https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=Fjathom 2026-04-20T03:32:40Z User contributions MediaWiki 1.30.0 https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:479:_Tones&diff=222515 2021-12-12T21:34:27Z

<p>Fjathom: </p> <hr /> <div>Yes!! To the death!!! A goddamn ringing sound... {{unsigned ip|‎162.158.91.165}}<br /> <br /> In the olden days of electro-mechanical telephone exchanges, each exchange would have a 17 Hz ring tone generator. When a call was switched through, it would send a 17 Hz signal down the line which would be picked off by a 17 Hz pick-off filter in the receiver. This would then activate the bell inside the receiver, causing it to ring. (Feel free to delete if deemed irrelevant). [[User:The Cat Lady|-- The Cat Lady]] ([[User talk:The Cat Lady|talk]]) 10:56, 15 August 2021 (UTC)<br /> <br /> could be a reference to “a softer world”, seeing how it has the same style of text boxes on top of one consistent image. thats what it reminded me of immediately, anyway [[User:Fjathom|Fjathom]] ([[User talk:Fjathom|talk]]) 21:34, 12 December 2021 (UTC)</div>

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