USB

[LA_MERC_MadMAX]

Techs thread about USB problems made me think of this...

How hard are the letters U S B to remember? Is there something in the human mind that natrually makes people forget those letters? Or perhaps the order of those letters in sequence?

I can't tell you how many times a day I am asked for UBS cables, UB cables, SBU cables, UBB cables, YouBeJoobey Cables...etc...

Why are the letters U S B so hard to remember?

And don't get me started on all the things people call "Flash Drives"!

[LA_MERC_th33_r00k]

My mem stick?

Portable remembering device?

My detachable brain thingy? (i.e. Not Power Cord Andy.)

Cool looking computer key chain?

"Not the floppy" stick?

[LA_MERC_MadMAX]

The most common one i get is "where are those things people stick in their computers".

[LA_MERC_th33_r00k]

The most common one i get is "where are those things people stick in their computers".

Do you tell them on Andyconda?

[LA_MERC_M@lACHi]

LOL!

[LA_MERC_LaTech]

When I used to work at the computer store, people were looking for "modiums" and "mega-chimps"...so it's an on-going problem.

[LA_MERC_YellowDog]

LOL!! and thought this problem only existed in automotive parts houses....

My favorite one of all time is a "Fuse Pump" IE. Fule Pump.

[LA_MERC_MadMAX]

Yeah - people still call computers "Modems". I love it when people come in and ask how much a modem is by itself (knowing well that they mean a computer without a monitor) and I take them to the pci and usb modems just to watch the confused look on thier faces when I show them the modems - 9 times out of 10 the same thing happens when they ask for Hard Drives.

[LA_MERC_th33_r00k]

Does anybody ever ask for a soft drive?

[LA_MERC_MadMAX]

No - but people still get mad when I tell them none of the computers we have come with Floppy drives anymore...