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HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days ago

Saying "over" on the radio is like the null byte at the end of a string.

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Saying "over" on the radio is like the null byte at the end of a string.

HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days ago
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  • Test_Tickles@lemmy.world
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    So you are saying that we should refer to the null as the over byte?

  • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.social
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    What’s your 20? Semi-colon.

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    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 are going to stop listening for a reply. Saying both together is contradictory, you only say “out” when you’re done.

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      Ah, so “out” is like an EOF!

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      Same with roger wilco. Roger means i understand the message. Wilco means i understand the message and will comply.

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      … feels kinda like someone saying “period full stop”

      it’s like they’re doing a mic drop >_>

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      When I learned this in JROTC, it 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.

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    “Copy” is essentially 200-OK

    • HiddenLayer555@lemmy.mlOP
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      Or ACK

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        10-4.

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    Or like saying “And uhhh… Yeah.” at the end of a voice memo.

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    126Saying “over” is the old radio protocol. The new radio protocol is starting by saying the number of characters in the message.

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    “Come on over!”

    “Come on WHAT? Over.”

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      Stop making a fool out of me.
      Why don’t you come on over, Valerie?

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    So is “uhhhhhhhh” on a pilot announcement STX?

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      That’s the keepalive message for when there’s a delay in the data query to prevent the passengers from closing their connections.

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        passengers clients

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    <comment>

    Did you know that HTML has something similar.

    </comment>

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    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.

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      You always add a timeout. It’s a basic safety.

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