On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 5:34 PM, Tom Metro <tmetro-...@vl.com> wrote: >... > I've heard of tools that let you listen to LAN traffic, where supposedly > you can easily hear the differences when something unusual happens. But > I'd expect such a tool to get annoying fast.
I think you might be thinking about "Peep: The Network Auralizer". http://peep.sourceforge.net/intro.html The paper (http://peep.sourceforge.net/docs/lisa2000.pdf) was best student paper at the USENIX LISA 2000 conference. The paper discusses the issue of annoyance. They deal with it by using natural sounds (bird calls, rain, water, etc.) to represent different events. The theory is that people find those sounds generally pleasant, but at the same time expect them to occur in a seemingly random way. What you get is an aural background that might range from a quiet meadow to a noisy rain forest. I don't know if the idea ever went anywhere after the paper was published, but it sounds plausible to me. Bill Bogstad _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
