Posted by Mika on 11/28/07 08:41

"dorayme" <doraymeRidThis@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
news:doraymeRidThis-B11D15.14270428112007@news-vip.optusnet.com.au...
> In article <5dWdnZrAqsaDQNHanZ2dnUVZ_rWtnZ2d@comcast.com>,
> Ed Mullen <ed@edmullen.net> wrote:
>
>> Mika wrote:
>> > "Ed Mullen" <ed@edmullen.net> wrote in message
>> > news:JuydncROB8siDtbanZ2dnUVZ_i2dnZ2d@comcast.com...
>> >
>> >> Previously when I visited the page I had my sound muted. This time
>> >> (by
>> >> chance) I did not, and it was set quite low, but still enough to drive
>> >> the
>> >> subwoofer on my system. I became quite alarmed as we live in an area
>> >> where
>> >> destructive storms and tornadoes are not all that uncommon
>> >> Thanks so much for the scare.
>> >
>> > I hope once you can look back and laugh at this you may be able to come
>> > back
>> > and say it was unreasonable of you to blame us for not thinking of
>> > subwoofer
>> > users living in tornado regions.
>>
>> I'm not angry with you and I didn't "blame" you for anything. I merely
>> pointed out an actual scenario of how defaulting sound to "on" could be
>> a very unwelcome thing for a user.
>
> As it happens, I had an experience right at the start that sort
> of alarmed me with this sound. Had come back into the room when
> it was loaded and playing and I first thought something might be
> up with my tower, my HD, I was worried a bit. Took me a mo to
> realise it was the speakers and the website. I would not blame OP
> for not thinking of beings on the other side of the planet who
> dash in and out to grab cups of tea and stuff and have paranoid
> thoughts about their hardware <g>

Incredibly, it didn't cross our minds ;)

Mika

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