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From: Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com>
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Subject: Re: Another Ridiculous Cable Problem
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2025 21:14:03 -0000 (UTC)
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Metal fatigues. And in a damp and oxygen rich atmosphere (eg the atmosphere
you are breathing right now) it oxidies [rusts] (unless it is solid gold or
heavily gold plated). If you *never* moved the the extension cable and lived
in a vacume it would last forever. Unfortunately, you probably moved you
keyboard from time to time or otherwise moved the extension cable. And unless
it was a truely gold or gold plated cable (in which case it would have more
than $1k), it oxidied (rusted). (Yes, NASA does routine use gold plated cables
for space craft, which is why spacecraft cost millions and millions of
dollars. And yes the electronics are in a vacume or in an inert gas
"atmosphere".)


At Thu, 19 Jun 2025 19:24:42 +0000 Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks> wrote:

> 
> Whenever I have problems I never suspect the cables.  Never.
> 
> Why should I?  What is a fucking cable?  It is copper or aluminum
> strands soldered to a connector.  What could be fucking simpler?
> Metal strands don't break under ordinary use.  Soldered connections
> should never break either -- if done even remotely properly.
> 
> Consequently, when my USB keyboard kept disconnecting on one of my
> GNU/Linux machines I suspected only the keyboard.  I ripped it out
> and replace it with another.  But the problem recurred.
> 
> So I yanked out the USB extension cable and plugged the keyboard
> directly, i.e. with no extension.
> 
> The problem disappeared.
> 
> Unbelievable!  Why can't these fucking cable manufacturers produce
> a simple cable that will last forever?  Technically, it is a fucking
> no brainer.
> 
> A check of Amazon (not that I would ever buy from them) reveals at
> least 500 fucking pages of USB extension cables.  500 fucking pages!
> 
> So which one to buy?  They're likely all made in the same Chinese
> factory.
> 
> A simple wire will last forever.  The same should be true for cables.
> 
> I make my own audio cables because I don't trust the Chinese junk.
> My audio cables will last forever.
> 
> Unfortunately, I cannot make USB cables because the soldering is
> too fine.  Therefore I must rely on these global (mainly Chinese)
> manufacturers.
> 
> Which USB extension cables do you purchase? 
> 
> 

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