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> Light message is faster because the fire can be seen at greater > distance... Damn we have a burn ban on... Remember the great wood fires that were lit to call for help in the Lord of the Rings? > Here in Scandinavia we have an old vocalist tradition that developed > - jeezz... must be more than thousand years ago Interesting, I used to call the cattle in when I worked on ranches in Texas many years ago. The nearest would hear you and seemed to call for the others. The sound would travel a long ways. Geetings from Florida j ----- Original Message ----- From: "Per Boysen" <perboysen@gmail.com> To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 9:39 AM Subject: Re: communication > On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 3:21 PM, Jeff Duke <jeff_d@embarqmail.com> wrote: >> I am wondering how long it would take to send a drum message to Rick in >> Santa Cruz from my apt in Ocala, Florida. How many people would it take >> provided we all knew the language. Mapquest says 2718 mi. > > Light message is faster because the fire can be seen at greater > distance and needs less "middle men". Both light and sound message > needs the middle men to wait for the message to complete before > sending it on to the next guy. > > Here in Scandinavia we have an old vocalist tradition that developed > - jeezz... must be more than thousand years ago - as a call for cows. > Cows were sent out to walk freely in the woods and certain sound > frequencies tended to carry better over far distances. When thinking > about it, I'm not really sure about why this is a female vocal > tradition: is it because the female tonal frequency worked better for > calling back the cows or is it because the men had other things on > their agendas back in those days? > > Greetings from Sweden > > Per Boysen > www.boysen.se > www.perboysen.com > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.10.13/1916 - Release Date: 1/26/2009 7:08 AM