Comments on: 1+3+1+3+2=55 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/02/15/1313255/ the blog that is not dansdata.com Sun, 07 Sep 2008 15:17:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: Lawrie http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/02/15/1313255/#comment-750 Fri, 16 Feb 2007 19:25:47 +0000 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/02/15/1313255/#comment-750 Thanks for the registry hack, I wish it was for Win 2K also. Quite a few of the latest digital cameras are supporting SDHC, and there are a few firmware updates for DSLRs using SD (Pentax especially) to support SDHC. Also not all readers support xD(M) and xD(H), and if these cards are used in such a reader you can kiss your precious data goodbye. This is really nice as most readers don't even indicate if they DO support them. Thanks for the registry hack, I wish it was for Win 2K also.

Quite a few of the latest digital cameras are supporting SDHC, and there are a few firmware updates for DSLRs using SD (Pentax especially) to support SDHC.

Also not all readers support xD(M) and xD(H), and if these cards are used in such a reader you can kiss your precious data goodbye. This is really nice as most readers don’t even indicate if they DO support them.

]]> by: Ken Drummond http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/02/15/1313255/#comment-749 Fri, 16 Feb 2007 10:39:45 +0000 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/02/15/1313255/#comment-749 Well I hope the 2 usb SDHC card readers I just ordered from USB Geek (thanks to your link) work with the $100 8GB SDHC card I just received (all praise the mighty ebay)!! Well I hope the 2 usb SDHC card readers I just ordered from USB Geek (thanks to your link) work with the $100 8GB SDHC card I just received (all praise the mighty ebay)!!

]]> by: Daniel Rutter http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/02/15/1313255/#comment-746 Fri, 16 Feb 2007 00:33:36 +0000 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/02/15/1313255/#comment-746 I suppose. OK, maybe it counts as an 11-in-one reader, then. (Seeing as no devices yet <i>use</i> SDHC cards as far as I know, though, I would not be surprised to discover that this reader can't actually read them anyway. :-) I suppose. OK, maybe it counts as an 11-in-one reader, then.

(Seeing as no devices yet use SDHC cards as far as I know, though, I would not be surprised to discover that this reader can’t actually read them anyway. :-)

]]> by: drummond_ken http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/02/15/1313255/#comment-745 Thu, 15 Feb 2007 23:59:14 +0000 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/02/15/1313255/#comment-745 Surely the SDHC cards deserve to be counted separately given that SDHC cards don't work in SD devices? Surely the SDHC cards deserve to be counted separately given that SDHC cards don’t work in SD devices?

]]> by: Jonadab http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/02/15/1313255/#comment-744 Thu, 15 Feb 2007 22:52:06 +0000 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/02/15/1313255/#comment-744 And here I thought hard drive manufacturer capacity figures were bad. That's like nothing compared to this. It's one thing to list on the packaging all the names for all the supported formats. Arguably, that makes it easy for consumers to verify it supports the format(s) they need, without knowing synonyms or industry jargon. (You *could* structure the list so that each real format gets a single bullet point with a comma-separated list of names, which would be more clear, but perhaps that's being picky about presentation. Perhaps.) Counting up all those names, however, and saying that it supports that many formats, is... another thing. And here I thought hard drive manufacturer capacity figures were bad. That’s like nothing compared to this.

It’s one thing to list on the packaging all the names for all the supported formats. Arguably, that makes it easy for consumers to verify it supports the format(s) they need, without knowing synonyms or industry jargon. (You *could* structure the list so that each real format gets a single bullet point with a comma-separated list of names, which would be more clear, but perhaps that’s being picky about presentation. Perhaps.) Counting up all those names, however, and saying that it supports that many formats, is… another thing.

]]> by: Daniel Rutter http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/02/15/1313255/#comment-743 Thu, 15 Feb 2007 22:31:00 +0000 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/02/15/1313255/#comment-743 <i>A true "Reader" would be really handy in my retail environment</i> Behold: A <a href="http://www.everythingusb.com/writeprotect_registry.html" rel="nofollow">registry tweak</a> that'll let you do exactly that! A true “Reader” would be really handy in my retail environment

Behold: A registry tweak that’ll let you do exactly that!

]]> by: Lawrie http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/02/15/1313255/#comment-742 Thu, 15 Feb 2007 19:16:56 +0000 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/02/15/1313255/#comment-742 I wonder why these things are called "readers" when I have never yet seen one that will allow you to prevent the system writing to the card if it wishes to. A true "Reader" would be really handy in my retail environment to ensure I can't modify a customers card by accident. I once sold a reader called "All-in-1" which seems a bit of a lazy choice, but sure hard to top. A shame it was far from capable of taking every card type available. This craziness just makes it more confusing than needs be for consumers. I wonder why these things are called “readers” when I have never yet seen one that will allow you to prevent the system writing to the card if it wishes to. A true “Reader” would be really handy in my retail environment to ensure I can’t modify a customers card by accident.

I once sold a reader called “All-in-1″ which seems a bit of a lazy choice, but sure hard to top. A shame it was far from capable of taking every card type available. This craziness just makes it more confusing than needs be for consumers.

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