memory card torture test

Ron Hunter wrote:
Paul J Gans wrote:

Ron Hunter wrote:

gmr2048 wrote:



I found this fairly interesting:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3939333.stm

http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?si...254242&tid=198

"BBC is reporting that five types of memory cards were dipped into
cola, put through a washing machine, dunked in coffee, trampled by a
skateboard, run over by a child's toy car, given to a six-year-old boy
to destroy, smashed by a sledgehammer and nailed to a tree. It was
still possible to retrieve photos from the xD and Smartmedia cards
while the others didn't survive just the last two tests. "


-gary
gmr2048 at yahoo dot com
Washington DC, USA
http://www.eighteenpercent.net



Interesting article, but I suspect that the 'nailing to the tree'
test would kill all the cards if the nailer knew just where the chips
were located in the cards.
Imagine subjecting an exposed roll of 35 mm film to these tests....



It would have no trouble with the nailed to the tree test if
you got the nail down the hollow axis of the roll.

Of course it might be ruined by the exposure to light, but perhaps
if it was done on a dark and moonless night...

On the other hand if you lost the memory card, neither the type
nor manufacturer would matter. Your data would be unrecoverable.

---- Paul J. Gans


Haven't you ever lost a roll of 35 mm film. Gone forever.

I got drunk at a wedding and lost a roll of 120 film. It just vanished!
Phil

Ron Hunter wrote:
Paul J Gans wrote:

Ron Hunter wrote:

gmr2048 wrote:



I found this fairly interesting:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3939333.stm

http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?si...254242&tid=198

"BBC is reporting that five types of memory cards were dipped into
cola, put through a washing machine, dunked in coffee, trampled by a
skateboard, run over by a child's toy car, given to a six-year-old boy
to destroy, smashed by a sledgehammer and nailed to a tree. It was
still possible to retrieve photos from the xD and Smartmedia cards
while the others didn't survive just the last two tests. "


-gary
gmr2048 at yahoo dot com
Washington DC, USA
http://www.eighteenpercent.net



Interesting article, but I suspect that the 'nailing to the tree'
test would kill all the cards if the nailer knew just where the chips
were located in the cards.
Imagine subjecting an exposed roll of 35 mm film to these tests....



It would have no trouble with the nailed to the tree test if
you got the nail down the hollow axis of the roll.

Of course it might be ruined by the exposure to light, but perhaps
if it was done on a dark and moonless night...

On the other hand if you lost the memory card, neither the type
nor manufacturer would matter. Your data would be unrecoverable.

---- Paul J. Gans


Haven't you ever lost a roll of 35 mm film. Gone forever.

I got drunk at a wedding and lost a roll of 120 film. It just vanished!
Phil

Ron Hunter wrote:
Paul J Gans wrote:

Ron Hunter wrote:

gmr2048 wrote:



I found this fairly interesting:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3939333.stm

http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?si...254242&tid=198

"BBC is reporting that five types of memory cards were dipped into
cola, put through a washing machine, dunked in coffee, trampled by a
skateboard, run over by a child's toy car, given to a six-year-old boy
to destroy, smashed by a sledgehammer and nailed to a tree. It was
still possible to retrieve photos from the xD and Smartmedia cards
while the others didn't survive just the last two tests. "


-gary
gmr2048 at yahoo dot com
Washington DC, USA
http://www.eighteenpercent.net



Interesting article, but I suspect that the 'nailing to the tree'
test would kill all the cards if the nailer knew just where the chips
were located in the cards.
Imagine subjecting an exposed roll of 35 mm film to these tests....



It would have no trouble with the nailed to the tree test if
you got the nail down the hollow axis of the roll.

Of course it might be ruined by the exposure to light, but perhaps
if it was done on a dark and moonless night...

On the other hand if you lost the memory card, neither the type
nor manufacturer would matter. Your data would be unrecoverable.

---- Paul J. Gans


Haven't you ever lost a roll of 35 mm film. Gone forever.

I got drunk at a wedding and lost a roll of 120 film. It just vanished!
Phil

Phil Kempster wrote:

Ron Hunter wrote:

Paul J Gans wrote:

Ron Hunter wrote:

gmr2048 wrote:




I found this fairly interesting:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3939333.stm

http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?si...254242&tid=198

"BBC is reporting that five types of memory cards were dipped into
cola, put through a washing machine, dunked in coffee, trampled by a
skateboard, run over by a child's toy car, given to a six-year-old boy
to destroy, smashed by a sledgehammer and nailed to a tree. It was
still possible to retrieve photos from the xD and Smartmedia cards
while the others didn't survive just the last two tests. "


-gary
gmr2048 at yahoo dot com
Washington DC, USA
http://www.eighteenpercent.net




Interesting article, but I suspect that the 'nailing to the tree'
test would kill all the cards if the nailer knew just where the
chips were located in the cards.
Imagine subjecting an exposed roll of 35 mm film to these tests....




It would have no trouble with the nailed to the tree test if
you got the nail down the hollow axis of the roll.

Of course it might be ruined by the exposure to light, but perhaps
if it was done on a dark and moonless night...

On the other hand if you lost the memory card, neither the type
nor manufacturer would matter. Your data would be unrecoverable.

---- Paul J. Gans



Haven't you ever lost a roll of 35 mm film. Gone forever.


I got drunk at a wedding and lost a roll of 120 film. It just vanished!
Phil

Hope it wasn't YOUR wedding....

