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zelda_pinwheel · 10-06-2008, 10:13 PM

sitting on my cousin's sofa with their unbearably cute 2 month old kitten. head exploding from teh cute.

taylor, you keep an eye on hugo and lefty. they'll get out of hand if you let them.

montsnmags · 10-06-2008, 10:14 PM

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Originally Posted by RickyMaveety

Huh .... trying to figure out why not being able to hear any "outside" noise in your new car is a good thing??

So, all these new car owners are going to be driving around not being able to hear fire trucks and police or EMT sirens??

Not a very good idea in my opinion.

I believe that Toyota's new system is meant to "ignore" internal music, and not try to cancel that, and only focus on cancelling engine and road noise. It is possible (probable?) that it also "ignores" sirens, allowing them to come through loud and clear. Perhaps it's similar to some noise-cancelling headphones which don't fully cancel speech, so that you can hear, for instance, the hostie on the plane asking you if you'd like another gin-and-tonic (asking for a "Zany Carter" gets you suspicious looks - not recommended

), but you can only barely hear the roar of the jets.

Cheers,
Marc

RickyMaveety · 10-06-2008, 10:32 PM

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Originally Posted by montsnmags

I believe that Toyota's new system is meant to "ignore" internal music, and not try to cancel that, and only focus on cancelling engine and road noise. It is possible (probable?) that it also "ignores" sirens, allowing them to come through loud and clear. Perhaps it's similar to some noise-cancelling headphones which don't fully cancel speech, so that you can hear, for instance, the hostie on the plane asking you if you'd like another gin-and-tonic (asking for a "Zany Carter" gets you suspicious looks - not recommended

), but you can only barely hear the roar of the jets.

Cheers,
Marc

Well, the ads show all sorts of noise (like jackhammers and crap) all around the car ... but you can't hear them "in" the car because the car is sooooo quiet inside. So ... that makes me think it's something different.

And ... whatever that different thing is, it just strikes me as not so good.

And, Zeep ... KITTEN LUST .... I HAZ IT!!

montsnmags · 10-06-2008, 11:06 PM

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Originally Posted by RickyMaveety

Well, the ads show all sorts of noise (like jackhammers and crap) all around the car ... but you can't hear them "in" the car because the car is sooooo quiet inside. So ... that makes me think it's something different.

I don't know the ad', so I'm not sure what car it relates to. If it is the Toyota, then I believe it is simply the usual "antiphase" active noise cancellation as used in noise-cancelling headphones, but built for the car:

http://www.themotorreport.com.au/592...-crown-hybrid/

Its ability to "ignore" music inside the car could/may be adapted to other distinctive noises as well - jackhammers may occupy a frequency that can be cancelled, while sirens may occupy another frequency that the system might be built to ignore. I've tried to find more info on the Honda/Acura active noise cancellation system as well, which has been around for some years, but with no success (though I believe it is a Bose product, and the Bose headphones "ignore" speech and sirens, so that's possibly/likely applicable in the Honda/Acura models).

Cheers,
Marc

RickyMaveety · 10-07-2008, 12:37 AM

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Originally Posted by montsnmags

I don't know the ad', so I'm not sure what car it relates to. If it is the Toyota, then I believe it is simply the usual "antiphase" active noise cancellation as used in noise-cancelling headphones, but built for the car:

http://www.themotorreport.com.au/592...-crown-hybrid/

Its ability to "ignore" music inside the car could/may be adapted to other distinctive noises as well - jackhammers may occupy a frequency that can be cancelled, while sirens may occupy another frequency that the system might be built to ignore. I've tried to find more info on the Honda/Acura active noise cancellation system as well, which has been around for some years, but with no success (though I believe it is a Bose product, and the Bose headphones "ignore" speech and sirens, so that's possibly/likely applicable in the Honda/Acura models).

Cheers,
Marc

I don't think it was Toyota, but I'll try to pay more attention the next time I see it. I do remember that the emphasis was on not hearing any "outside" noise. In one ad, they had a bazillion clocks (coo coo and otherwise) clanging and coo cooing away outside the car, but you don't hear anything inside the car. The car isn't moving ... so it's not a matter of canceling out engine noise. I'll just have to see if I can remember what car it is and if they have the ads online

Anyway .... I just came in from outside (took the trash out) and it was amazing out there. Totally clear directly overhead ... tons of stars ... but to the Northwest, a HUGE thunderstorm with a great light show. Then, to top it off, as I'm watching the lightning, a meteor streaks overhead and breaks up in the atmosphere. It was very bright and a distinct orange-yellow color. Really beautiful.

montsnmags · 10-07-2008, 01:05 AM

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I'll just have to see if I can remember what car it is and if they have the ads online

I suppose there's one other factor that we've both studiously avoided mentioning: truth in advertising.

