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* In the Series/DoctorWho mini-episode "Time Crash", this trope occurs when Ten flips the monitor around to show Five the exact size of the hole in the time-space continuum that would happen if they don't separate their Tardises.
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* In the Series/DoctorWho ''Series/DoctorWho'' mini-episode "Time Crash", this trope occurs when Ten flips the monitor around to show Five the exact size of the hole in the time-space continuum that would happen if they don't separate their Tardises.
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* Parodied by MontyPython in ''The Meaning of Life'' with a very expensive piece of medical equipment that goes ''PING'' as long as the patient is alive.
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* Parodied by MontyPython in ''The Meaning of Life'' ''MontyPythonsTheMeaningOfLife'' with a very expensive piece of medical equipment that goes ''PING'' as long as the patient is alive.
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*** One of my computers wouldn't even beep when I turned it on. Turned out seven capacitors on the motherboard were shot. What makes it worse is that I'd actually heard most of them pop while I was using the thing, I just didn't know what the sound meant.
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* ''TheNailGunMassacre'' has a computer that literally beeps with every keystroke.
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*** The tones were used by more than just automated phone systems; they were actually how telephone exchanges knew what number you dialled. Phone lines were designed for the transmission of sound, so they transmitted everything, including dialled numbers, by sound. That is why even some more modern phones with auto-dial etc. still play the "number" through when connecting.
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*** The tones were used by more than just automated phone systems; they were are actually how telephone exchanges knew know what number you dialled.dialed. Phone lines were designed for the transmission of sound, so they transmitted everything, including dialled numbers, by sound. That is why even some more modern phones with auto-dial etc. still play the "number" through when connecting. You could, many years ago, hold the handset up to a TV commercial playing DTMF tones for a phone number, and the number would be dialed. (The commercial has long since stopped playing.)
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** Actually, almost ''every'' episode of NCIS (especially those after Tim McGee joins the regular cast) involves multiple uses of this trope. For example, in one of the first two seasons of NCIS, Tony and Kate boot up a victim's computer, only to have it tell them that the C: drive has been reformatted. The line that bears this message is green, blinking, and beeping, all at once.
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* In the {{DoctorWho}} mini-episode "Time Crash", this trope occurs when Ten flips the monitor around to show Five the exact size of the hole in the time-space continuum that would happen if they don't separate their Tardises.
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* In the {{DoctorWho}} Series/DoctorWho mini-episode "Time Crash", this trope occurs when Ten flips the monitor around to show Five the exact size of the hole in the time-space continuum that would happen if they don't separate their Tardises.
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*** The tones were used by more than just automated phone systems; they were actually how telephone exchanges knew what number you dialled. Phone lines were designed for the transmission of sound, so they transmitted everything, including dialled numbers, by sound. That is why even some more modern phones with auto-dial etc. still play the "number" through when connecting.
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* "[[Series/DoctorWho Time Crash]]" does this when Ten flips the monitor around to show Five the exact size of the hole in the time-space continuum that would happen if they don't separate their Tardises.
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* "[[Series/DoctorWho Time Crash]]" does In the {{DoctorWho}} mini-episode "Time Crash", this trope occurs when Ten flips the monitor around to show Five the exact size of the hole in the time-space continuum that would happen if they don't separate their Tardises.
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** If you have the zoom/magnification tool selected, it does work in some graphics programs; GIMP is one, at least under Linux.
*** The KDE environment in Linux falls in that category. Program-wise, the below-mentioned (under Mac though it runs in Win & Lin too) TuxPaint does it to help kids understand what the different tools do.
**** Or connecting a wire from a soundcard line-out to the motherboard speaker-out, in which case it turns to ash in a blinding flash the minute the computer's turned on.
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* The doors of the new type of streetcars in Vienna beep every time sombody presses the door opener.
* Nullsoft make an application that can make your windows PC sound like computers sound in movies. http://www.nullsoft.com/free/nbeep/
* Nullsoft make an application that can make your windows PC sound like computers sound in movies. http://www.nullsoft.com/free/nbeep/
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* The doors of the new type of streetcars in Vienna beep every time sombody somebody presses the door opener.
* Nullsoftmake made an application that can make your windows PC sound like computers sound in movies. http://www.nullsoft.com/free/nbeep/
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*** Or reminds us of the "I hope Mom/Dad didn't hear that" wince we made if we'd snuck down go online at 3 AM and didn't know how to avoid the noise.
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*** There's websites & groups now where people share archives of their old tapes for posterity and to help replace broken/bad ones or for use in emulators.
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** Some people that have hyperacusis (ability to hear a greater range of pitch/volume) can hear some of the noise the radio is picking up. A very few people that also have synesthesia that lets them experience sound through other physical senses can use it to diagnose very basic hardware issues.
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** Some early non-PC home computers like the TI-99/4 (not the 4A) outside Europe lacked an internal speaker and were cartridge based, so they made no hardware noise out of the box.
