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How soon till we get to shut up those noisy cell phone users on the subway?
Or have some fun in the middle of a boring speech.
Posted by: Elon | December 28, 2012 at 05:00 PM
Wouldn't an angry doberman be more effective ?
Posted by: Clankie | December 28, 2012 at 07:10 PM
Didn't Arthur C Clarke write a short story about this?
Posted by: Wiredog | December 28, 2012 at 07:24 PM
We need this for Donald Trump.
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | December 28, 2012 at 07:25 PM
Can I take it, and a very large battery, to Washington, DC?
Please?
Posted by: PirateBoy | December 28, 2012 at 08:06 PM
PirateBoy: you're going to need more than one...at lot more.
Posted by: sandbasser | December 28, 2012 at 09:16 PM
It is said to be more effective against a person reading a script than one speaking freely. What about a Teleprompter?
Posted by: Ernie G | December 28, 2012 at 09:50 PM
I already have one. I've always called it a shotgun, though.
Posted by: Hammond Rye | December 28, 2012 at 11:47 PM
Honey, I got you a great gift for our anniversary...
Posted by: HogsAteMySister | December 29, 2012 at 06:13 AM
This effect has been known for a long time. Back when I was an undergraduate, a guy in the dorm where I lived rigged one of these up using a reel-to-reel tape recorder and headphones. I tried it, and it's for real, and scary. I couldn't get more than one syllable out when I tried to talk, even with great effort.
Posted by: Ernie G | December 29, 2012 at 08:43 AM
You get the same result with Smith&Wesson
Posted by: Davec | December 29, 2012 at 08:51 AM
It is said to be more effective against a person reading a script than one speaking freely. What about a Teleprompter?
Ernie, that would be the Special Deluxe Edition, aka the TOTUS-Jammer.
Posted by: Spiny Norman | December 29, 2012 at 09:49 AM
I'm not sure if this would stop the noise level or double it.
Posted by: Steve | December 29, 2012 at 10:18 AM
Double it, briefly, then stop it once confusion takes hold of the long-winded gabber.
Of course, with pompous gabbing pols on the teevee, the mute button is supremely effective.
Posted by: Spiny Norman | December 29, 2012 at 02:28 PM
That used to be called a windjammer, didn't it?
Posted by: Loudmouth | December 29, 2012 at 07:00 PM
Hey, stop pointing that thing at m.....
Posted by: Make It Rain | December 29, 2012 at 07:08 PM
Duct tape is cheaper.
Posted by: MikeyVA | December 30, 2012 at 10:15 AM