After I read the thread presented by Soundhound called "My Pix," I thought to pose a somewhat related, real-life riddle. If any other Gunslingers have riddles and answers to post and continue this thread, please do!

Being a person with a 'bent' for audio/video production/engineering, and having spent time in the Middle East doing television, the following question came to mind:

During poor weather in a military theater of operations, when you notice flashes of light in distant clouds with thunderous sound following several seconds later, how do you know if you are seeing a thunderstorm or an artillery barrage?

Don't read past this paragraph until you have a solution ... or at least a guess!

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My solultion: Tune a radio on the AM band to a frequency with a weak or no signal. Listen to the hiss. If you hear a 'crackle' at the same moment as each distant flash in the sky, it is lightning. If the hiss is undisturbed at each flash, it is not lightning.

I hope none of you will ever need that information! What problems and techno-solutions (real or hypothetical, serious or silly) have you had, Gunslingers?



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