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Article #618561Re: Landline telephone service Disappearing in 20 States
From: Bob Eager
Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2018 22:29
Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2018 22:29
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On Tue, 09 Jan 2018 18:20:19 -0400, Mike Spencer wrote: > Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> writes: > >> Not helping are the modern designs, especially Bluetooth headsets. >> It seems to be thought that the farther the microphone is from your >> mouth, the sexier it looks - but the more ambient noise it picks up as >> the gain increases to compensate for the increased distance from your >> mouth. A properly adjusted boom mic used in aviation or other noisy >> environments will almost touch your lips. (Hey, sort of like classic >> telephone receivers...) > > Sometimes for minimal values of "almost". > > In the not very distant past, working as a hospital nursing supervisor, > SWMBO unscrewed some of the phone mouthpieces used by nursing staff. > Deeply impregnated with congealed drool and other scum. Splendid growth > medium for pathogens. > > Where are telephone sanitizers when you need them? They went on the B Ark. -- Using UNIX since v6 (1975)... Use the BIG mirror service in the UK: http://www.mirrorservice.org
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