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Kent Pribbernow
08-27-2004, 12:00 AM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.engadget.com/entry/3868866098708521/' target='_blank'>http://www.engadget.com/entry/3868866098708521/</a><br /><br /></div><i>"SanDisk is definitely milking this one for all it’s worth: a newspaper photographer in Missouri accidentally positioned one of his digital camera a little too close in attempt to photograph a bridge that was being demolished. The explosion destroyed the camera, but his CompactFlash memory card (SanDisk brand, of course) managed to survive the blast with all of its photos completely intact, including the shot above, which was taken milliseconds before impact. Plus, make sure you click for some sweet action that a second camera managed to capture of the camera being blown up."</i><br /><br /><img src="http://www.digitalmediathoughts.com/images/1400731316441596.JPG" /><br /><br />Perhaps SanDisk should change its product marketing to include a new slogan..."The Memory Card that won't die!" I'm going to buy 100,000 of these CF cards and cover my entire car with them. <br /><br />On a serious note, this story...while comical...is being blown out of proportion (excuse the pun). It's no accident the CF card survived the blast, it's simply a matter of physics. The camera absorbed the blast which shielded the CF card for harm.

dean_shan
08-27-2004, 02:07 AM
Here are the comments from PPCTs (http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=277858)

I'm still wondering, what happened to the cameraman?

Gary Sheynkman
08-27-2004, 02:19 AM
I guess he took a licking too :lol: :lol: :lol: :wink:

Kent Pribbernow
08-27-2004, 02:24 AM
I guess he took a licking too :lol: :lol: :lol: :wink:

But is he still ticking? :lol: :lol: :lol:

Chris Gohlke
08-27-2004, 05:18 PM
Here are the comments from PPCTs (http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=277858)

Jason, is there a way to combine threads for stories that run on more than one of your sites?

Janak Parekh
08-29-2004, 05:30 AM
Jason, is there a way to combine threads for stories that run on more than one of your sites?
Not at this time. Unfortunately, I'm not sure if it'll ever be because of the tricky mechanics in supporting cross-posting with different memberships. It would be nice, wouldn't it?

--janak

Suhit Gupta
08-30-2004, 03:14 AM
Jason, is there a way to combine threads for stories that run on more than one of your sites?
Not at this time. Unfortunately, I'm not sure if it'll ever be because of the tricky mechanics in supporting cross-posting with different memberships. It would be nice, wouldn't it?
Yes it would. :) Perhaps it is time to try and convince Fabrizio to hack something together. :-P

Suhit