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Title: Is This Why My TV Freezes Up When I Play Halo?
Post by: fleish on March 15, 2012, 01:08:14 PM
Has it got a freaking virus?  ::)

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Title: Re: Is This Why My TV Freezes Up When I Play Halo?
Post by: capnhook on March 15, 2012, 01:18:42 PM
The way I read it, you might only be protected from "virus noises".....not the virii themselves....

Be careful out there, people.....
Title: Re: Is This Why My TV Freezes Up When I Play Halo?
Post by: Hypnocracy on March 16, 2012, 08:39:57 AM
Make note to self...NEVER let Captn' borrow cables...you don't know where they might go...

 >:D
Title: Re: Is This Why My TV Freezes Up When I Play Halo?
Post by: Myco on March 16, 2012, 10:02:10 AM
Mylar is used as a cable condom?
Title: Re: Is This Why My TV Freezes Up When I Play Halo?
Post by: notlance on March 16, 2012, 12:30:53 PM
Wow, I did not know viruses even made noise.  What is the sound of one virus shouting?
Title: Re: Is This Why My TV Freezes Up When I Play Halo?
Post by: notlance on March 16, 2012, 01:12:06 PM
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.
Title: Re: Is This Why My TV Freezes Up When I Play Halo?
Post by: capnhook on March 16, 2012, 03:17:33 PM
Quote from: notlance on March 16, 2012, 12:30:53 PM
Wow, I did not know viruses even made noise.  What is the sound of one virus shouting?

Mono.
Title: Re: Is This Why My TV Freezes Up When I Play Halo?
Post by: twatts (pants are so over-rated...) on March 16, 2012, 03:20:52 PM
Quote from: notlance on March 16, 2012, 01:12:06 PM
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
Title: Re: Is This Why My TV Freezes Up When I Play Halo?
Post by: Gutbucket on March 16, 2012, 03:46:54 PM
Quote from: capnhook on March 16, 2012, 03:17:33 PM
Quote from: notlance on March 16, 2012, 12:30:53 PM
Wow, I did not know viruses even made noise.  What is the sound of one virus shouting?

Mono.

Heh, heh. witty.

Quote from: notlance on March 16, 2012, 01:12:06 PM
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.
Title: Re: Is This Why My TV Freezes Up When I Play Halo?
Post by: dlh on March 17, 2012, 09:12:44 AM
If a virus shouts in the forest . . .