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# oooo
*watches for infinity*
*writes the complete works of Shakespeare*
(, Sat 11 Dec 2004, 14:53, archived)
# Are you a million monkies
by any chance?
(, Sat 11 Dec 2004, 15:20, archived)
#
and if I'm alone in a forest and I fall over do I make a sound?
(, Sat 11 Dec 2004, 15:26, archived)
# Another paradox of perception
and one which I think is a bit dense.

The problem is the definition of 'sound', and not whether the tree produces shock waves which, upon striking the eardrum, would be interpreted as 'noise' by the brain.

...so the answer to this question involves more of Mr. Webster's opinion than physics.
(, Sat 11 Dec 2004, 15:56, archived)
# not really
I would say "oo, ow"
(, Sat 11 Dec 2004, 15:58, archived)
# Arf!
I meant the tree falling in the woods thing.

(, Sat 11 Dec 2004, 16:03, archived)