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Laminar · Nov 28, 2007, 12:57 PM

Oh, here's the solution!

Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant. The first thing I think of when I hear "Für Elise" is "my CPU fan is failing or has failed!"

Nodnarb · Nov 28, 2007, 01:15 PM

shifuimam · Nov 28, 2007, 01:16 PM

That's pretty freakin' awesome.

So instead of an annoying "beeeeeeeeep" you hear "it's a small world after all..."

I'm having a hard time deciding which would actually be more annoying/

Dakarʒ · Nov 28, 2007, 01:17 PM

It's true, the line between genius and lunacy is fine indeed.

Laminar · Nov 28, 2007, 01:18 PM

Originally Posted by Dakarʒ

It's true, the line between genius and lunacy is fine indeed.

Dakar, that was an inane and pointless comment, and I will have none of that in my thread.

Dakarʒ · Nov 28, 2007, 01:20 PM

Let's not do this honey, I have a headache.

shifuimam · Nov 28, 2007, 01:31 PM

Originally Posted by Dakarʒ

Let's not do this honey, I have a headache.

Ever heard of a tag team?

Dakarʒ · Nov 28, 2007, 01:34 PM

I'm partial to the Eiffel Tower.

reader50 · Nov 28, 2007, 02:39 PM

Since an error alarm is supposed to annoy you into taking notice, I would not have chosen Classical music. Something from heavy metal maybe.

Dakarʒ · Nov 28, 2007, 02:41 PM

Nsync might work.

wallinbl · Nov 28, 2007, 02:50 PM

Wouldn't SOS in Morse Code be a bit more obvious?

shifuimam · Nov 28, 2007, 03:16 PM

Originally Posted by reader50

Since an error alarm is supposed to annoy you into taking notice, I would not have chosen Classical music. Something from heavy metal maybe.

Dude, nothing is more annoying than "It's A Small World".

Which, as a result of reading that KB article, is now stuck in my head.

wallinbl · Nov 28, 2007, 03:40 PM

Sucks for you, I guess. Despite having been on that ride more than 10 times in the last year, I don't know the melody.

olePigeon · Nov 28, 2007, 04:05 PM

So can Disney & the RIAA sue Microsoft for using "It's a Small World" on their computers?

nonhuman · Nov 28, 2007, 04:07 PM

Originally Posted by olePigeon

So can Disney & the RIAA sue Microsoft for using "It's a Small World" on their computers?

No, but theoretically they could sue the manufacturer of the motherboard/BIOS.

finboy · Nov 28, 2007, 04:29 PM

Originally Posted by Dakarʒ

Nsync might work.

SlipKnoT

This thread is nothing without sound files.

imitchellg5 · Nov 28, 2007, 05:07 PM

Man am I glad you posted that Laminar! I have that problem everyday.

Edit: So what does XP and Vista play?

CharlesS · Nov 28, 2007, 05:57 PM

"It's a Small World" is classical music? Not in my book.

Here are a few of my favorite "death chimes" that Apple used to use back in the old days (yep, I stole these from Mactracker):

http://charlessoft.com/extraneous_stuff/death1.m4a
http://charlessoft.com/extraneous_stuff/death2.m4a