Comments on: How old are your…ears… http://www.qweop.net/2006/06/14/how-old-are-your-ears/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:27:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Tuong http://www.qweop.net/2006/06/14/how-old-are-your-ears/comment-page-1/#comment-592 Tuong Thu, 15 Jun 2006 01:33:14 +0000 http://www.qweop.net/2006/06/14/how-old-are-your-ears#comment-592 Like I said... you need to test it on a little kid... Like I said… you need to test it on a little kid…

]]> By: H. http://www.qweop.net/2006/06/14/how-old-are-your-ears/comment-page-1/#comment-591 H. Thu, 15 Jun 2006 00:31:50 +0000 http://www.qweop.net/2006/06/14/how-old-are-your-ears#comment-591 More to report... I tested this at home. The original sound from the SMH article sounds totally different - it's a lower tone and I can definitely hear it. The second sound is also different at home, but interestingly, if I lower the volume slightly, it gets to the point where I can't hear the high pitched beeping. I just hear the slightest, almost imperceptible, buzzing or ticking sound. More to report…

I tested this at home. The original sound from the SMH article sounds totally different – it’s a lower tone and I can definitely hear it. The second sound is also different at home, but interestingly, if I lower the volume slightly, it gets to the point where I can’t hear the high pitched beeping. I just hear the slightest, almost imperceptible, buzzing or ticking sound.

]]> By: H. http://www.qweop.net/2006/06/14/how-old-are-your-ears/comment-page-1/#comment-585 H. Wed, 14 Jun 2006 05:42:58 +0000 http://www.qweop.net/2006/06/14/how-old-are-your-ears#comment-585 Another interesting thing...I just re-read the title above, and noticed it says "pulsing sound". I hear it as a solid high-pitched tone, but I just remembered my GM said he heard it as a pulsing sound. Furthermore, some people found the noise REALLY irritating, whereas it doesn't bother me at all. Some people find nails on blackboards unbearable whereas it doesn't affect me. On the other hand, some metal-on-metal noises like rubbing cutlery together or metal ladles on metal pots, I find that REALLY unbearable. Another interesting thing…I just re-read the title above, and noticed it says “pulsing sound”. I hear it as a solid high-pitched tone, but I just remembered my GM said he heard it as a pulsing sound.

Furthermore, some people found the noise REALLY irritating, whereas it doesn’t bother me at all. Some people find nails on blackboards unbearable whereas it doesn’t affect me. On the other hand, some metal-on-metal noises like rubbing cutlery together or metal ladles on metal pots, I find that REALLY unbearable.

]]> By: H. http://www.qweop.net/2006/06/14/how-old-are-your-ears/comment-page-1/#comment-584 H. Wed, 14 Jun 2006 05:35:44 +0000 http://www.qweop.net/2006/06/14/how-old-are-your-ears#comment-584 Interesting...I can still hear that second one. I tested the first one on several more people of various ages. Everyone could hear it. Interesting…I can still hear that second one.

I tested the first one on several more people of various ages. Everyone could hear it.

]]> By: Tuong http://www.qweop.net/2006/06/14/how-old-are-your-ears/comment-page-1/#comment-583 Tuong Wed, 14 Jun 2006 05:14:06 +0000 http://www.qweop.net/2006/06/14/how-old-are-your-ears#comment-583 OK... had a bit more of a look at these sound bites.... http://www.savefile.com/files.php?fid=6469525 I can't heard Jack with this one... the media player visualisations show sound... but I can't hear it... Anyone with a little kid they can test this one on?? or wanna walk around little kids playing it?? OK… had a bit more of a look at these sound bites….
http://www.savefile.com/files.php?fid=6469525

I can’t heard Jack with this one… the media player visualisations show sound… but I can’t hear it…

Anyone with a little kid they can test this one on?? or wanna walk around little kids playing it??

]]> By: Hanyang http://www.qweop.net/2006/06/14/how-old-are-your-ears/comment-page-1/#comment-582 Hanyang Wed, 14 Jun 2006 04:04:36 +0000 http://www.qweop.net/2006/06/14/how-old-are-your-ears#comment-582 Two people in my team - mid-30s and mid-50s couldn't hear it until they held my phone close to their ear.... Two people in my team – mid-30s and mid-50s couldn’t hear it until they held my phone close to their ear….

]]> By: H. http://www.qweop.net/2006/06/14/how-old-are-your-ears/comment-page-1/#comment-581 H. Wed, 14 Jun 2006 03:08:06 +0000 http://www.qweop.net/2006/06/14/how-old-are-your-ears#comment-581 Clever idea... But I tested the sound on a colleague (mid-40s), and he could hear it. I'll have to find more test subjects. Clever idea…

But I tested the sound on a colleague (mid-40s), and he could hear it. I’ll have to find more test subjects.

]]> By: Geek http://www.qweop.net/2006/06/14/how-old-are-your-ears/comment-page-1/#comment-580 Geek Wed, 14 Jun 2006 02:43:16 +0000 http://www.qweop.net/2006/06/14/how-old-are-your-ears#comment-580 Woohoo! I can hear it! (Only for a few more months though). Lish? Can YOU hear it? :P Woohoo! I can hear it! (Only for a few more months though).

Lish? Can YOU hear it? :P

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