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USB inventor explains why the connector was not designed to be reversible (www.pcgamer.com)
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[–] 28 points 3 years ago (5 children)

What a pathetic excuse. You know what's at the other end of a USB-A cable? A USB-B connector that didn't have the symmetry problem. Also, Firewire existed around the same time (in fact, slightly earlier) and didn't have the symmetry problem.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 years ago (4 children)

    FireWire was an amazing interface, and nothing has quite come as close. The ability for devices on a FireWire daisy chain to talk to each other without the computer being involved made it excellent for storage

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  • [–] 7 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    And excellent as an attack vector to crack computers you have physical access to.

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