When my cell is about to ring, why does the nearby radio go "dit. dit-dit-dit. dit-da-dit-da-dit?"

[Orrex]

It kind of has the rhythm of the opening to Bel Biv DeVoe's Poison.

Are they haunting my electronics?

[flvegan]

1. The radio is jealous.

[Orrex]

3. Give me one good reason why I shouldn't kick your ass right now

Oh, wait. Wrong thread. :blush:

[flvegan]

4. Ha!!!

:rofl:

Wrong thread, wrong...well, you know.

[Fleshdancer]

16. ....

:rofl:

[LeftyMom]

2. Your cell phone is sending a signal to the device the CIA planted in your toaster

to start recording your conversation, in case you mention anything about that one project. You know the one.

[flvegan]

5. I can't believe you even mentioned that there WAS a project.

Jesus.

:eyes:

[Orrex]

7. Jesus is in on it, too?!?

You two are going to get me disappeared!

[LeftyMom]

9. I didn't mention anything about the airpla... oh hell.

They're on to us. Initiate plan Alpha Nine. Start with the bloggers, that'll slow the rest down.

[bluesbassman]

6. It's alien interference. Make a tinfoil helmet STAT!

:P

[Orrex]

8. Dammit.

Now I have to unwrap all of those baked potatoes.

[flvegan]

10. No time!

Just duct tape the wrapped taters around your head!

[Orrex]

11. I've always admired your pragmatism

[flvegan]

12. You're lucky I have a dictionary, bub.

[SoxFan]

31. DONE!

[grace0418]

13. My radio does the same thing and I always start singing "That girl is POI-SONNNNN"

OMG, that is hilarious. I can't believe you pinpointed the same exact song. :rofl:

[Orrex]

20. If I was you I'd take pre-CAU-SHONNNNNNNNS

[grace0418]

14. dupe

delete

[nolabear]

15. My car radio did it with my old phone but not with the iphone.

Don't know why but sometimes city buses, which are electric here, do the same thing.

[rug]

17. The problem is older than that.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Rod7dFrmJA

[conscious evolution]

18. Don't know why but it drives me nuts

I used to live next to a cell tower complex.I had to remove the speakers from my computer.It sounded like every symphony on the fucking planet all playing punk rock at the same time.
:argh:

[rcrush]

19. sim cards make speakers buzz.

I dont know why they just do.

[lutefisk]

21. I don't know, but mine turns on my Norelco shaver....nt

[Bertha Venation]

26. Really?

:rofl:

[krispos42]

22. I think it's sending some kind of periodic "in service" signal

Periodically. My PC speakers pick up up sometimes when nobody is calling, and they go nuts when I do get a call.

If the phone is close enough to the wires.


It must be some kind of resonate harmonic... cel phones (non-Sprint) operate at about 850 MHz, which if it was resonating in the wires would be far above human hearing range.

:shrug:


I didn't notice this with my old phone, which was on my same provider and from the same company.

[Skittles]

23. my cell does the same thing when near my work VOIP phone

sounds like morse code; I think it's this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_frequency_interference

[datasuspect]

24. RF signal interference

you cell phone is a glorified two-way radio.

[Orrex]

25. Spare me your witchcraft, you zealot!

[blogslut]

27. Mine too!

I kind of dig it cause I know that call or text is coming. :)

[Orrex]

28. It's like a brief glimpse into the future

Next time, I hope that they transmit some lottery numbers to me.

[la_chupa]

29. I hate you I hate you I hate you

must
block
ear worm

must
block
ear worm

OH yea well you asked for it:

It's a world of laughter
a world of tears
it's a world of hope
and a world of fears
there's so much that we share
that its time you're aware
it's a small world after all

it's a smaaaal world aaaafter all
it's a smaaaal world aaaafter all

it's a small world after all

HA so there

[Orrex]

32. Glad I could be of service!

:rofl:

[CreekDog]

30. Because it wants to hum along

:D

[Kutjara]

33. Older GSM or "EDGE" phones transmit on a frequency that's very close...

...to the frequency of electricity employed in home appliances. If said appliance happens to be hooked up to a speaker, interference between the phone and the appliance makes the speaker emit the "dit dit dit" sound whenever the phone is sending or receiving a signal from the cell tower. "3G" phones don't do this, because their carrier frequencies are sufficiently different so as not to cause interference.