Yeah, when we moved in here I was kinda hoping for no ambient noise. But we're pretty gadget heavy, so although I know what all the various high pitched noises are, they're still there. And I had to roam around the house at 3 am one recent morning until I discovered that the new noise was being caused by a new battery charger we'd just purchased.
Out. For. A. Walk. ... Bitch.
Spike ,'Selfless'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Liese S. - Feb 26, 2009 9:37:09 am PST #8406 of 30000
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 26, 2009 9:37:09 am PST #8407 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I can hear the teenager sound. It seems odd to me, that doesn't really sound like something that should be beyond the perception threshold of lots of people, it's kind of like a can opener running in another room.
tommyrot - Feb 26, 2009 9:39:56 am PST #8408 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I can hear the teenager sound. It seems odd to me, that doesn't really sound like something that should be beyond the perception threshold of lots of people, it's kind of like a can opener running in another room.
Yeah, my boss and I were thinking that can't be the actual teenager-only sound.
Or maybe I should have updated my Quicktime when IE asked me....
Calli - Feb 26, 2009 9:40:22 am PST #8409 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I can hear the teenager sound, too. But I've been deaf in one ear since I was four, so I've always been pretty protective of the remaining one.
I also hear the TV hum and have trouble following conversations when there's a lot of background noise.
tommyrot - Feb 26, 2009 9:41:51 am PST #8410 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I'm glad I'm not the only one with difficulty hearing conversation with background noise.
There needs to be more quiet bars.
Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 26, 2009 9:42:11 am PST #8411 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Water running in a toilet tank! That's the closest analog I can think of to the sound. I can see how people who've had hearing damaged by a lot of loud noise wouldn't be sensitive to sound that quiet, but it seems like it's within normal frequencies instead of ultra- or infrasonic.
Gudanov - Feb 26, 2009 9:43:20 am PST #8412 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping
Yeah, my boss and I were thinking that can't be the actual teenager-only sound.
I think you're right, if I can hear it then that sound is definitely not cool enough for teenagers.
Gudanov - Feb 26, 2009 9:46:00 am PST #8413 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping
There needs to be more quiet bars.
Sometimes, when I'm in a restaurant where it seems like every freaking flat surface is tiled, I feel like the interior was explicitly designed out of spite for me.
Emily - Feb 26, 2009 9:52:10 am PST #8414 of 30000
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
There was an article in the New Yorker about tinnitus recently. Apparently it's a kind of complicated thing.
Liese S. - Feb 26, 2009 9:57:12 am PST #8415 of 30000
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
That's a link to a file with a sweeping (descending) tone ranging from 22kHz to 12kHz. I can start to hear it at 17.