is my computer haunted?

why can i hear the faintest strains of a 24 hour christian talk radio program through my computer speakers? i mean faint; i have to hold either of them up to my ear to hear it. i don't have an AM/FM sound card, so w

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*laughs*

That's both scary, and funny at the same damn time.

What brand are they? Who knows, might be somehow picking up a radio signal.

they're cheap little labtec speakers. i had them for ages in my last apartment, and they never gave me any hassle, but now i am in this new place, and it's doing it. it's strange; if i turn the volume up on the speakers, the sound of the broadcast doesn't get any louder

It's probably the wires. My old set used to pick up chat from CB radios.

No, you're computer probably IS haunted- this can be remedied by booting into a command prompt, and typing "C:\format c:".

Lemme know how that works.

bah, easier way. del cd /

they are coming to get you.

Its GOD, dude! He is telling you to stand up and go for a walk.

Time for a new pair of speakers?

I've never been one for the easier way of anything.

Nope, he's trying to tell you to stop surfing porn sites. You know what he does to kittens every time you touch yourself...

question 2: outside of buying new speakers, what are my options

When I put on my headphones, I get the Georgia Tech Radio station, WREK. This is no big surprise though, seeing as how the radio tower is 50' from my building. But yeah, speaker wire is pretty much a big antennae, and so it's entirely possible for them to pick up radio waves.

i don't think there is anything to that I can say, without dieing.

*nod*

Umm.... You can move away from the radio tower?

I think new speakers might be a better option.

Try replacing the wires/cabling. AFAIK this is caused by improper shielding in combination with residential factors, so you might be able to eliminate the issue by buying ones that are better insulated.

Maybe you're sinning too much. Try to cut back.

You could always just throw away your speakers and not have any sound.

i used to get mexican radio on my bass amp... and i was in massachusetts.

I used to pick up NPR at one of my old places. Try waking up in the middle of the night in a new place, convinced someone is crouched in the corner of your bedroom mumbling incoherently.

I moved the computer into the living room, to say the least.

Dammit, that made me jump clear out of my chair. I have not had such a good scare in a while. Thanks.

That's about as bad as last week... I'm reading by candlelight at four in the morning when the TV suddenly turns itself on, full volume, and wouldn't turn off. Even the dog ran away scared.