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Technology poised to create a deaf generation
Knight Ridder ^
| March 2, 2006
Posted on 03/02/2006 11:17:16 AM PST by formercalifornian
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Eh?
To: formercalifornian
Common sense would solve the problem. I've been hearing about loud music ruining your hearing since I was a teenager many moons ago!
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posted on
03/02/2006 11:18:22 AM PST
by
swmobuffalo
(the only good terrorist is a dead one)
To: formercalifornian
Many of the devices tested produced up to 120 decibels. Slightly below the decibal level of the Zeppelin show I saw in '77...
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posted on
03/02/2006 11:19:22 AM PST
by
Mr. Mojo
To: formercalifornian
I want the Spinal Tap edition of the iPod. The volume goes to eleven.
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posted on
03/02/2006 11:19:31 AM PST
by
Yo-Yo
(USAF, TAC, 12th AF, 366 TFW, 366 MG, 366 CRS, Mtn Home AFB, 1978-81)
To: formercalifornian
I'm afraid this message will fall on deaf ears.
I just don't believe people are ready to hear something like this.
To: formercalifornian
They told us we'd go blind.
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posted on
03/02/2006 11:21:55 AM PST
by
Spok
(Est omnis de civilitate.)
To: formercalifornian
A level of 85 decibels is about the loudness of a lawnmower. Many of the devices tested produced up to 120 decibels.Do they have volume controls?
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posted on
03/02/2006 11:22:25 AM PST
by
ScreamingFist
(Annihilation - The result of underestimating your enemies. NRA)
To: swmobuffalo
I've been hearing about loud music ruining your hearing since I was a teenager
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posted on
03/02/2006 11:22:40 AM PST
by
Mr. Mojo
To: Yo-Yo
Would be nice to have a tunable machine gun, so one could shoot a melody. That could get to 150db level.
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posted on
03/02/2006 11:24:01 AM PST
by
GSlob
To: Mr. Mojo
Slightly below the decibal level of the Zeppelin show I saw in '77... LOL. My first thought. I believe Man-O-War still holds the record for loudest concert ever......about the equivalent of sticking your head in a running jet engine.
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posted on
03/02/2006 11:25:06 AM PST
by
ScreamingFist
(Annihilation - The result of underestimating your enemies. NRA)
To: formercalifornian
In the casset walkman it were the high pitch background noise of the tape which prevented me from using it. New devices do not have that.
To say technology is making us deaf is the dumbest thing ever.
Do they want us to die of cancer going back to galene radios & smoke signals?
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posted on
03/02/2006 11:26:47 AM PST
by
JudgemAll
(Condemn me, make me naked and kill me, or be silent for ever on my gun ownership and law enforcement)
To: Mr. Mojo
Slightly below the decibal level of the Zeppelin show I saw in '77...Saw the Nuge in 78 - also known as "The Beast From 20,000 Decibels". It was a free for all!
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posted on
03/02/2006 11:29:57 AM PST
by
70times7
(An open mind is a cesspool of thought)
To: formercalifornian
There is nothing here that wasn't true 25 years ago and ever since with the Walkman.
Some people just seem to need to get their names in the paper.
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posted on
03/02/2006 11:30:07 AM PST
by
Atlas Sneezed
(Your FRiendly FReeper Patent Attorney)
To: formercalifornian
Yeah, they said the same thing would happen when I used to crank up Headbanger's Ball as a kid...
Wait, what did you say? Huh??
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posted on
03/02/2006 11:31:25 AM PST
by
RockinRight
(Attention RNC...we're the party of Reagan, not FDR...)
To: formercalifornian
This isn't new.
Obviously, these folks have never stood next to a stack of Marshall's at an AC/DC concert.
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posted on
03/02/2006 11:32:18 AM PST
by
xsrdx
(Diligentia, Vis, Celeritas)
To: ScreamingFist
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posted on
03/02/2006 11:32:30 AM PST
by
RockinRight
(Attention RNC...we're the party of Reagan, not FDR...)
To: ScreamingFist; 70times7
Man-O-War, eh? Glad I missed 'em. Never saw The Nuge either, but I hear he cranks it up.
Zep was the loudest I ever saw (ears rang for days), followed by The Who.
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posted on
03/02/2006 11:32:50 AM PST
by
Mr. Mojo
To: formercalifornian
Oh brother.... The iPod isn't anything new or special when it comes to loud music through headphones. That's been going on for decades now.
Much ado about nothing.
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posted on
03/02/2006 11:32:51 AM PST
by
TChris
("Wake up, America. This is serious." - Ben Stein)
To: formercalifornian
I'll file this right next to the article from the seventies "Pornography set to create a blind generation".
Owl_Eagle(If what I just wrote makes you sad or angry,
it was probably sarcasm)
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posted on
03/02/2006 11:35:18 AM PST
by
End Times Sentinel
(In Memory of my Dear Friend Henry Lee II)
To: RockinRight
what did you say? Huh??
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posted on
03/02/2006 11:36:26 AM PST
by
xsrdx
(Diligentia, Vis, Celeritas)
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