Scientists Discover Singing Iceberg 32
Ant writes "ABC News Online reports that scientists, monitoring earth movements in Antarctica, say they have found a singing iceberg. They say the sound waves from the iceberg cannot be heard by humans, with a frequency of around 0.5 hertz. They resemble a swarm of bees or an orchestra warming up when played at higher speed."
The Hills Are Alive!....(with the sound of music) (Score:5, Insightful)
First off, I suspect if you took almost anything and "listened" to it, you would find some such rhythm and/or pattern (either by speeding it up, as in this article, or by slowing it down). To then leap to "singing" is truly a leap. Of course the last line of the article may be some indicator:
Methinks the author may be confusing Britney Spears, et. al., with purveyors of music.
Re:The Hills Are Alive!....(with the sound of musi (Score:1, Funny)
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And the sound resembles a human voice when played at higher speed, different modulations, and with occasional pauses inserted!
Re:The Hills Are Alive!....(with the sound of musi (Score:1)
geeze what a pose
[accoustic oil^H^H^Hearthquake monitoring station].. dit
"eh? what the hell is that, some sort of song?"
[trajectory to ice-berg, nuke sub #72 sneaks a peak..]
"alles klar! its an iceberg stuck in an ocean river... how pretty.."
kids, its science and poetry, wrapped up a bit. quite being so fascist about not seeing the whole pict
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France (Score:4, Funny)
<Sabdo> on one of those speech-to-text programs my friend ripped ass onto the mic.
<Sabdo> and it typed out "France"
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No links to OGG or MP3 samples? (Score:2, Funny)
Of course not! The RIAA has already signed the iceberg to an exclusive 10-year contract.
Re:No links to OGG or MP3 samples? (Score:1, Funny)
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Yar? (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Yar? (Score:1)
You Betcha!
Hey! Do you know you're just a piece of ice stuck fast on the seabed?
No, but if you hum a few bars I can probably pick it up.
These researchers are in great danger ... (Score:5, Interesting)
Cthulhu fhtagn! Iä! Iä!
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Re:These researchers are in great danger ... (Score:3, Funny)
The Perfect Christmas Present (Score:1)
RIAA Sues Singing Iceberg (Score:2, Funny)
RIAA already launched a lawsuit against the iceberg, after noticing that it's playing back tunes stolen from the Internets.
"Continuing this education and enforcement campaign is critical to fostering an environment where both online mafia services and traditional extortion can flourish", said Cary Sherman, President, RIAA. "Virtually every week, we see evidence that the music community's anti-piracy program is having its intended effect."
Many supporters of the iceberg, now dubbed as "the Singing Iceberg",
Link to the "song" :) (Score:5, Informative)
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Re:Link to the "song" :) (Score:1)
Try it. If you bite too hard, the cube breaks.
I listened... (Score:2)
I tried and tried to dance to it but none of my usual "mowing the lawn", "churning the butter", "pulling the weeds", or "climbing the ladder" sweet dance moves seemed to fit...
I for one welcome our new Basso Profond overlords! (Score:2)
Forseeable Lawsuit... (Score:1)
The next article on this topic will be that the bees will be joining forces with the RIAA and issuing cease and decist orders to all icebergs and to every human with "ice", "berg", or "borg" in their name.
Pointless. (Score:2, Interesting)
As someone who studies music, I'm fascinated by nature creating "music," but if it needs to be sped up to be heard, well
But is it really "singing"? (Score:2)
Nothing to see here, move along.
No sound samples? (Score:1)
Heej babaluba (Score:1)