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Pin Dropper
'It was so quiet you could hear a pin drop...' or could you?? | |
Can you always be sure that your silences are
really genuine? Has a room fallen quiet, or
just fallen to a slightly softer level? Could you
really 'hear a pin drop'?
Here is a revolutionary new way to tell -
whenever this machine detects a drop in
noise levels, it will drop a pin. The reactions
of the audience will tell whether or not you
are experiencing a quality silence.
How often would you have to reload the darn thing?
http://farm1.static..._7194438473.jpg?v=0
[normzone, Sep 02 2008]
Buffon's Needle
http://en.wikipedia...i/Buffon%27s_needle
Calculate Pi as well? [swimr, Sep 18 2008]
[link]
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No, but it will Pierce Brosnan. |
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Couln't it just play a recording of a pin dropping? |
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What I'd like is a pin that makes a really
loud noise when it hits the floor. |
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A tubular bell with a pointy end? |
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/whenever this machine detects a drop in noise levels//
No, it must continuously drop pins, then compare the pin sound with ambient noise, to indicate audibility. |
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So this is going to need to be a mini flechette gun? |
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I'm not dropping my pin, Somebody might pick it up and wipe out my bank account. |
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oh, sorry, i deleted someones note
apologies, it was an accident |
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I think a real pin could be held with a magnet at the end of an acoustically transparent tube. The drop surface would be a pice of laminate flooring, or similar, that would actually make an audible sound when the pin strikes. The software would have an idea of the sound level produced by the pin dropping, and would constantly compare that to the background noise. When the background fell say 6dB below the required threshold, the magnet would release the pin. After a suitable period, the magnet would re-energise and the pin would return, ready for the next quiet period. |
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You don't want this thing going off willy-nilly, so a check on the time-decay of the background noise would increase the chance of the silence being an appropriate pin-dropping occasion, rather than everyone having left the room, or fallen asleep. |
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The sound of one hand clapping...+ |
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maybe to solve that problem it could have
a detector for breathing, or heartbeat |
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You could also have it calculate pi at the same time. [Link] |
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I want a gag version as well that's contained in a vacuum. Then to contradict someone else's claim you pull it out and <silence>. No, I'm sorry it's NOT that quiet. |
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//You could also have it calculate pi at the
same time. [Link]// |
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seeing as thats been sorta done it should
probably calculate e instead |
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