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Subject: Re: OT: very high freq ring tone
From: "grant finlay" grantfinlay
Date: Sun Jun 11, 2006 9:27 pm (PDT)
Did his phone not have a vibrate only function?
Put the phone in said pocket on vibrate. I can't imagine a teacher
being able to hear it over the noise of a classroom or am i missing
something?
Grant.


On 12/06/2006, at 3:18 PM, oryoki2000 wrote:

> Very off topic:
>
> Schools forbid the use of cell phones in class, of course.  A clever
> high school student found that his teachers have a difficult time
> hearing very high frequency sound, while teens can still hear it.  So
> the student created a cell phone ring tone using the high frequency,
> and employed it to alert him when text messages arrive.
>
> The student was inspired when he read a report about a British company
> that markets a system to disperse teens who loiter around convenience
> stores.  The sound is very annoying to teens, but inaudible to most
> adults.
>
> Now the tables are turned, and kids can use the cell phones in school
> again, provided their teacher is over 30.
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/12/technology/12ring.html?
> hp&ex=3D1150084800&en=3D6e65a1e8bdeab1e1&ei=3D5094&partner=3Dhomepage
>
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