memory sticks

Apparently I bought 16GB of triple channel memory when my mobo uses dual channel. OOPS So that's why I've been having so many issues. Does anybody have a triple channel rig and needs memory on the cheap?

Okay, I feel like an idiot, but I have a device that I bought because it was advertised as a thumb drive but which is not. It does not fit in the USB port and is slightly wider (the flat way) and flatter. I got a bunch of other ones at the same time which are regular-sized and work fine. What...

I thought they were called memory sticks, at least, but it seems every time someone hands one over at work, they're called something different... Flash drive? Thumb drive? And other things that didn't register on my radar. What's the coolest geek term for these doovelackies?

I was using a 512 MB flash drive that I'd gotten free as part of a Staples promotional offer. It was working fine and I was using it to back up my schoolwork and writing projects-- up until just yesterday. All of a sudden, when I tried to copy files to it, Windows Explorer gave me the message...

A friend of mine called me yesterday saying he had by error erased some pictures from his digital camera (but had not replaced them with anything new), and asked if there was anyway they could be rescued. I answered that I was almost sure it couldn't be done. It can be done with Harddrives...