Editing 165: Turn Signals
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[[Cueball]] notices this event, and expresses his excitement to the driver of the other car, despite being stopped at an intersection. The other driver is confused by this. Turn signal frequency is something that most people don't take notice of.{{Citation needed}} Cueball, however, takes it as an opportunity to strike up a conversation and make a new friend. | [[Cueball]] notices this event, and expresses his excitement to the driver of the other car, despite being stopped at an intersection. The other driver is confused by this. Turn signal frequency is something that most people don't take notice of.{{Citation needed}} Cueball, however, takes it as an opportunity to strike up a conversation and make a new friend. | ||
β | The | + | The {{w|beat frequency}} that he references is an interference phenomenon where, when listening to two sounds of different but very close pitch, a third sound is heard whose frequency is the difference of the original two frequencies. This can be used by musicians to tune for example different strings on a guitar. The term is not usually used in the context of optics, and presumably Cueball cannot hear the click from the other cars turn signal. If the other driver was aware of this phenomenon, he might have shared Cueball's enthusiasm - however now the technical explanation only confuses him even more and presumably reinforces his opinion that the driver behind him is completely mad. |
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+ | Cueball's obviously been [[277|stuck at this light]] for too long. | ||
The title text refers to the fact that this is probably not a good strategy for making friends, and it could suggest that the character Cueball may be [[Randall]]. | The title text refers to the fact that this is probably not a good strategy for making friends, and it could suggest that the character Cueball may be [[Randall]]. | ||
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[[Category:Comics with color]] | [[Category:Comics with color]] | ||
[[Category:Traffic light]] | [[Category:Traffic light]] | ||
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