Death to the Trapezoid... Next USB Connector Will Be Reversible

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Death to the Trapezoid... Next USB Connector Will Be Reversible

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Wednesday December 4, 2013 @01:48AM from the suffer-no-more dept.

TheRealHocusLocus writes "Extreme bandwidth is nice, intelligent power management is cool... but folks should be spilling into the streets in thankful praise that the next generation miniature USB connector will fit either way. All told — just how many intricate miracle devices have been scrapped in their prime — because a tiny USB port was mangled? For millennia untold chimpanzees and people have been poking termite mounds with round sticks. I for one am glad to see round stick technology make its way into consumer electronics. Death to the trapezoid, bring back the rectangle! So... since we're on roll here... how many other tiny annoyances that lead to big fails are out there?" The new connector will be smaller too.

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fit both ways by Chrisq · 2013-12-04 01:51 · Score: 5, Funny

That's immoral
1. Re:fit both ways by NoNonAlphaCharsHere · 2013-12-04 02:08 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Ruins the sanctity of cabling.
Re:Even worse... by clickclickdrone · 2013-12-04 02:12 · Score: 5, Funny

I find if I go to plug in a USB connector, it's best to change your mind at the last minute and turn it over because you're *always* wrong first time.

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Re:Even worse... by JackieBrown · 2013-12-04 02:24 · Score: 5, Funny

I find if I go to plug in a USB connector, it's best to change your mind at the last minute and turn it over because you're *always* wrong first time.
Unfortunately, the only times that I would not be wrong the first time are the times I do this. There is no way to win.
Re:Even worse... by Thanshin · 2013-12-04 02:28 · Score: 5, Funny

Damn it, Jim, a spin-1/2 connector!
USB connections are quantum entangled. At the other side of the wormhole there's a reality where you've spent your entire life getting the usb in in the first try.
In that reality you're rich and powerful.
Re:Even worse... by DaPhil · 2013-12-04 03:02 · Score: 5, Funny

USB plugs only fit in after they are observed, Before that, they are in superposition. See http://www.funnyjunk.com/funny_pictures/4555650/The+Quantum+state+of+a+USB/ for an explanation.
Re:Small Connectors by Megane · 2013-12-04 03:15 · Score: 5, Funny

I also prefer regular-sized USB because it also fits into an Ethernet jack, so it can take you THREE times to get it right.

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Re:Apple All Over Again by phobos512 · 2013-12-04 03:25 · Score: 5, Funny

I've no use for a protocol droid. What I do need is someone who can understand the binary language of moisture vaporators.
Re:Even worse... by Anonymous Coward · 2013-12-04 03:32 · Score: 5, Funny

That is what you get for using a Universal Schrodinger Bus connector.
Re:Small Connectors by Anonymous Coward · 2013-12-04 04:00 · Score: 5, Funny

I greatly prefer regular-sized USB to micro-USB, they sit much better in the slot.
oh, c'mon, that is SO what she said!