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*"B-flat at 194 decibels". {{w|Bβ (musical note)|B-flat}} is a musical note with a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4LaqyxPwSE pitch] of 466.16 Hz (or any power of 2 or 1/2 multiplied by that). 194 decibels is 501187233627% (most devices only go up to 100%/0dB) and is the {{w|Sound pressure#Examples of sound pressure and sound pressure levels|limit at 1 atmosphere pressure}}. Any more energy would create a shockwave. This could also be a reference to a crowd of {{w|vuvuzela}}s as they also produce sounds pitched around B flat. This may also refer to several B-flat-related phenomena discussed in an NPR story, [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7442915 Have You Heard About B Flat?] Specifically, B-flat has been found to agitate alligators, and waves passing through gas near a black hole have been found to resonate at a frequency which results in a B flat 57 octaves below middle C. Regardless of all this, a sound played as loud as 194 dB is quite literally deafening, so the ringtone would be not so much annoying as dangerous. | *"B-flat at 194 decibels". {{w|Bβ (musical note)|B-flat}} is a musical note with a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4LaqyxPwSE pitch] of 466.16 Hz (or any power of 2 or 1/2 multiplied by that). 194 decibels is 501187233627% (most devices only go up to 100%/0dB) and is the {{w|Sound pressure#Examples of sound pressure and sound pressure levels|limit at 1 atmosphere pressure}}. Any more energy would create a shockwave. This could also be a reference to a crowd of {{w|vuvuzela}}s as they also produce sounds pitched around B flat. This may also refer to several B-flat-related phenomena discussed in an NPR story, [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7442915 Have You Heard About B Flat?] Specifically, B-flat has been found to agitate alligators, and waves passing through gas near a black hole have been found to resonate at a frequency which results in a B flat 57 octaves below middle C. Regardless of all this, a sound played as loud as 194 dB is quite literally deafening, so the ringtone would be not so much annoying as dangerous. | ||
*"That noise from Dumb & Dumber". {{w|Dumb and Dumber}} is a comedy movie from 1994. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cVlTeIATBs The noise] from Dumb & Dumber is referring to the point in the movie when Harry and Lloyd asked, "Do you want to hear the most annoying sound in the world?" and began shrieking in imitation of a loud fax machine. | *"That noise from Dumb & Dumber". {{w|Dumb and Dumber}} is a comedy movie from 1994. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cVlTeIATBs The noise] from Dumb & Dumber is referring to the point in the movie when Harry and Lloyd asked, "Do you want to hear the most annoying sound in the world?" and began shrieking in imitation of a loud fax machine. | ||
| β | *"Recording of a sobbing voice begging you to answer". Self-explanatory.{{citation needed}} Such a ringtone is obviously disruptive, annoying, and potentially worrying to those in the vicinity of the phone.{{citation needed}} | + | *"Recording of a sobbing voice begging you to answer". Self-explanatory.{{actual citation needed}} Such a ringtone is obviously disruptive, annoying, and potentially worrying to those in the vicinity of the phone.{{citation needed}} |
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
