Chaining USB drives • Hacker News Board

Re: Chaining USB drives

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Post by gte525u » Fri, Nov 25, 2011, 1:13 PM UTC

potatolicious wrote: post #15

A solution looking for a problem. My regular machine is a MBP, so I'm no stranger to the "damn I wish I had more USB ports" problem. But I have never, ever, ever , thought "dammit! If only I could plug more USB memory sticks into this infernal machine!" In fact, the only time I'm ever using a USB stick is to sneaknet some files to someone else (because in the year 2011 we have yet to figure out quick, painless filesh…

What if instead of chaining drives together - you used the same design but it was a 1 port USB hub exposed on the end of the thumb-drive?

Re: Chaining USB drives

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Post by miahi » Fri, Nov 25, 2011, 1:55 PM UTC

scq wrote: post #18

potatolicious wrote: post #15

A solution looking for a problem. My regular machine is a MBP, so I'm no stranger to the "damn I wish I had more USB ports" problem. But I have never, ever, ever , thought "dammit! If only I could plug more USB memory sticks into this infernal machine!" In fact, the only time I'm ever using a USB stick is to sneaknet some files to someone else (because in the year 2011 we have yet to figure out quick, painless filesh…

Like most things on Yanko Design, the design comes first, then they try to think of a use for it.

I see a big difference between what they show on their site (space helmets?! NASA will be pleased to know that somebody solved the design problems of their $12M/piece space suit) and what's actually for sale (candle holders, wallets and vases). It's their small world, giving each other design awards for things that we will never see because they are physically impossible.

Re: Chaining USB drives

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Post by potatolicious » Fri, Nov 25, 2011, 9:59 PM UTC

nialo wrote: post #19

potatolicious wrote: post #15

A solution looking for a problem. My regular machine is a MBP, so I'm no stranger to the "damn I wish I had more USB ports" problem. But I have never, ever, ever , thought "dammit! If only I could plug more USB memory sticks into this infernal machine!" In fact, the only time I'm ever using a USB stick is to sneaknet some files to someone else (because in the year 2011 we have yet to figure out quick, painless filesh…

Complete tangent, but: You can share files with Dropbox without the reciever having a n account, and as far as I can tell without installing software on either computer. Just login to dropbox.com, upload, and move the file to a public folder. I really wish I understood why people don't do this generally, it's quite painless if you have an account already.

For small files when you're working with someone it's easy. For large files though it's a pain - you have to wait for it to upload from your end, and then for it to down on their end.

This is pretty annoying if they're sitting 10 feet away, and you can get it done faster if you just pull out a USB stick and do it that way.

There really needs to be a solid way to share P2P with someone on the same network.