I ain't no anthropologist, but: 1. If you find stones away from where they would have been quarried or carried by water. 2. If you find animal/human remains on the stones. 3. If you find stone marks on animal/human remains. 4. If you find the quarry. 5. You find them in trash piles.
And you still won't admit that electrical is more of a mess than smartphone audio. Amazing.
In this country (US) we have grounded and ungrounded outlets and plugs, two common lightbulb bases (and probably a dozen less common), two different voltages with several types of outlet shapes depending on the voltage and grounding scheme. This is without even getting into phase, which is mostly commercial. I don't know what country you are in, but I think you'll find more electrical connections than smart phone audio connections wherever you are. And the world gets on just fine.
We have you beat! We still have an analog TV - 23" I think. Though to be fair, you can watch "TV" on any of our tablets or laptops - and that's what the kids do. We are about to buy a real TV for our living room and I'll properly surround-sound it for movies... but I suspect only us old folks will really use it.
And BTW, It's a good thing you don't know much about audio connectors.
It's not my profession, but you sure don't want to admit that there are only 3 types of audio connections on cell phones for headphones.
I have a drawer full of audio adapters and a box full of cables: 1/4" (mono and stereo) for the musical instruments and old-school receiver, 2.5mm stereo(?) for a dictaphone, RCA for a lot of interconnections, banana plugs for speakers, TOSLINK, even a USB sound card (essentially the same as the dongles we are discussing) and a dongle to siphon off HDMI to audio. But none of that shitshow applies to this discussion.
Wait, didn't you admonish me for only responding to part of your post? So then I list outlet sockets, voltages, frequencies, and bulb sockets and you cherry-pick only the frequencies?
No, my comments were about a particular country [slashdot.org].
How convenient for you. It's a good thing you don't travel.
Please provide an example of a phone with something other than a USB-C, Lightning, or 1/8" jack for headphones. I'm aware that some higher-end audio equipment continues to come with 1/4" jacks, but I don't see how that's relevant - especially given how you are right back to a "dongle".
"Extreme" sounds like the wrong word - maybe "rude"? In that case, I apologize - I was just so taken by the absurdity of the analogy that I didn't really take the rest of your post very seriously.
Anyway, the world has at least 4 common plug types, several different voltages, and at least 2 different frequencies so I'm not sure that is analogous. This is without getting into the dozens or maybe hundreds of competing lightbulb socket standards. USB-C, Lightning, and 1/8" headphones is only 3 options - so we're actually already better off in the headphone department than we are with electricity.
1/8" jacks are also delicate and, due to being a long-ass lever, at least as likely to damage your phone. You can buy splitter dongles that let you charge and use headphones at the same time - but I've never tried one.
In city livin', you don't keep anything in your back pocket. But if I had to choose between wallet and phone, the phone gets the back pocket. Keys, loose change, other hard and sharp things occupy the other front pocket - so short of a fanny pack (bum bag for our overseas friends) or a European carryall in the back pocket it goes. It's probably why my phones only last 2 years.
I don't buy this "people are being sheeple" thing. There are dozens (hundreds?) of smart phones to choose from... it's actually overwhelming. That the two top makers are getting rid of the port in their flagship devices has to indicate at least some market acceptance at the very high end.
Well, sort-of. The timing would change in a binary fashion if the temperature went either below or above a threshold. Same with the pressure - it was meant to indicate pressure loss (as it was gas-filled). So the temperature and pressure "measurement" were more of a failure analysis tool than a scientific instrument. But engineering at that level is still "science" IMHO.
On the display at the Air and Space Museum it says it was provided by Art Dula. He's a "space lawyer":)
I have no idea how he got it, but it's probably not that interesting - he's worked extensively with Russians on various space projects. I'm sure many obscure artifacts became available after the Cold War and people like Mr. Dula snatched them up.
I'd get a dongle for every device. If the headphones are crappy enough that they aren't "worth" a dongle, then you'd probably be happy with Bluetooth anyway.
Why not? They used the signal to measure atmospheric characteristics and the ionosphere. Sure it only went "beep-beep-beep", but it was the first time something went "beep-beep-beep" up there and at least some science was conducted.
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I ain't no anthropologist, but:
1. If you find stones away from where they would have been quarried or carried by water.
2. If you find animal/human remains on the stones.
3. If you find stone marks on animal/human remains.
4. If you find the quarry.
5. You find them in trash piles.
Bingo logic. I have a new word.
Because they are both awesome :)
You might even say that the comparison is absurd.
And you still won't admit that electrical is more of a mess than smartphone audio. Amazing.
