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Using Your Computer to Repel Pests

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the you-gotta-be-kidding-me dept.

circletimessquare writes "A Thai guy wrote a program that uses your computer speaker to repel mosquitoes, cockroaches, and rats! Just when you thought you heard it all before (pun intended for no good reason). " Thats nothing- CowboyNeal can repel all known lifeforms just by playing his massive collection of boy band MP3s.

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  1. Linux version of this program looks bogus to me by leto · · Score: 4, Interesting
    I read the CNN article and went to the download site. I downloaded the file from thaiware.com.

    I created a "testuser", chmod a+rw /dev/dsp* and ran the thing. It seems like it's doing absolutely nothing. Though I'm curious was the experts can say about the strace

    Makes you wonder what the Windows version does. Too bad. I could use a working solution :(