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[phill]

Pure android developer this time round I believe.

Very nice mate!! Congrats!!

 

[FreedomEclipse]

So i had a 200gb microSD card filled with manga go tits up on me today.... not really impressed.

 

[phill]

So i had a 200gb microSD card filled with manga go tits up on me today.... not really impressed.

I feel your pain... I don't suppose the card is readable in Windows or anything is it?.....

 

[FreedomEclipse]

I feel your pain... I don't suppose the card is readable in Windows or anything is it?.....

It is. But windows wont recognise the file/partition format so i cant access any of the files anyway.

ive used some software to make a back up of the partitions but windows, Rufus, linux mint and my tablet wont allow me to format or delete partitions even though they all detect them.

Im currently restoring the backed up data onto another microSD with a program called 'testdisk/PhotoRec' made by CGsecurity (after multiple recommendations from other forums)

I find it strange it allowed me to backup the data but not allow me to format or delete partitions. I'll know how much data was lost/corrupted when the data resto job is done.

Luckily the memory card has a 10 year warranty and ive already fired off an RMA to Sandisk, so at least i wont have to fork out for a new memory card although they are quite a bit cheaper for 200GB then when i made my purchase back in 2017.

None of the data was really that important. But what pisses me off the most is i had a lot of manga that was downloaded and archived, waiting for me to read from an app that closed its doors (mangarock) a good while back. Pretty much the entire memory card was filled with Manga and now its all f**king gone.

 

[phill]

So the card is in a state of 'read only' is that right how I'm reading that? I've had a few SD/MicroSD cards go this route, bloody frustrating as you can see the data but can't format it or do anything with it

 

[FreedomEclipse]

So the card is in a state of 'read only' is that right how I'm reading that? I've had a few SD/MicroSD cards go this route, bloody frustrating as you can see the data but can't format it or do anything with it

I guess so. I cant access or read any of the files directly though so its as good as gone. Tried reading it with multiple android devices and card readers - they all report it as corrupt and wont let me erase/format it for use either. Its pretty much toast.

 

[phill]

Seems like it's gone a little further than mine had but still, they shouldn't die so quickly. Always great to say have a backup but always too late when it happens

 

[lexluthermiester]

Pretty much the entire memory card was filled with Manga and now its all f**king gone.

Bluray recordable discs. Backups are important. This situation is why I keep telling people to use recordable optical media.

 

[Space Lynx]

well it's official lads, I'm not coming to England until next year (hopefully). I decided it just isn't worth it right now with Covid and all.

I wanted to come in October/November, when it's less busy, but my friends aren't having it, they said its to cold to get out and about then. I think they are just wimps personally, just wear a coat and winter cap and gloves, eh.

well working remote part time stress free job, which has always been my dream is a reality, and I am still stuck at home. what a ironic twist of fate.

 

[FreedomEclipse]

well working remote part time stress free job, which has always been my dream is a reality, and I am still stuck at home. what a ironic twist of fate.

Well in your defence. At least you still got guns. if youre bored as hell. go shoot some pew pews down the range.

as for me - the data 'restore' job completed. except the files on it were from a time when i used to have a lot of music on it so they werent the files that i wanted/needed. Looks like the memory card was on its way out a long long time ago and the MBR stopped writing while still allowing me to write data to other parts of the chip (im not quite sure if that is even is a thing)

 

[AusWolf]

What the hell?

Mandatory speed limiters on EU cars from July 2024 | Autotrader

All new vehicles sold in Europe – including Northern Ireland but not Great Britain – will be fitted with a mandatory speed limiter from 2024 to keep cars within the speed limits and boost road safety.

www.autotrader.co.uk

 

[Caring1]

What the hell?

Mandatory speed limiters on EU cars from July 2024 | Autotrader

All new vehicles sold in Europe – including Northern Ireland but not Great Britain – will be fitted with a mandatory speed limiter from 2024 to keep cars within the speed limits and boost road safety.

www.autotrader.co.uk

Sales of old cars will skyrocket.
Nobody wants a black box recorder or speed limiter in their car, well most drivers won't.

 

[FreedomEclipse]

What the hell?

Mandatory speed limiters on EU cars from July 2024 | Autotrader

All new vehicles sold in Europe – including Northern Ireland but not Great Britain – will be fitted with a mandatory speed limiter from 2024 to keep cars within the speed limits and boost road safety.

www.autotrader.co.uk

More hand holding... Rather than getting countries to pour money into law enforcement and enforce traffic laws more stringently

 

[AusWolf]

More hand holding... Rather than getting countries to pour money into law enforcement and enforce traffic laws more stringently

Politicians seem to have done literally NOTHING other than imposing restrictions all around the world in the last few years. I'm starting to feel like being in an Orwellian dystopia.

