Allegedly, on or about 26 October 2015, Patrick O'Callaghan sent:
The headphones don't even have a physical port.
I hate that kind of thing. Headphones are just such a basic technology,
but to encumber that with networking protocols, and require batteries...
I had a wireless keyboard for a while, but it annoyed me for similar
reasons. Always having to replace or recharge batteries, they never
though of making it dual corded/wireless, so you could recharge it, used
it plugged in, and unplug it for those times that you wanted to take the
keyboard further away. And you were forever having re-pair the
keyboard, mouse and/or receiver...
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All mail to my mailbox is automatically deleted, there is no point
trying to privately email me, I will only read messages posted to the
public lists.
I don't think it's pure coincidence that "officialdom" sounds the same
as "official dumb."