Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 alpha 4/3/85; site ukma.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ukma!edward From: edward@ukma.UUCP (Edward C. Bennett) Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: Movie Theater Audiences (noisy watches) Message-ID: <1758@ukma.UUCP> Date: Wed, 15-May-85 09:09:29 EDT Article-I.D.: ukma.1758 Posted: Wed May 15 09:09:29 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 16-May-85 08:19:07 EDT References: <599@cadovax.UUCP> Organization: U of Kentucky, Mathematical Sciences, Lexington KY Lines: 31 In article <599@cadovax.UUCP>, bob@cadovax.UUCP (Bob "Kat" Kaplan) writes: > > Now, here's one that really bugs me. Every hour on the hour (give or take > a few minutes), a bunch of digital watches start beeping. This is pretty > annoying anywhere, but in a movie theater it's inexcusable. Why can't these > -- > Bob Kaplan Just think what it'll be like when watches start having a synthesized voice annouce the hour. In a room full of people, the noise from all the watches will drown out normal conversation! -- edward {ucbvax,unmvax,boulder,research}!anlams! -| {mcvax!qtlon,vax135,mddc}!qusavx! -|--> ukma!edward | {decvax,ihnp4,mhuxt,seismo}! -+-> cbosgd! -| {clyde,osu-eddie,ulysses}! ---| "Well, what's on the television then?" "Looks like a penguin." () | |-- Support barrier free design /|--- | \ _ \___/ \=