Or like saying “And uhhh… Yeah.” at the end of a voice memo.
Saying "over" on the radio is like the null byte at the end of a string.
Submitted 1 day ago by HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml to showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 1 day ago
conditional_soup@lemm.ee 1 day ago
“Copy” is essentially 200-OK
HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
Or ACK
Draegur@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
“Come on over!”
“Come on WHAT? Over.”
BleakBluets@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
130Saying “over” is the old radio protocol. The new radio protocol is starting by saying the number of the characters in the message.
hddsx@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
So is “uhhhhhhhh” on a pilot announcement STX?
HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
That’s the keepalive message for when there’s a delay in the data query to prevent the passengers from closing their connections.
A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 1 day ago
passengersclients
TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
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Did you know that HTML has something similar.
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A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 1 day ago
Reminds me of some TV show where a rookie cop tended to forget that and the cop on the other end just stubbornly waited for an answer, every time.
Of course you can always just stop listening after n bytes, no need for a null byte then.
AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 1 day ago
You always add a timeout. It’s a basic safety.
Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 1 day ago
Reminds me of that old TV trope of saying “over and out”. This is not how you end a radio transmission. “Over” means that you are finished talking and are now awaiting a reply, “out” means that you finished talking and going to stop listening for a reply. Saying both together is contradictory, you only say “out” when you’re done.
HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
Ah, so “out” is like an EOF!
Draegur@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
… feels kinda like someone saying “period full stop”
it’s like they’re doing a mic drop >_>
teft@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
Same with roger wilco. Roger means i understand the message. Wilco means i understand the message and will comply.
WindyRebel@lemmy.world 1 day ago
When I learned this in JROTC, it has ruined me and I get so upset when I hear it in media now. Been like 30+ years and I’m still angry when I hear it.