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Is the iPod Generation Going Deaf?
prozac79 writes "Ars Technica and Wired News are both running interesting articles on how personal music players are a major contributor [ArsTechnica] to early hearing loss [Wired]. According the ArsTechnica article, an increasing number of people are now living in "noisy" environments that is only made worse by blocking it out with even louder music. The article also suggests that listening to music for one hour a day is considered safe. So now you have a choice... go deaf early or go insane listening to your coworkers chatter."
Win win situation. Listen to music until you're deaf, and then never be able to here your chatty coworkers again!
Let the commencement BEGINULATE!
What did you say?
No, but it may be damaging your thinking.
I can't hear you.
I followed the link to the Wired News article, and the ad on the side of the page was for the iPod nano.
However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results. -- Winston Churchill
iPods don't make people deaf; really really loud sounds make people deaf.
I'll make the typical audiophile quip: If you like the sound of Bose you have nothing to worry about, you're already deaf =)
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Aye? what was that? SPEAK UP!
I find that I can better hear the voices in my head with the iPod turned off.
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I say let 'em. Common sense will prevail for the rest of us.
Problem: if stupid people go deaf the rest of us will have to listen to them shouting their inane conversations at each other.
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IS THE IPOD GENERATION GOING DEAF?
(by the way, the lameness filter can't take a joke.)
No, listen to rap music will make you DeF.
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I think you might have more serious things to worry about than your iPod volume...
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Thats why it goes to 11 dude :-)
one problem. once you inject all that noise cancelation, any audiophile with 20/10 hearing is going to snort in disgust at how bad it sounds vs "unfiltered, 500 dollar amped" stuff.
While I am fine with anyone who wants to be a transvestite taking that route, I have to say that this is the first time that I've seen someone called out for having problems for *not wanting* to be one.
Any program relying on (nontrivial) preemptive multithreading will be buggy.
This story is about 25 years too late.
;-)
Too late? It's a record! 25 years between dupes? They'll never top that!
You can't take the sky from me...
You are on the way to deafness.
You have no chance to hear make your time.
Ha Ha Ha.
Most /. readers already had to worry about making themselves go blind... now they have to worry about going deaf as well????
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