Hmm.. if the Internet is worldwide..
Saturday, March 24, 2007 by vStyler | Discussion: Community
..then why do the forums die right at midnight east. US time every night.
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seldomseen
Reply #22 Sunday, March 25, 2007 11:20 PM
...rrrRRIPPPpp....
Had this idea once, in a pensive and creative mood, that one could perhaps earn a modest income manufacturing small whistles, of varying shrillness, tone, and timbre...that customers could then insert...well,,,er...securely and somewhat comfortably in the proper orifice. Said whistle then would perhaps sound one's note or tone of choice, clan or family designation, social status...
Society as we know it could be transformed. Whole tribes, nations, ethnic groupings might then have a legacy of subgroupings of tones and mellifluous tonic scales.
"My goodness! Aunt Martha! I could have sworn I heard her piping just then...!"
To start with, perhaps they could come in any color...as long as it was black and latex.
Along with this, the world might just be ready for...here comes: the personal methane alarm!
The concept occurred to me one afternoon in the local supermarket, staring at those little coupon dispensers with the blinking l.e.d. that one finds periodically attached to shelving. I surreptitiously(sp?) removed one and took it home to dissect with the idea in mind...
With one of those worn, say, as a brooch or watchband clip, by the each member of the world's population, it would be socially acceptable, upon hearing a whistle or tone, to look around and spot the blinking l.e.d.s in the vicinity and calmly move upwind a bit. Pranksters, of course, might have other uses for them; my own idea: to retrofit the purloined coupon dispensers with detector circuitry and shrill klaxons, and affix them to the benches and beneath tables in the foodcourt areas of malls.
I digress. It's well past midnight somewhat east of here. It's too damn cold yet for crickets yet, but those Labs on my couch must have eaten...aargh!... O.K! Outside!
Now where's my prototype? Had it just a minute ago...
Reply #22 Sunday, March 25, 2007 11:20 PM
...as the known internet prepares to shut down for yet another midnight deadline..the crickets chirp and.....
...rrrRRIPPPpp....
hurtling towards the outer edges of the galaxy....perhaps even farther.....
Had this idea once, in a pensive and creative mood, that one could perhaps earn a modest income manufacturing small whistles, of varying shrillness, tone, and timbre...that customers could then insert...well,,,er...securely and somewhat comfortably in the proper orifice. Said whistle then would perhaps sound one's note or tone of choice, clan or family designation, social status...
Society as we know it could be transformed. Whole tribes, nations, ethnic groupings might then have a legacy of subgroupings of tones and mellifluous tonic scales.
"My goodness! Aunt Martha! I could have sworn I heard her piping just then...!"
To start with, perhaps they could come in any color...as long as it was black and latex.
Along with this, the world might just be ready for...here comes: the personal methane alarm!
The concept occurred to me one afternoon in the local supermarket, staring at those little coupon dispensers with the blinking l.e.d. that one finds periodically attached to shelving. I surreptitiously(sp?) removed one and took it home to dissect with the idea in mind...
With one of those worn, say, as a brooch or watchband clip, by the each member of the world's population, it would be socially acceptable, upon hearing a whistle or tone, to look around and spot the blinking l.e.d.s in the vicinity and calmly move upwind a bit. Pranksters, of course, might have other uses for them; my own idea: to retrofit the purloined coupon dispensers with detector circuitry and shrill klaxons, and affix them to the benches and beneath tables in the foodcourt areas of malls.
I digress. It's well past midnight somewhat east of here. It's too damn cold yet for crickets yet, but those Labs on my couch must have eaten...aargh!... O.K! Outside!
Now where's my prototype? Had it just a minute ago...
DigitalCHET
Reply #23 Sunday, March 25, 2007 11:22 PM
Reply #23 Sunday, March 25, 2007 11:22 PM
Perhaps we should push the internet time. 
(this post was created at @233)
P.S. I just ate an egg sandwich...
(this post was created at @233)
P.S. I just ate an egg sandwich...
starkers
Reply #25 Monday, March 26, 2007 2:18 AM
Had this idea once, in a pensive and creative mood, that one could perhaps earn a modest income manufacturing small whistles
Mine was for a muffler of sorts....if not to silence the frequent barks emanating from curried cabbage & curried egg sandwiches, then to give me ventriloquist abilities so I could point the finger elsewhere.
