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Article #618562Re: Landline telephone service Disappearing in 20 States
From: Charlie Gibbs
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2018 02:18
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2018 02:18
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On 2018-01-09, Bob Eager <news...@eager.cx> wrote: > 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. Could you run a little more hot water for me? Thanks. And pass me that rubber duck. -- /~\ cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid (Charlie Gibbs) \ / I'm really at ac.dekanfrus if you read it the right way. X Top-posted messages will probably be ignored. See RFC1855. / \ HTML will DEFINITELY be ignored. Join the ASCII ribbon campaign!
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