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And I'm assuming that since a phone was involved, that it's carrying POE.
Well, on the plus side, you made me feel less bad about the baboons I have to deal with, using 15A extension cords to plug a satellite truck into a 50A supply...
For realsies. I WISH I could make this **** up. I may cut this section out of the cable and mount it to the wall above my desk as a trophy.
Originally Posted by Joe Perez
And I'm assuming that since a phone was involved, that it's carrying POE.
Old switch so no POE. There is an injector further down the line though.
Originally Posted by mgeoffriau
I'm kind of amazed there was any connectivity at all.
You and me both. I'm surprised they didn't fry the port on the switch with above shenanigans. Its part of our hardware refresh before the end of the year so I'm just going to leave it there until I get to it. If it fails then it fails.
Originally Posted by Girz0r
Some gifted workers you have there...
As you may have noticed from the background, they work in a warehouse. Take a guess why they work in a warehouse...
You and me both. I'm surprised they didn't fry the port on the switch with above shenanigans. Its part of our hardware refresh before the end of the year so I'm just going to leave it there until I get to it. If it fails then it fails.
Ethernet is remarkably resilient. People have run gigabit ethernet over barbed wire before.
I mean, i'm guessing it's really just a matter of "because we can" which might as well be explained by the fact that it says BMW on it.
Typically advancements in headlight technology achieve one of three purposes: Less weight/smaller size, brighter, or simpler/lower cost. This appears to achieve.... none of these.
I mean, i'm guessing it's really just a matter of "because we can" which might as well be explained by the fact that it says BMW on it.
Typically advancements in headlight technology achieve one of three purposes: Less weight/smaller size, brighter, or simpler/lower cost. This appears to achieve.... none of these.
Instant on, less heat than LEDs since lasers are more efficient, better more natural light output, and probably a hell of a lot smaller too. Besides cost I think they've got all your bases covered.
Typically advancements in headlight technology achieve one of three purposes: Less weight/smaller size, brighter, or simpler/lower cost. This appears to achieve.... none of these.
I think Deezums nailed it.
Since the transition from carbide lamps to electric filaments, advancements in headlight technology have *never* been about reduced cost, complexity, or parts count. New electric headlight technologies have always increased cost, and usually complexity as well. Sealed beam to halogen bulb, reflector to projector, halogen to HID, HID to LED, this is the next logical step.
Cost will come down slightly when they trickle from the high-end German cars to Infiniti / Lexus, and then it'll drop again when it's picked up by Honda / Kia and the American automakers.
Right now, this is all about a major increase in sales-brochure-factor, and will probably yield an incremental improvement in performance.
In terms of size, they're actually quite tiny. One of the larger issues (pun intended) with LEDs is heat dissipation, and in that regard, lasers tend to be significantly more efficient.
I remember when I started fooling around with LEDs as a hobby around 15 years ago. Among the two major benefits were that they used far less energy and they ran significantly cooler than incandescent bulbs. I was befuddled the first time that I ever heard that LEDs were running into heat problems, probably 2-3 years later.