I've thought about this also many years back. If you are confident about the technology aspects, thats a start. Certainly a low bandwidth approach could work online with some simple correlation processing after. PRF is very low for start stop events. Problems would be getting safe PC application[s] to run without prejudice to peoples' system security, long time [real or introduced] or phase shifts between world sufferers on a large scale and finally verifying the result of such a wide ranging experiment. Because of the above being quite tricky to overcome [just think about sound threshold levels dropping out and messing up timings from place to place], people with the problem tend to have focused on coping strategies, researching the issue or complaining to whoever will listen [not many will]. This site has allowed many to share experiences -and not feel any more isolated than needed.
On Feb 3, 6:35 pm, banj <[email protected]> wrote: > So here's the idea, the hum I hear goes > MMMMMMMmmmmmmMMMMmmmMMMMMMMmmmMMmm. and I understand from reading > posts on this site that others hear this too. The change in frequency > and the random nature of this shift are the key here. If we can find > enough people who hear this type of hum, then we could, record the > changes in frequency vs time. so say for example we all agree a > convenient time to start, lets say 8pm on a sunday evening, using a > little flash program which shouldn't be too hard to write. we all > start logging the changes in the hum with a keystroke for each time > the pitch changes (pressing "H" key when the tone is high and "L" for > low) Say we all do this for 30mins we should get some very useful > results. > > Firstly by comparing the pattern of shifts and the time they occur it > will be possible to discover if we are all hearing the same thing, > ( In a simillar way to matching the aborbsion lines in a spectra, or > dating trees form their rings) then if we conclude that all our > patterns show a correlation and that we are all hearing the same > thing, by matching the patterns to the time they shift and the > location of the observer It will be possible to a) calculate the speed > that the hum propergates and b) by using this and the results from > several observers triangulate the reults to get a postion of the > source. > > My gut feeling is that this is somthing global, but should we find > that there is no correlation in our results the experement would have > to be repeated with observers within sight of each other to assertain > that its not just some tinitus sort of thing, individual to each > hearer.( maybe we should try this first or do you know if this has > been tried before?) > > I'd be really glad to hear from anyone who would be interested in > helping me with this experiment, and to hear any feedback regarding > this idea. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Hum Sufferers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hum-sufferers?hl=en.
