On 25 Mar 2003 at 8:34, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: > At 10:37 PM 3/24/03 -0600, The Fool wrote: > >http://archive.nytimes.com/2003/03/23/magazine/23SOUND.html > > > >Imagine a weapon that advertisers, police, military, vending > >machines, billboards, random people on the the street, can use use on > >you that: > > > >o Can be directed specifically at you > >o Is unavoidable (you can't turn it off or stop it or jam it or block > >it) o Will project advertising / propaganda at you from up to half a > >mile away > > > >o can also be used to > > "HIDA can instantaneously cause loss of equilibrium, vomiting, > >migraines" > > > >Among other things this weapon can and will be used for. > > > > Imagine a plea of "justifiable self-defense" when I whip out my Glock > and blow the spammer away.
Talked to a sound engineer friend who works at a theater and she confirmed my initial idea, which should burn out the HIDA and possibly make it shatter explosively depending on construction. So perfectly blockable. And there are a few other ideas for selectively blocking this sort of thing. Andy Dawn Falcon _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
