Talk:3100: Alert Sound - Revision history

2A09:BAC3:6289:1250:0:0:1D3:CC at 22:09, 26 December 2025

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2A09:BAC3:6289:1250:0:0:1D3:CC at 22:09, 26 December 2025

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205.185.98.6 at 18:05, 14 June 2025

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82.13.184.33 at 08:21, 12 June 2025

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2A00:23C7:6700:9001:48C1:DEA:EA61:D57: Similar problem

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192.183.232.193 at 13:13, 10 June 2025

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Intara at 12:17, 10 June 2025

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2A02:5080:185D:FD9E:0:0:931:5001 at 11:19, 10 June 2025

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物灵 at 10:19, 10 June 2025

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24.177.125.170 at 06:51, 10 June 2025

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 :Smoke alarms are supposed to be a lifesaving device, so WHY the hell to they chirp at such a wide interval?! If it was once every 10 seconds at least you'd be able to tell where it was coming from. And it gets even worse if you're in a public or apartment building with over a dozen of them. [[Special:Contributions/24.177.125.170|24.177.125.170]] 06:51, 10 June 2025 (UTC)
 ::But chirping that regularly would deplete the remaining battery much more quickly, potentially leaving the device dead before anyone was around to hear it.[[Special:Contributions/82.13.184.33|82.13.184.33]] 08:21, 12 June 2025 (UTC)
-::Public buildings generally don’t use smoke alarms as they instead have fire alarm systems, and the smoke detectors are powered by the FACP, not batteries. Any problems in the smoke detectors will be reported by the FACP, not random chirping throughout the building. Apartments often have smoke alarms, but they are arranged to only sound in a single unit, so this won’t be a problem.
+::Public buildings generally don’t use smoke alarms as they instead have fire alarm systems, and the smoke detectors are powered by the FACP, not batteries. Any problems in the smoke detectors will be reported by the FACP, not random chirping throughout the building. Apartments often have smoke alarms, but they are arranged to only sound in a single unit, so this won’t be a problem. [[Special:Contributions/2A09:BAC3:6289:1250:0:0:1D3:CC|2A09:BAC3:6289:1250:0:0:1D3:CC]] 22:09, 26 December 2025 (UTC)
 Devices like this but employing high frequency chirps have been around for at decades, notably from the specialty police and military supplier Shomer-Tec [[Special:Contributions/71.36.121.121|71.36.121.121]] 03:44, 10 June 2025 (UTC)

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 :Smoke alarms are supposed to be a lifesaving device, so WHY the hell to they chirp at such a wide interval?! If it was once every 10 seconds at least you'd be able to tell where it was coming from. And it gets even worse if you're in a public or apartment building with over a dozen of them. [[Special:Contributions/24.177.125.170|24.177.125.170]] 06:51, 10 June 2025 (UTC)
 ::But chirping that regularly would deplete the remaining battery much more quickly, potentially leaving the device dead before anyone was around to hear it.[[Special:Contributions/82.13.184.33|82.13.184.33]] 08:21, 12 June 2025 (UTC)
 Devices like this but employing high frequency chirps have been around for at decades, notably from the specialty police and military supplier Shomer-Tec [[Special:Contributions/71.36.121.121|71.36.121.121]] 03:44, 10 June 2025 (UTC)

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	Could a somewhat ‘living’ well dug on the ground the second best revenge in the joke? [[User:物灵\|物灵]] ([[User talk:物灵\|talk]]) 10:19, 10 June 2025 (UTC)		Could a somewhat ‘living’ well dug on the ground the second best revenge in the joke? [[User:物灵\|物灵]] ([[User talk:物灵\|talk]]) 10:19, 10 June 2025 (UTC)
		+	:Ni shi zhongguoren ma? Wo shi meiguoren, but I think I misread "living well" the same way as you did. "well" as in "好", not "井". I was imagining some kind of horrifying well made out of meat. [[Special:Contributions/205.185.98.6\|205.185.98.6]] 18:05, 14 June 2025 (UTC)

	Is this a reference to a previous XKCD? This feels to me strongly like I've seen something similar before, but I can't recall where. [[Special:Contributions/2A02:5080:185D:FD9E:0:0:931:5001\|2A02:5080:185D:FD9E:0:0:931:5001]] 11:19, 10 June 2025 (UTC)		Is this a reference to a previous XKCD? This feels to me strongly like I've seen something similar before, but I can't recall where. [[Special:Contributions/2A02:5080:185D:FD9E:0:0:931:5001\|2A02:5080:185D:FD9E:0:0:931:5001]] 11:19, 10 June 2025 (UTC)

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 Most smoke alarms are approximately 3100 Hz (the comic number). I wonder if this comic is a reference to the annoying low battery chirps from smoke alarms that can be difficult to locate. [[Special:Contributions/2A09:BAC3:6227:1232:0:0:1D0:B9|2A09:BAC3:6227:1232:0:0:1D0:B9]] 00:49, 10 June 2025 (UTC)
 :Smoke alarms are supposed to be a lifesaving device, so WHY the hell to they chirp at such a wide interval?! If it was once every 10 seconds at least you'd be able to tell where it was coming from. And it gets even worse if you're in a public or apartment building with over a dozen of them. [[Special:Contributions/24.177.125.170|24.177.125.170]] 06:51, 10 June 2025 (UTC)
 Devices like this but employing high frequency chirps have been around for at decades, notably from the specialty police and military supplier Shomer-Tec [[Special:Contributions/71.36.121.121|71.36.121.121]] 03:44, 10 June 2025 (UTC)

