Death to the inventor of the USB

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Death to the inventor of the USB

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Is it just me or does anybody else want to kill ( slowly and painfully ) the person who made it possible for a USB plug to only go in one way. It drives me mad when Im trying to plug something into the computer and it wont fit. :x :x :x :x :x
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Use a bigger hammer!! rofl
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Post by matt g »

and while your at it kill the barsteds that force you to use power plugs, cds, draws, doors, one ways, who do they think they are, :P

surely it cant be that hard to flip it 180, or are you one of those people who were born before the 80s
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Vulpes was born before the 50s
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MrBishi wrote:Vulpes was born before the 50s
Me to .They were good vintage years :beer
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Yeah those USB things are sooo tricky.... LOL
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Post by kiwi_EX »

I'm with Vulpes on this one!

I had to put stickers on my laptop mouse and keyboard plugs cause I got so sick and tired of trying to get them round the right way everyday.
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matt g wrote:and while your at it kill the barsteds that force you to use power plugs, cds, draws, doors, one ways, who do they think they are, :P

surely it cant be that hard to flip it 180, or are you one of those people who were born before the 80s
Its not hard, the states, china and Japan have this system in place already.
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matt g wrote:are you one of those people who were born before the 80s
I am, and I don't have a problem.
It's not an age thing, it's a background thing.
But maybe you're too young to understand that :P
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Early 60's thank you Rad ! and its not hard to turn it 180 deg I know but if you are going to design a plug that can only be plugged in one way DONT MAKE THE BLOODY THING RECTANGULAR thus allowing it to be attempted to be plugged in wrong. Look at the plug on the end of a micro usb etc its top is bigger than its bottom. You are correct it is a background thing, i am a builder, I make things fit for a living it just doesnt compute in my spacially aware mind to make a plug symetrical and have it work only one way.
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^^^^ On the Money!!!!
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Post by fugazi »

I totaly agree with you Vulpes, it's a plain stupid design!
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[quote="fugazi"]I totaly agree with you Vulpes, it's a plain stupid design!

Just lacking plain un common sense :roll:
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Post by Komeuppance »

Just wait for USB 3.0... it's even more rectangely.

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but so much faster
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