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dB Drag Racing

Posted by michael on from the highway-to-the-danger-zone dept.

Exedore writes "For a paltry $80,000 outlay, you too can fight back against the punk kids blasting gangsta rap from their Honda Civics. Enter the strange (and rather loud) world of dB Drag Racing and join a small group of dedicated competitors in their quest for the loudest car sound system possible. The numbers: 130,000 watts output, 177dB, 10,000 lbs. of equipment (including the vehicle and all the sound insulation needed to protect those nearby). It might not be quite up to Disaster Area standards, but it's not far off."

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  1. Insulation? by sburnett · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Protect those nearby"?? Isn't the whole point of these things to annoy the hell out everyone in a 10 mile radius?

    1. Re:Insulation? by PetWolverine · · Score: 5, Funny

      Annoy, yes, but you don't necessarily want to kill them.

      --
      I found the meaning of life the other day, but I had write-only access.
  2. Check out my new weapon of choice by Pandion · · Score: 5, Funny

    I choose to fight back with an EMP :P

  3. So what kind of stickers... by writertype · · Score: 5, Funny

    do you need to win a dB drag race?

  4. Hah by MC68040 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Those guy's don't stand a chance against my overclocked athlon, that thing sounds like a jet engine, and I mean it, it can even hum tunes if you adjust the fans real fast or with an automatic controller. Promise ;).

    http://funstuff.digital-bless.com/

  5. Show of hands... by goliard · · Score: 5, Funny


    Who all looked at the subject and thought, "Gee, I wonder how postgresql does against Oracle?"

    OK, and who all thought, "How do you get a db into a dress??"

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    -*- Any technology indistinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced -*-
  6. Misread headline by Faust7 · · Score: 5, Funny

    dB drag racing

    Boy, did I ever read that wrong:

    "Aaaaand they're off!! It's DB2 in the lead with Oracle11i gaining on its heels and SQL Server a few furlongs back..."`

    --
    The coolest voice ever.
  7. Re:oooh by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I have permanent hearing loss in my left ear due to a dual 500w Urban amp setup (yeah, cheap, but I was in HS at the time) with two Dr. Crankenstein subs.

    It's really not funny.

  8. $80,000? by Anand_S · · Score: 5, Funny

    Dodge Caravan represent!

  9. Re:More targets.... by Dr+Caleb · · Score: 5, Funny
    Your bowels start to resonate and you lose all control.

    The technical term is "the brown noise". :-)

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    "History doesn't repeat itself, but it does rhyme." Mark Twain
  10. Re:little known fact by ndinsil · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's nothing, I've got a car that can make 1.21 Gigawatts! Can't get it up past 88 mph for some reason, though.

    Sorry, had to do it.