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Posted by Soulskill on from the satisfying-click-of-the-turbo-button dept.

J. L. Tympanum writes: While discussing music with my 24-year old son, the Typewriter Song (Leroy Anderson) came up. Within 10 seconds he had it playing on his laptop, but he didn't really get the joke because he had never seen a typewriter, nor heard the characteristics sounds — the clack of the keys, the end-of-line bell, the zip of the carriage return — that the typewriter makes. What other sounds do we not hear any more? More points for the longer they lasted (typewriters were around for over a century).

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  1. Modem connection tones by Nighttime · · Score: 5, Funny

    Nerrrrr! Squawk! BONG! BONG! BONG! Scrrrrch! Doot!

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    1. Re:Modem connection tones by Opportunist · · Score: 4, Funny

      Dude, what you talking about? You don't hear that anymore? Just search for dubstep on YouTube.

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  2. Re:60 Hz. hum in audio equipment by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Come join the light side of the force with our sexy 50Hz.

  3. Sounds I don't hear any more by wonkey_monkey · · Score: 3, Funny

    Sounds I don't hear any more: anything above 10kHz.

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