jrz126
Active Member
Anyone else out there ever have weird ideas or thoughts with situations in everyday life?
I've caught myself doing a few weird things...like just last night while I was eating dinner with my parents since I still live at home while going to college. Our dog (a purebred German Sheperd was near the table panting really fast (alot faster than normal). Once I noticed this the first thought that popped into my head was "I wonder how fast he's panting...If I got a microphone and recorded the panting, then load it into some sound software and count the peaks in the audio signal over a period of time I could figure out the frequency of his panting". It was kind of an involuntary thought, I thought about it alittle bit, I realized that most people wouldnt possibly think or even care about doing that.
I told my parents of this idea and they thought I was crazy. So I wanted to see if any other engineering types have similar ideas.
I've caught myself doing a few weird things...like just last night while I was eating dinner with my parents since I still live at home while going to college. Our dog (a purebred German Sheperd was near the table panting really fast (alot faster than normal). Once I noticed this the first thought that popped into my head was "I wonder how fast he's panting...If I got a microphone and recorded the panting, then load it into some sound software and count the peaks in the audio signal over a period of time I could figure out the frequency of his panting". It was kind of an involuntary thought, I thought about it alittle bit, I realized that most people wouldnt possibly think or even care about doing that.
I told my parents of this idea and they thought I was crazy. So I wanted to see if any other engineering types have similar ideas.