Printing In Eorzea, and Linkpearl Recording

[Dyvid]

I would say the industrial era. But then again it's hard to compare Earth with Eorzea but they use Aether as a power source which totally changes the law of physics.

[Enkidoh]

I'm more curious about the state of plumbing in Eorzea, actually. No toilets around. If we could smell the world, Eorzea would probably stink to the high heavens.

Ironically there's a FATE in Southern Thanalan called 'Downwind' that actually deals with this - it mentioned that the residents of Little Ala Mhigo dig latrines outside the townsite for hygiene reasons and thus because they neglect to properly bury the waste, the resulting stench is then carried on the wind back into the town, and worse, attracts wildlife which make a nuisance of themselves (resulting in adventurers being called upon to cull the monsters). So yeah, indoor flush toilets I don't think exist in Eorzea (although it could also be this trope in effect.)

[Magis]

Linkpearls are basically radios, per Cid. He describes them exactly like real world two way radios (or cell phones) , only to give and say they use aether since the Warrior of Light is just staring blankly at him. Presumably, this means they are Garleanian in origin, being technology not magic. Whether the city states manufacture their own, or if the Ironworks makes them all and distributes them to the Grand Companies is unknown. They seem more advanced then the rest of Eorzean tech.

As for printing presses, all three city states have their own newspaper and reporters, which leads me to think they have presses. Presumably, they can't use scribes to hand write enough newspapers to the general populace.

At the same time, Fern mentioned that most of Eorzea's population is illiterate bar the adventurers and rich/well off people. The market for newspapers may not be as large as you think?

Actually, how the hell does any paper make money if the population can't read? You'd think they'd do some public schooling initiatives to make more money off readers.

[Nialle]

Ironically there's a FATE in Southern Thanalan called 'Downwind' that actually deals with this - it mentioned that the residents of Little Ala Mhigo dig latrines outside the townsite for hygiene reasons and thus because they neglect to properly bury the waste, the resulting stench is then carried on the wind back into the town, and worse, attracts wildlife which make a nuisance of themselves (resulting in adventurers being called upon to cull the monsters). So yeah, indoor flush toilets I don't think exist in Eorzea (although it could also be this trope in effect.)

It could just be that way things are for Little Ala Mhigo, being basically a campsite in a cave without any other amenities of civilization (besides the Aetheryte, I mean). I'd be really shocked if none of the richies in Ul'dah have plumbing.

[CGMidlander]

The linkpearl the player is given is probably not a real linkpearl, but rather an earpiece full of prerecorded messages of Minfilia telling them to go see her.

[DoctaruRavenbe]

Actually, how the hell does any paper make money if the population can't read? You'd think they'd do some public schooling initiatives to make more money off readers.

you employ someone to shout the news. a Town Crier.

[Koti]

(Cause text is to long, this is being broken up into three parts)

*pulls out there old 1.0 hat regarding the difference between Garlean's radio comms and Linkpearls*

So bare with me a little, because this mission was back in the days of 1.0 and like all content, its sometimes hard to find video pull ups of things that happened back then. But in a mission in 1.0, they been trying to get their hands on a Garlean Radio device within the helmet. However, every time they did-- the thing was pretty much wrecked, cause the Garleans liked to blow up their own tech, then let you get your grubby hands on it.

However, you-- the adventurer-- were able to get your hands on one of these radio devices and thus allowed Cid to hack into it. This in turn allowed them to now listen in.

[Koti]

(Continued)

When we roll over here to now 5 years later, linkpearls and shells had to be fixed cause of the aether flux utterly screwing with them (thus the lore reasoning for why all of us 1.0 people had to start new linkshells). Because they seem to work on aether or effected by aether-- its reason to believe that Linkpearls and shells are magically imbued to operate by carrying waves on the aether itself.

Where it seems Garlean Radios use the good ol' method that we use to transmit sound, given that Cid in ARR used a device hooked up at key points and an aetheric crystal to aid in creating interference on an electrical magnetic wave. We already know in our own world, electrical magnetic interference can really fubar with our radios.

[Koti]

(Final!)

Now, because both are using airwaves in some form or another, it is then very likely why one can probably hack into another if someone has the proper equipment or knowledge on how to fan-dangle their gear to do so. After all, Magitek mimics magic, so they probably create a system to hop onto the Linkshell waves and given Cid already hacked into the Garlean Radios before (ala 1.0), the grand companies know a bit more on this as well. And who is to say, because of the events of 1.0, if the Grand Companies also didn't create a hybrid system /cause/ of the aether flux making the old ways impossible.

[kyrios91]

At the same time, Fern mentioned that most of Eorzea's population is illiterate bar the adventurers and rich/well off people. The market for newspapers may not be as large as you think?

Actually, how the hell does any paper make money if the population can't read? You'd think they'd do some public schooling initiatives to make more money off readers.

Well, for starters, Hyurs are the most educated and literate race among others... which kinda shocks me since I always thought Elezens (Elf equivalents) would be the most educated.

#HyurMasterRace