In this country (US) we have grounded and ungrounded outlets and plugs, two common lightbulb bases (and probably a dozen less common), two different voltages with several types of outlet shapes depending on the voltage and grounding scheme. This is without even getting into phase, which is mostly commercial. I don't know what country you are in, but I think you'll find more electrical connections than smart phone audio connections wherever you are. And the world gets on just fine.
have a 720 32" TV.
We have you beat! We still have an analog TV - 23" I think. Though to be fair, you can watch "TV" on any of our tablets or laptops - and that's what the kids do. We are about to buy a real TV for our living room and I'll properly surround-sound it for movies... but I suspect only us old folks will really use it.
Isn't that Calvin and Hobbes?
And BTW, It's a good thing you don't know much about audio connectors.
It's not my profession, but you sure don't want to admit that there are only 3 types of audio connections on cell phones for headphones.
I have a drawer full of audio adapters and a box full of cables: 1/4" (mono and stereo) for the musical instruments and old-school receiver, 2.5mm stereo(?) for a dictaphone, RCA for a lot of interconnections, banana plugs for speakers, TOSLINK, even a USB sound card (essentially the same as the dongles we are discussing) and a dongle to siphon off HDMI to audio. But none of that shitshow applies to this discussion.
Not doing very well, are we ?
Wait, didn't you admonish me for only responding to part of your post? So then I list outlet sockets, voltages, frequencies, and bulb sockets and you cherry-pick only the frequencies?
No, my comments were about a particular country [slashdot.org].
How convenient for you. It's a good thing you don't travel.
Do you even have a point ?
Yes, 3 headphone jacks is not a big deal.
Japan.
Strawman? You are the one who brought up electrical power, and I'm directly addressing your comments.
Please provide an example of a phone with something other than a USB-C, Lightning, or 1/8" jack for headphones. I'm aware that some higher-end audio equipment continues to come with 1/4" jacks, but I don't see how that's relevant - especially given how you are right back to a "dongle".
"Extreme" sounds like the wrong word - maybe "rude"? In that case, I apologize - I was just so taken by the absurdity of the analogy that I didn't really take the rest of your post very seriously.
Anyway, the world has at least 4 common plug types, several different voltages, and at least 2 different frequencies so I'm not sure that is analogous. This is without getting into the dozens or maybe hundreds of competing lightbulb socket standards. USB-C, Lightning, and 1/8" headphones is only 3 options - so we're actually already better off in the headphone department than we are with electricity.
No - I'm just pointing out that invoking Hitler is a little bit on the extreme side when talking about which shape an electrical connection should be.
1/8" jacks are also delicate and, due to being a long-ass lever, at least as likely to damage your phone. You can buy splitter dongles that let you charge and use headphones at the same time - but I've never tried one.
In city livin', you don't keep anything in your back pocket. But if I had to choose between wallet and phone, the phone gets the back pocket. Keys, loose change, other hard and sharp things occupy the other front pocket - so short of a fanny pack (bum bag for our overseas friends) or a European carryall in the back pocket it goes. It's probably why my phones only last 2 years.
Did you just Godwin a discussion about headphones?
LPs are so last year - now they are buying compact cassette tapes!
(I'm only sort-of joking.)
What is the model? That interests me :)
I don't buy this "people are being sheeple" thing. There are dozens (hundreds?) of smart phones to choose from... it's actually overwhelming. That the two top makers are getting rid of the port in their flagship devices has to indicate at least some market acceptance at the very high end.
I think they just value the smaller phone.
Well, sort-of. The timing would change in a binary fashion if the temperature went either below or above a threshold. Same with the pressure - it was meant to indicate pressure loss (as it was gas-filled). So the temperature and pressure "measurement" were more of a failure analysis tool than a scientific instrument. But engineering at that level is still "science" IMHO.
The people who care about this stuff won't be happy with lossy encoding at all. They want a wire, damnit!
On the display at the Air and Space Museum it says it was provided by Art Dula. He's a "space lawyer" :)
I have no idea how he got it, but it's probably not that interesting - he's worked extensively with Russians on various space projects. I'm sure many obscure artifacts became available after the Cold War and people like Mr. Dula snatched them up.
I'd get a dongle for every device. If the headphones are crappy enough that they aren't "worth" a dongle, then you'd probably be happy with Bluetooth anyway.
Why not? They used the signal to measure atmospheric characteristics and the ionosphere. Sure it only went "beep-beep-beep", but it was the first time something went "beep-beep-beep" up there and at least some science was conducted.