What's wrong with USB sticks that you need 3 tries to plug them in correctly?
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What's wrong with USB sticks that you need 3 tries to plug them in correctly?
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Re: What's wrong with USB sticks that you need 3 tries to plug them in correctly?
#2I'll answer this like most of my software vendors do:
Please upgrade to USB-C to solve this issue, we are no longer supporting USB 3.0 or below.
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#3USB type A connectors are fermions with spin 1/2. You have to rotate them 720 degrees to orient them correctly.
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#4I really do not understand how people still have trouble with this. We've had years and years to get used to these plugs.
The 'top' of every USB-A plug I've ever seen is smooth, while the 'bottom' has a seam down the middle. And you can tell the receptacle's orientation from a glance just as easily, but you don't have to because the 'top' side of the plug should face the 'top' of the device it is plugging into in almost every consumer device I've used.
Top of plug = top of device. Easy. It seems more like a cheesy running joke that people just go along with at this point.
(Wow, of all the things to become a touchy subject...what am I doing with my life, typing stuff like this out? This isn't helping anyone. Please ignore my pedantic bullshit.)
Re: What's wrong with USB sticks that you need 3 tries to plug them in correctly?
#5USB type A connectors are fermions with spin 1/2. You have to rotate them 720 degrees to orient them correctly.
Sometimes I wish HN had gold. Thanks for the chuckle.
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#6I really do not understand how people still have trouble with this. We've had years and years to get used to these plugs. The 'top' of every USB-A plug I've ever seen is smooth, while the 'bottom' has a seam down the middle. And you can tell the receptacle's orientation from a glance just as easily, but you don't have to because the 'top' side of the plug should face the 'top' of the device it is plugging into in alm…
That seam is nearly invisible in the dark.
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#7USB type A connectors are fermions with spin 1/2. You have to rotate them 720 degrees to orient them correctly.
Re: What's wrong with USB sticks that you need 3 tries to plug them in correctly?
#8Here's a trick I use: most PC ports have the flat plastic (inside) on the top half [0], I have noticed. So, if you look at the USB dongle/stick/cord it will have some small holes punched in either flat side usually. Just look for the holes that aren't blocked by the flat plastic part [1] and make sure those are up, then you should get 95 percent of them correct.
[0] http://i.imgur.com/k09dgzL.png [1] http://i.imgur.com/6sChr0E.png
Re: What's wrong with USB sticks that you need 3 tries to plug them in correctly?
#9I really do not understand how people still have trouble with this. We've had years and years to get used to these plugs. The 'top' of every USB-A plug I've ever seen is smooth, while the 'bottom' has a seam down the middle. And you can tell the receptacle's orientation from a glance just as easily, but you don't have to because the 'top' side of the plug should face the 'top' of the device it is plugging into in alm…
That seam is nearly invisible in the dark.
Good point, but so is everything else you would be using it with.
I dunno, this is just one of those things that I can remember being annoying, but I can't remember the last time I actually experienced it.
Re: What's wrong with USB sticks that you need 3 tries to plug them in correctly?
#10I really do not understand how people still have trouble with this. We've had years and years to get used to these plugs. The 'top' of every USB-A plug I've ever seen is smooth, while the 'bottom' has a seam down the middle. And you can tell the receptacle's orientation from a glance just as easily, but you don't have to because the 'top' side of the plug should face the 'top' of the device it is plugging into in alm…
taking a quick look around my desk, and the slew of cables i have on it, i quickly find that less than 50% of my cables (many of which are popular and respected brands) do not conform to your description.
admit it. USB-A plugs are terribly designed.