secure phone (was Re: Starium...)

[Bram Cohen]

On Fri, 8 Jun 2001, Andrew Brown wrote:

> >I can't emphasize enough that it's very important that the form factor be
> >a double-female phone jack and work when plugged in with *either*
> >orientation - is this an easy thing to detect?
> 
> i'm not sure i get this.  it seems to me that a small "doodad" with a
> female jack and a three inch cord with a male connector on it would be
> better. 

The problem with male connecters is that they get damaged easily, not a
big deal with a $15 phone, but worth worrying about for something which
costs over $100.

-Bram Cohen

"Markets can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent"
                                        -- John Maynard Keynes




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