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Bumblebee ringtone - DaviDC. - 09-30-2006
Twice this week I've seen on TV kids with a ringtone on their phones that adults can't hear. Once it was refered to as a bumblebee ringtone. I did a Google search hoping to find something I could listen to because I want to see if I can hear it, but came up empty.
I know listening to anything on the crappy little rear-firing speakers on this MacBook will be limited, but I've got headphones.
Re: Bumblebee ringtone - Jp! - 09-30-2006
Probably related to this post
http://forums.macresource.com/read/1/117041/117062#msg-117062
Re: Bumblebee ringtone - Tofer - 09-30-2006
Try searching for "mosquito ringtone" I've never heard it called the bumblebee ringtone:
http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=mosquito+ringtone&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8
-Tofer
Re: Bumblebee ringtone - BigGuynRusty - 09-30-2006
I'm old and can hear it, irritating as hell.
Both my nephews can't hear it, both listen to their iPods at about 3000 decibels though!
BGnR
Re: Bumblebee ringtone - DaviDC. - 09-30-2006
Thanks guys! I played it through external speakers & could hear it if I turned my head just right. Three cats sat up & looked at me while it was playing.
Re: Bumblebee ringtone - Fritz - 10-01-2006
woo hoo, I'm not deaf yet
Re: Bumblebee ringtone - cbelt3 - 10-03-2006
Huh ? What ? Sorry, I didn't hear your call.
too much time near jet engines and other nasty military hardware.
I am now fondly recalling a 'distraction device' that I made in quantity in high school- a little handmade PCB with a 555 timer, piezo speaker, 9V battery, a few caps and a few resistors. It put out a 22KHz warble that was juuuuust above the audible range for most of my classmates, but would really annoy them. In testing, I got agressive responses about 75% of the time when the listener could not 'hear' the tone. It was an interesting physio-psyhological experiment.
And probably would have gotten me expelled, which is why I didn't turn it into a science fair project as originally planned.