Re: Lateral Thinking Test ~ Can you solve this puzzle and help the Truman?

Oct 29, 2010 5 Replies



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> > I've been wearing MP3 Sunglasses with earphones that swivel into place =

with which


> I play a 2 minute white noise sample so I don't have to listen to peopl=

e in public.



> > I thought they would be 100% effective with earplugs aswell, but the ea=

rplugs


> are INSIDE the earphone and are only slightly more effective than just =

the white


> noise alone, although quieter. =A0You can still hear people within a fe=

w meters away,


> in shops, at the checkout. =A0But otherwise pretty good, I can take my =

time shopping


> without much verbal onslaught from the unwitting public enticed to verb=

ally abuse


> me from the "imagined" LASER to sonics in use for 9 years now.
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> > Anyway, while searching for LOUD MP3 PLAYER I came across sound insulat=

ed


> earphones, they have the speaker inside the composite earplug / earphon=

e, and


> they are due at the post office TODAY - in a few hours! =A0They are use=

d my musos,


> drummers and motorbike riders.
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> > But - after a 20 day expensive motel disaster holiday up North, my bill=

s have mounted


> and I can't afford an MP3 player to try them, not until mid next week. =

=A0Yes I make


> 5 sales a day now but the profits take a couple weeks to mount plus a f=

ew weeks


> to get through accounting.
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> > I have a Blackberry with MP3 player but it has a custom earphone socket=
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> > I have an iPhone with normal earphone socket but no internet connection=

. =A0I also have


> a netbook with internet connection. =A0You cannot download from the net=

book onto


> the iPhone.
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> > I have standard earphones, and the standard earphones with custom socke=

t for the blackberry.



> > Since my MP3 Sunnies have died (do not use to backup your data!) can yo=

u work out how to:


> get an MP3 player working with the sound insulating earphones to play t=

he white noise sample?



> > e.g. I can download a white noise sample to the Blackberry, but can't p=

lug in the sound


> insulating earphones.
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> > One solution: I buy a female earphone socket from Dick Smith, get the B=

lackberry adapter which


> fits the earphone socket (which I don't use), strip the wires and attac=

h the socket and plug in


> the S.I. Earphones!
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> > Herc
> > --
> > A population that tolerates the incarceration, sedation and persecution=

of people who proclaim the government is abusing


> individuals, has no right to freedom.
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> OK, so how do I plug my new earphones into a MP3 player that plays white =

noise?


1 - the blackberry earphone cable is not standard
> 2 - the iphone can't download from net or PC
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> SOLUTION: put the iPhone microphone next to the Blackberry speaker and re=

cord!



> Neat white noise file on the iPhone which will work with the Sound Insula=

ting Earphones,


until I can buy a MP3 player, those iPod Shuffles are tiny!
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> Only problem is I had to put the iPhone in my shirt pocket because the to=

uch screen


keeps deactivating playing the sound file.
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> No lateral thinkers? =A0Or have you all been got to with LASER to Sonics =

anti_Truman probes?


You assume we give a f*ck. Lean in close. I'll give you a clue. We don't give a f*ck.


HTH


Shill #2

"Metro" wrote

anti_Truman probes?

You're all full of wisdom NOW - after the simple answer was posted.

Didn't hear anything when the quiz was posted though!

Herc

I didn't hear anything either, I had my alfoil hat on!

"Dennis" wrote >

anti_Truman probes?

funny you mentioned that, I just plugged my earphones into my netbook,

100 times more bass than an MP3 player..

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Herc

this is more practical:

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