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	Shades of the TellTale Heart. [[Special:Contributions/192.183.232.193\|192.183.232.193]]		Shades of the TellTale Heart. [[Special:Contributions/192.183.232.193\|192.183.232.193]]
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		+	A few years ago, I found that my laptop computer appeared to be beeping for about a minute every midnight. Somebody suggested to me it could be a smoke detector, but I eliminated that. Finally, I discovered that my weather station base station, which was positioned behind the laptop, had an alarm that had got switched on, default time midnight.--[[Special:Contributions/2A00:23C7:6700:9001:48C1:DEA:EA61:D57\|2A00:23C7:6700:9001:48C1:DEA:EA61:D57]] 09:40, 11 June 2025 (UTC)

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	Is this a reference to a previous XKCD? This feels to me strongly like I've seen something similar before, but I can't recall where. [[Special:Contributions/2A02:5080:185D:FD9E:0:0:931:5001\|2A02:5080:185D:FD9E:0:0:931:5001]] 11:19, 10 June 2025 (UTC)		Is this a reference to a previous XKCD? This feels to me strongly like I've seen something similar before, but I can't recall where. [[Special:Contributions/2A02:5080:185D:FD9E:0:0:931:5001\|2A02:5080:185D:FD9E:0:0:931:5001]] 11:19, 10 June 2025 (UTC)
	:Maybe you’re thinking of [[1241: Annoying Ringtone Champion]]? [[User:Intara\|Intara]] ([[User talk:Intara\|talk]]) 12:17, 10 June 2025 (UTC)		:Maybe you’re thinking of [[1241: Annoying Ringtone Champion]]? [[User:Intara\|Intara]] ([[User talk:Intara\|talk]]) 12:17, 10 June 2025 (UTC)
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		+	Shades of the TellTale Heart. [[Special:Contributions/192.183.232.193\|192.183.232.193]]

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	Is this a reference to a previous XKCD? This feels to me strongly like I've seen something similar before, but I can't recall where. [[Special:Contributions/2A02:5080:185D:FD9E:0:0:931:5001\|2A02:5080:185D:FD9E:0:0:931:5001]] 11:19, 10 June 2025 (UTC)		Is this a reference to a previous XKCD? This feels to me strongly like I've seen something similar before, but I can't recall where. [[Special:Contributions/2A02:5080:185D:FD9E:0:0:931:5001\|2A02:5080:185D:FD9E:0:0:931:5001]] 11:19, 10 June 2025 (UTC)
		+	:Maybe you’re thinking of [[1241: Annoying Ringtone Champion]]? [[User:Intara\|Intara]] ([[User talk:Intara\|talk]]) 12:17, 10 June 2025 (UTC)

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	Could a somewhat ‘living’ well dug on the ground the second best revenge in the joke? [[User:物灵\|物灵]] ([[User talk:物灵\|talk]]) 10:19, 10 June 2025 (UTC)		Could a somewhat ‘living’ well dug on the ground the second best revenge in the joke? [[User:物灵\|物灵]] ([[User talk:物灵\|talk]]) 10:19, 10 June 2025 (UTC)
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		+	Is this a reference to a previous XKCD? This feels to me strongly like I've seen something similar before, but I can't recall where. [[Special:Contributions/2A02:5080:185D:FD9E:0:0:931:5001\|2A02:5080:185D:FD9E:0:0:931:5001]] 11:19, 10 June 2025 (UTC)

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	Devices like this but employing high frequency chirps have been around for at decades, notably from the specialty police and military supplier Shomer-Tec [[Special:Contributions/71.36.121.121\|71.36.121.121]] 03:44, 10 June 2025 (UTC)		Devices like this but employing high frequency chirps have been around for at decades, notably from the specialty police and military supplier Shomer-Tec [[Special:Contributions/71.36.121.121\|71.36.121.121]] 03:44, 10 June 2025 (UTC)
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		+	Could a somewhat ‘living’ well dug on the ground the second best revenge in the joke? [[User:物灵\|物灵]] ([[User talk:物灵\|talk]]) 10:19, 10 June 2025 (UTC)

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	Most smoke alarms are approximately 3100 Hz (the comic number). I wonder if this comic is a reference to the annoying low battery chirps from smoke alarms that can be difficult to locate. [[Special:Contributions/2A09:BAC3:6227:1232:0:0:1D0:B9\|2A09:BAC3:6227:1232:0:0:1D0:B9]] 00:49, 10 June 2025 (UTC)		Most smoke alarms are approximately 3100 Hz (the comic number). I wonder if this comic is a reference to the annoying low battery chirps from smoke alarms that can be difficult to locate. [[Special:Contributions/2A09:BAC3:6227:1232:0:0:1D0:B9\|2A09:BAC3:6227:1232:0:0:1D0:B9]] 00:49, 10 June 2025 (UTC)
		+	:Smoke alarms are supposed to be a lifesaving device, so WHY the hell to they chirp at such a wide interval?! If it was once every 10 seconds at least you'd be able to tell where it was coming from. And it gets even worse if you're in a public or apartment building with over a dozen of them. [[Special:Contributions/24.177.125.170\|24.177.125.170]] 06:51, 10 June 2025 (UTC)

	Devices like this but employing high frequency chirps have been around for at decades, notably from the specialty police and military supplier Shomer-Tec [[Special:Contributions/71.36.121.121\|71.36.121.121]] 03:44, 10 June 2025 (UTC)		Devices like this but employing high frequency chirps have been around for at decades, notably from the specialty police and military supplier Shomer-Tec [[Special:Contributions/71.36.121.121\|71.36.121.121]] 03:44, 10 June 2025 (UTC)