Cables suck. There, I said it.
This story got me thinking:
http://niemann.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/16/my-life-with-cables/Why does every single stinkin' power cable have a different tip, even when there's no good reason (like different voltage)? I have 50000 different power cables in a box, many of which are probably for stuff I don't have any more. I have cables for cellphones, for speakers, for wireless keyboard/mouse, camera, iPod, Blackberry, external harddrive, external cd drive, KVM switch, etc etc etc. Most of them are roughly the same voltage. Why do I need so many?
Imagine if you had to buy special lightbulbs from the socket manufacturer, or bread from the toaster folks, or cups from the juice cartel, or doorknobs or locks or harddrives or video cards or whatever. Luckily, those are all more or less standardized. So why not power cables?
I think it's totally ridiculous. When I go on vacation, I have to pack cables to charge my camera, two cellphones, mouse, and laptop. Whyyyyy?
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