On 1 Sep 2004 18:30:18 GMT, Charles Hobbs ("Charles") writes:

Charles http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/virgin..._virgin31.html
Charles "Radio newscasts used to use as a background sound effect a clattering
Charles wire machine. But news wires have been fed to newsrooms by computers for
Charles more than two decades (no clanging bells to alert editors to a
Charles bulletin). People might still hear that sound and associate it with a
Charles newscast without really knowing why -- but for how much longer? "

Similar to the sound of dragging a needle across a phonograph record.
Younger people today associate a particular meaning for that popular
sound effect, but have no inkling as to what it's actually about!