How to splice cat-5 cable? (fun with gender)

[Adam L. Beberg]

On Tue, 7 May 2002, Joseph S. Barrera III wrote:

> BTW, does the following description seem a little self-contradictory?
>
> "This RJ-45 Coupler is Female/Female and Straight."

Not self-contradictory, just incorrect, any male/male or female/female
connectory is called a queer.

This leads to amusing situations during setup and sound check when the band
happens to be non-straight and you're shouting for connectors.

- Adam L. "Duncan" Beberg
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