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* "[[DoctorWho Time Crash]]" does this when Ten flips the monitor around to show Five the exact size of the hole in the time-space continuum that would happen if they don't separate their Tardises.
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* "[[DoctorWho "[[Series/DoctorWho Time Crash]]" does this when Ten flips the monitor around to show Five the exact size of the hole in the time-space continuum that would happen if they don't separate their Tardises.
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* If your hard drive starts beeping, [[OhCrap you're in deep trouble]] (e.g. stuck spindle or bad heads).
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*** The error message for that, of course, is to ''not'' beep.
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-->--One of the ''[[{{Zeerust}} ''[[{{The Meaning Of Liff}} Meaning of Liff]]''-esque definitions featured in ArmandoIannucci's [[http://observer.guardian.co.uk/7days/story/0,,1739733,00.html Dictionary of Modern Usage]]
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* The merengue song "El Baile del Beeper" by Oro Solido revolves around this trope.
* The merengue song "El Baile del Beeper" by Oro Solido revolves around this trope.
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** Granted, given what happened with said spider, the fact that the researchers apparently didn't notice it is more of a WallBanger then the computer being programed to alert them to this fact.
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* '''Jeezus Christ''', '''TeamFortress2'''. Go inside any of the bases, and just try and think about anything other than, "Damn, those computers are really loud." 2fort is the main offender.
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* '''Jeezus Christ''', '''TeamFortress2'''. Go inside any of the bases, and just try and think about anything other than, "Damn, those computers are really loud." 2fort is the main offender.
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** You can also configure them to keep the speaker on after the handshake. Obviously, this has never been a very common configuration.
** Those of us with eyes that are less reliable than the general run of eyes, and brains configured to get more out of sound than sight, audio feedback is ''essential''! I rely on specific sounds, to the point of assuming something hasn't worked if I am using a computer that ''doesn't'' beep! Example - when ejecting a memory stick, I rely on the ''ping'' that tells me it's safe to remove the thing. (Occasionally it malfunctions and I need to know that, so the ''bong'' it makes when it's '''not''' safe to remove the hardware is something I need.
* The ZX Spectrum plays out the bleeps and noises from the cassette tape while loading a program from it.
** That's because the bleeps and noises ''are'' the program data, subject to some fairly simplistic encoding...
** This was also true for the TI-99/4 home computer.
*** And so, if you have a vintage computer that loads programs off tapes, you can copy the tapes onto audio CD or even MP3, file, play the audio stream into the computer and it should load the program just fine (and prevent too many replays of your vintage tapes).
* Modern computers sometimes use beeps from the internal speaker for notifications if the sound card's (if there is a sound card, anyway) drivers either aren't installed or aren't installed correctly; otherwise the sound card is used.
* The Supercharger adapter for the Atari 2600 game console allows loading of data in the form of audible sounds (intended to be from audio cassettes). These sounds are not intended for the user to here. But tones indicating the loading status, and matching a graphical feedback, are played through the TV speakers.
** Those of us with eyes that are less reliable than the general run of eyes, and brains configured to get more out of sound than sight, audio feedback is ''essential''! I rely on specific sounds, to the point of assuming something hasn't worked if I am using a computer that ''doesn't'' beep! Example - when ejecting a memory stick, I rely on the ''ping'' that tells me it's safe to remove the thing. (Occasionally it malfunctions and I need to know that, so the ''bong'' it makes when it's '''not''' safe to remove the hardware is something I need.
* The ZX Spectrum plays out the bleeps and noises from the cassette tape while loading a program from it.
** That's because the bleeps and noises ''are'' the program data, subject to some fairly simplistic encoding...
** This was also true for the TI-99/4 home computer.
*** And so, if you have a vintage computer that loads programs off tapes, you can copy the tapes onto audio CD or even MP3, file, play the audio stream into the computer and it should load the program just fine (and prevent too many replays of your vintage tapes).
* Modern computers sometimes use beeps from the internal speaker for notifications if the sound card's (if there is a sound card, anyway) drivers either aren't installed or aren't installed correctly; otherwise the sound card is used.
* The Supercharger adapter for the Atari 2600 game console allows loading of data in the form of audible sounds (intended to be from audio cassettes). These sounds are not intended for the user to here. But tones indicating the loading status, and matching a graphical feedback, are played through the TV speakers.
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** You can also configure them to keep the speaker on after the handshake. Obviously, this has never been a very common configuration.
** Those of us with eyes that are less reliable than the general run of eyes, and brains configured to get more out of sound than sight, audio feedback is ''essential''! I rely on specific sounds, to the point of assuming something hasn't worked if I am using a computer that ''doesn't'' beep! Example - when ejecting a memory stick, I rely on the ''ping'' that tells me it's safe to remove the thing. (Occasionally it malfunctions and I need to know that, so the ''bong'' it makes when it's '''not''' safe to remove the hardware is something I need.
configuration, except among technicians troubleshooting line issues.
