How many times you were feeling this frustration of purchasing a flash drive or any other small and portable, but yet pricey device, just to discover that double-sized one is out ??? Take those flash drives. I've seen almost all of them. Starting with just 4 MB, then 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256*, 512, 1G*, 2G, 4G* and now 8G (asterisks mark those I've actually owned ). And if you think that technological growth or Moore's law has anything to do with this -- you are SO wrong !!! Have you ever looked inside??? Well, crack yours open, indulge your curiosity ! It does not worth a s***t any more anyway! And you will see, that even the large ones (like 1 or 2 Gs) are in fact half-empty inside. read more »

