How many USB cables do you own?

Probably a dozen pre-rolled, plus connectors, crimping tool and about half a spool left of cat-5.

some next level shit!

crimping tool? I use my teeth!

I hate wireless networks...it was worth the trouble to wire up my house. Ran it all in the crawlspace underneath, no need to tear up walls.

Probably a dozen pre-rolled, plus connectors, crimping tool and about half a spool left of cat-5.

Is "USB cable" a stand-in for any kind of computer cable? Because in that case things are really awful at my house. I mean, I have goddamned rubbermaid tubs of this shit.

Shit, I was confusing USB and ethernet cables.

1 cable, if we're only counting USB-to-ethernet cables.

Prob at least 2 mini, 1 micro, 2 ipod, extension cable.

Also usb to 2 x 3.5mm jack for singstar microphones

oh, and a square-plug kind for my desktop cutting gadget.

Wait, so according to this poll, 3 is way too many for a human being to have? I own more than 2 USB hubs!

I was thinking the options would be more like

• what's a USB cable?
• one
• a couple
• half a dozen
• are you kidding? I have a massive BOX full of USB cables, electrical cables, musical cables, patch cords, wire, there cannot *be* an electronic or electric based connection need that I cannot meet

...and I'm thinking most if not all of ILX would fall into that last category!

(Though I did spend about 20 minutes chasing down a kettle cord during a session the other day - I bet Erol freaking Alkan doesn't have to find his own kettle cords, dammit.)

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I always have one less than I actually need

Yeah surely everyone who uses PCs has at least 2 or 3 USB cables - one for your mouse, one for your kbd (if not a laptop), one for digital camera transfer. In my case I also have USB cables for a printer, 2 MIDI controller keyboards, another 2 cameras, and my ipod.

mouse, keyboard, camera, ipod, 2 for external hds, edirol, probably a bunch more i'm forgetting

a rats-nest worth, however many that comes to

is a "rats nest" more or fewer cables than a "snake orgy" (as one support client used to call it)?

What's an USB cable? Is it just any cable that connects to your computer? Because then I have 4: one for the mouse, one for the keyboard, one for the screen, and one for the modem.

oh come on now

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=usb+cable
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB
http://images.google.co.uk/images?q=usb%20cable

I read the Wikipedia article, but it isn't very clear on whether all computer cables are "USB cables", or whether it's merely some subset of computer cables.

USB is intended to replace many legacy varieties of serial and parallel ports. USB can connect computer peripherals such as mice, keyboards, PDAs, gamepads and joysticks, scanners, digital cameras, printers, personal media players, flash drives, and external hard drives. For many of those devices USB has become the standard connection method.

How do I know if my cables are USB or not?

Where is option for ( ) I'm sure it's more than two but I can never find one when I need one so maybe some kind of very specialised black hole has opened up and I don't actually have any?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB#Types_of_USB_connector

Okay, once I get home I will check if my cables looks like those pictures.

i'm talking about the kind that are FLAT on one end and TEENY on the other

every product sold anywhere in the world is now apparently obliged to be packaged with one whether you need it or not

So a mouse cable isn't an USB cable, because it has a mouse on one end?

staring into the USBs of mystery

c on usb's

(xxpost) maybe there should be another poll for how many unopened USB cables you own? (ie, they are unopened because you already have several of that type already)

i'm talking about the kind that are FLAT on one end and TEENY on the other

every product sold anywhere in the world is now apparently obliged to be packaged with one whether you need it or not

If people have spare USB cables lying about, does anyone happen to have one for a Sony CyberShot DSC-S700, as I've no idea where ours is.

one for camera, 3 for external hdds, one for modem (actually, 2 as they supplied a spare), 3 for various mp3 players over the years = 8 or 9 (with 3 different end connectors). two more at work. and one extension cable. not counting usb things that plug in, like mice(1) and usb sticks(2).

I have one for the iPod (to a dock), a USB extension cable terminating on the desk so I don't have to pivot the imac around to plug things into it, and two normal-to-small ones, that are in a drawer and never get used because I bought a card-reader to plug into the extension cable. I have fuckloads of all denominations at work.

the ones that really cheese me off are the camera cables that are exactly like the 100000 other ones you have except that the teeny end doesn't have the flange on it, it's just a smooth flat D/U shape - FOR WHAT?? just so that you grab the wrong one every time?? HAHA GOOD ONE, HILARIOUS

I think at least 10...let's see

Mp3 players = 3, scanners = 2, cameras = 2, printer = 2, mouse = 1, misc = X

(xpost) Otherwise known as the "A to mini-B" type, or the "FFS manufacturers, leave enough space around the cocking socket" type...

camera, phone, mp3 players (2), external drives (2), printer, misc (4) of various lengths, usb sticks (2).

yes, proprietary usb connectors must die. 5 pins should be enough for anyone.

Classic thread.

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hahahaha

Tuomfox.

lol

My bf's dad made a jury-rig USB cable with a flat board pinout that would fit into the charger on a Nintendo DS, so I could charge it over USB. Totally worked, why Nintendo dont make one I dont know.

A friend of mine fucked his PC a couple months ago when he forced in a USB cable backward. It caused a short and then the machine would just crash randomly (and frequently). The rectangular form factor is a bad idea, but even 6-pin firewire is no better, since it's possible to perform a very similar short when you almost plug it in backward.

This is why it is

a - important to be awake and alert when doing computer stuff

b - important to not just jam it in harder if it doesn't connect easily

In all fairness to my friend, I have had USB plugging opportunities where the plug did not go in w/o hard jamming even when correctly oriented.

Yeah same, when the port and/or plug is stupidly designed with too much plastic shit around it for eg, I've almost stuffed up a few times. I always make sure the forked logo is topwise now.

Unfortunately, many computer manufacturers mount USB ports sideways, so that wisdom may fail.

Ech, good point.

I was cleaning the house and found a million USB-A to USB-B cables. Where did these come from? Did I keep throwing out printers and hoarding the device cables? I'll never remember.

One for every external harddrive I bought plus one for every time I bought a spare for phone charger and already had one.
So I think I have a few that are still working lying around.

Smoking, whiskey, USB cables - you ilxors are a bunch of degenerates

A lot of new devices that use a USB 2.0 A-B cable don't come with a cable any more (HP I'm looking at you and your printers in particular).

Had to order a Lightning to USB-B cable for a guitar pedal today. I think the only variety I don’t own is USB-B to B.

One less than I used to have - the long one, the most useful one - broke at the micro end. Next longest one is about a foot shorter.

Seems ridiculous having to buy another given I have 3000 of the things.