If you've always had a sneaking suspicion that your parties sucked, here's a device that can measure whether they're lame, the most kick-ass in history, or anywhere in between. It's called a Party Timer Digital Clock, but it's really a decibel meter, measuring noise levels and then showing you nine different degrees of partyosity. Take a look at the next page and see all nine.
Place it on the table or hang it on the wall where everyone can see it, and then challenge your guests to raise the level up to an "Atom Party," making noise louder than 161dB. On second thought, that might seem like fun, but that noise level would probably deafen everyone, louder than the loudest noise you've ever heard. Heck, a jet engine at 100 feet is 140dB, and the loudest possible sound is 194dB. Imagine how the neighbors would feel about that kind of racket.
At the end of the party, the device will show you the average noise level throughout the festivities. This actually seems like a cool idea, but the lowest and highest noise levels aren't actually practical, since there's hardly a room in the world that has 0-to-10dB noise level, nor is there a situation where you're going to be exposed to a noise level much higher than 140dB. – Charlie White
Party Timer digital clock [Gearfuse]
译文:
有趣的时钟：Party Time电子时钟为你的派对取“名字”
如果你一直怀疑自己的派对不热闹，现在就有一个设备来帮你了，看看活动中谁是最有活力的。它叫做Party Time电子时钟，但事实上它是一个派对噪音侦测器，测量噪音级别，以此显示9种不同的派对画面。看看9种不同的画面：
将它放在桌上或是悬挂在墙上，让每个人看到，鼓动你的来宾将级别提至“核弹爆炸派对”，噪音音量达161分贝。想想一定很有趣，不过真的到那个级别的话，每个人都会被震聋的，比你听到的任何噪音都吵。嗨，一架喷气式飞机时速达100码时，产生的噪音为140分贝，最大为194分贝。想想你的邻居如何忍受你的喧闹。
在派对最后，这个设备会告诉你整场派对的平均噪音级别。这看上去真的很酷，但是最轻和最响的噪音其实并没有用，因为在这个世界上，没有一个屋子可以静到只有0到10分贝，而在你所处的环境下，也不太会吵到超过140分贝。