*The ZX Spectrum plays out the Programs for some older home computers were encoded as bleeps and noises from the on cassette tape tapes, in a manner similar to the telephone modems of the day. The ZX Spectrum and TI-99/4 home computers play these noises while loading a program from it.
programs.
**That's because the bleeps and noises ''are'' the program data, subject to some fairly simplistic encoding...
** This was also true for the TI-99/4 home computer.
*** And so, ifIf you have a vintage computer that loads programs off tapes, you can copy play the tapes onto audio into a modern computer and burn them to CD or even MP3, file, save them to MP3. Then you can play the audio stream into the old computer and it should load the program just fine (and prevent too many replays of without wearing out your vintage tapes).
* Modern computers sometimes use beeps from the internal speaker for notifications if the sound card's (if there is a sound card, anyway) drivers either aren't installed or aren't installed correctly; otherwise the sound card is used.
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** The Supercharger adapter for the Atari 2600 game console likewise allows loading of datain the form of audible sounds (intended to be from audio cassettes). cassettes. These sounds are not intended for the user to here. hear. But tones indicating the loading status, and matching a graphical feedback, are played through the TV speakers.speakers.
* Some people with eyes that are less than perfect rely on audio feedback to the point of assuming something hasn't worked when using a computer that ''doesn't'' beep. Example - when ejecting a Memory Stick from my PSP, I rely on the ''ping'' that tells me it's safe to remove the card or, in case of malfunction, the ''bong'' that tells me that it's '''not''' safe to remove the card.
* Modern computers sometimes use beeps from the internal speaker for notifications if the operating system can't find a sound card with working drivers.
** Those of us with eyes that are less reliable than the general run of eyes, and brains configured to get more out of sound than sight, audio feedback is ''essential''! I rely on specific sounds, to the point of assuming something hasn't worked if I am using a computer that ''doesn't'' beep! Example - when ejecting a memory stick, I rely on the ''ping'' that tells me it's safe to remove the thing. (Occasionally it malfunctions and I need to know that, so the ''bong'' it makes when it's '''not''' safe to remove the hardware is something I need.
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** This was also true for the TI-99/4 home computer.
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* Modern computers sometimes use beeps from the internal speaker for notifications if the sound card's (if there is a sound card, anyway) drivers either aren't installed or aren't installed correctly; otherwise the sound card is used.
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** The Supercharger adapter for the Atari 2600 game console likewise allows loading of data
* Some people with eyes that are less than perfect rely on audio feedback to the point of assuming something hasn't worked when using a computer that ''doesn't'' beep. Example - when ejecting a Memory Stick from my PSP, I rely on the ''ping'' that tells me it's safe to remove the card or, in case of malfunction, the ''bong'' that tells me that it's '''not''' safe to remove the card.
* Modern computers sometimes use beeps from the internal speaker for notifications if the operating system can't find a sound card with working drivers.
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** Don't forget Boxy, Calculon's robot sidekick who's basically a mainframe on tank treads. He can communicate anything with a single, nondescript beep.
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* Computer noise in general, whether it is beeping or fan hum or drive rattle, serves one purpose - it means the computer is working. For many professionals, a completely silent computer would be unnerving as it would hint that it had frozen or stopped. There's actually been studies made on the subject.
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* In DiscWorld, one of the many strange peripherals on Hex is a device whose sole apparent purpose is to go "parp" every fourteen minutes.
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* In DiscWorld, {{Discworld}}, one of the many strange peripherals on Hex is a device whose sole apparent purpose is to go "parp" every fourteen minutes.
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** Those sounds can actually be a security risk, leading to a class of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Side_channel_attack side channel attack]] called [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acoustic_cryptanalysis acoustic cryptanalysis]]. An attacker can, for instance, learn something about cipher keys and/or data being processed, based on characteristic sounds of encryption, decryption, signing, etc., and the amount of time spent on each. That said, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_engineering_(security) social engineering]] always has been, and always will be, the most effective attack in general.
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"putting it the wrong way round" usually won't hurt anything - it inverts the phase, but that's only relevant with stereo
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*** Except, you know, by not connecting the wire to the motherboard, or putting it the wrong way round.
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*** Except, you know, by not connecting the wire to the motherboard, or putting it the wrong way round.motherboard.
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*** Which must be by design as the tricorders have such tiny screens they can't possibly show all the data the EverythingSensor collects.
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** The imps in the Dis-organizers say "Bingely-bingely beep!"
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A relative of the ExtremeGraphicalRepresentation and ViewerFriendlyInterface. Compare PacManFever.
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A relative of the ExtremeGraphicalRepresentation and ViewerFriendlyInterface. Compare PacManFever.PacManFever, which applies to video games instead of computers.
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** The beeping noise they used might actually have been taken from a ''hard drive'', ironically. It sounds exactly like the hard drive from a computer this editor used to use at school (it may have been a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_PS/2 PS/2]]).
* In''SystemShock'' 2, ''SystemShock 2'', computer panels tend to make lots of noise.
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