=Aspect Ratio. t|xt=tall, s=square, w=wide, xw=panoramic imgc=Colors. color,gray,trans. (other value means any color) imgtype=Type. face,photo,clipart,lineart,animated as_st=??? eg: y (if advanced search) Book only: as_brr=Source. 0=any, 3=limited+full view, 1=full view only, 5=Google eBooks only as_pt=Type. ALLTYPES,BOOKS,MAGAZINES as_vt=Title as_auth=Author as_pub=Publisher as_sub=Subject as_drrb_is=Publication date. q=anytime, b=date range (use as_minXXX as_maxXXX) as_minm_is=Pub date start month. 0-12 as_miny_is=Pub date start year as_maxm_is=Pub date end month. 0-12 as_maxy_is=Pub date end year as_isbn=ISBN as_issn=ISSN Elsewhe ad=??? eg: w9 (on /custom only?) cd=??? eg: 1 (on /url only?) channel=??? eg: 3328277748 cof=??? eg: FORID:11%3BGL:1%3BLBGC:... (on /custom only?) complete=Autocomplete. 0=off,1=on. (on /webhp only) cx=??? eg: 010720650476917319035:grbf... (on /cse only) filter=??? eg: 0 pws=??? eg: 0 spell=??? eg: 1 url=Target URL. (on /url only) Unknown: aq=??? eg: f,t aql=??? client=?appReferer? eg: ms-android... ei=??? eg: tt_NU9PXCpWVuASL24LwAg gfns=??? eg: 1 hs=??? eg: VeF,odb meta=??? ndsp=?numResults? eg: 21 oi=??? eg: image_result_group prmd=??? eg: ivns revid=??? rls=?appInfo? rlz=??? eg: 1G1GGLQ_ITIT331 sa=??? eg: F,i,N,t,X,{userId} sei=??? source=?appReferer? eg: Int,og,lmns,web sourceid=??? tab=?selected UI tab? ww=Web,wi=Image, wl=Maps,w8=Play,w1=YouTube,wn=News, wm=Gmail,wo=Drive,wc=Calendar, wT=Translate,wD=Mobile,wp=Books, wa=Wallet,wf=Shopping,wj=Blogger, we=Finance,wq=Photos,wv=Videos um=??? eg: 1 usg=??? eg: AFQjCNHCNDeO_zRAYM9F... ved=??? eg: 0CBQQsAQ |
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On Sat, 9 Jan 2016 03:38:16 +0700, JJ wrote:
On Fri, 08 Jan 2016 12:37:08 -0500, wrote: I used search engines before most people ever knew they existed. The old IBM "RETAIN" system (from the 1960s) also had a "not" tag so you could eliminate things you did not want to see. I have never seen that in a internet based search. Maybe I just don't know the trick. Google, Bing, and Yahoo use "-" (dash) for the NOT operator. e.g. usb drive -floppy -cdrom -dvdrom Most web search engines provide help page(s) for their search operators. I guess it is just another RTFM thing. Thanks |
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Flash drive with indicator light
"Don Phillipson" wrote:
"Andy" wrote in message ... I know Centon and Kingston flash drives have indicator lights that flash during writes/reads. Anyone know of other brands that do also ? Staples (stationery store) house thumb drives. I've got a Maxell thumb drive that does that. -- Tim Slattery tim at risingdove dot com |
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