Topic: Is This Why My TV Freezes Up When I Play Halo?

[fleish]

Has it got a freaking virus? 

[capnhook]

The way I read it, you might only be protected from "virus noises".....not the virii themselves....

Be careful out there, people.....

[Hypnocracy]

Make note to self...NEVER let Captn' borrow cables...you don't know where they might go...

 

[Myco]

Mylar is used as a cable condom?

[notlance]

Wow, I did not know viruses even made noise.  What is the sound of one virus shouting?

[notlance]

OK, this puts it into perspective:


Source of sound                                Sound intensity          Sound intensity level
                                                           (watts/m2)              dB re 10^-12 watts/m2
Krakatoa explosion at 100 km             1000000                           180 dB
Jet engine at 30 m                                    1000                            150 dB
Rifle being fired at 1 m                                100                            140 dB
Threshold of pain                                          10                            130 dB
Hearing damage (short-term exposure)         1                            120 dB
Jet at 100 m                                             0.1 to 100                 110 – 140 dB
Jack hammer at 1 m                                     0.01                          100 dB
Nagging wife                                                0.003                       ~ 95 dB
Hearing damage (long-term exposure)        0.001                          90 dB
Major road at 10 m                                 10^-4 to 10^-3               80 – 90 dB
Passenger car at 10 m                            10^-6 to 10^-4               60 – 80 dB
TV (set at home level) at 1 m            0.000001                             60 dB
Normal talking at 1 m                         10^-8 to 10^-6                   40 – 60 dB
Very quiet room                                  10^-10 to 10^-9                 20 – 30 dB
Calm breathing                                 0.00000000001                    10 dB
Auditory threshold at 1 kHz              0.000000000001                    0 dB
Virus shouting at 1m                                 ~10^-13                     ~ -10 dB

I was going to wait until 1 April to post this, but it seemed too important to wait.

[capnhook]

Wow, I did not know viruses even made noise.  What is the sound of one virus shouting?

Mono.

[twatts (pants are so over-rated...)]

OK, this puts it into perspective:


Source of sound                                Sound intensity          Sound intensity level
                                                           (watts/m2)              dB re 10^-12 watts/m2
Krakatoa explosion at 100 km             1000000                           180 dB
Jet engine at 30 m                                    1000                            150 dB
Rifle being fired at 1 m                                100                            140 dB
Threshold of pain                                          10                            130 dB
Hearing damage (short-term exposure)         1                            120 dB
Jet at 100 m                                             0.1 to 100                 110 – 140 dB
Jack hammer at 1 m                                     0.01                          100 dB
Nagging wife                                                0.003                       ~ 95 dB
Hearing damage (long-term exposure)        0.001                          90 dB
Major road at 10 m                                 10^-4 to 10^-3               80 – 90 dB
Passenger car at 10 m                            10^-6 to 10^-4               60 – 80 dB
TV (set at home level) at 1 m            0.000001                          ~ 60 dB
Normal talking at 1 m                         10^-8 to 10^-6                   40 – 60 dB
Very quiet room                                  10^-10 to 10^-9                 20 – 30 dB
Calm breathing                                 0.00000000001                    10 dB
Auditory threshold at 1 kHz              0.000000000001                    0 dB
Virus shouting at 1m                                 ~10^-13                     ~ -10 dB

I was going to wait until 1 April to post this, but it seemed too important to wait.

You're lucky...  my wife is a lot louder than that... 

Terry

[Gutbucket]

Wow, I did not know viruses even made noise.  What is the sound of one virus shouting?

Mono.

Heh, heh. witty.

Source of sound                                Sound intensity          Sound intensity level
Nagging wife                                                0.003                       ~ 95 dB
Hearing damage (long-term exposure)        0.001                          90 dB

I knew it!  A direct correlation to complaints about not being listened to.  Classic positive feedback-loop.

[dlh]

If a virus shouts in the forest . . .