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[edit] Brown noise does not cause you to defecate

The brown noise was also a South Park joke, something the French had experimented in,[1] which has some basis in reality.

Acoustic, Infrasound. Very low-frequency sound which can travel long distances and easily penetrate most buildings and vehicles. Transmission of long wavelength sound creates biophysical effects; nausea, loss of bowels, disorientation, vomiting, potential internal organ damage or death may occur. Superior to ultrasound because it is "in band" meaning that its [sic] does not lose its properties when it changes mediums [sic] such as from air to tissue. By 1972 an infrasound generator had been built in France which generated waves at 7 hertz. When activated it made the people in range sick for hours. Nonlethal Weapons: terms and references INNS Occasional Paper 15, 1997, pp 2,3 Kwantus 05:17, 2004 Dec 22 (UTC) thanks to TMH
I remember the South Park episode calling it a 'brown note' not 'brown noise,' perhaps just a link to brown note is sufficient? --Morbid-o 20:15, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Well, I'm watching it right now and they say "brown noise." (If I'd heard "brown note" I'd've put it in "brown note".) Episode 317 according to transcripts.[2][3] Kwantus 01:43, 2005 May 5 (UTC)
They have to mean the brown note though, because it exactly fits that disputed audio effect, and has nothing to do with brown noise. Probably a minor mistake on their part. -- Northgrove 23:01, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

Brown noise makes you defecate

This was the assertion on an episode of the British tongue-in-cheek popular science television show Brainiac: Science Abuse. __meco 09:21, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

We are well aware. See brown note. — Omegatron 16:29, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
That's the brown note, not brown noise you idiot.:
This isn't a dictionary. Articles are about concepts; not definitions. The article brown note is about shitting your pants, and mentions that it's called both "brown note" and "brown noise". This article is about signal noise, which is a totally different concept. — Omegatron 00:38, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Red or brown?

After this post brown noise is not exactly the same as red noise. There it is explained that the name "red" was already taken to name brown (after brownian motion) noise: "If we were going to pick a color, red might be good since pink noise lies between this noise and white noise. Unfortuantly, red is already taken. AKA "random walk" or "drunkard's walk" noise". Default007 16:23, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

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