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Weaponized Audio
The Washington Post Sunday edition contains it's own small format magazine
section, and one of the weekly columns is written by a "humorist" named Gene Weingarten. I appears that when he gets writer's block, or is short on inspiration, he find sundry 1-800 help/information numbers, calls them, and asks stupid/humorous questions. He records the dialog for his column. Many -- to me anyway -- seem clumsy and contrived; but every now an then he is the one totally clobbered. Check out the following from his column of Sunday, September 5th (copywrite Washington Post Co.): ==================================== Bose Audio Me: I was in the mall yesterday and saw your sound systems, the ones that basically look like $20 plastic clock radios but fill a room with rich, philharmonic sound? Tim: Sure. Me: My question is, could this technology be weaponized? Tim: It has been. Me: Excuse me? Tim: It's called an acoustic wave cannon. It puts out a 120-decibel noise of a baby crying. It induces headaches and vomiting, in large crowds. It's a crowd suppressor. Me: [total stunned silence] Tim: So how can I help you? Me: Never mind. I can't top that. ================================= |
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