Re: Can you launder a USB dongle
rsetzer <[email protected]>
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Some programs, as an anti piracy measure, give you a little USB thingy you must have plugged in to use the program. Dunno why, but they call the thingy a 'dongle'. The high end video editing program Avid uses a dongle. Michael Cuffaro wrote: > What's a dongle? Is that the same as a USB cable? I think it should survive a wash.. though I > would make sure it's dried out before plugging it in to a computer. > > --- Peter Richardson <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>Silly question based on an ignorance of how USB works. Is a USB dongle (if >>given time to dry out) likely to survive being put through a washing >>machine? What are the likely implications if you try to use it before it is >>fully dried? >> >>Thanks >>Peter >> >> >> >> >>Community email addresses: >> Post message: [email protected] >> Subscribe: [email protected] >> Unsubscribe: [email protected] >> List owner: [email protected] >> >>Yahoo! Groups Links >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > Community email addresses: > Post message: [email protected] > Subscribe: [email protected] > Unsubscribe: [email protected] > List owner: [email protected] > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > >