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Anybody have a watch with Indiglo?
2007-08-23, 9:13 PM #1
If so, can you hear it when it's lit...? I can..am I weird?
woot!
2007-08-23, 9:17 PM #2
Yeah, me too. Usually only when I first wake up in the morning, or when I put it right against my ear.
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2007-08-23, 9:32 PM #3
It has a very slight whiny buzzing sound when you turn it on.
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2007-08-24, 5:59 AM #4
Just listen to a lot of loud music or get old. The sound will go away.
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2007-08-24, 7:35 AM #5
Yup, it does make a noise.
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2007-08-24, 7:53 AM #6
I have one that's over ten years old, don't even know where it is. But yeah, I can remember hearing that.
2007-08-24, 7:59 AM #7
It's probably caused by the voltage transformer inside (has to take 1.5 volts to 150 volts)
2007-08-24, 8:04 AM #8
The sound is actually the brain cells becoming cancerous as you put it towards your ear.
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2007-08-24, 8:09 AM #9
Originally posted by stat:
The sound is actually the brain cells becoming cancerous as you put it towards your ear.


If the room is quiet enough, I can hear it without putting it by my ear.

I can also hear when a television has been left on (at the silent 'blue screen of waitingness') from the next room over... :psyduck:
woot!
2007-08-24, 8:13 AM #10
Originally posted by JLee:
If the room is quiet enough, I can hear it without putting it by my ear.

I can also hear when a television has been left on (at the silent 'blue screen of waitingness') from the next room over... :psyduck:

Yeah, same, I *hate* that sound for some reason.
2007-08-24, 8:37 AM #11
Originally posted by Aglar:
Yeah, same, I *hate* that sound for some reason.


Since most older adults have lost the ability to hear that frequencies, some places have taken to playing that frequencies to deter teenage miscreants from loitering on the premises.
Cordially,
Lord Tiberius Grismath
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2007-08-24, 8:57 AM #12
Yep. I have an alarm clock with indiglo, too. It's bigger than my watch and the sound is much louder.
2007-08-24, 9:05 AM #13
Originally posted by Brian:
Yep. I have an alarm clock with indiglo, too. It's bigger than my watch and the sound is much louder.


Our laptop in the cruiser has a backlit keyboard...I know exactly what you mean..
woot!
2007-08-24, 9:10 AM #14
Originally posted by Lord_Grismath:
Since most older adults have lost the ability to hear that frequencies, some places have taken to playing that frequencies to deter teenage miscreants from loitering on the premises.

Somebody in one of my classes was playing the sound (I'm pretty sure the one used to deter teenagers is a higher pitched version than what a CRT TV emits) on his laptop, I guess to see if the prof noticed. It was ear-piercing, I couldn't stand it. I could see that working to deter teenagers, but I think it would cause a lot of lost business (pretty sure some adults can still hear it, too).
2007-08-24, 9:39 AM #15
Originally posted by JLee:
I can also hear when a television has been left on (at the silent 'blue screen of waitingness') from the next room over... :psyduck:


Yes! The TV at home has a habit of getting on the AV Input channel with the VCR turned off. The screen is black, but the noise is still there!
"Flowers and a landscape were the only attractions here. And so, as there was no good reason for coming, nobody came."
2007-08-24, 9:55 AM #16
Some teenagers have supposedly used that sound as a ringtone so they can hear their phone go off in class without pissing off the teacher.
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2007-08-24, 10:02 AM #17
I haven't noticed. I only use it before 6:00am, and I'm outside jogging when it's on.
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2007-08-24, 10:28 AM #18
Originally posted by Lord_Grismath:
Since most older adults have lost the ability to hear that frequencies, some places have taken to playing that frequencies to deter teenage miscreants from loitering on the premises.
Hey, don't they also use it for getting rid of rats? Filthy rat children.
2007-08-24, 10:28 AM #19
I can hear when a tv's open in the apartment building when I'm standing outside

Only on certain days though.
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2007-08-24, 11:10 AM #20
Originally posted by SMOCK!:
Some teenagers have supposedly used that sound as a ringtone so they can hear their phone go off in class without pissing off the teacher.

The problem with that is most cellphones have incredibly crappy speakers for ringers, so they can't play the tone at the proper frequency, which makes it easier to hear.
2007-08-24, 1:32 PM #21
Originally posted by SMOCK!:
Some teenagers have supposedly used that sound as a ringtone so they can hear their phone go off in class without pissing off the teacher.


Sounds like a local news scare story.
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2007-08-24, 8:33 PM #22
I hate the mosquito ringtone, especially when people turn it on during class. It's weird though, I have an old teacher that can hear it.

This is what is sounds like.
[mp3]http://graphics.nytimes.com/packages/audio/nyregion/20060610_RINGTONE.mp3[/mp3]

I also hate the silence I have after my computer stops making noises after it reboots.
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2007-08-28, 11:49 AM #23
That's odd, Warlockmish, I clicked that soundbyte, but don't hear anything... (j/k :P)
Cordially,
Lord Tiberius Grismath
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2007-08-28, 3:28 PM #24
Originally posted by SMOCK!:
Some teenagers have supposedly used that sound as a ringtone so they can hear their phone go off in class without pissing off the teacher.

This is bogus for several reasons.

1. It's from an episode of CSI or something.
2. Cell phone speakers can't emit that kind of high frequency.
3. Adults CAN hear those frequencies, just not as well.
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2007-08-28, 5:57 PM #25
Originally posted by Warlockmish:
I hate the mosquito ringtone, especially when people turn it on during class. It's weird though, I have an old teacher that can hear it.

This is what is sounds like.
[mp3]http://graphics.nytimes.com/packages/audio/nyregion/20060610_RINGTONE.mp3[/mp3]

I also hate the silence I have after my computer stops making noises after it reboots.


ack, that sound gave me a headache.
2007-08-28, 7:16 PM #26
did it make you .... RAGNA ANGARY! ?!? :rant:
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2007-08-29, 12:57 AM #27
Originally posted by Warlockmish:
I hate the mosquito ringtone, especially when people turn it on during class. It's weird though, I have an old teacher that can hear it.

This is what is sounds like.
[mp3]http://graphics.nytimes.com/packages/audio/nyregion/20060610_RINGTONE.mp3[/mp3]


Wow, that's incredibly annoying.
Looks like we're not going down after all, so nevermind.

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