What's the best ambient sound machine (like for sleeping)
May 29, 2012 · I am looking for suggestions on a good ambient sound machine that produces continuous sounds like waterfalls, surf, rain, white noise, pink noise, etc.
$250 hotel incidental charge for "unauthorized" tampering with HVAC ...
Jul 15, 2025 · Well, AFAIK there are no hotel regulations against traveling with a white noise machine, or some other not-too-noisy droning appliance. Including a portable mini air cooler/fan, which would …
Why do fax machines still make that dial up noise?
May 15, 2015 · When they use the old-fashioned fax protocol, then they still use that protocol’s analog representation of digital signals, which is the dial-up noise that you hear. The initial tones that you …
More on "the whole nine yards" - Straight Dope
Dec 26, 2025 · The discussion about the origin of the expression – Cecil eventually cited someone who said the expression didn’t exist (in print, anyway) until the 1960s. Anyone got an earlier appearance? …
Who are the 5 worst U.S. Presidents? - Straight Dope
Dec 29, 2025 · I saw a list elsewhere and it got me thinking. I will try to avoid recency bias. My bottom 5 are: Andrew Jackson Donald Trump James Buchanan Andrew Johnson And at this point, I find …
How does english native speaker imitate the sound like gun shot?
The rest of the sound is pretty much like the word “you”. The word “Pow!” is also common, and may indicate an approximation for this sound as well. A machine gun goes ack-ack-ack-ack-ack (or at …
Can I "sync" a new iPad to the old one, as I can with a new Mac?
Nov 25, 2025 · I know the procedure to connect a new Mac desktop to an old one, do some fancy button-holding-down and the entire old computer hard drive ( minus the older OS ) ports into the new …
How can this billboard be legal? - Straight Dope
Dec 10, 2025 · Last night, I was driving on Interstate 35 northbound in Kyle, Texas (a suburb of Austin). I observed the following billboard: “Venmo me: @[notarealuser] Person who sends most money wins …
Looking for some new reading material - Straight Dope
Nov 22, 2025 · Dystopian future stories - George Orwell (1984 and Animal Farm), Walter M. Miller Jr (A Canticle for Leibowitz), Aldous Huxley (Brave New World), Don DeLillo (White Noise), Anthony …
Disconnected line tone on answering machine to discourage …
At the start of my answering machine message, play the three-tone sound that signifies a disconnected phone line. Would that trigger a note with the automated dialer that the line no longer works and to …