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Biggest Pet Peeves: When People Use Safely Remove Hardware for USB flash drives [Rant]

Posted by Mavrik | Filed under Tech, Tips & Tricks

Seriously people, do you not understand that one of the main selling points of USB is its plug-n-play aspect?  I’m guessing that knowledge escaped the mainstream audience since it’s the reason I’m writing this. Maybe. But I’m sure you’ve noticed that when you plug in your camera, iPod, or anything through USB, it opens automatically. So wouldn’t this give you a hint that it’s possible to pull it out the same way? I don’t even know how using safely remove hardware  even got around because it isn’t exactly the most obvious feature in Windows (especially XP which was when all you crazies started performing this ridiculousness).

“But…won’t I lose my data?” What do you think the blinking light is for? To look pretty? To mezmerize you? It’s there so you know when it’s in use. Obviously if it’s in use by the computer you may (and the keyword is may even then) lose data. So please people, next time you decide to pull out your USB, think about me bitch-slapping you across the face for clicking on safely remove hardware icon and just pull it out (I feel like there’s sexual connotation in there, but you can put the pieces together).

So now you know, and knowing is half the battle. G.I. Joe!

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Tags: Pet peeves, Rant, Technology, USB