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Voices in Your Head

Posted by michael on from the buy-lnux-buy-lnux-buy-lnux dept.

ceejayoz writes "MSNBC/Newsweek is running a story about a 'Hypersonic Sound System' that can 'can take an audio signal from virtually any source and convert it to an ultrasonic frequency that can be directed like a beam of light toward a target up to 100 yards away.' Sounds like something that advertisers will love - Minority Report just got a little closer." These guys (and the Audio Spotlight guys) have been hyping this technology for years with nothing much to show from it. But now, Newsweek promises, it's going to change the world as we hear it.

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  1. Re:What if it gets turned up to 11?? by Deosyne · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Good job. Time to hit these pushy pricks where it hurts: in the bottom line. But the clerk was just doing her job, waaah. I don't give a shit. I didn't force these two-legged mules to get these particular jobs, nor did anyone else. There are plenty of jobs that even the dumbest individual can get that don't require one to hassle the shit out of people who have successfully mastered the ability to think for themselves. Fuck pushy register jockeys, telemarketers, spammers, dorr-to-door salesmen and all of the other jackoffs who think that I am incapable of determining what I want in life and so bug the shit out of me in order to let me know every fucking day.

    Having worked in customer service for years before going to school, I've becoming one of the most patient and mellow customers in the world, but I have two strict limits: within the confines of my home and after I've said "no thanks". From that point, if you persist in bothering me, we're going to find out how quickly I can break you, because I have quite clearly indicated my disinterest yet you have chosen to persist, indicating that you clearly don't give a shit about how I feel, so I'm happy to reciprocate at that point.

    And if these marketing scumbags starts beaming sounds into my ears, they'll have found a third limit, and I'm going to start delivering my size 12s into some transmitters. Damned if I'm going to deal with having advertising forced on me so that I can't turn it off or ignore it.