09-07-2002, 07:12 PM
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Executive Editor
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Where music and technology collide...Press the Green Button
http://www.pressthegreenbutton.net/
Techo and dance music have certainly had their roots in technology, but I don't often see the subject matter belong so wholly to its genesis. Did that make any sense?  At any rate, someone sent this to me and I thought I'd pass it on - with song titles like "Home of the Future", "Remote Control", and "Online", you know the musicians are geeks. And they're based in Redmond. Hmm. You can download the music in MP3 or WMA format. One song, called "Enjoy", has the Windows XP startup sound sampled - it's a little confusing to listen to. That reminds me of a story...
There's was a commercial on the radio a couple of years ago - I think it was for Energizer batteries. The commercial was a series of beeps sampled from all sorts of electronic devices - when I heard it for the first time while driving, I freaked out! I started reaching for every device I had, wondering what the hell was going on. I realized it was a commercial after a few seconds, but I don't think they did any testing of that commercial with a gadget-buying audience. To this day I hate that damn bunny. 
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09-07-2002, 08:11 PM
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Theorist
Join Date: Sep 2003
Posts: 307
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Oh the dread of things that go Beep in the night...
That reminds me of when I used to do production support for mainframe banking applications (yechhh!), which involved carrying a pager that would typically go off around 9 pm or 4 am. For quite some time I had an unnatural fear of microwave ovens. The "Bing!" sound when they finished cooking tapped into my programmed (Pavlovian) pager response and had me jumping out of my skin.
It's even worse of course if you actually phone up to see what the problem is: "Er, nothing here Kev, that would be your dinner again".
- "Oh, right. Um, good".
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09-07-2002, 09:51 PM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Jul 2003
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lol 
Nothing else to say!
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09-07-2002, 11:11 PM
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Theorist
Join Date: Apr 2004
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Re: Oh the dread of things that go Beep in the night...
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Originally Posted by Kevin Daly
It's even worse of course if you actually phone up to see what the problem is: "Er, nothing here Kev, that would be your dinner again".
- "Oh, right. Um, good".
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Rotflmao  There should be a forum for memorable quotes, and this post would be first to get a place in it
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09-08-2002, 02:44 AM
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Swami
Join Date: May 2004
Posts: 4,396
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Broadcast Sounds
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Originally Posted by Jason Dunn
There's was a commercial on the radio a couple of years ago - I think it was for Energizer batteries. The commercial was a series of beeps sampled from all sorts of electronic devices - when I heard it for the first time while driving, I freaked out! I started reaching for every device I had, wondering what the hell was going on. I realized it was a commercial after a few seconds, but I don't think they did any testing of that commercial with a gadget-buying audience.
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I hate when I'm driving and a song or commercial has a siren sound in it. I start looking around for the police or an ambulance, only to realize it's the radio.
Things like that should be illegal to broadcast, I think. If radio stations can't play so-called "dirty" words, they shouldn't play safety hazards, either.
Steve
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09-08-2002, 03:14 AM
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Sage
Join Date: Apr 2007
Posts: 630
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Digital Video cameras and home theater
I have a similar problem with digital video and our home theater.
I've answered my wife when she was talking on the video and I was in another room.
The line between reality and virtual is getting more blurred by the instant!
(Now if they could make me look 20 lbs lighter!)
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09-08-2002, 05:03 AM
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Thinker
Join Date: Feb 2002
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Re: Broadcast Sounds
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Originally Posted by Pony99CA
I hate when I'm driving and a song or commercial has a siren sound in it. I start looking around for the police or an ambulance, only to realize it's the radio. Things like that should be illegal to broadcast, I think. If radio stations can't play so-called "dirty" words, they shouldn't play safety hazards, either.
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no more laws against free speech for public safety for awhile.
cheers,
pt
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09-08-2002, 08:04 AM
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Pontificator
Join Date: Feb 2002
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Great story. ^_^
Totally agree about the siren thing though. Not sure it should be illegal, but highly frowned upon at least. There was a part in the song "1000 miles" that almost made me slam on my breaks the first couple of times I heard it. (I play the radio loud, so the "siren" sounds -real- close.)
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09-08-2002, 03:26 PM
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Sage
Join Date: Aug 2006
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:lol: <-----
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09-08-2002, 03:48 PM
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Swami
Join Date: May 2004
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Re: Broadcast Sounds
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Originally Posted by pt
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Originally Posted by Pony99CA
I hate when I'm driving and a song or commercial has a siren sound in it. I start looking around for the police or an ambulance, only to realize it's the radio. Things like that should be illegal to broadcast, I think. If radio stations can't play so-called "dirty" words, they shouldn't play safety hazards, either.
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First, I'm not sure how siren sounds (or honking or squealing tires) qualify as speech.
Second, I'm not suggesting prohibiting those sounds on recordings, merely that they not be allowed on radio broadcasts (similar to the ban on "bad language").
Remember, the First Amendment guarantees someone the right to speak, but it doesn't guarantee them an audience.
Steve
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