Weaponized Audio

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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.):

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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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