Wow, it's amazing how far from the original subject this thread has gone... =} Andre (OP) On Jan 22, 2008 12:41 PM, Scott van Looy <scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Jan 23 Tim did spake thusly: > > > > On Mon, 2008-01-21 at 19:54 -0700, Craig White wrote: > >> and Tim proceeds to do technical specification dump on USB > >> specifications which I have no dispute with whatsoever except that my > >> real life experiences have mirrored that which I was told...a decent > >> USB cable should work for his standard USB 2.0 drive. > >> > >> What your axe is here, I don't know but myself, I tire when hearing > >> people dump endless technical detail that has proved to be irrelevant > >> in my experiences. > > > > Try "beyond your understanding," instead... > > > > You mentioned you were told that any decent cable should be fine. You > > were given information about why that's not really true. You contested > > that, you were given further details. Stop whinging. If you were > > expecting to be hear, "just plug it in, cross your fingers, and don't > > even think about what's involved," you're in the wrong place. > > > > If it works, good luck to you. But if it doesn't, now you (and anybody > > else) knows about one more thing to investigate while resolving the > > problem. And knowing about it from a point of fact, rather than > > conjecture that *maybe* the cable is bad, and a false belief that the > > cable couldn't be an issue. > > > > A lot of people will plug their drive into a cable, and it works as far > > as they're concerned. For some it does, for others they get drive > > errors, data corruption, and whatnot, but they still feel that their > > drive *works*, they don't see anything wrong with it, they'll carry on > > and proclaim all is well (thousands of Windows users, and the plethora > > of crap hardware that's continually sold in many computer stores, are a > > testament to that attitude). > > I had a similar conversation with a geek who wanted to know why I'd spent > a little more than I needed to for an HDMI cable. His view was "it's > digital, therefore it will either work or it won't", he used RJ45 as an > example...seemed not to be able to grasp that you get what you pay for and > that sometimes cables can slow down networks because of transmission > errors > > -- > Scott van Looy - email:me@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx | web:www.ethosuk.org.uk > site:www.freakcity.net - the in place for outcasts since 2003 > PGP Fingerprint: 7180 5543 C6C4 747B 7E74 802C 7CF9 E526 44D9 D4A7 > ------------------------------------------- > |/// /// /// /// WIDE LOAD /// /// /// ///| > ------------------------------------------- > > I can't wait for EDLIN to be ported for Windows. > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >
