Re: Another Ridiculous Cable Problem

Metal fatigues. And in a damp and oxygen rich atmosphere (eg the atmosphere
you are breathing right now) it oxidies [rusts] (unless it is solid gold or
heavily gold plated). If you *never* moved the the extension cable and lived
in a vacume it would last forever. Unfortunately, you probably moved you
keyboard from time to time or otherwise moved the extension cable. And unless
it was a truely gold or gold plated cable (in which case it would have more
than $1k), it oxidied (rusted). (Yes, NASA does routine use gold plated cables
for space craft, which is why spacecraft cost millions and millions of
dollars. And yes the electronics are in a vacume or in an inert gas
"atmosphere".)


At Thu, 19 Jun 2025 19:24:42 +0000 Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks> wrote:

 
Whenever I have problems I never suspect the cables.  Never.
 
Why should I?  What is a fucking cable?  It is copper or aluminum
strands soldered to a connector.  What could be fucking simpler?
Metal strands don't break under ordinary use.  Soldered connections
should never break either -- if done even remotely properly.
 
Consequently, when my USB keyboard kept disconnecting on one of my
GNU/Linux machines I suspected only the keyboard.  I ripped it out
and replace it with another.  But the problem recurred.
 
So I yanked out the USB extension cable and plugged the keyboard
directly, i.e. with no extension.
 
The problem disappeared.
 
Unbelievable!  Why can't these fucking cable manufacturers produce
a simple cable that will last forever?  Technically, it is a fucking
no brainer.
 
A check of Amazon (not that I would ever buy from them) reveals at
least 500 fucking pages of USB extension cables.  500 fucking pages!
 
So which one to buy?  They're likely all made in the same Chinese
factory.
 
A simple wire will last forever.  The same should be true for cables.
 
I make my own audio cables because I don't trust the Chinese junk.
My audio cables will last forever.
 
Unfortunately, I cannot make USB cables because the soldering is
too fine.  Therefore I must rely on these global (mainly Chinese)
manufacturers.
 
Which USB extension cables do you purchase?
 
 

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