From: address@is.invalid   
      
   Paul,   
      
   > And that's why, if you look at the design of hot-plug   
   > devices, you will notice some contacts are longer than   
   > others and this is intended to make them "touch first"   
   > on insertion.   
      
   I know, you know, and most likely others do too.   
      
   And its the reason why you don't try to hot-plug a PATA drive. :-)   
      
   Regards,   
   Rudy Wieser   
      
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