TreeHugger.com: Fun new ways to waste money and resources
Tom
· 4 years ago
But unlike a CD, these drives can be erased and re-used (similar to a floppy). The burned CD-ROM would wind up in the landfill.
-->Tom
Becky
· 4 years ago
CDs are not reusable, though, and the USB drives are.
Chris
· 4 years ago
I agree, they are much better than CDs
How many useless CDs do you now have?
Where can you recycle them?
This is much better
William
· 4 years ago
These -- being pocket sized -- are also convenient. My problem is the branding. Solution I discovered is branding comes off with a little sandpaper.
gabor
· 4 years ago
re: branding
who cares about branding, logos on the case? if it works after the erase process, it's fine. or apply a small sticker with Your logo or name...
tankcat
· 4 years ago
There's always that old stand-by White-out to conceal signs of the sell-out.
Charles Hoard
· 4 years ago
I am waiting for AOL to start using these instead of a CD. I'd rather pick up a couple of these with my next 'puter mag!
Piers Fawkes
· 4 years ago
As a personal storage device, nothing beats 'em - esp when you find yourself in some basement with no wireless and you need to swap some info from laptop to laptop (or quit your job and pinch all the contact info) - but I agree with TreeHug, sending press info via USB sticks seems a complete waste of cash, resources.
Adam
· 4 years ago
I was wondering how you go about getting these thumb drives from all these companies and which companies actually offer them. Kind of like a cheat sheet so I can request info from these companies to get the thumb drives. Thank you for your help.
Ben Schiendelman
· 4 years ago
Are we assuming these can be rewritten?
Adam
· 4 years ago
I am assuming yes. I got one from Lexus a while back that was able to be rewritten. Unfortunately it is only a 16 MB one.
All Comments
But unlike a CD, these drives can be erased and re-used (similar to a floppy). The burned CD-ROM would wind up in the landfill.
-->Tom
CDs are not reusable, though, and the USB drives are.
I agree, they are much better than CDs
How many useless CDs do you now have?
Where can you recycle them?
This is much better
These -- being pocket sized -- are also convenient. My problem is the branding. Solution I discovered is branding comes off with a little sandpaper.
re: branding
who cares about branding, logos on the case? if it works after the erase process, it's fine. or apply a small sticker with Your logo or name...
There's always that old stand-by White-out to conceal signs of the sell-out.
I am waiting for AOL to start using these instead of a CD. I'd rather pick up a couple of these with my next 'puter mag!
As a personal storage device, nothing beats 'em - esp when you find yourself in some basement with no wireless and you need to swap some info from laptop to laptop (or quit your job and pinch all the contact info) - but I agree with TreeHug, sending press info via USB sticks seems a complete waste of cash, resources.
I was wondering how you go about getting these thumb drives from all these companies and which companies actually offer them. Kind of like a cheat sheet so I can request info from these companies to get the thumb drives. Thank you for your help.
Are we assuming these can be rewritten?
I am assuming yes. I got one from Lexus a while back that was able to be rewritten. Unfortunately it is only a 16 MB one.