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Anyway .... I just came in from outside (took the trash out) and it was amazing out there. Totally clear directly overhead ... tons of stars ... but to the Northwest, a HUGE thunderstorm with a great light show. Then, to top it off, as I'm watching the lightning, a meteor streaks overhead and breaks up in the atmosphere. It was very bright and a distinct orange-yellow color. Really beautiful.

For me, a "falling star" is one of the most special things to see (though I love thunderstorms as well, which we should start to get again soon). I hadn't seen any for years, other than a couple of minor streaks out in the bush at Oberon when we lived down south, but coming here we have seen two large "break-ups", one while driving at night along the Noosa-Eumundi road, coming home towards Noosa, and another at late-twilight over the sea, watched from the boardwalk on Main Beach. "Really beautiful" indeed. Did you make a wish?

Cheers,
Marc

RickyMaveety · 10-07-2008, 02:12 AM

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Originally Posted by montsnmags

I suppose there's one other factor that we've both studiously avoided mentioning: truth in advertising.

For me, a "falling star" is one of the most special things to see (though I love thunderstorms as well, which we should start to get again soon). I hadn't seen any for years, other than a couple of minor streaks out in the bush at Oberon when we lived down south, but coming here we have seen two large "break-ups", one while driving at night along the Noosa-Eumundi road, coming home towards Noosa, and another at late-twilight over the sea, watched from the boardwalk on Main Beach. "Really beautiful" indeed. Did you make a wish?

Cheers,
Marc

Truth in advertising ... an oxymoron if I've ever heard one.

No ... it was just so gorgeous and unexpected, I completely forgot about the wish making part. I've seen meteor showers before, but never an individual one this close.

pshrynk · 10-07-2008, 10:31 AM

Are you sure it wasn't LazyScott?

RickyMaveety · 10-07-2008, 01:48 PM

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Are you sure it wasn't LazyScott?

I dunno ... does he have a habit of falling out of the sky and burning up in the atmosphere?? Hell of a way to travel.

pshrynk · 10-07-2008, 01:50 PM

Only lately. And it involves squirrels.

RickyMaveety · 10-07-2008, 01:54 PM

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Originally Posted by pshrynk

Only lately. And it involves squirrels.

Have the crafty little rodents been shooting him out of a really high-powered cannon??

pshrynk · 10-07-2008, 01:56 PM

Naw. His bunker, actually.

badgoodDeb · 10-07-2008, 02:21 PM

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Originally Posted by RickyMaveety

Have the crafty little rodents been shooting him out of a really high-powered cannon??

Here ya go --- you must have missed THIS thread.

RickyMaveety · 10-07-2008, 08:08 PM

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Originally Posted by pshrynk

Naw. His bunker, actually.

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Originally Posted by badgoodDeb

Here ya go --- you must have missed THIS thread.

Ah well ... that answers that question. I've missed so many threads lately.

nekokami · 10-08-2008, 02:50 PM

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Originally Posted by RickyMaveety

Anyway .... I just came in from outside (took the trash out) and it was amazing out there. Totally clear directly overhead ... tons of stars ... but to the Northwest, a HUGE thunderstorm with a great light show. Then, to top it off, as I'm watching the lightning, a meteor streaks overhead and breaks up in the atmosphere. It was very bright and a distinct orange-yellow color. Really beautiful.

Wow! Sounds like you had a wish for a breathtaking moment answered on credit.

Do the noise cancellation headphones work on noise generated by shums? They don't block the adorable little mewing sounds made by cute kittens, do they?

10-06-2008, 10:13 PM	#766
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	sitting on my cousin's sofa with their unbearably cute 2 month old kitten. head exploding from teh cute. taylor, you keep an eye on hugo and lefty. they'll get out of hand if you let them.

10-07-2008, 10:31 AM	#773
pshrynk Beepbeep n beebeep, yeah! Posts: 11,726 Karma: 8255450 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: La Crosse, Wisconsin, aka America's IceBox Device: iThingie, KmkII, I miss Zelda!	Are you sure it wasn't LazyScott?

10-07-2008, 01:50 PM	#775
pshrynk Beepbeep n beebeep, yeah! Posts: 11,726 Karma: 8255450 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: La Crosse, Wisconsin, aka America's IceBox Device: iThingie, KmkII, I miss Zelda!	Only lately. And it involves squirrels.

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pshrynk Beepbeep n beebeep, yeah! Posts: 11,726 Karma: 8255450 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: La Crosse, Wisconsin, aka America's IceBox Device: iThingie, KmkII, I miss Zelda!	Naw. His bunker, actually.