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Sosumi is an alert sound introduced by Apple sound designer Jim Reekes in Apple Inc.'s Macintosh System 7 operating system in 1991. The name is derived from the phrase "so, sue me!" because of a long running court battle with Apple Corps, the similarly named music company, regarding the use of music in Apple Inc.'s computer products.
On Unix-like systems, or on MS-DOS or Windows, a user can cause the equivalent of ringing the bell to happen by typing at the command prompt the command: echo ^G where the ^G is produced by holding down Ctrl and typing G. On Unix the user may need to type Ctrl+ V first to "quote" the ^G. On POSIX systems, one may also use: printf '\a'
Selcall (selective calling) is a type of squelch protocol used in radio communications systems, in which transmissions include a brief burst of sequential audio tones. . Receivers that are set to respond to the transmitted tone sequence will open their squelch, while others will remain
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The music used on NewsCenter 4, "NBC Radio-TV Newspulse" (composed by Fred Weinberg), was later used for NBC Nightly News in the 1970s and NBC News bulletins/special reports in the 1970s and 1980s. The usage of the NBC chimes continues in local newscasts on NBC stations to this day; in fact, many stations owned by or affiliated with the network ...
Occasionally, music written in German for international use will use H for B natural and B b for B flat (with a modern-script lower-case b, instead of a flat sign, ♭). [ citation needed ] Since a Bes or B ♭ in Northern Europe (notated B in modern convention) is both rare and unorthodox (more likely to be expressed as Heses), it is generally ...
Authorization – The subscriber's use of the work identified in the alert was specifically authorized in writing by the work's copyright owner or someone with a license to reproduce the work. [25]: 36 Fair Use – The subscriber's use of the work identified in the alert meets the U.S. legal definition of fair use.