General Discussion

For those of you wondering about wearing out your flash drives, particularly developers, this will be interesting:
http://blogs.zdnet.com/storage/?p=105

Particularly the part where he shows the math involved in the lifespan. It looks pretty good, and seems to back up my theory that wear leveling dramatically increases the lifespan of these drives.

When a portableapp starts up it checks to see if there is already a non-portable version of the same software running. Is there a way to disable this? I have found that if I start up the portable version, then the non-portable version there is no issue.

I understand that I can rename the .exe of the non-portable version and work around this, but this is not a suitable solution.

I did read in the forum about portable java. Someone said John T. Haller has made a portable version of java. Is this the truth or is this a myth?

Java *shall* be gpl`ed at *some day*. I don`t get why them don`t just do it and why them need to announce it. However, this probably won`t happen soon.

If so... Without running in legal issues... Could you post instructions to make java portable? I guess not just me could need a portable version for java. Doesn`t matter if first just for firefox or for the hole comp.

Can you explain me please what Portable.NET is?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable.NET

Is portable meant to be running on most platforms or meant to be run without installation?

EDIT:
I found mono. (for windows/linux)
http://www.mono-project.com/Downloads

Did someone test it yet? If it works it would be worth to have it porable, or?

How do I subscribe to a thread?
Another question: No offense intended:), but this site does seem to be a ghost town. Why is that?

I am currently considering purchasing a new USB flash drive (I currently have a 1GB Memorex Mini TravelDrive U3). I am trying to decide between a 4GB Corsair Flash Voyager GT and 4GB SanDisk Cruzer Titanium. Which will open PortableApps programs faster? Thank you.

What would you guys recommend for a USB Lock/encryption software? I was going to use TrueCrypt until I heard that I need admin rights to decrypt.... out of anything I'd prefer a TrueCrypt that doesn't require admin rights.
But all I need is something so that no one can access my USB drive. Free, please, and able to work on a computer without any admin or whatever rights.

i just saw this over on mikicun and thought you might want to look into it, from the way its worded he seems to be taking credit for your work or (quite possibly) trying to trick someone into getting a trojan using a illegal copy of P.A.M.

[Link removed by moderator RM: Illegal software available from link. John, contact me if you want the link]

[EDIT] whoop's, sorry bout that... [/EDIT]

just thought you ought to know.

*tips hat and walks off*

I thought I create a topic for everybody to post the forums you want unlocked.
This way we don't have to create a new topic for every single one...

i love the suite john built and i use it pretty much everyday, but i recently ran into a problem. i plugged into a computer only to find the usb ports were more or less disabled. it would recognize the drive was there, but wouldnt let any files transfer or pam to start. is there and easy way to beat this, or am i sol?