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Post by wetpaint on Dec 22, 2006 0:52:18 GMT -5
Apparently she does. The earth actually makes ambient noise all the time, all around us. The tectonic plates creaking about underneath our feet. It is all just too low to hear. So some scientist has sped up the sounds to octaves that the human ear can understand. The sounds are quite eerie when you really think about where they come from. Here's the link so you can listen: www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6615446 |
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Post by mauvais on Dec 22, 2006 0:55:27 GMT -5
Like in that book in the Time Quartet....the kid's heartbeat came once a decade or something when Meg and the people were in his mitochondria...
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Post by Sgtpepper on Dec 22, 2006 12:41:14 GMT -5
Yeah, when you really think about it, it is never actually quite, there is always the low hum of something, and it's barely noticable.
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Post by wetpaint on Dec 22, 2006 13:27:09 GMT -5
Yeah, when you really think about it, it is never actually quite, there is always the low hum of something, and it's barely noticable. I agree, but I think that is just the hum of electricity. Seriously, when the power goes out the worst thing is just how QUIET it gets. You hear no hum, no background noise, no NOTHING. |
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Post by mauvais on Dec 22, 2006 13:28:44 GMT -5
You hear a slight ringing in your ears....a subconscious reminiscence of your beloved power...gone out.
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Post by wetpaint on Dec 22, 2006 13:34:17 GMT -5
You hear a slight ringing in your ears....a subconscious reminiscence of your beloved power...gone out. It's SCARY. |
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Post by mauvais on Dec 22, 2006 13:38:45 GMT -5
Heck yeah. I thought I'd die when it went out last week.... No tea....no hair dryer...no...NOTHING.
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Post by Sgtpepper on Dec 22, 2006 13:40:16 GMT -5
Wimps.
Although, I guess I really can't talk, I got mine back in twelve hours.
HAHA!
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Post by chinchillathekilla on Dec 23, 2006 16:52:35 GMT -5
scrwe you. Mine was out for 2 days  |
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Post by Sgtpepper on Dec 23, 2006 16:55:37 GMT -5
HAHA!
Twelve hours!
WHAT NOW!
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Post by mauvais on Dec 23, 2006 17:51:05 GMT -5
HA!!!!!! Mine was out for 5 hours!!
what now.
;D
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Post by Sgtpepper on Dec 23, 2006 18:01:19 GMT -5
From when 'till when?
Mine was 3:00-3:00.
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Post by arwen on Dec 23, 2006 19:04:14 GMT -5
Wow, that is really weird to think about the Earth making noise all the time, all around us. I strain my ears to listen, but there is nothing there...
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Post by Sgtpepper on Dec 23, 2006 19:52:15 GMT -5
Yeah there is.
It's just that since it's ALWAYS there you don't hear anything, your brain screens it out.
It also becomes amazingly quite during power outages.
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Post by spagbol on Dec 26, 2006 15:34:47 GMT -5
It also becomes amazingly quite during power outages. I am lost without the sound of fragging zombiez. |
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Post by Sgtpepper on Dec 28, 2006 22:27:18 GMT -5
I'm with you there man!
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Post by chinchillathekilla on Dec 29, 2006 19:54:36 GMT -5
Yeah there is. It's just that since it's ALWAYS there you don't hear anything, your brain screens it out. It also becomes amazingly quite during power outages. Not for me. We have some asswipes up on the hill who use a noisy gas generator. |
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