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Re:Wikipedia users edits over 90k uses of “comprised of” by SilasX on Saturday May 06, 2023 @01:24PM (#35843429)
Semi-related, it always bothered me that we use term wireless for something that still has wires (just not between the endpoints). Though I don't object, or have a better alternative, and I get the logic of calling it wireless.
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Re:Wikipedia users edits over 90k uses of “comprised of” by kolinko on Saturday May 06, 2023 @01:34PM (#35843515)
"Radio" would be a proper replacement for "wireless".
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Re:Wikipedia users edits over 90k uses of “comprised of” by jamiek88 on Saturday May 06, 2023 @01:57PM (#35843732)
Funnily enough older people in England still call the radio ‘the wireless’!
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Re:Wikipedia users edits over 90k uses of “comprised of” by 4ndrewl on Saturday May 06, 2023 @02:39PM (#35844115)
And my grandad used to say exactly the same thing about wireless radios - 'why do they call it the wireless when it's full of wires!'
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Re:Wikipedia users edits over 90k uses of “comprised of” by prerok on Saturday May 06, 2023 @02:35PM (#35844064)
The better alternative is cordless, no? At least some products do use that (e.g. cordless mouse). Of course, wireless is now so widely used it might not make sense to fight it :)
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