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Fog yes.

"DSK" wrote in message
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Gerard Weatherby wrote:
Not really. The ability to determine the source of the sound is

determined by
the receiver, not the transmitter. Our ears are too close together

to get a
bearing on low frequency sound.


Does that tell us something about the shape of your head?


wrote:
That would make it patently less directional. 8^)



Gerard Weatherby wrote:
If you assume human ears are the only way to receive sound


wrote:
The context is foghorns, which are usually there expressly so that
humans can hear them.


If a horn blows in the fog, and there is nobody there to hear it, does it

make a
sound?

DSK




 
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