On Tuesday 01 June 2010 14:40:23 Ken Restivo wrote: > More acoustic Cargo Cult science: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a73p6EORPyY > > Very funny-- kind of like a British MythBusters. But, unlike the > MythBusters, not very scientific. > > Where to start? The frequency is supposed to be sub-sonic, so "turn down > your TV"... assuming you're on a home theatre system and your TV has > subwoofers. And the sound is supposed to resonate with the digestive > system, so they wear earphones to protect themselves-- that'll work great. > Also, the sound they played sounds like it's in the low-midrange, not > subsonic at all. > > As they say over there across the pond: complete bollocks. Well: (a quick google prompted by a dim memory from younger days) http://www.andybrain.com/archive/mb/sound_weapon.htm http://www.cabinetmagazine.org/issues/5/acousticsofwar.php http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_note http://www.hbci.com/~wenonah/history/gavreau.htm and just for the video of the leap: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ms4KFAjDPB8 > > -ken all the best, drew _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
