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I was waiting at a red light yesterday when a guy in an SUV pulled along side of me. The music coming out of his vehicle was so loud, it was making my car thump. I didn't know the (hip-hop) song, but I could clearly hear the lyrics from inside my car with the windows rolled up and the a/c on high.
A friend of a friend owned a car stereo shop who did custom work. By word of mouth, people came from miles for him to install some HUGE systems. Most upgraded car sound systems have special speakers and a sub bass box in the trunk that only plays the low notes.
Some background:
It's usually stated the range of human hearing is 20 to 20,000 HZ (hertz or cycles per second) and there are many factors that affect those numbers. loud sounds for example. Industrial workers in high noise environments are required to use hearing protection. The guys at airports who direct jets into the gate wear noise reducing protection. Loud sounds without hearing protection will accentuate hearing loss. Ask any Heavy Metal musician if he's got hearing loss and their first response could be "Huh?"

SPL is the acronym for Sound Pressure Level and there are metering devices for measuring pressure. I've always heard sound pressure is measured in decibels for music loudness and for the purpose of this blog, any pressure musical or not, is considered the same. Sub-octave sounds below the threshold of human hearing are felt more than actually heard and can be described as pulsating air.

So what's the purpose of a 5,000 watt sound system in your SUV?
It doesn't follow logic, but in certain circles there is status for having 'more bass' much the same as someone on a Saturday night doing racing with the fastest car or the most horsepower.

The shootout is a competition event where vehicles are 100 yards (or more) from the judge who has a decibel meter. They play their best sound with hope of generating more SPL's at the greatest distance.



This style of competitive volume isn't limited to the United States, as many of the photos I've seen are from enthusiasts in European countries.

Because of the high power current draw, the vehicles have to be equipped with several alternators and batteries to generate sufficient wattage.

I'll wager that the entire world is involved in some form of road construction from a busy metropolis, main highway through America to the most remote village in Africa with only a few paths made from dirt. They are all making developments that affect the normal flow until the new work is completed.

I know in South Florida they could be near completion of a 3-year project and realize it wasn't enough to handle the growth and after, tear up new roads to make changes under a new plan. They only do the contracted work approved by the state (DOT) Department of Transportation.

I'll never forget, they created an 'Express Lane' that was metered by how many miles you traveled on it. It had poles every few feet that separated it from the normal travel lanes. Shortsightedness and the dedicated lane passed the exit to the Fort Lauderdale airport. It didn't take long to realize their mistake, except they didn't provide a merge lane and you had to pass the airport by a few miles to leave the Express Lane.
Morons.

One really busy intersection near me had 2 left turn lanes leading to another road with 2 lanes that merged into one. It appears they are widening the crossroad so the 2nd turn lanes can continue without merging. This work started months ago. While that area is under construction with a single turn lane, it didn't occur to them that only 5 or 6 cars can get through the intersection with the timing of the light. That means a line of about 50 cars are always waiting to make a left turn and it takes several signal changes before getting through the intersection. So many, that it blocks the cars going straight.

Hey! DOT, I've got a suggestion... reprogram the turn lane light to stay on 15 to 20 seconds more than it's doing, so more cars can pass through the intersection.

It's not 'rocquet' science.

Despite complaints from the muscle car enthusiasts, car manufacturers are moving forward with high-power all wheel drive hybrids and electric models too!

I see Florida lawmakers are proposing a bill that prohibits continuous driving in the left lane. We already have slower traffic to be in the right lane, that would force most of the driving to be in the center lane. Trucks occupy that lane, so it doesn't sound like a good law as it restricts us to one lane creating congestion with blocked view maneuvering around trucks and slower traffic.

C'mon Florida lawmakers, take a ride on the Turnpike and you will see what I'm talking about.

