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Why do we technical people refuse to call things what they are?
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Post 1 made on Friday August 14, 2015 at 02:34
Ernie Gilman
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Long ago I saw a video selector that had some four to six inputs and several outputs. Push buttons selected what went where. It was labeled "Video Selection Switch." All the connectors were F connectors.

This was not for video, but for RF. The idiots who made it didn't know that's not called video. This is very much like the dumb installer who doesn't know that some audio is analog and instead calls it "RCA."

At this moment, people here are talking about HDMI over one wire using a component cable wire.

People. Please. HDMI has, what, 19 connectors? And three pairs are for digital video? And there's digital communication between devices on other wires?

It is not possible to send HDMI over one wire. (First off, HDMI is not something that's sent over wires. It's the type of wires, connectors, all the signal details...it's a technology.) But it's completely possible to convert the high definition signal that is using HDMI for transmission, and change it to a single wire format which is called SDI.

Please stop calling it HDMI over one wire. Call it SDI. And if it isn't SDI, call it the other thing that it is. It's not HDMI.
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Post 2 made on Friday August 14, 2015 at 05:43
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And don't use 'level" when you mean "plumb".
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Post 3 made on Friday August 14, 2015 at 06:37
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Nasty fruit! I would never put a level in any pudding.
Post 4 made on Friday August 14, 2015 at 06:47
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On August 14, 2015 at 02:34, Ernie Gilman said...
Long ago I saw a video selector that had some four to six inputs and several outputs. Push buttons selected what went where. It was labeled "Video Selection Switch." All the connectors were F connectors.

This was not for video, but for RF. The idiots who made it didn't know that's not called video. This is very much like the dumb installer who doesn't know that some audio is analog and instead calls it "RCA."

At this moment, people here are talking about HDMI over one wire using a component cable wire.

People. Please. HDMI has, what, 19 connectors? And three pairs are for digital video? And there's digital communication between devices on other wires?

It is not possible to send HDMI over one wire. (First off, HDMI is not something that's sent over wires. It's the type of wires, connectors, all the signal details...it's a technology.) But it's completely possible to convert the high definition signal that is using HDMI for transmission, and change it to a single wire format which is called SDI.

Please stop calling it HDMI over one wire. Call it SDI. And if it isn't SDI, call it the other thing that it is. It's not HDMI.

Has any woman on this planet put up with you for more than 36 hours?
how in the hell does ernie make money?
Post 5 made on Friday August 14, 2015 at 07:28
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On August 14, 2015 at 06:47, IRkiller said...
Has any woman on this planet put up with you for more than 36 hours?

I doubt it. Once done explaining was is about to happen, he then only needs a minute.
Post 6 made on Friday August 14, 2015 at 07:59
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A minute! That's amazing. What's your secret?
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Post 7 made on Friday August 14, 2015 at 08:31
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On August 14, 2015 at 02:34, Ernie Gilman said...
Long ago I saw a video selector that had some four to six inputs and several outputs. Push buttons selected what went where. It was labeled "Video Selection Switch." All the connectors were F connectors.

This was not for video, but for RF. The idiots who made it didn't know that's not called video. This is very much like the dumb installer who doesn't know that some audio is analog and instead calls it "RCA."

At this moment, people here are talking about HDMI over one wire using a component cable wire.

People. Please. HDMI has, what, 19 connectors? And three pairs are for digital video? And there's digital communication between devices on other wires?

It is not possible to send HDMI over one wire. (First off, HDMI is not something that's sent over wires. It's the type of wires, connectors, all the signal details...it's a technology.) But it's completely possible to convert the high definition signal that is using HDMI for transmission, and change it to a single wire format which is called SDI.

Please stop calling it HDMI over one wire. Call it SDI. And if it isn't SDI, call it the other thing that it is. It's not HDMI.

Technically, would a 'selector' be defined as "the person making a choice"?

You want correct names from people who can't stop using an apostrophe for a plural, using the wrong version of they're/their/there and your/you're? Yeah, that'll happen.
My mechanic told me, "I couldn't repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder."
Post 8 made on Friday August 14, 2015 at 08:31
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On August 14, 2015 at 05:43, fcwilt said...
And don't use 'level" when you mean "plumb".

