On Mon, 5 Jan 2009 17:04:04 -0500, "D.Duck" wrote:




We had one at Bell Labs and was really an eerie feeling being in there. It
was used while measuring sound output levels from our equipment for the
government

Were you at Bell up here, Duck?
Back in maybe '79 met a friend of a friend who worked at Bell
on a team developing a new computer language. C.
I was still in college and trying to figure out assembler.
My brother got dumped out of Lucent when they went down the tubes
what - 6-7 years ago?
Geez, how the landscape has changed.

--Vic

On Mon, 5 Jan 2009 18:07:33 -0500, "D.Duck" wrote:



The one with the anechoic sound chamber I'm referring to was in Skokie, IL.
Now it's a shopping center?

Old Orchard?
Didn't even know about that Bell location.
Remember the Sunset drive-in on McCormack?

--Vic

On Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:38:11 -0500, wrote:

On Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:34:22 GMT, (Richard
Casady) wrote:

On Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:07:43 -0500, wrote:

I was referencing audio recording studios, not home theaters playing
movies of Bruce Willis blowing stuff up and other exagerated special
effects. In an anechoic chamber, you can barely hear a hand clap at
all.

I have never been in an anechoic chamber. I have fired guns and cherry
bombs out on the lake where there is nothing to echo from. Unfamiliar
flat sound. Not much echo from grass either.

Casady

Are you nut

Not from calm water back toward the boat. No corners no return. In any
case, you can clearly hear the difference. I used to officiate
sailboat races and had a 12 gauge starter gun.

Casady

On Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:34:09 GMT, (Richard
Casady) wrote:

On Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:38:11 -0500, wrote:

On Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:34:22 GMT, (Richard
Casady) wrote:

On Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:07:43 -0500, wrote:

I was referencing audio recording studios, not home theaters playing
movies of Bruce Willis blowing stuff up and other exagerated special
effects. In an anechoic chamber, you can barely hear a hand clap at
all.

I have never been in an anechoic chamber. I have fired guns and cherry
bombs out on the lake where there is nothing to echo from. Unfamiliar
flat sound. Not much echo from grass either.

Casady

Are you nut

Not from calm water back toward the boat. No corners no return. In any
case, you can clearly hear the difference. I used to officiate
sailboat races and had a 12 gauge starter gun.

I have a funny story about a 12 guage starter gun.

Something to do with holes in a main sail. :)

--

"Every normal man must be tempted at times
to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag,
and begin to slit throats."

H. L. Mencken

On Jan 5, 9:00*pm, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote:
On Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:34:09 GMT, (Richard





Casady) wrote:
On Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:38:11 -0500, wrote:

On Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:34:22 GMT, (Richard
Casady) wrote:

On Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:07:43 -0500, wrote:

I was referencing audio recording studios, not home theaters playing
movies of Bruce Willis blowing stuff up and other exagerated special
effects. In an anechoic chamber, you can barely hear a hand clap at
all.

I have never been in an anechoic chamber. I have fired guns and cherry
bombs out on the lake where there is nothing to echo from. Unfamiliar
flat sound. Not much echo from grass either.

Casady

Are you nut

Not from calm water back toward the boat. No corners no return. In any
case, you can clearly hear the difference. I used to officiate
sailboat races and had a 12 gauge starter gun.

I have a funny story about a 12 guage starter gun.

Something to do with holes in a main sail. *:)

--

"Every normal man must be tempted at times
to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag,
and begin to slit throats."

H. L. Mencken- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

You did it on purpose.. I hear sailboat hulls make good structure for
fish to hide in..

"Vic Smith" wrote in message
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On Mon, 5 Jan 2009 18:07:33 -0500, "D.Duck" wrote:



The one with the anechoic sound chamber I'm referring to was in Skokie,
IL.
Now it's a shopping center?

Old Orchard?
Didn't even know about that Bell location.
Remember the Sunset drive-in on McCormack?