In dieser modernen Welt, in der das Leben so hektisch ist, haben die Menschen kaum Zeit, mit ihrem Handy ein personalisiertes Leben zu führen, daher sind Klingeltöne zu einem wichtigen Bestandteil des Lebens eines Menschen geworden. Heutzutage ist es im Trend und gefragt, verschiedene Klingeltöne für verschiedene Zwecke wie Benachrichtigungen, Töne für Nachrichten und vieles mehr zu haben. Da ein Mobiltelefon einen großen Teil unseres Lebens ausmacht, ist es sehr wichtig, einen qualitativ hochwertigen Klingelton zu haben, der Ihrem Telefon eine persönliche Note verleiht. Dies ist mit den neuen kostenlosen Klingelton-Downloads für Mobiltelefone möglich beim

Es gibt Hunderte von Kategorien von Klingeltönen wie Musik, Comedy-Klingeltöne, Sport-Klingeltöne, Metall-Klingeltöne, lustige Klingeltöne und vieles mehr. Die mittlerweile beliebten Klingeltöne werden sehr sorgfältig mit verschiedenen, einzigartigen und hochwertigen Soundeffekten ausgewählt. Sie können ganz einfach kostenlos Klingeltöne für Ihr Mobiltelefon herunterladen und sie ganz einfach ohne Internet anhören.

Wie wir alle wissen, gibt es Mobiltelefone in zwei Formaten, nämlich der CDMA- und der GSM-Technologie. CDMA-Telefone verwenden dasselbe Codeformat, das in den Funkgeräten der Telefone gespeichert ist. Daher kann die Kompatibilität des Klingeltons mit dem spezifischen Telefontyp garantiert werden. Mit der GSM-Technologie können jedoch die kompatiblen Klingeltöne mit dem jeweiligen GSM-Netz vor dem Download-Vorgang überprüft werden.

Da jeden Tag neue Klingeltöne eingeführt werden, wächst die Datenbank der Klingeltöne für die meisten Smartphones ständig. Die meisten dieser Downloads sind kostenlos, aber manchmal müssen Sie bezahlen, um die neuesten Sounds auf die Smartphones herunterzuladen. Der Benutzer hat die Möglichkeit, aus den verschiedenen Arten von Klingeltönen zu wählen, die für sein Smartphone verfügbar sind. Auf diese Weise können Benutzer problemlos auf die neuesten Klingeltöne für ihre Smartphones zugreifen. Neben dem Herunterladen von Klingeltönen für die Smartphones werden auch häufig neue Versionen der Apps veröffentlicht, die die Benutzer des Smartphones zum Gaga bringen.

Neue Klingeltöne können auch von den Besitzern an das Smartphone gesendet werden, indem die Funktionscodes in den Telefonspeicher geschrieben werden. Das Versenden der Klingeltöne per SMS ist jedoch eine sehr alte Methode, da die neueste Technologie diese Aufgabe erleichtert. Durch Senden von SMS oder MMS an das Mobilteil können Sie automatisch visuelle und akustische Benachrichtigungstöne erstellen. Auf diese Weise müssen Sie nicht in regelmäßigen Abständen neue Klingeltöne erstellen.

Es gibt jedoch einen großen Nachteil des kostenlosen Klingelton-Downloads für die Smartphones. Die von den Entwicklern der Klingelton-App verwendete Software ist oft nicht mit der Apple iTunes-Version kompatibel. Wenn Sie Klingeltöne für Ihr Smartphone herunterladen möchten, müssen Sie daher eine andere Klingelton-App auswählen. Wenn Sie jedoch nach einem kostenlosen Klingelton-Download suchen, gibt es einige gute Klingelton-Download-Sites, die eine große Sammlung kostenloser Klingeltöne für die mobilen Apple iTunes-Geräte wie iPhone und iPod Touch anbieten.

N.B. A fellow blogger prompted to create this blog.
I commented there...
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Good blog and so I liked it.
There has been an absurd tendency to equate the love that exist in the relations with the love that exists between the opposite genders.
The former is given, while the later is a development.
The two, in no way, comparable. They are two different entities. And that is the biggest sin bestowed upon the mankind by THE RELIGION.
So I talk about the seed that is to be sowed long long after the birth when relationship thing has completed its cycle.
In my view its twofold:
Basic: the blueprint of the image stored in one's subconscious.
Contextual: the image that appeals someone consciously.
I can't say if the two images are different. May be or may not be.
My take is, the blueprint of the subconscious haunts us and we contexually choose whoever comes in front similar with the embedded image.