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| title = Bluetooth | | title = Bluetooth | ||
| image = bluetooth.png | | image = bluetooth.png | ||
− | | titletext = Bluetooth is actually named for the tenth-century Viking king Harald | + | | titletext = Bluetooth is actually named for the tenth-century Viking king Harald “Bluetooth” Gormsson, but the protocol developed by Harald was a wireless charging standard unrelated to the modern Bluetooth except by name. |
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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | {{ | + | {{incomplete|Please mention a reason here why this isn't complete. Do your jokes at the discussion page! Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} |
− | [[Cueball]] is talking to [[White Hat]] about {{w|Bluetooth}} and wireless connectivity. He asks if it has become easier to stream audio via Bluetooth since he last used it. White Hat then | + | [[Cueball]] is talking to [[White Hat]] about {{w|Bluetooth}} and wireless connectivity. He asks if it has become easier to stream audio via Bluetooth since he last used it. White Hat then replies that it has become an easy-to-use and streamlined service, where connecting devices is easy. Cueball is excited about this, before White Hat tells him he was lying and that Bluetooth is still as hard to use as ever. |
This comic also references the common problem of audio playing through the wrong device when Bluetooth is activated. | This comic also references the common problem of audio playing through the wrong device when Bluetooth is activated. | ||
− | The | + | The Viking king {{w|Harald Bluetooth|Harald “Bluetooth” Gormsson}} referenced in the title text, usually called Harald Bluetooth, was an actual ruler of Denmark and Norway who died in 985 or 986. He of course had nothing to do with wireless Bluetooth connection technology or charging, which wouldn’t be invented for more than a millennium. However Jim Kardach of Intel did name the Bluetooth protocol after him, apparently as he united the various Norse tribes of Denmark into a single kingdom, just as Bluetooth unites communication protocols. |
− | + | The title text joke could also be a pun on military “charging”, which would certainly be wireless. | |
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[Cueball and White Hat are talking, Cueball is holding a cell phone and wireless headphones | + | {{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} |
− | :Cueball: I haven’t used a wireless/ | + | |
+ | :[Cueball and White Hat are talking, Cueball is holding a cell phone and wireless headphones] | ||
+ | :Cueball: I haven’t used a wireless/Bluetooth thingy in like ten years. Is audio stuff still a nightmare? | ||
:White Hat: Nah, it’s great now. | :White Hat: Nah, it’s great now. | ||
− | :[Zoom in on White Hat | + | :[Zoom in on White Hat] |
:White Hat: You tap devices together twice to link them and they flash in sync. (It pairs using accelerometer timing and sound.) Tap them three times to disconnect. | :White Hat: You tap devices together twice to link them and they flash in sync. (It pairs using accelerometer timing and sound.) Tap them three times to disconnect. | ||
:White Hat: You can pair multiple inputs and outputs and it handles it smoothly. | :White Hat: You can pair multiple inputs and outputs and it handles it smoothly. | ||
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:Cueball (off screen): Wonderful. | :Cueball (off screen): Wonderful. | ||
− | :[ | + | :[Cueball and White Hat facing each other] |
:White Hat: Haha, just kidding, it’s a nightmare. | :White Hat: Haha, just kidding, it’s a nightmare. | ||
− | :Cueball: '' | + | :Cueball: ''NOOOOOO!'' |
− | :White Hat: When I connect to my car, music starts blasting from my headphones while the car repeatedly plays a | + | :White Hat: When I connect to my car, music starts blasting from my headphones while the car repeatedly plays a “NEW CONNECTION!” chime. |
− | :Cueball: ''This is not what Josiah Bluetooth intended!'' | + | :Cueball: '''''This is not what Josiah Bluetooth intended!''''' |
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} |