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Re: media reliability

From Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.system
Subject Re: media reliability
Date 2015-02-23 18:03 +1300
Organization Aioe.org NNTP Server
Message-ID <230220151803101925%YourName@YourISP.com> (permalink)
References (1 earlier) <789746ba-348f-4040-af38-4b76b48960f2@googlegroups.com> <230220150936119311%YourName@YourISP.com> <54ea67e5$0$46591$c3e8da3$9b4ff22a@news.astraweb.com> <mcdv8o$vrr$1@dont-email.me> <54ea8f74$0$42993$c3e8da3$5e5e430d@news.astraweb.com>

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In article <54ea8f74$0$42993$c3e8da3$5e5e430d@news.astraweb.com>,
Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> wrote:

> In article <mcdv8o$vrr$1@dont-email.me>, Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net> 
> wrote:
> 
> > Plug any USB item in upside down, and nothing will happen. This is 
> > because of how the connector is laid out. Electrically speaking, it'll 
> > be exactly the same as plugging in a piece of cardboard. Someone MAY be 
> > able to jam it into the socket (whether right side up or upside down) in 
> > such a way as to cause physical damage, but a USB plug can only make 
> > electrical connection with the socket it's being plugged into when the 
> > plug is "right side up".
> 
> Fair enough, but some of them are metal -- can plugging it in upside 
> down cause a short of some kind? I know that sounds uninformed, but I've 
> still never really come to terms with "hot-swapping" (even though I do 
> it).

The "metal" of the USB drive (usually they're plastic) won't be a
conductive metal ... if it was, then the USB drive wouldn't work since
the normal connectors would short across the "metal" holding them.

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media reliability Frank <gno52@windstream.net> - 2015-02-18 04:00 -0800
  Re: media reliability Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-02-18 08:15 -0500
    Re: media reliability Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2015-02-18 09:24 -0500
      Re: media reliability Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-02-18 13:03 -0500
        Re: media reliability Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-02-19 00:03 +0000
          Re: media reliability John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2015-02-19 04:59 +0000
            Re: media reliability Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-02-19 12:53 +0000
              Re: media reliability John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2015-02-20 02:51 +0000
            Re: media reliability Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-02-19 08:44 -0500
              Re: media reliability John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2015-02-20 03:23 +0000
                Re: media reliability Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-02-20 07:42 -0500
                Re: media reliability John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2015-02-21 06:05 +0000
              Re: media reliability Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-02-20 04:51 +0000
            Re: media reliability Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2015-02-19 08:49 -0500
          Re: media reliability Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-02-19 08:38 -0500
          Re: media reliability Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-02-19 17:12 +0000
            Re: media reliability Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net> - 2015-02-19 11:45 -0800
              Re: media reliability Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2015-02-19 22:24 +0000
              Re: media reliability Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-02-20 13:10 +1300
                Re: media reliability Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net> - 2015-02-19 17:14 -0800
                Re: media reliability Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-02-19 20:41 -0500
                Re: media reliability Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net> - 2015-02-19 18:11 -0800
                Re: media reliability Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-02-20 18:15 +1300
                Re: media reliability David Ritz <dritz@mindspring.com> - 2015-02-19 20:32 -0600
                Re: media reliability Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-02-20 07:36 -0500
                Re: media reliability Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-02-20 07:51 -0500
                Re: media reliability John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2015-02-20 03:33 +0000
                Re: media reliability Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net> - 2015-02-19 19:57 -0800
                Re: media reliability Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2015-02-20 09:44 +0000
                Re: media reliability John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2015-02-21 06:10 +0000
                Re: media reliability Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2015-02-21 10:23 +0000
                Re: media reliability Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-02-21 10:33 -0500
                Re: media reliability Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-02-22 15:33 +0000
                Re: media reliability Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-02-22 09:51 +1300
                Re: media reliability Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net> - 2015-02-21 13:09 -0800
                Re: media reliability John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2015-02-22 03:30 +0000
    Re: media reliability isw <isw@witzend.com> - 2015-02-18 09:40 -0800
      Re: media reliability John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2015-02-19 05:06 +0000
    Re: media reliability Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> - 2015-02-18 19:31 -0500
      Re: media reliability Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2015-02-18 19:38 -0500
      Re: media reliability Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-02-19 13:55 +1300
        Re: media reliability John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2015-02-19 05:17 +0000
          Re: media reliability Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-02-19 19:02 +1300
            Re: media reliability Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-02-19 09:09 -0500
              Re: media reliability Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-02-20 09:12 +1300
      Re: media reliability Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-02-19 08:57 -0500
  Re: media reliability Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2015-02-18 09:24 -0500
  Re: media reliability Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2015-02-18 19:20 -0500
    Re: media reliability John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2015-02-19 05:33 +0000
      Re: media reliability Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-02-19 19:15 +1300
        Re: media reliability Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net> - 2015-02-18 23:22 -0800
        Re: media reliability Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2015-02-19 08:39 -0500
          Re: media reliability John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2015-02-20 03:21 +0000
            Re: media reliability Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-02-20 18:46 +1300
              Re: media reliability John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2015-02-21 06:04 +0000
                Re: media reliability Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-02-21 10:36 -0500
                Re: media reliability Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-02-22 15:32 +0000
                Re: media reliability Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-02-22 09:48 +1300
                Re: media reliability Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net> - 2015-02-21 13:08 -0800
                Re: media reliability John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2015-02-22 03:40 +0000
                Re: media reliability Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-02-22 17:42 +1300
      Re: media reliability Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2015-02-19 08:36 -0500
        Re: media reliability John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2015-02-20 03:10 +0000
          Re: media reliability Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2015-02-20 08:19 -0500
      Re: media reliability Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-02-19 09:15 -0500
        Re: media reliability Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-02-20 09:19 +1300
          Re: media reliability John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2015-02-20 03:28 +0000
          Re: media reliability Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2015-02-21 11:01 -0500
            Re: media reliability Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-02-21 15:03 -0500
              Re: media reliability Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-02-22 09:57 +1300
                Re: media reliability Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2015-02-21 19:33 -0500
    Re: media reliability Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-02-19 13:02 +0000
      Re: media reliability John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2015-02-20 02:56 +0000
        Re: media reliability Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-02-20 04:43 +0000
  Re: media reliability Frank <gno52@windstream.net> - 2015-02-22 03:24 -0800
    Re: media reliability Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-02-23 09:36 +1300
      Re: media reliability Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-02-22 18:36 -0500
        Re: media reliability Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-02-23 13:24 +1300
        Re: media reliability Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net> - 2015-02-22 17:23 -0800
          Re: media reliability Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-02-22 21:24 -0500
            Re: media reliability Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net> - 2015-02-22 19:13 -0800
              Re: media reliability Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-02-22 23:13 -0500
            Re: media reliability Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-02-23 18:03 +1300
  Re: media reliability Frank <gno52@windstream.net> - 2015-02-23 02:59 -0800
    Re: media reliability John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2015-02-23 07:00 -0800
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