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firecat....which wikipedia sez is Kryder's Law: "magnetic disk area storage density is increasing very quickly, at a pace much faster than the doubling in semiconductor chip performance occurring every 18 months in Moore's Law."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Kryder
Actually it's the corrolary of the corrolary because we're talking flash storage, not magnetic disk storage. Anyway.
I went to buy a micro-SD card at Walgreens to put in my new Necono cat camera.
The micro-SD cards, SD cards, and thumb drives were in the section next to the batteries. All of the storage cards were on hangers that had plastic locks on them. The cards I wanted were in the range of $10-$20. None of the battery hangers had locks on them, although they were in the range of $5-$30.
I asked a cashier if she would unlock the card for me. She said she would get someone to help, and she paged for "someone to the camera department with a key." Another cashier came over and I showed him what I wanted. He went behind the counter and came out with a scissors, which he used to cut the package off the hanger. I was like WELL OK THEN. I COULD HAVE DONE THAT MYSELF.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Kryder
Actually it's the corrolary of the corrolary because we're talking flash storage, not magnetic disk storage. Anyway.
I went to buy a micro-SD card at Walgreens to put in my new Necono cat camera.
The micro-SD cards, SD cards, and thumb drives were in the section next to the batteries. All of the storage cards were on hangers that had plastic locks on them. The cards I wanted were in the range of $10-$20. None of the battery hangers had locks on them, although they were in the range of $5-$30.
I asked a cashier if she would unlock the card for me. She said she would get someone to help, and she paged for "someone to the camera department with a key." Another cashier came over and I showed him what I wanted. He went behind the counter and came out with a scissors, which he used to cut the package off the hanger. I was like WELL OK THEN. I COULD HAVE DONE THAT MYSELF.
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Date: 30 Sep 2013 10:08 pm (UTC)That camera is amazing! I want to install one in my hat, or eyeglasses, or something slightly stealthy without being a creeper.
Looking forward to the cat's eye view.
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Date: 1 Oct 2013 12:31 am (UTC)But hey, that camera is adorable. I want one! I don't need one and would never use it, but I want one, just the same.
On another note, this week 13 years ago I started working for Mark Kryder. I filled in while his regular admin had extensive back surgery. He's a really interesting, outrageously brilliant, exceptionally kind man. I really liked him. Very Steve Jobs-ish, but with a (slightly) more varied wardrobe.
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Date: 1 Oct 2013 12:22 pm (UTC)