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This became the second installment in the series of [[:Category:Cursed Connectors|Cursed Connectors]] and presents Cursed Connectors #65: The Universal Seat Belt. The series began two comics earlier with [[2493: Dual USB-C]] (#187) and was followed three weeks later by [[2503: Memo Spike Connector]] (#102). | This became the second installment in the series of [[:Category:Cursed Connectors|Cursed Connectors]] and presents Cursed Connectors #65: The Universal Seat Belt. The series began two comics earlier with [[2493: Dual USB-C]] (#187) and was followed three weeks later by [[2503: Memo Spike Connector]] (#102). | ||
β | The comic shows another of [[Randall|Randall's]] "Cursed Connectors", the "Universal {{w|Seat belt|Seat Belt}}" | + | The comic shows another of [[Randall|Randall's]] "Cursed Connectors", the "Universal {{w|Seat belt|Seat Belt}}", a pun on the Universal Serial Bus ({{w|USB}}) connector. |
USB connectors are mostly designed for free and unrestricted insertion and removal. There may be a slight use of the internal and external bumps and dimples to provide a tactile indication of being engaged or disengaged, but there are usually no facilities to prevent a connector being easily pulled out of even a port being actively used - the OS can do no more than complain that a device has been removed without first ensuring proper logical unmapping of the resource (which in turn may have to await a current session of data transfer being completed or aborted) or warn that a "delayed write" has failed. Anyone who has used USB in a frequently-jostled environment knows the connectors can't withstand much jerking around without their connection to their mainboard permanently failing. | USB connectors are mostly designed for free and unrestricted insertion and removal. There may be a slight use of the internal and external bumps and dimples to provide a tactile indication of being engaged or disengaged, but there are usually no facilities to prevent a connector being easily pulled out of even a port being actively used - the OS can do no more than complain that a device has been removed without first ensuring proper logical unmapping of the resource (which in turn may have to await a current session of data transfer being completed or aborted) or warn that a "delayed write" has failed. Anyone who has used USB in a frequently-jostled environment knows the connectors can't withstand much jerking around without their connection to their mainboard permanently failing. |