--Vic

Not Old Orchard, further South in Skokie.

Yep, remember Sunset drive-in quite well. Many visits there in the back
seat of the car while in high school. 8)

"Vic Smith" wrote in message
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On Mon, 5 Jan 2009 17:04:04 -0500, "D.Duck" wrote:




We had one at Bell Labs and was really an eerie feeling being in there.
It
was used while measuring sound output levels from our equipment for the
government

Were you at Bell up here, Duck?
Back in maybe '79 met a friend of a friend who worked at Bell
on a team developing a new computer language. C.
I was still in college and trying to figure out assembler.
My brother got dumped out of Lucent when they went down the tubes
what - 6-7 years ago?
Geez, how the landscape has changed.

--Vic

Worked for Teletype Corp that eventually morphed into Bell Labs and moved on
out to Naperville. Many friends of mine were caught up in the Lucent
fiasco.

On Tue, 6 Jan 2009 01:03:30 -0500, "D.Duck" wrote:


"Vic Smith" wrote in message
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On Mon, 5 Jan 2009 18:07:33 -0500, "D.Duck" wrote:



The one with the anechoic sound chamber I'm referring to was in Skokie,
IL.
Now it's a shopping center?

Old Orchard?
Didn't even know about that Bell location.
Remember the Sunset drive-in on McCormack?

--Vic

Not Old Orchard, further South in Skokie.

Yep, remember Sunset drive-in quite well. Many visits there in the back
seat of the car while in high school. 8)

Cheap thrills huh?

~~ obligatory obscure cultural reference ~~

--

"Every normal man must be tempted at times
to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag,
and begin to slit throats."

H. L. Mencken

"Tom Francis - SWSports" wrote in
message ...
On Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:34:09 GMT, (Richard
Casady) wrote:

On Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:38:11 -0500, wrote:

On Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:34:22 GMT, (Richard
Casady) wrote:

On Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:07:43 -0500, wrote:

I was referencing audio recording studios, not home theaters playing
movies of Bruce Willis blowing stuff up and other exagerated special
effects. In an anechoic chamber, you can barely hear a hand clap at
all.

I have never been in an anechoic chamber. I have fired guns and cherry
bombs out on the lake where there is nothing to echo from. Unfamiliar
flat sound. Not much echo from grass either.

Casady

Are you nut

Not from calm water back toward the boat. No corners no return. In any
case, you can clearly hear the difference. I used to officiate
sailboat races and had a 12 gauge starter gun.

I have a funny story about a 12 guage starter gun.

Something to do with holes in a main sail. :)

--

"Every normal man must be tempted at times
to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag,
and begin to slit throats."

H. L. Mencken

Are you really Barbera from Police Academy?

On Tue, 6 Jan 2009 01:06:17 -0500, "D.Duck" wrote:


"Vic Smith" wrote in message
.. .
On Mon, 5 Jan 2009 17:04:04 -0500, "D.Duck" wrote:




We had one at Bell Labs and was really an eerie feeling being in there.
It
was used while measuring sound output levels from our equipment for the
government

Were you at Bell up here, Duck?
Back in maybe '79 met a friend of a friend who worked at Bell
on a team developing a new computer language. C.
I was still in college and trying to figure out assembler.
My brother got dumped out of Lucent when they went down the tubes
what - 6-7 years ago?
Geez, how the landscape has changed.

Worked for Teletype Corp that eventually morphed into Bell Labs and moved on
out to Naperville. Many friends of mine were caught up in the Lucent
fiasco.

I ever tell you my Dad had a beast of a Teletype machine in his radio
shack? Surplus military thing - bigger than a freakin' washing
machine.

--

"Far better it is to dare mighty things,
to win glorious triumphs even though
checkered by failure, than to rank with
those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor
suffer much because they live in the gray
twilight that knows neither victory nor
defeat."

Theodore Roosevelt