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   Daniel70 to Paul   
   Re: wifi headphones   
   15 Oct 25 22:41:12   
   
   From: daniel47@nomail.afraid.org   
      
   On 14/10/2025 5:02 am, Paul wrote:   
   > On Mon, 10/13/2025 9:39 AM, bad sector wrote:   
   >   
   >> Paul does have a way of talking down to 'quarters where the ragged   
   >> people go' to quote Simon and Garafunkel. It's as if you were in a   
   >> biology-101 class and having asked a pedestrian question the prof   
   >> would look up from his notes and say:   
   >>   
   >> "Have you ever heard about the theory of natuaral selection or am I   
   >> a harsh judge of character?"*  :-)   
   >>   
   >> Mind you I should have thought of the 2.4/5ghz split that he raised   
   >> because my router does have both so maybe the answer lies in   
   >> splitting those on a per service basis? No, not for me, I want less   
   >> involvement not more; I may have to just settle for something from   
   >> Bose with wires on it.   
   >>   
   >> * an actual quote from my theology prof in a class of 400 students   
   >> packed in like sardines and sitting on the hardwood floor of a   
   >> gymn.   
   >   
   > Well, I never know to what extent a term is "popular", and I've seen   
   > references to WiDi when the topic of "what replaces Miracast" come   
   > up.   
   >   
   > If I had said Wifi Direct, maybe people would assume this was a   
   > company on the Internet that sold Wifi stuff :-)   
   >   
   > I'm the only person who uses this stuff, obviously. (No Wifi router,   
   > but I have Wifi adapters).   
   >   
   > Paul   
   >   
   I would probably have accepted something like "WiFiDi".   
   --   
   Daniel70   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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