begin quoting Carl Lowenstein as of Sun, Sep 11, 2005 at 11:13:49AM -0700: > On 9/10/05, Stewart Stremler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Firewire is *just* *as* *convenient* as USB, connection-wise. If not > > moreso... (I find that I almost always first try to plug in a USB > > connector the wrong way round. Why, I don't know.) > > I can think of three reasons. > 1) the USB cable end is externally symmetric, usually without any > orientation markings. > 2) the USB chassis end (A connector) is externally symmetric > 3) the USB chassis connector is frequently on the back side of the > computer where you can't see it very well.
I would expect all that to result in a 50% error rate, not a 90% error rate. :) > It would have been better to use hermaphroditic connectors, like the > GR 874 RF connectors. Y'know, even looking at diagrams, I can't picture what a GR 874 RF connector looks like. There are really two issues -- one is orientation, the other is end distinction. When I think of 'hermaphroditic', I visualize a connector that can connect to itself (rotating 180 degrees, presumably) -- the ends all look the same. -Stewart -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
