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Old Jun 12, 2006 | 02:21 PM
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http://www.king5.com/sharedcontent/p....240cf177.html


Very interesting!! They even have a link to the noise. So lets get some of the younger and older guys and see if only the youngins can hear it!
Old Jun 12, 2006 | 02:33 PM
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I barely heard it, had to really strain to hear it tho... It sounded like a 60 hertz hum.
Old Jun 12, 2006 | 03:49 PM
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^^^ wha! granted i only have some cheap i-pod ear-plug speakers, but i didnt hear a gd thing, and im only 24
Old Jun 13, 2006 | 09:35 PM
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sounds like eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee


hahahaha
Old Jun 13, 2006 | 09:41 PM
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Oh dear, that is highly annoying. I think I could feel it in my teeth!
Old Jun 14, 2006 | 01:22 AM
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Originally Posted by WSU-Coug
Oh dear, that is highly annoying. I think I could feel it in my teeth!
It was invented as a way to keep teens from hanging out by a convinience store. For that purpose, it is jacked up to higher volume.
Old Jun 14, 2006 | 02:52 AM
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interesting
Old Jun 14, 2006 | 03:04 AM
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i dun hear crap
Old Jun 14, 2006 | 05:41 AM
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^what he said.
Old Jun 14, 2006 | 06:05 AM
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you gotta line your ear up with the speaker and crank up the volume.. i only hear it in my left ear... my left ear is really sensitive to high frequency noises.. it feels like (yeah.. not sounds) a really bad pinging in your ears
Old Jun 14, 2006 | 06:12 AM
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:X i only hear the fan on my laptop.. hahaha ~ i guess i'm deaf or something cuz i'm only 21
Old Jun 14, 2006 | 03:16 PM
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i hear it.. when you jack up the volume
Old Jun 14, 2006 | 03:22 PM
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kids that are young haven't had sub woofers blasting in the back of their cars for ten years yet so they still good ears. I can barely hear it and I have to listen to train horns every day.
Old Jun 14, 2006 | 03:27 PM
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its still ringing in my ears even though its off...
that kinda hurt
Old Jun 14, 2006 | 03:51 PM
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OMFG that kills my ears at any level. My father in law bought one of those sonic things to keep gophers out of his yard and I could hear that too.
Old Jun 14, 2006 | 05:47 PM
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dugzilla, does that mean you are some sort of varmit???
Old Jun 14, 2006 | 09:38 PM
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scram!!!
Old Jun 14, 2006 | 11:22 PM
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LOL, more than likely!!
Old Jun 16, 2006 | 06:49 PM
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I saw this on the news but never got to hear the full story. So when I went to the page to listen to it I figured it would be sort of quiet high pitched sound. i turned up the volume on my laptop a little bit and hit play.. uggggh I think i blew my ear drums out. That sound is soo annoying. There is no way I could have that as a ringtone on my phone.
Old Jun 17, 2006 | 05:01 PM
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I saw this on another site. I had no problem hearing it, I also have Ipod like headphones too. As for my volume...see for your self




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