The constant noise and false messages around this issue only serve to distract the public and policymakers from issues that really matter.

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Apparently, I was exceeding the default limit when on the highway and that was the constant bonging noise I was hearing.

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While I appreciate the concern, it speaks to the expectations people have from us now in terms of constant digital noise.

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But speaker systems to date have annoyed everyone, employees especially, with their constant, ubiquitous noise pollution.

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Nearly 20 million people live here and the thrum of human noise is constant.

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In the London area there's a constant low-level clacking noise in the background, reminiscent of the typing pools of yore.

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What they really refuse to look at is lower levels of noise that is fairly constant.

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Noise levels remained more or less constant the whole time, suggesting that verbal messages were not as important.

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