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From: clive@uk.mdis.com (Clive Backham)
Subject: Re: Trivial, but cool
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Date: Mon, 26 Sep 1994 17:55:09 GMT
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WretchAwry (vickie@pilot.njin.net) wrote:
: > From: clive@uk.mdis.com (Clive Backham)
: > 
: > So, you've joined the ranks of the trollers, eh?

: I'm in a good mood, so I'm going to give you the benefit of the
: doubt, and believe that you weren't *really* calling me a troller.
: Because if I really thought that you were, as much as I despise
: trollers, it could get very nasty. 

No, I wasn't really calling you a troller, it was a joke.
I did however suspect that you might have been trying to pull
our legs. You're not exactly a stranger to the odd prank on
the net, are you? (I still remember the Rocket Man video joke).

: > There is one thing that strikes me as just about possible (albeit
: > *extremely* unlikely): Somehow the wires inside your headphones got
: > tangled up in such a way that you're now only hearing those parts
: > of the recording which are out of phase.

: Others have explained the process fully. It's not only possible and
: *very* likely, it's also easy to achieve.  Two people in Ecto gave
: complete instructions on how a person can achieve this effect on
: purpose.  

I still consider it pretty amazing that an accidental tug on the
'phones cord would have resulted in this effect. Not only must the
ground connections be broken, but the two ground connections to the
two earpieces must be shorted..... oh dear, I've just realised that
it is quite likely, since most 'phones will have a single common
ground wire, and therefore will already have the two grounds connected
together, and so..... my apologies, I shouldn't have doubted you (even
after the Rocket Man video episode :-)

Clive Backham
McDonnell Information Systems, Hemel Hempstead, UK
email: cbackham@uk.mdis.com

PS. Thanks for turning me on to Happy Rhodes (are we allowed to mention
    her name here? <ducks for cover> :-)