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UK to lnstall Wireless Mics on London Streets

Posted by timothy on from the no-sir-that's-not-at-all-disturbing-no-sir dept.

johnthorensen writes "Looks like parts of London may be seeing wireless microphones on the street sometime soon. At this point, they're looking to use them to monitor noise ordinance violations - if you call about a repeated disturbance, they'll mount one by your place to monitor noise levels for the next several days. The article also notes that they intend to locate them more permanently outside bars and nightclubs. The microphones apparently communicate via wireless Internet connection, although no real details are given as to the nature of said connection. Are London residents getting the boiled frog treatment?"

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  1. Re:One question before we begin... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    This isn't exclusive to frogs, it's a good way to cook humans too, just put them in a nice warm jacuzzi, then slowly turn up the heat until they pass out, boil for 45 minutes, salt to taste.

  2. "Minimal damage"? Really? by lxt · · Score: 4, Funny

    Don't know about you, but where I live every single speed camera has been subject to repeat arson by people throwing burning tires over them. So, the speed camera authority responded by creating speed cameras which couldn't have said burning rubber thrown on to them.

    However, they severly underestimated the talent and intelligence of drunken men - I swear one night I saw a group of people standing on their shoulders, rotating a speed camera around 90 degrees. Nobody in the police actually realised it had been rotated for a few months...

    1. Re:"Minimal damage"? Really? by wfberg · · Score: 3, Funny

      I swear one night I saw a group of people standing on their shoulders, rotating a speed camera around 90 degrees. Nobody in the police actually realised it had been rotated for a few months...

      I presume they were tipped off by the Royal AirForce's complaints about their jets being ticketed for speeding.

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  3. Re:Tampering? by Steve+Cox · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hopefully in the same sort of places as these speed cameras :)

    Steve...

  4. Eh? by ickypoo · · Score: 3, Funny

    Are they asking for drunken serenades?

    Because it sure seems like they are.

  5. Re:Oh, SUPER! by goldmeer · · Score: 3, Funny
    Now they're going to have the whole bloody island wired for sound

    You missed the wireless part of "wireless microphones".

  6. Re:1984 here we come by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    The UK is slowly moving towards a survalance nation.

    My surveillance tells me that the UK is moving towards a nation of illiteracy.

  7. Re:1984 here we come by Legion303 · · Score: 2, Funny

    "My surveillance tells me that the UK is moving towards a nation of illiteracy."

    I thought continental drift was moving it AWAY from America.

  8. Re:Deus Ex anyone? by Curtman · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's mostly a deterrant to celebratory gunfire.

    I could see that. Nothing says I'm happy like firing a lethal weapon off gratuitously, and without regard for where the bullets might come down.

  9. The Reality of Liberalism in GB by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Its so funny to watch you screwballs vote Labor, then complain about what happens afterwards.

    Think about your taxes.

    Think about the snooping

    In short, you have what you asked for.

  10. English & Frogs by mikeage · · Score: 2, Funny

    I dunno -- I always thought of the French as the ones getting the frogs...

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