This, of course, would defeat the purpose of my 'voice throwing' muffler....unless my methane alarm were programmed to set off someone else's nearby.
Reply #25 Monday, March 26, 2007 2:18 AM
Had this idea once, in a pensive and creative mood, that one could perhaps earn a modest income manufacturing small whistles
Mine was for a muffler of sorts....if not to silence the frequent barks emanating from curried cabbage & curried egg sandwiches, then to give me ventriloquist abilities so I could point the finger elsewhere.
Along with this, the world might just be ready for...here comes: the personal methane alarm!
This, of course, would defeat the purpose of my 'voice throwing' muffler....unless my methane alarm were programmed to set off someone else's nearby.
sydneysiders
Reply #26 Monday, March 26, 2007 10:37 AM
If a cricket chirps in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?
Reply #26 Monday, March 26, 2007 10:37 AM
the crickets chirp and.....
If a cricket chirps in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?
seldomseen
Reply #27 Monday, March 26, 2007 11:46 AM
Philosophically speaking, I would say yes. If its hearing receptors receive a signal of sufficient amplitude to trigger self-awareness of its own chirp, eh?
Reply #27 Monday, March 26, 2007 11:46 AM
If a cricket chirps in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?
Philosophically speaking, I would say yes. If its hearing receptors receive a signal of sufficient amplitude to trigger self-awareness of its own chirp, eh?
starkers
Reply #30 Monday, March 26, 2007 6:29 PM
Philosophically speaking, I would say yes. If its hearing receptors receive a signal of sufficient amplitude to trigger self-awareness of its own chirp, eh?
Actually, it is deaf......
Which is why it didn't hear the bird swooping down to eat it.
Reply #30 Monday, March 26, 2007 6:29 PM
Philosophically speaking, I would say yes. If its hearing receptors receive a signal of sufficient amplitude to trigger self-awareness of its own chirp, eh?
Actually, it is deaf......
Which is why it didn't hear the bird swooping down to eat it.
sydneysiders
Reply #31 Monday, March 26, 2007 6:34 PM
then the bird must have heard it....
Reply #31 Monday, March 26, 2007 6:34 PM
the bird swooping down to eat it
then the bird must have heard it....
Alternate Setting
Reply #33 Monday, March 26, 2007 11:04 PM
at midnight, would the bird not be asleep?
You try sleeping when the forest is full of crickets chirping watch out for falling trees, the butterflies are at it again.......
Reply #33 Monday, March 26, 2007 11:04 PM
at midnight, would the bird not be asleep?
You try sleeping when the forest is full of crickets chirping watch out for falling trees, the butterflies are at it again.......
starkers
Reply #35 Tuesday, March 27, 2007 1:49 AM
Ah, but owls are nocturnal, and do not owls like eating crickets, too?
Reply #35 Tuesday, March 27, 2007 1:49 AM
at midnight, would the bird not be asleep?
Ah, but owls are nocturnal, and do not owls like eating crickets, too?
seldomseen
Reply #36 Tuesday, March 27, 2007 5:54 PM
Do owls really have ears?
Reply #36 Tuesday, March 27, 2007 5:54 PM
\checks for signs of intelligent life...
Do owls really have ears?
starkers
Reply #37 Tuesday, March 27, 2007 8:47 PM
Yep, they sure do......that's why when you ask who's creeping around the forest, they'll answer: "Who, who!".
Reply #37 Tuesday, March 27, 2007 8:47 PM
Do owls really have ears?
Yep, they sure do......that's why when you ask who's creeping around the forest, they'll answer: "Who, who!".
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Reply #21 Sunday, March 25, 2007 11:10 PM
I belive I have an answer to your question, it has to due with the breakdown of total internet users in any given time zone divided by the number of visitors to the fourms overlaid with the position of the moon relative to the.......it's all on the chalk board..............O Nooooooooooooooooooo! Someone cleaned the board!!!!!!!!!