Can you recommend a kitchen timer with adjustable volume, pleasant alarm sounds, multiple simultaneous timers, and multiple presets?
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posted by kristi
on Feb 12, 2013 -
3 answers
I'm in the city center in Groningen, the Netherlands. It is almost 6.30am. For hour on hour now, I've been listening to throbbing bass from the dance club across the way, and I haven't slept all night. This loud music seems to be a new thing. What should I do?
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posted by Philosopher Dirtbike
on Nov 30, 2012 -
6 answers
Please list your best, favorite, most interesting object that could be used as a unit of measure for one of the following: area, volume, or temperature. For your answer to be useful I require the object and its measure. The ideal object is unusual but relatable at the human scale.
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posted by safetyfork
on Nov 19, 2012 -
37 answers
NPR audio feeds are oddly quiet on my HTC EVO 3D, while Pandora, YouTube and any other audio is plenty loud. Is there some odd internal setting I need to change?
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posted by Science!
on Nov 2, 2012 -
5 answers
Introduction to Markets/Auctions: I need a short book or paper that covers bids / asks
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posted by tintexas
on Oct 5, 2012 -
1 answer
Can I rig some sort of home-made equalizer between my TV, speakers and PS3? Other ideas as to changing the levels of frequency ranges also welcome.
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posted by griphus
on Jul 30, 2012 -
30 answers
Dog/veterinary filter: What would be the normal size and/or volume of the bladder of a 35-pound, adult, female Wheaten terrier?
posted by mikeand1
on Mar 12, 2012 -
4 answers
What are some ways to accurately measure the volume of very small amounts of liquid without complex equipment?
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posted by WhitenoisE
on Feb 27, 2012 -
23 answers
How do I keep the volume on my mac consistent in apps other than itunes?
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posted by JJkiss
on Feb 25, 2012 -
3 answers
When I am viewing flash-based streaming video like Hulu, Netflix or Youtube in Google's Chrome browser, the volume is only half as loud as when I watch the same content in Firefox.
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posted by mecran01
on Dec 12, 2011 -
6 answers
Help me choose the "best" hardcover editions of J. R. R. Tolkien's
The Lord of the Rings and
The Hobbit.
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posted by GlassHeart
on Nov 1, 2011 -
17 answers
Emergency baking question - I don't have the size pan that I thought I had, and am not sure what to do. Help me figure out the alternative!
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posted by Neely O'Hara
on Oct 15, 2011 -
6 answers
I have some iPhone ringtones I've made with GarageBand that are
entirely too loud. I cannot figure out how to decrease the volume. Any suggestions?
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posted by andrewcilento
on Oct 15, 2011 -
4 answers
Background music and effects are way louder than voices in XBMC, so much so that I have to get up and turn the volume down every time theme song or music comes on during TV shows or movies for fear of disturbing neighbors (not to mention that they're uncomfortably loud).
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posted by Strass
on Sep 28, 2011 -
12 answers
So I was listening to the sound check for the upcoming U2 concert yesterday from my house, which is just over 2km from the stadium. I could tell that the sound was immensely loud at the source even though it wasn't rattling my windows or anything. How did I know it was a huge sound at a distance rather than coming from nearby? What auditory cues tell us this?
posted by Miss Otis' Egrets
on Nov 22, 2010 -
8 answers
Volume control on my computer is laggy and slow and crashy. To the point where it's unusable. This has happened on every Windows computer I have ever owned. Is my volume control program allergic to me or is this a common problem?
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posted by brenton
on Sep 19, 2010 -
20 answers
The maximum volume on my new iPod touch is down to around 80% after the upgrade to iOS 4.1. Help?
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posted by murtagh
on Sep 14, 2010 -
5 answers
How can we set up our car so people in the back can take part in conversations happening up front?