You prefer "square to the World"?
My mechanic told me, "I couldn't repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder."
Post 9 made on Friday August 14, 2015 at 09:35
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Post 10 made on Friday August 14, 2015 at 09:38
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On August 14, 2015 at 06:47, IRkiller said...
Has any woman on this planet put up with you for more than 36 hours?

Why on earth would you think they could get past 1 hour?
Post 11 made on Friday August 14, 2015 at 09:48
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On August 14, 2015 at 08:31, highfigh said...
You prefer "square to the World"?

Sorry, I don't follow what you are saying.

"Level means one thing, "plumb" another.

It's not uncommon for "level" to be used when "plumb" is the correct term.
Regards, Frederick C. Wilt
Post 12 made on Friday August 14, 2015 at 10:05
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On August 14, 2015 at 09:38, goldenzrule said...
Why on earth would you think they could get past 1 hour?

I was allowing 35 hours for alcohol offset. I know, I know, even then a circular-logic-ernie-drunkfest seems unimaginable.

If he could somehow, simultaneously, stop thinking and touch a boob, I think his life would be revolutionized.

Last edited by IRkiller on August 14, 2015 10:15.
how in the hell does ernie make money?
Post 13 made on Friday August 14, 2015 at 10:50
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On August 14, 2015 at 09:48, fcwilt said...
Sorry, I don't follow what you are saying.

"Level means one thing, "plumb" another.

It's not uncommon for "level" to be used when "plumb" is the correct term.

I meant "square to the World" as a substitute for 'plumb'. I thought you might have figured that out.
My mechanic told me, "I couldn't repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder."
Post 14 made on Friday August 14, 2015 at 11:25
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On August 14, 2015 at 10:05, IRkiller said...
If he could somehow, simultaneously, stop thinking and touch a boob, I think his life would be revolutionized.

Worked for me. :-)





I think we use common terms because the NORMAL people wouldn't know what the hell we were talking about if we didn't.
OP | Post 15 made on Friday August 14, 2015 at 12:46
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On August 14, 2015 at 08:31, highfigh said...
Technically, would a 'selector' be defined as "the person making a choice"?

This sentence is not a comment. It just illustrates what I say following the rest of this quote:

You want correct names from people who can't stop using an apostrophe for a plural, using the wrong version of they're/their/there and your/you're? Yeah, that'll happen.

In your case, I'm waiting for the day when you will answer a post without quoting the entire friggin' thing. I've seen you be the first one to answer a six paragraph post and for some reason you feel we won't know what you're referring to if you don't copy it all.

Hint: you can reply without quoting. Quoting is really great if you want to make particular comments on particular parts of the quote. To see how, hit "Quote" on this post and see how such a response is constructed.

On August 14, 2015 at 08:31, highfigh said...
You prefer "square to the World"?

Now THIS is an example of quoting an entire post with good reason. The quotation pins down what you're referring to and you quote all that's needed. I suppose if this were a thirty line post you would have quoted the entire thing, but you show that a short quote can be quite helpful.

As to "square to the world," that's funny. I remember from math classes that a line at 90 degrees to a reference line is said to be "normal to the line."* Wow, would THAT bring about a lot of confusion! I do love, though, when someone means plumb, says level, and I say plumb, and their face goes through contortions trying to figure out what the hell I just said.

And in the previous post (highfigh, notice that I did not need to quote it in its entirety; I just used the word "previous.), TSS completely makes my point.

As for the questions about women: I'm asking technical people a technical question about a technical subject. One response not only dumps on the ability of women to talk about or understand technical issues, but in the same sentence implies that everyone I've addressed here is a woman, because, I guess obviously, you all just can't follow what I'm talking about.

On the other hand, this is Post 14; nobody has been able to address the question itself, instead going off on a tangent. Maybe we all are women in the pejorative way that has been suggested.



*Would that make a plumb bob into a normal bob?
A good answer is easier with a clear question giving the make and model of everything.
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