[Novalug] Stupid cackling speakers - slightly OT

[Tux Subscriber Dave Aronson]

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Nick Danger <nick at hackermonkey.com> wrote:

>  Yes cell service, and 'go nuts' I mean static cackles like you've turned in
> a bad radio station.

"You keep using that word.  I don't think it means what you think it
means."  B-)

Methinks you mean CRACKLES, with an R in it, like a fire, or radio/TV
static.  The canoncal example of CACKLING (with no R) is the laugh of
an evil witch stirring a bubbling cauldron.

That said, though, my cell phone also often makes cheap speakers sound
off, though in a different way, and only if it's close to the cable.
It makes them occasionally go "beep-a-deep, beep-a-deep, beep-a-deep!"
 It does so just before getting a call or a text message, but also at
other (frequent) times.  I suspect this is some kind of "heartbeat"
(heartbeep?) or status update.

-Dave

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