Concerning public address announcements, there is research indication people are more likely to listen and follow instructions given by a female voice, rather than a male voice.
Wait. Hang on. This is an actual good idea! Like, an alarm that ramps up with duration of smoke exposure, so you don’t get a screaming death blare when you make more than two consecutive quesadillas.
My last apartment had no windows anywhere near the kitchen. The smoke detector screamed bloody murder whenever there was an open flame – like for boiling a small pot of water for pasta, nothing major. So I turned on the vent, which seemed like a waste of energy. Then it went off when I turned on the oven, and since I am a baker, the oven is a source of income. “NO MORE!” I cried in great Bug fashion. I had to disconnect it from the ceiling because the power source was the building’s electricity.
Then it happened again in my new apartment. I thought burning water was impossible. Apparently not according to Brooklyn smoke detectors.
I also defeated my smoke detector in battle after it went off one too many times. Ours wasn’t overly sensetive, but our kitchen is not equipped with a functional exaust vent over the stove, and one of the people who cook is messy enough to produce enough smoke to set off the detector far too often.
The trouble is that “smoke detectors” don’t detect smoke, a gas, but rather the particles of soot lofted by the smoke. A small amount of highly radioactive Americium ionize the particles causing them to stick to a charged plate closing a circuit and sitting off the alarm. So, the chance of setting off the alarm is dependent on the density of the particulates.
You probably could have a roman candle fight under a smoke alarm and not set it off because the burning maganese doesn’t produce enough particles. A friend of mind smoked some really high end european cigarette whose smoke, once pulled from the filter looked like breath fog even in sunlight. Couldn’t set of a smoke alarm even when he blew the smoke right into it.
IIRC, some of the older smoke detector where designed to grow more sensitive over time to compensate for the decay of the Americium and the decreasing strength of the ionization. Eventually, those go off if you look at them.
I legitimately read that in the voice of Michael Cain before Bug even said anything.
Helen Mirren would be good too.
Concerning public address announcements, there is research indication people are more likely to listen and follow instructions given by a female voice, rather than a male voice.
What about when they go off when you forget to turn on the bathroom fan during a shower? Those are always fun.
My name is My Cocaine. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-5yn3v3N8A
Huh. Morgan Freeman’s voice sort of fits it also!
Then he could narrate your day as you go around the house. It would be great!
Wait. Hang on. This is an actual good idea! Like, an alarm that ramps up with duration of smoke exposure, so you don’t get a screaming death blare when you make more than two consecutive quesadillas.
And that second skillet full of bacon sets it off every time.
Whenever cooking something smokey I have to put my smoke alarm in “timeout” (remove the batteries) or else I’ll go insane.
I call mine the “All is well alarm”. Just goes off randomly from time to time, letting me know all is well…
And there’s also the infamous ‘hot shower’ alert
Well, of course it ignores the indoor roman candle fight! It knows you’re doing that on purpose.
Did you know, if you use lithium batteries, they won’t beep at you in the middle of the night? They last 10 years…
Even if the house is on fire?
My dad always sets off the alarm when he cooks, no matter what it is. To make it worse, he hates it when anyone else cooks.
My last apartment had no windows anywhere near the kitchen. The smoke detector screamed bloody murder whenever there was an open flame – like for boiling a small pot of water for pasta, nothing major. So I turned on the vent, which seemed like a waste of energy. Then it went off when I turned on the oven, and since I am a baker, the oven is a source of income. “NO MORE!” I cried in great Bug fashion. I had to disconnect it from the ceiling because the power source was the building’s electricity.
Then it happened again in my new apartment. I thought burning water was impossible. Apparently not according to Brooklyn smoke detectors.
I also defeated my smoke detector in battle after it went off one too many times. Ours wasn’t overly sensetive, but our kitchen is not equipped with a functional exaust vent over the stove, and one of the people who cook is messy enough to produce enough smoke to set off the detector far too often.
The trouble is that “smoke detectors” don’t detect smoke, a gas, but rather the particles of soot lofted by the smoke. A small amount of highly radioactive Americium ionize the particles causing them to stick to a charged plate closing a circuit and sitting off the alarm. So, the chance of setting off the alarm is dependent on the density of the particulates.
You probably could have a roman candle fight under a smoke alarm and not set it off because the burning maganese doesn’t produce enough particles. A friend of mind smoked some really high end european cigarette whose smoke, once pulled from the filter looked like breath fog even in sunlight. Couldn’t set of a smoke alarm even when he blew the smoke right into it.
IIRC, some of the older smoke detector where designed to grow more sensitive over time to compensate for the decay of the Americium and the decreasing strength of the ionization. Eventually, those go off if you look at them.
I know this strip was posted a while ago but I’ve got to say that I heard the voice of “Hal” in 2001: a space oddesy in the last panel.