[ale] OT: USB Memory Sticks at Microcenter

[Jeff Lightner]

The Marietta Microcenter was the first one.   It is on Powers Ferry Road
in the block between Delk Road (exit 261 off I 75) and Terrell Mill
Road.

 

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Sent: Friday, January 26, 2007 11:36 AM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [ale] OT: USB Memory Sticks at Microcenter

 

 

On 1/25/07, James P. Kinney III <jkinney at localnetsolutions.com> wrote:

DANG!!! I bought several of the 1G a few months back ans they were $15
and the 2G were $35.

I   n e e d   m o r e  !

On Thu, 2007-01-25 at 19:39 -0500, Paul Borghese wrote:
> Hey everyone,
>
> I just returned from Microcenter (in Norcross) and they are selling 2
Gig
> USB memory sticks for $15.  They also have 1 Gig. version for $9.
>
> I currently use a 1 Gig stick as a persistent drive for the Ubuntu
live CD. 
> How it works is you connect a specially formatted memory stick to the
> computer then boot off the Live CD.  Any changes made to the file
system are
> written to the memory stick. Next time you boot, all changes, files,
etc. 
> are restored from the memory stick.
>
> With a 2 Gig. memory stick I should have enough room to ditch the CD
and
> have Ubuntu boot directly from the memory stick ... now that is cool!
>
> Take care,
>
>
> Paul Borghese
>
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When searching for a Microcenter closer to May-retta, I noticed that
Google Maps is pulling from ALE's archives to help verify its data. (See
JPEG attachment) It looks like ALE might have more influence to Google
and people's purchasing decisions than we might have thought, although
it showed it below an entry for Manhattan Associates (an ISV and IBM
Business Partner). 

SCC

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