cow sounds that seem like whale sounds

The weekend gone I recorded some more bush sounds. Amid the recording I came across this sound. Which sounds rather like a whale ... but we were of course nowhere near the ocean
See what you think:

Its interesting, and makes me wonder how much of what we hear as recordings of whales is actually as much reverb and other sound recording artifacts of the environment (and all its reflections back).

This was recorded on a ridge top where the ridge curved around making a natural amphitheatre for the sounds.

the fine print

I have on other posts here made it clear that one of the reasons I don't use one of the more modern smartphones is I hate the insidious invasive software which is springing up more and more on these devices. Its getting to the stage where I am pulling back from technology and modern communications because its increasingly invasive.

Terms and conditions on Android (and iPhone) software often reminds me of the sort of thing I'd only want to install on a device where I could quarantine it in a virtual machine.

Recently there is talk of a Facebook phone ... makes me shudder. Like tonight I was about to click on a link a friend had posted and it took me to this:

Reading what I have to accept was a bit of a surprise:

This app may post on your behalf, including posts you voted on, answers you voted on and more.

Bloody what? As if its not bad enough that I give it permission to post as if it was me (hello!) what the hell is and more?

I reckon when the Facebook phones come out it won't even trouble you with these sorts of things, it'll just do it for you.

And people want to have a phone from these guys? As a herd, people are just amazingly stupid.

Wonder how long it'll be before things like Pizza start turning up at your door because your phone and Dominos is in kahoots and reckons (based on your GPS data) you haven't eaten yet and they have some specials to flog you.

Science Fiction has written about this sort of thing since I can recall, and of course dramatises it to make the entire thing have more audience appeal.

The reality is that its what you can't see that is getting into our systems and like they say... resistance is futile.

gotta tell ya, they're not taking me that easy, and certainly not with my permission.

pah, more reasons to keep my older Nokia.

talking turkey

one of my mates talking turkey

he's had experience with managment God these guys are funny

soundtrack for the financial world?

A fellow blogger (Bullion Barron) came up with an idea based on a comment I made. I really liked that theme ... anyway I reckon that I'd pick this one as the right soundtrack to the GFC and current world financial situation

some of the lyrics are spot on ... even if it wouldn't make a good sountrack in the modern american way