Cogs can think.

I just had one of the weirdest experiences ever.

Here I was, watching the evening news/discussion program, about the Dutch military effort in Afghanistan. At the same time, I’m browsing OSNews, reading/making comments. All of a sudden, my ears pick up some faint static - the static a radio produces when it is in AM mode. My ears are extremely keen, so even the faintest of noises make it to my brain.

Anyway, the static turned louder, and all of a sudden, I heard voices. I could clearly hear a German woman speaking about “Korea”. It was difficult to make out individual words, but from the woman’s intonation I could make out it was a news programme. I immediately muted my TV, and located the sound from the speakers of my Apple Cube (my main computer). My first response was to see if there were any audio ads in Safari - but I was browsing OSNews, and we don’t run audio ads (I’d go on strike if we did).

I grabbed the (non-cordless) remote control to my Creative iTrigue speaker set, and max’d out the volume. The static and the woman’s voice undulated, from loud, to faint, and back again, for a few times - until it disappeared. Flabbergasted, I sat there. In the back of my head, that Mythbusters episode about that woman receiving radio signals through her teeth popped up. I swiftly fired up Google, and it promptly gave me a reply.

Thank you Google, for reassuring me I’m not going crazy.