Talk:1892: USB Cables - Revision history

172.70.200.145: based on TT

2024-07-03T20:47:25Z

based on TT

2020-02-07T17:47:34Z

2017-12-15T15:56:09Z

2017-09-24T00:46:44Z

added Needs to be twisted to keep working

2017-09-21T20:24:57Z

Anatomy: sperm reply

2017-09-21T16:18:18Z

edit

2017-09-21T16:17:21Z

note on usb c: limiting the capabilities of a cable is part of the spec.

2017-09-21T13:01:16Z

2017-09-21T12:37:33Z

New category of USB cable.

2017-09-21T00:54:03Z

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	USB-A to micro-usb or USB-c yes, but also mini-usb. A lot of cheap mp3 players still use it in 2020. (And given the limited life expectancy a device can expect when it is playing podcasts to me, I am not going to use an expensive device for that.) 17:47, 7 February 2020 (UTC)		USB-A to micro-usb or USB-c yes, but also mini-usb. A lot of cheap mp3 players still use it in 2020. (And given the limited life expectancy a device can expect when it is playing podcasts to me, I am not going to use an expensive device for that.) 17:47, 7 February 2020 (UTC)
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		+	I'm definitely "needs to be twisted to keep working", as my colleagues know. If also "heavy and not very flexible". [[Special:Contributions/172.70.200.145\|172.70.200.145]] 20:47, 3 July 2024 (UTC)

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	Referring to title text, I am 'too short', as my charging cable is short.Boeing-787lover 15:56, 15 December 2017 (UTC)		Referring to title text, I am 'too short', as my charging cable is short.Boeing-787lover 15:56, 15 December 2017 (UTC)
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		+	USB-A to micro-usb or USB-c yes, but also mini-usb. A lot of cheap mp3 players still use it in 2020. (And given the limited life expectancy a device can expect when it is playing podcasts to me, I am not going to use an expensive device for that.) 17:47, 7 February 2020 (UTC)

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	>Needs to be twisted to keep working. Might have to do with the wire, but most likely (our case for the 12-footers) is that a dropped phone messed up the plug, that then will charge only if the wire and the phone are set "just so". We keep those wires because they are 12-footers, natch.		>Needs to be twisted to keep working. Might have to do with the wire, but most likely (our case for the 12-footers) is that a dropped phone messed up the plug, that then will charge only if the wire and the phone are set "just so". We keep those wires because they are 12-footers, natch.
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		+	Referring to title text, I am 'too short', as my charging cable is short.Boeing-787lover 15:56, 15 December 2017 (UTC)

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	And then there are all those cables I've saved in case I get a new device with that particular connector on the other end.		And then there are all those cables I've saved in case I get a new device with that particular connector on the other end.
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		+	>Needs to be twisted to keep working. Might have to do with the wire, but most likely (our case for the 12-footers) is that a dropped phone messed up the plug, that then will charge only if the wire and the phone are set "just so". We keep those wires because they are 12-footers, natch.

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	I honestly think this entire comic is a protracted anatomy joke. [[User:Elvenivle\|Elvenivle]] ([[User talk:Elvenivle\|talk]]) 00:54, 21 September 2017 (UTC)		I honestly think this entire comic is a protracted anatomy joke. [[User:Elvenivle\|Elvenivle]] ([[User talk:Elvenivle\|talk]]) 00:54, 21 September 2017 (UTC)
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		+	: At a first glance I thought the pictures on the left side were sperm. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.34.40\|162.158.34.40]] 20:24, 21 September 2017 (UTC)

	And then there are all those cables I've saved in case I get a new device with that particular connector on the other end.		And then there are all those cables I've saved in case I get a new device with that particular connector on the other end.

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 [[Special:Contributions/162.158.202.10|162.158.202.10]] 15:52, 20 September 2017 (UTC)
-:Not just an OEM thing. USB type C specification requires a smart chip inside the connector that communicates with the devices on each side and contains information about what protocols that cable is capable of, which pins are connected through, thunderbolt support, etc. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.63.22|162.158.63.22]] 16:17, 21 September 2017 (UTC)
+:Not just an OEM-being-dicks thing. USB type C specification requires a smart chip inside the connector that communicates with the devices on each side and contains information about what protocols that cable is capable of, which pins are connected through, thunderbolt support, etc. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.63.22|162.158.63.22]] 16:17, 21 September 2017 (UTC)
 I think Weird shape has to do with mould doing a 90 degree turn.

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 I think Weird shape has to do with mould doing a 90 degree turn.
 [[User:Trimutius|Trimutius]] ([[User talk:Trimutius|talk]]) 15:55, 20 September 2017 (UTC)
 I honestly think this entire comic is a protracted anatomy joke. [[User:Elvenivle|Elvenivle]] ([[User talk:Elvenivle|talk]]) 00:54, 21 September 2017 (UTC)
 And then there are all those cables I've saved in case I get a new device with that particular connector on the other end.

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	I honestly think this entire comic is a protracted anatomy joke. [[User:Elvenivle\|Elvenivle]] ([[User talk:Elvenivle\|talk]]) 00:54, 21 September 2017 (UTC)		I honestly think this entire comic is a protracted anatomy joke. [[User:Elvenivle\|Elvenivle]] ([[User talk:Elvenivle\|talk]]) 00:54, 21 September 2017 (UTC)
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		+	And then there are all those cables I've saved in case I get a new device with that particular connector on the other end.

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	I think Weird shape has to do with mould doing a 90 degree turn.		I think Weird shape has to do with mould doing a 90 degree turn.
	[[User:Trimutius\|Trimutius]] ([[User talk:Trimutius\|talk]]) 15:55, 20 September 2017 (UTC)		[[User:Trimutius\|Trimutius]] ([[User talk:Trimutius\|talk]]) 15:55, 20 September 2017 (UTC)
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		+	I honestly think this entire comic is a protracted anatomy joke. [[User:Elvenivle\|Elvenivle]] ([[User talk:Elvenivle\|talk]]) 00:54, 21 September 2017 (UTC)