That saves you no cables. In a star topology, you'd still have just one cable for each device, just like you do with daisy chaining. Bonus being that you can put a hub 10 feet from your computer (buy one long cable) and then connect a bunch of devices with standard length cables 10 feet away.

@McMike: You like the idea of having to mend a chain when you want to remove a device from the middle? Enjoy.

@BazookaJoe: I never understood the allure of glossy screens.

@sebbamok: Complete because I go to press 'm' and hit 'Send'.

@sebbamok: I'm constantly sending messages that aren't com

I think this over simplifies hardware advances. I'm not going to deny that software hasn't advanced, but it's not the software algorithms that have made stunning graphics on our desktops possible. Those algorithms have been around for a long time. Insanely powerful dedicated graphics processors have made this…

@Ryan: Your humor is a little blunt.

The 3.5" replacement was actually a replacement. Like a step from USB 1.1 to 2.0, but with a form factor change. Serial lingers because it still has use. It is a shit-easy-to-implement bidirectional data pipe.

@roundfileit: I use my mind to actuate buttons with a mechanical action. These buttons would confound me.

@Boj: I personally like having an actual latch holding my computer closed.

LightPeak offers few advantages and many disavantages. If, somehow, the USB-IF doesn't manage to stay competetive over the next few iterations, then LightPeak could find a home, but it will still be just a home next the USB port.

Everyone already has a plethora of USB devices, so USB ports aren't going anywhere, and since USB-IF is smart, those ports that stick around to support your old peripherals will support your new USB 3 ones, too!

Serial is still used a lot outside of the consumer world for the simple reason that you can take a microcontroller and add a PC interface with literally a handful of assembly instructions. USB and other faster, higher-level protocols take massive amounts of codespace comparatively. All my desktops at home still have…

No, I just don't talk about FireWire ever.

It's worth noting that even though you can have 127 devices per USB host, you can only daisy chain five hubs deep.

@Denver is too damn high: Goes well with Pirate sets.

@Inphoarius: I'm going to let you in on a little secret. The precursor to the Segway was a wheel chair. Dean Kamen invented the wheel chair version in the 90's (see photo), and the modern Segway came around in the 2000's.

Fiber Optic cables are cheap, but fiber optic cables don't have copper conductors run in the same package with them. This is more difficult to manufacture than standard multi-conductor cables, and terminating them is going to be a bit of a bitch. There's also a higher likelihood of breaking them if you kink it. I…

@Justin: I think you will thank whomever is responsible for removing the light when it comes time to purchase cables. A single cable with fibre optics and copper isn't going to be cheap.

iPod Touch, iPhone, and iPad are all solid state MLC NAND Flash. Easiest way to tell is that the storage goes in powers of 2. Of course, that's not always reliable, and they could make a 48 GB iPhone if they wanted to. Hard disks usually go in odd sizes depending on what the latest technology lets them fit on a…