Boing Boing: Kids turn "teen repellent" sound into teacher-proof ringtone: "I had similar doubts -- which suggests that these kids have done something even more subversive than creating an adult-proof ringtone: they've convinced adults that there's an inaudible sound that they can all hear."
No matter how you cut it, if a teenager's No. 1 job is driving adults craZy these kids in England deserve a raise. The story follows one earlier (but I'm too lazy to find the link) about how UK merchants have adopted a "teen repellent" sound to kid-proof their stores. Now kids claim to have converted the sound to a ringtone only they can hear, allowing them to txt in school. Adults are, as is their wont, without a clue.
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what is it that's supposed to happen after 20? a species change?
no,just an ear change, I guess. something about young ears being able to hear frequencies old ears can't ("old" being 20, there). here's the last time this came up: http://76003dot1414.blogspot.com/2006/04/brits-perfect-teen-repellant.html
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