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raccoon

(31,126 posts)
Sun Nov 23, 2014, 07:29 PM Nov 2014

I thought Bluetooth was a physical object.

Until yesterday....

"Bluetooth is a wireless technology standard for exchanging data over short distances (using short-wavelength UHF radio waves in the ISM band from 2.4 to 2.485 GHz[3]) from fixed and mobile devices, and building personal area networks (PANs). Invented by telecom vendor Ericsson in 1994," (from Wikipedia).

A digital immigrant here......

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I thought Bluetooth was a physical object. (Original Post) raccoon Nov 2014 OP
Weirdo. A HERETIC I AM Nov 2014 #1
And you can only get it from immolar conduct pinboy3niner Nov 2014 #2
Dental me how to act..... A HERETIC I AM Nov 2014 #7
No, that's green tooth. nt Xipe Totec Nov 2014 #3
The King certainly was jakeXT Nov 2014 #4
i guess i did too. you know, that little earpiece some folks wear when they wander orleans Nov 2014 #5
i thought it was a pirate Enrique Nov 2014 #6

jakeXT

(10,575 posts)
4. The King certainly was
Sun Nov 23, 2014, 07:54 PM
Nov 2014
The nickname "Bluetooth"

Harald's nickname "Bluetooth" first documented appearance is in the Chronicon Roskildense from 1140.[13] The usual explanation is that Harald must have had a conspicuous bad tooth that has been "blue" (i.e. black, as "blue" meant dark).

Another explanation, is that he was called Thegn in England (corrupted to "tan" when the name came back into Old Norse) — in England, Thane meant chief. Since blue meant "dark", his nickname was really "dark chieftain".[14]

A third theory, according to curator at the Royal Jelling Hans Ole Mathiesen, was that Harald went about clothed in blue. The blue color was in fact the most expensive, so by walking in blue Harald underlined his royal dignity.[15]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harald_Bluetooth

orleans

(34,075 posts)
5. i guess i did too. you know, that little earpiece some folks wear when they wander
Sun Nov 23, 2014, 09:17 PM
Nov 2014

around the grocery store, talking to themselves (or apparently others only they can hear!)

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