http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/12/technology/12ring.html

The mp3 file link is on that web page. Sadly I cannot hear it, probably due to attending way too rock concerts as a youngster.

Can you guys hear it?

I couldn't hear it. When I get home I'll have the kids listen to it and see if any of them can hear it.

If this turns out to be true, I will be amazed.

It is true Rick, sadly.

OMG, I can't wait to get home and try it.

I'll see who hears it louder, Rae (12) or Johnny (4).

I heard it and DAMN that hurt! My eyesight isn't fantastic though so it's meant that my hearing is pretty good. Plus the fact that 23 isn't that old.

You can tell Need reads The Register (http://www.theregister.co.uk)

Lee,
I'm a Digg (http://www.digg.com/) kind of guy.

I could hear it, but only if I turned my head to the side..

It's cool, but can this pitch really be loud enough for someone to notice when they are busy doing other things?

My 14 year old son could hear it at any volume. I cranked up my speakers to max (that would normally blow you out the door) and I could hear it...

I could hear it, but only if I turned my head to the side...?


Me too but only in the left ear

EHHHH its telling me demo version expired

Well Trash Metal Gigs haven't completely killed my hearing I can hear it. Not bad for an old fart ;)

My cats love it too

We're having fun with it at the office. Apparently age is only one factor that will determine if you can hear it or not. Your lifestyle with regards to sound will affect it e.g. loud concerts, F1 races (been there, loudest event I've ever been too), etc.

I wonder if this can be a wake up call to the iPOD generation would are cranking up the tunes in their earbuds?

UFFFAAA I'm curious now... want to see whether I hear it or not!
Why is it telling me demo expired?

Rick, Ben, is there any way to add an mp3 as an attachment to the original message? I saved the file from the NYT site.

As an old fan of Ozzie Osbourne,Deep Purple,The Who,and Formula 1,aka Silverstone,I can't hear a bloody thing.Er... I am using Mozilla 1.7.13.Am going to try Firefox,then Redmond ver 6.0 (IE).

Oh God if I'm deaf,I'l never hear South Park again! :D


Update... nope... still can't hear it... hallo... hallo..

I HEARD IT!! I am 42 and I heard it, but I have the ears needed to raise teenagers and be able to know what is going on behind my back. LOL

I have been to my share of rock concerts, Ozzie, Def Lepard, Van Halen and the like. But I can hear it. To me it sounds like the high pitched squealing that a television makes when you first turn it on.

UFFFAAA im curious now... wanna see whether i hear it or not!
Why is it telling me demo expired?

Demo version of what?! Whatever MP3 player you were using must have expired. Instead of left clicking the link to hear the sound, right click it. Choose "Save As". Save it to your desktop. Then go to yuour desktop, right click on the file, choose "Open With..." and select Windows Media Player.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/12/technology/12ring.html

The mp3 file link is on that web page. Sadly I cannot hear it, probably due to attending way too rock concerts as a youngster.

Can you guys hear it?

ack!! my ears! I would never get that ringtone even if my teachers in school can't hear it. Its hurts my ears. >_< Even when i turn down my speakers volume to almost nothing.

I really don't get what the big deal is here. Every cellphone has a silent mode that causes it to vibrate rather then sound a tone. How different is that from a tone that some people can't hear?

Where u bin Scott? And no... I still can't hear a thing... though I can hear Oasis,Chemical Brothers,and Stereophonics just fine. :D

I really don't get what the big deal is here. Every cellphone has a silent mode that causes it to vibrate rather then sound a tone. How different is that from a tone that some people can't hear?When we were playing with it in the office the issue wasn't that the kids had a silent-to-us ring tone, it was more like "crap, I can't hear it, I'm not that old!". We were just shocked that some could hear it and describe it while others hear nothing.

I have one the kids can't hear... ring ring./. Clean your room.. ring ring.. do the dishes... LOL

Obviously this thread has deteriorated into irrelevant chat and should be closed.

BTW
Sometimes it isn't the ear it's the brain. I have a feeling that in your case this might be the problem.

How does that David Bowie song go.. :D

Sometimes it isn't the ear it's the brain. I have a feeling that in your case this might be the problem.No, it's the ear. More here (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001045.htm).

There are a few of these ringtones out. One has people laughing in the background. I can hear two of them, but not the others. All of them make my daughter scream and yell TURN OFF THE SPEAKERS. She says that they really hurt her ears.

That is one of the most annoying things I have ever heard.

It was suppose to be a high-pitched tone according to the article. I kept waiting for an actual ring tone, lol.

I thought my kids were putting me on, so I surreptitiously played the tone (I have it on my phone) they both said: STOP THAT! Sadly I can't hear it either...