Path: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Robert Heller Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Another Ridiculous Cable Problem Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2025 21:14:03 -0000 (UTC) Organization: Deepwoods Software Lines: 59 Message-ID: <1031uir$4o3a$1@dont-email.me> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2025 23:14:03 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="08f6f8c6eb7c8f8d1292b7e9b96f45a9"; logging-data="155754"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19El5Fisiq+St1gIXcsoWZyDotii+JpgHs=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:3clgsBtlfMnUMaQ+hyqK0M/2bbw= In-Reply-To: Originator: heller@sharky5.deepsoft.com X-Newsreader: TkNews 3.0 (1.2.20) 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 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? > > -- Robert Heller -- Cell: 413-658-7953 GV: 978-633-5364 Deepwoods Software -- Custom Software Services http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Linux Administration Services heller@deepsoft.com -- Webhosting Services