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Happy 4th of July weekend to all!!

Most you of have probably already heard about the mosquito ringtone  (if
not, check out this site for more info:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/12/technology/12ring.html?ex=1151899200&en=a5dacf85abe016cb&ei=5070
).

I was just curious about the number of librarians who are able to hear it?
Reportedly, most adults cannot hear the sound.....but I can....and it drives
me insane!  My own kids have it on their cell phones and I noticed last week
(when I went into school to work) that a group of summer schoolers also had
their phones buzzing with it.

For those schools that still allow cell phones on campus for use by students
after school (we allow this), do you anticipate problems with the buzz on
the phones during tests---if students get the idea that they can text one
another without the teacher knowing?  Are you making your teachers and
administrators aware of the problems?  I plan to let my teachers know about
the situation and send them a link to the buzz, so they can try it for
themselves.

Here's a link which compares the "true mosquito buzz" with others at a
higher frequency.  Can you hear it? (How old are you?)---I can't hear the
17959 Hz pure sine wave but the others make me grit my teeth!!  And
I'm 44---obviously, I did not attend too many rock concerts in the 70's and
80's!  <grin>

http://saunderslog.com/2006/06/12/the-mosquito-ring-tone-this-adult-can-hear-it/

~Shonda

-- 
Shonda Brisco, MLIS
Technology Librarian
Fort Worth Country Day School
Fort Worth, TX  76109
sbrisco@gmail.com
http://www.fwcds.org

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