 

[Space Lynx]

Sales of old cars will skyrocket.
Nobody wants a black box recorder or speed limiter in their car, well most drivers won't.

Politicians would never do this in America, they know it would mean not be getting re-elected, and getting replaced with someone who would reverse that law asap. lol

 

[FreedomEclipse]

Politicians seem to have done literally NOTHING other than imposing restrictions all around the world in the last few years. I'm starting to feel like being in an Orwellian dystopia.

On a side note -- Imagine if 60-70% of the population bought cars that were environmentally friendly or just so damn f**king slow that they drank no fuel and paid almost no road tax.

The government would need to find reasons to bump up road tax and fuel duty or introduce a new stealth tax because people arent burning enough fossil fuels in their cars -- I can really see this happening... How about a 'battery tax' on hybrids and electric cars?? £5-10 per milliamp because the cost of making them creates a lot of pollution never mind what happens to them when they no longer hold charge.

meanwhile... lets ramp up ticket prices for public transport by 5-15% to give you even more of a reason to use your own vehicle.


(added electric cars)

 

[kurosagi01]

Well that may sway me off buying the new Toyota GR86 in the future.

On a side note -- Imagine if 60-70% of the population bought cars that were environmentally friendly or just so damn f**king slow that they drank no fuel and paid almost no road tax.

The government would need to find reasons to bump up road tax and fuel duty or introduce a new stealth tax because people arent burning enough fossil fuels in their cars -- I can really see this happening... How about a 'battery tax' on hybrids?? £5-10 per milliamp because the cost of making them creates a lot of pollution never mind what happens to them when they no longer hold charge.

meanwhile... lets ramp up ticket prices for public transport by 5-15% to give you even more of a reason to use your own vehicle.

Very well summed up how stupid how politicians plan their "saving the planet but must make money schemes"

 

[Yearofthegoat]

Yep, sure to happen once we're all driving electric / hydrogen / etc. cars.

Death and Taxes

At least our limited cars would be going at 70, not 55

 

[AusWolf]

Politicians would never do this in America, they know it would mean not be getting re-elected, and getting replaced with someone who would reverse that law asap. lol

They easily get re-elected in Europe because people are too stupid to have an original thought on their own without political influence from Brussels. If they put a tax on breathing air, the general public still wouldn't question their authority.

 

[FreedomEclipse]

I mean, the only country to probably not be affected at all (if very little) would be any country that has an Autobahn...

Better start writing to your local MPs and trying to get them to push for the construction of an Autobahn that will connect the entire country from one end to the other

It will probably never happen because we got too many muppets and tryhards on the road with their big boi Type R civics but its worth a shot Nothing venture nothing gained right?

 

[Space Lynx]

Yep, sure to happen once we're all driving electric / hydrogen / etc. cars.

Death and Taxes

At least our limited cars would be going at 70, not 55

it is inevitable to me that due to climate change, we will all be on like a hyperloop system in around 100-150 years, see my thread here if interested:

Seems to me, that Hyperloop is not only the future, it will benefit all of us and save us a lot of time.

Watch this video in full before commenting please. Keep in mind, even in the pandemic like now, hyperloop would still be better than all other modes of public transport (the pods are more sanitary since only small number of people for each one, versus air being exchanged on an entire train...

www.techpowerup.com

 

[Tatty_Two]

Well in any case, this is the future of travel, neither wheels or politicians

required.

 

[Space Lynx]

Well in any case, this is the future of travel, neither wheels or politicians View attachment 214108 required.

I wish it were true mate, our sci fi dreams are the same, however, I feel we are far to broken of a species to ever get to that point, so for now, hyperloop it is.

 

[FreedomEclipse]

Well in any case, this is the future of travel, neither wheels or politicians View attachment 214108 required.

Cant we just round up some of the politicians, load them onto a rocket ship and launch them into space?

Merkel will probably survive floating around in zero G, in the freezing cold without oxygen though.

 

[phill]

Guessing then I'll be keeping my 16 year old Cupra R a little bit longer We are turning into a big Nanny state... I honestly don't believe limiting cars to a speed limit is going to help much... I guess these new Youtube channels of 1/4 drag times and such will not be lasting much longer if this is the case.....

Only thing that I wonder about, get everyone over to electric, where's all the fuel duty and car tax going to go... The cost of electric over here is already going north and I can't see it dropping if we are going to be charging cars, vans, lorries and all the rest of it....