The buzz of motorbikes and the constant beep-beep-beeping of their horns are a jarring backdrop to life in Hanoi even if, after a while, they fade into white noise.
As far as I can tell, the Indian gas pedal is attached directly to the horn, which means the trip is accompanied by a constant beep-beep, at trucks, camel carts, bicycles, mopeds and pedestrians -- humans and cows -- often at 60 miles an hour.
It beeped on cellphones and Palm Pilots and beeped from the kitchen and living room and beeped a constant beep-beep-beep on the street below and down at the station house and in the tenements of Faneuil Heights and East Bucky Flats".
Instead of melody, there is constant beeping.
The smoke billowed out and the constant beeping subsided, but the tears kept coming.
There are three other neonates in here but, apart from the constant beeping of machines, it's quiet.
Elsewhere on social media, the constant beeps, buzzes and flags that signal a new posting or notification have prompted complaints.
Neighbors complained of the noise, particularly at night, caused by the constant beeping of trucks equipped with automatic warning horns.
But emerging research shows that even the simple presence of a cell phone — much less its glowing screen and constant beeps — interrupts our ability to connect.
The visual overload was matched by the audio: Post-Tower of Babel at top volume, accompanied by the constant beeping of monitors, pagers, telephones.
