Comments on: Nell found the bullets

By: AllanL5

AllanL5 — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 23:50:35 +0000

Age 50 (almost) and if I crank the volume up and listen to it on headphones, I can hear it. Mind you, it’s quite close to the “tinitis” tone I have in my left ear all the time anyway, but I can definitely hear the tone.

By: Dr Pope

Dr Pope — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 14:53:43 +0000

Ouch, that thing hurts… So yes, I heard it. 23 by the way. Also, is this some sneaky way of gathering info on who can be manipulated by annoying noises? To somehow get more ad clicks from people desperately trying to get away?

By: 4n0nym0u5

4n0nym0u5 — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 21:57:11 +0000

Need vote buttons on front page or I forget to vote (it only shows when I click comments right now)

By: RGE

RGE — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:42:25 +0000

With the revelation that the tone isn’t high enough frequency, I guess it’s too late to mention that I too heard it. Faintly. Maybe that was the tone my brother-inlaw-to-be used to annoy my sister with? She’s pretty far from being a teenager though, so I don’t think the annoyance level is directly related to how well you hear the signal, but rather how uncomfortable you are with high frequency sounds. Personally I’m very uncomfortable with low frequency sounds. I used to ride the bus, and occasionally it would stop with the engine running, and it’d give off a particular frequency that sounded really awful to me. Perhaps it’s that thing where a particular frequency will hit the frequency of a part of ourselves and make it vibrate?

By: Nestor

Nestor — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 14:07:19 +0000

You know what would be really creative? Comics.

whoa there dude, let’s not go crazy over here.

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 13:48:09 +0000

41. Heard it fine. But then I’ve always had good high-frequency hearing, like being able to hear the CRT scan on monitors and televisions, sometimes to the point of distraction.

By: joe

joe — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 12:25:32 +0000

“And it doesn’t have to be ads, so maybe we can get creative.”

You know what would be really creative? Comics.

By: Pickles

Pickles — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 10:37:19 +0000

24, I heard about this magic tone and was worried my hearing was going. Now I know the truth,I HEAR ALL and can continue to blast my eardrums into oblivion.

By: Choeki

Choeki — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 09:53:13 +0000

I can hear it, and I’m 32. However, I’m a musician so I’m careful to protect my hearing.

My eyesight on the other hand…

By: RN3AOH

RN3AOH — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 05:19:25 +0000

I kept wondering why the mp3 of that sound posted around everywhere is just 15000 Hz. It’s a bit too low, teenagers can hear much higher than that, and ringtone speakers are definitely good for up to 18000 at least. But then I noticed that the top frequency that goes into an MP3 by default is somewhere around 15500. :) I’ve just made an MP3 with 16000 in it, which should make it inaudible to quite a bit more people, but some experiments are needed to see which frequency would be best for the ringtone purpose in school…

I’m about to turn 30 and I clearly hear up to 17000 or so at my normal listening volume and can discern (but only at much higher gain levels) all the way up to 20. Beyond that I can’t vouch for my equipment’s linearity… :) Most of people my age around here can’t go above 16kHz at all.