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Half of the time logo is missing from cable or flash drive (especially designer drives). Another problem is not everyone is using laptops even today, and that m

by Yizahi 6y ago

Half of the time logo is missing from cable or flash drive (especially designer drives). Another problem is not everyone is using laptops even today, and that meme is originating from the times when laptops were much more rare and less usable. In the PC you just don't see whatever happens in the back when you are plugging in cables, especially since most of the time ports are vertical. And the meme itself comes probably from the fact that USB-A port needs rather precise positioning to connect. Even if you are inserting connector the right way from the start, you will most likely hit metal part of the connector against metal parts of the port at first try and it will cause you to doubt yourself. You then turn it (incorrectly) and fail again, turn again (correct now) and try connecting more slowly and precisely and only then it fits :)

eigenvector 6y ago
The absolute worst was a Dell laptop I had around 2008 with a combination USB-A/eSATA port. If you tried to plug a USB connector in upside down, you were basically connecting the USB pins of the device to the SATA part of the port and the computer would inexplicably reboot.
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andromeduck 6y ago
I think the second one is really the answer. Cheap laptops of the day had a lot of tolerance for the housing that lead into the port so if your weekend misangled you'd fit it pass the chassis but hit the edges of the PCB recepticle. I think new decides tend to have a rounded lip or some mating feature between the chassis and the PCB mounted recepticle so it's less of an issue. Higher end models often only have the tongue as part of the PCB leaving the outer bit to the chassis.
- wombatmobile 6y ago
  What voice recognition software are you using?
wombatmobile 6y ago
> Half of the time logo is missing from cable or flash drive The other half of the time the logo is faintly embossed in black on a black substrate that your ambient lighting is just dim enough to render not visible.

by Yizahi 6y ago

eigenvector 6y ago

The absolute worst was a Dell laptop I had around 2008 with a combination USB-A/eSATA port. If you tried to plug a USB connector in upside down, you were basically connecting the USB pins of the device to the SATA part of the port and the computer would inexplicably reboot.

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andromeduck 6y ago

I think the second one is really the answer. Cheap laptops of the day had a lot of tolerance for the housing that lead into the port so if your weekend misangled you'd fit it pass the chassis but hit the edges of the PCB recepticle. I think new decides tend to have a rounded lip or some mating feature between the chassis and the PCB mounted recepticle so it's less of an issue. Higher end models often only have the tongue as part of the PCB leaving the outer bit to the chassis.

wombatmobile 6y ago
What voice recognition software are you using?

wombatmobile 6y ago

> Half of the time logo is missing from cable or flash drive The other half of the time the logo is faintly embossed in black on a black substrate that your ambient lighting is just dim enough to render not visible.