thank you for reminding me of this. I fucking loved that detail. The story with the heavy ass driving and those details made it feel more real. Niko such a great character.
A co worker called me into their office yesterday because their computer was making a weird noise every now and then and they couldn't figure it out. After his hilarious attempts to make the noise I tried calling him on his cell phone and sure enough that was the sound. Damn kids.
Why is your coworker still using an old 2G GSM phone? The only way this could happen in 2025 is if the phone is connected to a really old network for some reason. (Do you live in a remote area with poor coverage?)
My old Sony Dream Machine alarm clock can tell me when my cell phone pings a cell phone tower or is about to get a text when it is sitting next to it. The unshielded wires on the speakers make them go pppbbbpppbbbschzzzzzz... pppbbbpppbbbbschzzzzz...
This has to do with the speakers picking up signals from your mobile phone. Before a mobile phone rings, if it is close to the speakers, somehow the signal would make the speakers go "dudud dudud dudududu".
No, my dial up modem in my desktop pc. Some. Pcs use the external speaker, some used the motherboard speaker and my dial up modem had its own speaker. God forbid someone picked up a phone to dial.
GTA4 coded this into the game, the radio will play interference just before your phone goes off....
First time i noticed it, i heard the static, picked up my IRL phone, and then the game phone started ringing. 10/10 immersion and bamboozle
thank you for reminding me of this. I fucking loved that detail. The story with the heavy ass driving and those details made it feel more real. Niko such a great character.
GTA3 had a mod that did this lol