Phil Kempster wrote:

Ron Hunter wrote:

Paul J Gans wrote:

Ron Hunter wrote:

gmr2048 wrote:




I found this fairly interesting:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3939333.stm

http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?si...254242&tid=198

"BBC is reporting that five types of memory cards were dipped into
cola, put through a washing machine, dunked in coffee, trampled by a
skateboard, run over by a child's toy car, given to a six-year-old boy
to destroy, smashed by a sledgehammer and nailed to a tree. It was
still possible to retrieve photos from the xD and Smartmedia cards
while the others didn't survive just the last two tests. "


-gary
gmr2048 at yahoo dot com
Washington DC, USA
http://www.eighteenpercent.net




Interesting article, but I suspect that the 'nailing to the tree'
test would kill all the cards if the nailer knew just where the
chips were located in the cards.
Imagine subjecting an exposed roll of 35 mm film to these tests....




It would have no trouble with the nailed to the tree test if
you got the nail down the hollow axis of the roll.

Of course it might be ruined by the exposure to light, but perhaps
if it was done on a dark and moonless night...

On the other hand if you lost the memory card, neither the type
nor manufacturer would matter. Your data would be unrecoverable.

---- Paul J. Gans



Haven't you ever lost a roll of 35 mm film. Gone forever.


I got drunk at a wedding and lost a roll of 120 film. It just vanished!
Phil

Hope it wasn't YOUR wedding....

Ron Hunter wrote:
Paul J Gans wrote:

Ron Hunter wrote:

gmr2048 wrote:


I found this fairly interesting:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3939333.stm

http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?si...254242&tid=198

"BBC is reporting that five types of memory cards were dipped into
cola, put through a washing machine, dunked in coffee, trampled by a
skateboard, run over by a child's toy car, given to a six-year-old boy
to destroy, smashed by a sledgehammer and nailed to a tree. It was
still possible to retrieve photos from the xD and Smartmedia cards
while the others didn't survive just the last two tests. "


-gary
gmr2048 at yahoo dot com
Washington DC, USA
http://www.eighteenpercent.net


Interesting article, but I suspect that the 'nailing to the tree' test
would kill all the cards if the nailer knew just where the chips were
located in the cards.
Imagine subjecting an exposed roll of 35 mm film to these tests....


It would have no trouble with the nailed to the tree test if
you got the nail down the hollow axis of the roll.

Of course it might be ruined by the exposure to light, but perhaps
if it was done on a dark and moonless night...

On the other hand if you lost the memory card, neither the type
nor manufacturer would matter. Your data would be unrecoverable.

---- Paul J. Gans

Haven't you ever lost a roll of 35 mm film. Gone forever.

Sure. But it *is* possible to nail a roll of 35mm film to
a tree and not hurt it.. ;-)

---- Paul J. Gans

Ron Hunter wrote:
Paul J Gans wrote:

Ron Hunter wrote:

gmr2048 wrote:


I found this fairly interesting:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3939333.stm

http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?si...254242&tid=198

"BBC is reporting that five types of memory cards were dipped into
cola, put through a washing machine, dunked in coffee, trampled by a
skateboard, run over by a child's toy car, given to a six-year-old boy
to destroy, smashed by a sledgehammer and nailed to a tree. It was
still possible to retrieve photos from the xD and Smartmedia cards
while the others didn't survive just the last two tests. "


-gary
gmr2048 at yahoo dot com
Washington DC, USA
http://www.eighteenpercent.net


Interesting article, but I suspect that the 'nailing to the tree' test
would kill all the cards if the nailer knew just where the chips were
located in the cards.
Imagine subjecting an exposed roll of 35 mm film to these tests....


It would have no trouble with the nailed to the tree test if
you got the nail down the hollow axis of the roll.

Of course it might be ruined by the exposure to light, but perhaps
if it was done on a dark and moonless night...

On the other hand if you lost the memory card, neither the type
nor manufacturer would matter. Your data would be unrecoverable.

---- Paul J. Gans

Haven't you ever lost a roll of 35 mm film. Gone forever.

Sure. But it *is* possible to nail a roll of 35mm film to
a tree and not hurt it.. ;-)

---- Paul J. Gans

Paul J Gans wrote:
Ron Hunter wrote:

Paul J Gans wrote:


Ron Hunter wrote:


gmr2048 wrote:


I found this fairly interesting:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3939333.stm

http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?si...254242&tid=198

"BBC is reporting that five types of memory cards were dipped into
cola, put through a washing machine, dunked in coffee, trampled by a
skateboard, run over by a child's toy car, given to a six-year-old boy
to destroy, smashed by a sledgehammer and nailed to a tree. It was
still possible to retrieve photos from the xD and Smartmedia cards
while the others didn't survive just the last two tests. "


-gary
gmr2048 at yahoo dot com
Washington DC, USA
http://www.eighteenpercent.net


Interesting article, but I suspect that the 'nailing to the tree' test
would kill all the cards if the nailer knew just where the chips were
located in the cards.
Imagine subjecting an exposed roll of 35 mm film to these tests....


It would have no trouble with the nailed to the tree test if
you got the nail down the hollow axis of the roll.

Of course it might be ruined by the exposure to light, but perhaps
if it was done on a dark and moonless night...

On the other hand if you lost the memory card, neither the type
nor manufacturer would matter. Your data would be unrecoverable.

---- Paul J. Gans


Haven't you ever lost a roll of 35 mm film. Gone forever.


Sure. But it *is* possible to nail a roll of 35mm film to
a tree and not hurt it.. ;-)

---- Paul J. Gans

And, as they found, it IS possible to nail a memory card to a tree and
it still work. Even with the smallest (xD card), there are areas where
no electronic components are damaged.