Spotted this note on Lockergnome today, and thought I'd put it out for comment - I know zero about Flash Disks, so maybe someone would like to check this out and report back? My main question was how does the Flash Disk connect to the internet cafe's computer - USB or ??

From http://www.lockergnome.com/
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PFC Justin Sloan writes to us from where he's stationed among the swaying date palms and shifting sands of Baghdad, Iraq:


"In response to your call for knowing what us Gnomies have been up to, I decided to share what my experience has been here in Iraq. Amazingly, but not really surprisingly with today's technology, all of the soldiers here have Internet access available to them primarily just for e-mail. My experience with it, however, has been extremely frustrating. Not only do we have to use Windows machines (eww!), but the access, in general, is incredibly slow. Now, I can't really complain too much because I am grateful that we even have access to e-mail, but being the geek that I am, I had to find a better, faster, more efficient way to get to it than waiting for Web mail to load.

"I went to a computer store in central Baghdad and purchased a Flash Disk that I could carry in my pocket everywhere I went. Then the hunt was on for a reliable e-mail program that I could install on the Flash Disk and use on any machine. Believe it or not, Eudora was the solution! On a CD that came with PC Magazine was a copy of the latest Eudora, which solved the problem of having to download it. We are limited to 30 minutes of use when we sit down at the machine, and the speed would require many hours of download time (I mean, we are talking around 300k slow)! Anyway, what I ended up with was a copy of Eudora installed on a Flash Disk that I can use on any machine. I simply go to the local Internet Cafe, download my e-mail, use a machine that does not have Internet access to write responses and new messages, then head back to the Cafe to send and receive new messages; thus I overcome the speed, 30 minute time limit, and limited functionality of Web mail!"



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Grant Johnson

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