Shutting up the echoes
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It was evident in the Purdue playersâ postgame celebration following the 41-16 victory, the way Uche Nwaneri did his best impression of Touchdown Jesus, arms raised to the heavens.
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On the Mark: The blame game within IT can slow the resolution of problems reported by end users. But there are tools that can put a stop to all the finger-pointing, Mark Hall writes.
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White noise is intended to help you fall asleep. "White Noise" would never let you do that, though. It's far too interested in a cacophony of cheap scares: otherworldly screeches, deafening bursts from the radio and a nearly nonstop, buzzing din of television snow.
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PCs using the new standard should be quieter, thanks to fewer fans.
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Most conferences are brain-numbingly boring, right? All the good stuff happens out in the lobby. Right??? Want to fix conferences? Easy! Just move the speakers out into the lobby. You could put some mattresses in the meeting room for people with jetlag to catch up on their sleep.
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It's a bit disorienting: slip on a set of headphones, turn up the volume and, while you move about the room, the music stays put &#151; as if coming out of five speakers stuck on a wall.
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If only they could silence Justin Timberlake What to do when youâve discovered you own a sound that only children can hear?â¦
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By Pete Zimowsky, The Idaho Statesman, Boise  Feb. 21--Yip. Yip. Yip. Howl. It's nice to be serenaded to sleep by coyotes.
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It can be hard to concentrate at Kel &amp; Partners in Westborough, where there are no cubicles or offices. So, copy writer Bill Kelly and public relations director Liz Bradley use noise-canceling headphones to help them filter out the noise at the marketing service agency.
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Do I offend? I must. Why else would immigration restrictionists be trying to pull the plug on commentaries like this one?
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Itâs that time of the year again. Sachin Tendulkar has - as he has made it a habit â-cored that one biggie after a series of no-shows to shut his detractors up.
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Is it time to turn down the volume on TV news? A handful of developments this fall suggest a brewing backlash against opinionated news, most personified by those cable segments that set people up to argue political points, or outshout each other.
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Shhhh! Mute the brass, and please &#151; go easy on the cymbals!
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Ah, the narcissism of loudly sounding off in public.
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Blog: New devices help remove the stigma of hearing aid use for aging baby boomers, and help preserve the auditory environment for the rest of us.
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Can't sleep. Dried sinuses are nature's way of making you suffer needlessly. You can only struggle so long before beginning to question the fundamentals. Of course, those are stupid questions, so instead you get out bed, rip music from a very old computer game, and question the nature of the online forum.  Yes, I write in a highly unnecessary narrative voice. Fuck you too.
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Science & environment: Ben Goldacre: Homeopaths would be fine, if they could just shut up about serious stuff, like Aids, or malaria, or MMR.