Wednesday, February 23, 2005

What's loudest?

Babies produce more noise than pneumatic drills. Babies hit 123 decibels when screaming, whereas a pneumatic drill only produces 119 decibels. Ok, so there's only 4 decibels in it, but still, louder is louder.

(And yes, I am watching Brainiac at the moment.)
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3 comments:

  1. koyore2:08 PM

    I work in an ER, and I know for a fact the baby level is far higher than stated 123!!

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  2. Anonymous6:34 AM

    Also, the decibel rating is not a linear increase-- it's logarithmic. An increase of 10 decibles is about 3 times the volume.

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  3. Anonymous4:43 PM

    No, 10 decibels is a 10-fold increase in loudness. 3 decibles is about double.

    123dB is pretty damn loud, by the way. Like, jet-engine loud. I don't think they get that loud.

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