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Old 12-05-2013, 04:35 PM   #61
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Yep. The question is why? What problem is being solved by making a universal connector? I can't see any problem with the current connectors but I can't see any real problem arising with the new ones either. I dislike change for the sake of change, which is what this seems to be, but I doubt if my dislike will affect anything.
One cable to rule them all. Just pick one and connect your phone to your PC, or your monitor to your PC, or your keyboard to your phone, ...
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Old 12-05-2013, 04:43 PM   #62
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Oh goody. Another different connector.
That's the good thing about standards - there are so many different ones to choose from .
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Old 12-05-2013, 04:58 PM   #63
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I work in a Navy yard (for 30 more days), but I was in the Army when I was an enlisted man. Port is a drink. I'm guessing Starboard is a Star Trek board game.
When you are facing the front of the ship port is to the left and starboard is to the right.

Port is also a good winter drink, better consumed indoors and away from the ship.
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Old 12-05-2013, 06:15 PM   #64
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That's the good thing about standards - there are so many different ones to choose from .
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Old 12-05-2013, 07:24 PM   #65
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When you are facing the front of the ship port is to the left and starboard is to the right.

Port is also a good winter drink, better consumed indoors and away from the ship.
If the ship's heading home port is ahead. If it's leaving then it's astern. (And it's fine to drink port aboard the ship as long as you're not the helmsman or navigator. And probably not the captain either although I've seen many captains that were better off when drunk-at least then the crew knew not to pay any attention to them.)
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Old 12-05-2013, 08:36 PM   #66
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I have a Micro USB with the symbol and a B in a square on one side. UP on devices with an obvious front. On the Back side U[sub]L[/sub] and other markings.
Forget the 'Braille' method (I wear XL gloves) on those.

I don't think it is asking a lot to make an easy/non-confusing tactile mark.
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Old 12-06-2013, 01:43 AM   #67
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It's tiresome to have to make three attempts to plug my micro-USB-to-mini-USB cable from my smartphone into my DAC.

I can't wait for the new standard so that I can make three attempts to use my Type-C adapter to plug my micro-USB-to-mini-USB cable from my next smartphone into my DAC.

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Old 12-06-2013, 11:49 AM   #68
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It's tiresome to have to make three attempts to plug my micro-USB-to-mini-USB cable from my smartphone into my DAC.

I can't wait for the new standard so that I can make three attempts to use my Type-C adapter to plug my micro-USB-to-mini-USB cable from my next smartphone into my DAC.
Wireless. That's the best solution. Don't know what DAC you use but some are wireless.
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Old 12-06-2013, 12:32 PM   #69
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Wireless. That's the best solution. Don't know what DAC you use but some are wireless.
The considerable benefit of the wired solution is that it also provides power.
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Old 12-06-2013, 12:55 PM   #70
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The one device I had in the past which I hated with a vengeance with regard to USB-connections was an Iiyama touchscreen. It required an A connector on both ends.

Do you KNOW how hard it was to find a 3m USB A-A cable anywhere (at least, 5-6 years ago)?
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Wireless. That's the best solution. Don't know what DAC you use but some are wireless.
I was kidding, Calvin! Perhaps reading the XKCD strip quoted a few posts ago left me sounding a Hank too deadpan.

I'm with you on the wireless solution to some extent: I charge my Android devices wirelessly while using the USB ports exclusively for digital audio.

So far, I haven't heard a bluetooth DAC that could compete with the wired kind, but I do expect wireless 24/192 to become a practical reality one of these years.
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I charge my Android devices wirelessly
An inductive coupling pad, or something more exotic?

(I want devices to be powered by ambient RF energy, or better still, by cosmic rays, like the watch in "The Girl, the Gold Watch and Everything.")
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An inductive coupling pad, or something more exotic?

(I want devices to be powered by ambient RF energy, or better still, by cosmic rays, like the watch in "The Girl, the Gold Watch and Everything.")
Just a standard Qi charger, really (i.e., the device you've just mentioned) -- the main purpose being to dedicate the USB port of my devices to music. (Another application might be to travel with a really inexpensive Qi charger and keep your more expensive devices in sealed plastic bags along with your clothes -- especially if you stay in seedy urban hotels!)

While I've never read that particular book, I used to have a literate girlfriend who swore by it. She also worked as an escort briefly before I knew her, so I like to think she discovered The Girl, the Gold Watch &tc. in some sordid scenario, perhaps involving a special reading room for mercenary cigar aficionados.

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It used to be the case that cords you plugged in multiple times a day were reversible, while cords that you were expected to leave plugged in often weren't.

Headphone jacks (1/4" or 3.5 mm) work like this, as do the once-ubiquitous round tip AC adapters. VGA cables, HDMI cables, ethernet cables, serial cables, etc. all required a specific orientation...but that didn't matter because you were mostly going to leave things plugged in. This was the original idea with USB, too - you'd use it for things like mice and keyboards and hard drives and printers, plus the occasional camera...but very few people would be plugging their cameras in 20 times a day. And certainly no one considered that you would be doing this in the dark.

But of course the use case is very different now, so I'm glad that they are going back to the old standard of "frequent use=reversible".
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I still think this is one of those first world problems....

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