Silence is all I hear

[Auio]

Hello All......I've tried recently downloading some RadioHead tunes but find most of them are silent and dont play for nothing from the leaked album. Anyone else have these probs??

[Krell]

What part of Louisiana are you from?

You should see what the files are that you are playing. Are they an MP3, or are the Lame, etc?

It is possible that you do not have the correct decoder for these files. It is also possible that you have a volume control jacked down in your properties, or a player, that you are not aware of.

Check the file types, and tell us what you are playing.

[collideous]

Offtopic: What does silence sound like?

[Krell]

LOL good one.

Is it the sound of one hands clapping?

[TC75580]

No I did not have the same problem. Check to see if any if you can hear any other music first, to rule out the possibility that the overall sound does not work.

[phalkon30]

They could be fakes put out by the RIAA, but check what the others said before you go deleting things

The sound of Silence - Simon and Garfunkel

[ManaSmoker]

Yes most likely Fakes put up by MEdiaForce,Riaa and etc... Ive encountered lots of "silent" songs also, but double check other suggestion like phalkon said before erasing shit.

[Wolfie]

Originally posted by collideous
Offtopic: What does silence sound like?

Sound of a tree falling in the forest when noone is around.

[ManaSmoker]

lol Wolfie now that you say that, my science class had a HUGE discussion about the tree falling when no one is there to hear it.We had a discussion whether it makes a sound or not since if no one is there to hear it when it falls, does it make a sound or not? ONe of those weird questions in the world.

[Wolfie]

They are pretty cool to think about though. Try this one:

Can a person bath in same river twice?

[Auio]

I found files with Httt... and then the song are silence ones.This is only been with the Radiohead tracks...I have downloaded 3good ones so I'm guessing they are fakes...Ty all for responding.......:hole

*Now im off to eat me some crawfish=)*

[phalkon30]

Originally posted by Wolfie
Sound of a tree falling in the forest when noone is around.
It will make a sound, think of it this way, if blocked the sunlight coming through the windows of your house, is the sun still shining?
Can a person bath in same river twice?
Yes, the water travels downstream, so if you go upriver a few feet, its new water to you

A lake on the other hand...

[Wolfie]

Originally posted by phalkon30
It will make a sound, think of it this way, if blocked the sunlight coming through the windows of your house, is the sun still shining?

That answer only works if you defination of sound is scientific one (vibration of air molecules), but if sound is defined by individual perception, then falling won't have a sound since there is no one there to hear it.

[ManaSmoker]

Yes Wolfie that is exactly what we argue about, ITs all about what you base sound to be basically. Either having to be Heard by an individual or just vibrations that do not have to be heard. Hmm that one is a bugger.I cant make up my mind.

[endersgame21]

That answer only works if you defination of sound is scientific one (vibration of air molecules), but if sound is defined by individual perception, then falling won't have a sound since there is no one there to hear it.
I think of it in a scientific way. Whether you are there or not doesn't change a thing. Sound waves are still sent throughout the air and there are also animals in the forest which hear the tree falling anyway. Plus, if you are not there but you leave a tape recorder out there, the tape recorder will record the sound of the tree falling.

[overdo]

but does the presence of the tape recorder actually alter the situation? consider the well-known paradox of "Schrodinger's cat":

A live cat is put into a closed box, which also contains a radioactive source, a radioactive detector and a phial of poison. These are arranged in such a way that if radioactive decay occurs, the detector records it, the phial of posion breaks and the cat dies.
The detector is switched on for just long enough to ensure that the chance of a radioactive particle having been emitted is 50:50. there is no way of knowing what has happened in the box until the box is opened.

The state of affairs inside the box can be modelled using schrodinger's wave equation but upon opening the box to see what has happened to the cat, the equation collapses and it can describe only two states- no radioactive particle so cat alive, radioactive particle emitted so cat dead. Therefore in the unopened box do we have a cat that is both dead and alive?

"Anyone who is not shocked by quantum theory has not understood it" - Bohr

BTW moony the cat didn't really die so u can go have some fun with it later:fire

[nasrules]

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[Infomouse]

If a woman is alone in a forest and there is no one to hear - is she still right?

[overdo]

lol @ Infomouse

[matstao]

A tree falling produces sound waves whether or not anyone is nearby. A sound wave doesn't have to be heard to exist. One hand cannot clap; clapping is an act which by definition requires two hands. A person cannot bathe in 'the same' river twice as a river is constantly changing (this one could go either way, as the river is still described by the same name). Maybe I'm being too literal & not philosophical enough, but working in an engineering office all day does that to me sometimes. My left brain will be much more relaxed & active about an hour after I get off. (TGIF)

Quantum theory, especially the uncertainty principle is a very hard thing to get your head around. It seems, intuitively, not to make sense, but has pretty much been scientifically proven correct. The fact that particles travel every possible path & no specific path at all times seems not to make sense, but it's the only way to really explain the atoms & molecules exist and interact. The idea of multiple (I think there are 10 or 11) dimensions of p-branes in string theory is even more abstract. I read a book on the subject while flying to California & was simultaneously intrigued & confused for most of it.

"Observing the process will change it" is another strange scientific concept that somehow applies to much of these situations, especially to that of the poor cat.

[King_Zamunda]

Couldn't they use a glass box?