I think the gun would be redundant, like they *listen* to you anyway? -----Original Message----- From: Larry Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 10:53 To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Atreides sonic gun for planes.
Cool would it work on HR or marketing droids? larry -- Larry C. Lyons ColdFusion/Web Developer EBStor.com 8870 Rixlew Lane, Suite 204 Manassas, Virginia 20109-3795 tel: (703) 393-7930 fax: (703) 393-2659 Web: http://www.ebstor.com http://www.pacel.com email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done. -- > -----Original Message----- > From: Kevin Gilchrist [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 10:49 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Atreides sonic gun for planes. > > > Sounds become painful between 120 and 130 decibels. Anything > above that > can cause temporary deafness and disorientation. With this in mind, > Elwood Norris, chairman of American Technologies in San Diego, > California has developed a device that can produce and "fire" > pulses of > sound at over 140 decibels. According to Norris his "directed stick > radiator" with its high-intensity "sonic bullets" will incapacitate > terrorists who try to hijack passenger aircraft, but won't damage the > fuselage, walls or windows. The US Department of Defense is assessing > the technology following the attacks on 11 September. Meanwhile, in > tests of his own, Norris has already created a cut-down version of the > new weapon and turned it on himself. "It almost knocked me on > by butt. I > wasn't interested in anything for quite a while afterwards," > he reports, > and adds, "You could virtually knock a cow on its back with this." > http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99991564 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
