Re: USB drive in a ziploc bag?

"Bill Bowden" <wrongaddress@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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 Jun 14, 3:23 pm, "ian field" <dai....@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > What are the chances of a USB drive being damaged by static
> > electricity if someone put it in a ziploc drive?
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> The protective cap frequently comes off the USB stick I carry around in
my
> pocket - its been rattling around in there with all sorts of junk for a
> couple of years now.

I put a USB stick on my keyring and then dropped my keys on the
concrete. The USB stick never worked again.

-Bill

That must have been unusual bad luck, I recently needed a USB connector
and 
sacrificed an old 64M stick to get it - it was surprisingly solidly 
assembled and correspondingly difficult to remove the connector intact.