<john@rarebooksinjapan.com> wrote in message 
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> Paul Blay wrote:
>
>> If you pick up your headset you will (most likely) see something
>> dangling off one side of it.  Do not be alarmed.  If long and wiggly
>> it is the audio cable that is used to connect your headset to your
>> computer. (On the other hand if short and stiff it is probably a
>> microphone).
>>
>> On the other end of the wire will be one (or two if you had a mike)
>> metal prongy things that you need to stick into holes in the back
>> of your computer.
>>
>> HINT: Metal prongy things are called "jacks" and holes in the back
>> of your computer are called "sockets".
>>
>> If having carried out the above operation you find that you need to be
>> stooped worse than quasimodo when wearing the headset in order to
>> not pull the cable out of your computer then you need an audio extension
>> cable.  That is to say a cable that extends the audio cable between
>> headset and computer.
>>
>>The quality of connection between jack and socket varies widely (it is the
>>socket side that makes the big difference).  You can tell how good a
>> connection is made by, amongst other ways, listening for the sharp
>> double-click made when putting the two together.
>
> That's marvellous, Paul! There should be someone like you in every
> hi-tech company. Thank you so much.
>
> John
> http://rarebooksinjapan.com
>
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