Computer noises!

[busyglen]

Not really a computer problem (as far as I know) but I had a bit of a shock a couple of minutes ago.

I was doing a search on the forum when suddenly I had what sounded like four or five blasts on a ships horn coming out of the screen! It made me jump and I quickly escaped out back to my ISP home page.

I thought it might have been that I had clicked on something (like one of the adverts you get sometimes across homepages) but I was actually in the forum!

Any ideas what that could have been? :confused:

Glenys

[AnnB]

Some long gone master mariner ancestor trying to tell you something......:cool:

Sorry Glen, haven't got a clue :o

Ann

[busyglen]

Some long gone master mariner ancestor trying to tell you something......:cool:

Sorry Glen, haven't got a clue :o

Ann

Now why didn't I think of that!! |biggrin|

It could be my hubby's gt.grandfather the late Coastguard. ;)

Glen

[somanyrellies]

Hi busyglen,

I've experienced the same thing when browsing my homepage (talktalk/aol). Did you have another webpage open at the same time? I think that it's some strange advertisment lurking in the wings. Bloody nuisance really.

[v.wells]

It would freak me out if I heard noises like that! I always forget to turn the speakers on!:D

[Neil Wilson]

I say young lady, I SAY YOUNG LADY
Now what was that rooster cartoon character - Foghorn Leghorn

Just keeping it nautical - foghorn.... OK forget it!

[Jan1954]

Glen,

As somanyrellies has said, it might be that you had something else open at the same time.

I had a webpage to some aircraft museum open once, that Mr P had been looking at, but I had forgotten about it. I suddenly had jets screaming out of the laptop!

Most disconcerting. :eek:

[Mutley]

I always have my computer set on MUTE. I cannot bear loud noises. If I want to listen to something I can turn it back on.

Recently, I am not sure where I was looking at the time, but loud bells started ringing, it was such a shock!

My granddaughter had borrowed the computer and turned MUTE back on. I had no idea the PC was so vocal all on it's own accord.

Glenys, what is your MUTE setting on?

[Sue Mackay]

There is certainly an annoying ad which starts with several blasts on a foghorn. Some little darling in their marketing department has transferred it to a recorded phone message and started automatic cold calling. You answer the phone and get blasted! God knows what the rest of the ad is about because I always slam the receiver down! As for the computer, I never turn the speakers on.....

[v.wells]

There is certainly an annoying ad which starts with several blasts on a foghorn. Some little darling in their marketing department has transferred it to a recorded phone message and started automatic cold calling. You answer the phone and get blasted! God knows what the rest of the ad is about because I always slam the receiver down! As for the computer, I never turn the speakers on.....

And I never answer the phone and the telemarketers don't leave messages on an answering machine...:D

[JohnN]

I recently acquired my first set of hearing aids and can hear all sorts of sounds I never even knew existed.

But the best thing is that I can turn them off whenever I want to!

|woohoo|

[LynA]

And I never answer the phone and the telemarketers don't leave messages on an answering machine...:D

But they do sometimes leave a long pre-recorded message of their own ! |rant|:mad:|rant||banghead|

Lynda

[MarkJ]

I am another one who doesn't enable the speakers unless I need them. That stems from the days when websites always had a dire midi "music" playing in a loop over and over!

I block ALL adverts - if I want to buy something, I will look for it myself. Any snail junk mail which arrives I make a mental note of the company and will never buy their products.
Telemarketers I leave to my wife.... Oddly, they don't seem to call again :D

Mark

[busyglen]

Thanks for the advice everyone.

Somanyrellies...I am with AOL, so obviously we have both had the same experience!

I did have my speakers `on' but have now turned them `off'. I don't really know why I had them on, apart from the fact that on occasions I have sent an e-card to someone abroad at Christmas, and listened to the music to see that it is appropriate.

Right.....no more noises!! Peace at last! :)

Glenys

[somanyrellies]

Glad to be able to shed some light on your problem. I always have my speakers on, but then again I listen to a lot of music. Take care.

[Patti44]

I had that noise today just as I signed on to AOL, it really made me jump, the idiots,its probably an advert,they have done it before, so its not just you.

[Paul Bach]

You are not the only one as it happened to me and it was just after I joined so I took it that I was being notified by B-G that I had a rply to my posting, but when I looked there was nothing.

I have not had this repeat itself since, so is a bit strange I must admit.|computer|

[gibo]

Hi,
I think it is wise to have sound on because it does give you warnings sometimes of computer problems. Just turn sound down...
I bet the annoying noise was an ad or maybe you use some chat program like ICQ or Yahoo - they use noises when someone wants to talk to you etc!
Have fun...

[busyglen]

Thanks for all of your replies.

I have come to the conclusion that it was an advert, which was `underneath' the page I was viewing. Upon reflection, I seem to remember something like that happening a long time ago, before I disabled the pop-ups which were a pain.

I've been interested to hear that others have had similar experiences. :)

Glenys

[Ladkyis]

Any snail junk mail which arrives I make a mental note of the company and will never buy their products.
Mark


With snail mail junk I carefully place all the junk mail into their envelopes and send it back - it doesn't cost them anything unless you use their own envelopes and when you do they have to pay the postage hehehehe.

OH I make sure that none of it has my name on of course.

[MarkJ]

I did read that apparently the "postage paid" envelopes can be used for other purposes. It seems that if you scribble out the address and put in your own, the letter will be delivered happily as the postage is paid. The book I saw it in suggested addressing one of those junk mail pre-paid envelope reply things to yourself and popping it in the post to demonstrate that it will actually be delivered if you were not sure.
Personally, I either stick them straight into the recycling bag without even wasting my effort opening them or - as others on the forum seem to like - stuffing the contents from one junk mail (minus my details of course!) into another junk mail envelope and sending it off ;)

A very funny episode of "One Foot In The Grave" had one of these junk mail companies receiving a delivery from Victor which contained a dead rat, along with a covering letter asking if they wanted to subscribe to "Dead Rodents of the British Isles" or something similar. The tick boxes were something like "Yes! Please send me regular dead rodents" or "No - and we will not send any more junk mail either" :D

I wouldn't suggest sending dead things in the post - I suspect it is illegal by the way ;)

Mark

[v.wells]

A very funny episode of "One Foot In The Grave" had one of these junk mail companies receiving a delivery from Victor which contained a dead rat, along with a covering letter asking if they wanted to subscribe to "Dead Rodents of the British Isles" or something similar. The tick boxes were something like "Yes! Please send me regular dead rodents" or "No - and we will not send any more junk mail either" :D

I wouldn't suggest sending dead things in the post - I suspect it is illegal by the way ;)

Mark

That is terrribly funny, Mark!|laugh1||laugh1|