On Wed, 2010-02-24 at 13:42 -0700, Wendell Nichols wrote:
To make a long story short it seems to happen when I plug my blackberry in to charge!
It seems silly to use a $1000 computer to charge up something, instead of a $20 battery charger.
Considering that so many things use USB incorrectly (e.g. expect full power without negotiation, expect to be able to draw more current than the spec allows, etc.), I really dislike self-powered USB devices, and despise things that use USB merely as some sort of power supply.