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Ask Slashdot: Hacking Urban Noise?
b1tbkt writes "I live at the corner of one of the busiest intersections in my city (pop. 350k). Although I've replaced all windows, insulated, and caulked every square inch of the place, the fire trucks and cars with obnoxious stereos still regularly intrude on my home office. Most of the noise comes in through the windows. I'm considering mounting an oblong parabolic reflector in the ceiling above the windows with a steady feed of white or brownian noise directed into it (e.g., via a small speaker placed within the reflector) to create a 'wall' of sound that would act as a buffer to the outside world. Active noise cancellation would be nice, too, but that's probably more than I want to take on. I don't see any products on the market for this sort of thing. Does anyone have any experiences to share with similar homebrew noise remediation efforts?"
A property owner harms the world far more than a worker ever will.
Fuck you, I ride harley's and I made them louder to prevent idiot drivers from cutting me off because they failed to look before changing lanes.
1) The noise cannot be heard by the driver until AFTER the bike is alongside or past the car.
2) You need to learn how to use an apostrophe correctly, you ignorant idiot.
3) Harleys are for idiots. Real motorcycle riders know Harleys are overpriced junk.
I have been riding for 43 years, which is most likely longer than your punk ass has been
alive and polluting the earth with your lowlife existence. I ride a KTM 950 Super Enduro,
which is much faster than your open pipe Harley and will kick your ass on any road in this
world.
Now take your dickeating lowlife self to the shop and buy some mufflers, Harley fag.