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posted by ollyolly
on Jul 7, 2010 -
14 answers
Is there any way to normalize the volume output on my PC so I'm not startled by clicking on a video link? The volume on YouTube and other sites varies so wildly from video to video that my
modus operandi is to mute before I play the video, then slowly increase the volume, but I'm hoping there is a better way.
posted by desjardins
on Apr 28, 2010 -
6 answers
Is there any way to get the apple keyboard
and the apple remote to use the fine volume adjustments explained
here automatically?
posted by Infernarl
on Apr 1, 2010 -
3 answers
Does the Osage River contribute the largest volume of water of all the tributaries of the Missouri River?
posted by clockworkjoe
on Mar 29, 2010 -
5 answers
How can I remove the component of pitch (or frequency) from an audio waveform, while maintaining the amplitude? I'm looking for a process analogous to desaturating a colour image to black and white: rendering an audio file literally monotonous but maintaining its rhythm (as changes in volume over time).
posted by sixswitch
on Mar 12, 2010 -
24 answers
I want to figure out how much a bunch of snow weighs. If I have a relatively even distribution of snow two-feet high and spread evenly across a twenty-four foot circle, where do I start?
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posted by bode well carapace
on Jan 13, 2010 -
22 answers
I want to listen to my digital music player at work (technically, WMAs and not MP3s) through speakers rather than headphones. With the latter, all my songs sound fairly consistent in volume. With the former, they're all over the map and ditto for the dynamic range. Suggestions?
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posted by TheSecretDecoderRing
on Dec 15, 2009 -
6 answers
I'm looking for an online surface area and volume calculator, where I plug in various measurements of a cylinder or sphere and it calculates the answer for me. But I want one that approximates pi as 3.14.
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posted by 23skidoo
on Nov 5, 2009 -
8 answers
I need to count how many times a sump pump runs in a given period. The sump pump pumps water out of a hole on the ground, it is activated by a float switch - so generally speaking it pumps the same amount of water out each time it runs (the volume of water from the top 'on' level to the lower 'off' level). I want to know how much water is being pumped per week/month/whatever.
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posted by Xhris
on Sep 15, 2009 -
13 answers
Please help me remember the name of this stage of psychological development, where you can begin to discern the volumetric differences between containers of different sizes.
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posted by Sutekh
on Aug 28, 2009 -
6 answers
I have a few Macbook Pro systems at work that we've installed Windows XP via Bootcamp on. We've done this with previous Macbook models in the past. This time, however, there is an audio problem: the audio on the XP side is so low it's close to non-existent.
Is anyone familiar with this problem? Does anyone have any ideas on how to fix it?
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posted by strangememes
on Jul 22, 2009 -
11 answers
My iPhone's volume is too freaking low. How do I boost it? When calling out, the first ring is at a decent level, then it backs down to almost inaudible. When talking to people, especially if I'm outdoors, or if there is any background noise, I can't hear anything! Does anyone else have this problem? This is a first-gen iPhone, in case that makes a difference, and I've already traded one in at the Apple store for the exact same reason.
posted by valkane
on May 17, 2009 -
4 answers
"
Hi-- ahem, I mean, uh...
Hi."
Oh no! Do you have bouts with Spontaneous Laryngitis Syndrome, or SLS? Someone passes by you and shoots you a friendly "Hey there!" and you're caught off guard and are left whimpering a little "hey." What to do?
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posted by TheSecretDecoderRing
on May 2, 2009 -
16 answers
It seems like my tea kettle (on a gas burner) boils more quickly when there's a large volume of water in it than if there's just a bit. Am I imagining this, or is there a reason it might happen?
posted by Mayor Curley
on Apr 3, 2009 -
15 answers
I'm looking for a command-line tool that can return a volume value for specific points of time in an MP3 file.
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posted by joe vrrr
on Mar 10, 2009 -
7 answers
The final mixdown on music I have created at home is very low in volume. How can I raise the volume of my final tracks without getting that god-awful digital clipping?
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posted by Brettus
on Dec 17, 2008 -
16 answers
