[Sursound] Quietest place on Earth revisited

2012-11-24 Thread Eric Carmichel
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Re: [Sursound] Quietest place on Earth revisited

2012-11-24 Thread Michael Chapman
> > So, I suppose the "30 decibel" level came from an unreliable source -- > seems to happen a lot since the advent of the Internet (that we all know > is an alien conspiracy). > Those outside the UK may have missed that the BBC has just paid out about a quarter of a million USD to someone they w

Re: [Sursound] Quietest place on Earth revisited

2012-11-24 Thread Michael Chapman
> Those outside the UK may have missed that the BBC has just paid out about > a quarter of a million USD to someone they wrongly named as a paedophile. > For the sake of accuracy, I suppose that should be "implied was" not "named as", as the naming was done on Eric's aliens' Internet ... M

Re: [Sursound] Quietest place on Earth revisited

2012-11-24 Thread David Pickett
At 08:46 24-11-12, Eric Carmichel wrote: >Back in October (Sursound Digest, Vol 51, Issue 24, to be exact) there >was a post regarding places to visit, and Orfield Labs, the "quietest >place on Earth" was showcased. It was then pointed out that the BBC >article (link below) said, "an average conv

Re: [Sursound] Quietest place on Earth revisited

2012-11-24 Thread Eric Carmichel
off or landing, where a scientist making the measurements mistakenly tells a journalist that -20dBm = 1/10 mW without being challenged.  Later the journalist quotes this as 1/10 W. I wrote to point this out, and received a "thank you for your interest" reply... David ------ next