Doesn't it seem ...

USB Icon specification
Originally uploaded by MiShRaV.

... that the USB guys had way too much time at their hands. Huh :)

We'll actually I am saying it just for the sake of saying it. I like it that they went into this amount of detail. Logos are important, we all know that. And any good standard should go the distance of ensuring that all paraphernalia is as nice and proper as the standard itself. I wouldn't have liked it if people had come up with their own renditions of the icons.