timouse

Anywhere else I can get this from? Neither site is working for me.

hey willy, the dime link is working for me (so far). it seemed to take a few minutes to get going, but it's moving now (270k/s!!!)

The British troops are the funniest. "With one man climbing a tree to feed the birds the commander finally admitted he could no longer control himself nor his men. He the proceeded to break down in to laughter himself."

that's my favourite part too...i think that "British Troops on LSD" would make a great band name

congratulations to both of you!

little feat opening for george thorogood at canada's wonderland.

What'd you think of Thorogood? Personally' date=' i thought he blew. We ended up leaving early. We were there for the Feat

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the first 2 tunes of his set were okay...the 2nd 2 sounded like the first 2. then my hearing went, and everything from there in sounded like charlie brown's parents.

i would not rush out to see him again. the feat on the other hand were awesome as always

GO RICHARD AND LINDA!!

i read an interview with richard, who said that some of their best music was made together while they were fighting, shortly before their divorce.

he then went on to say that he was less proud of his output during his "bitter years."

little feat opening for george thorogood at canada's wonderland.

was originally thorogood opening for little feat, but sagging ticket sales convinced them to alter the order.

me and dark_starr were up front, off to the right in front of the speaker stack.

my right ear was hosed for days afterward.

richard & linda thompson - pour down like silver

internet, the last battleground - douglas adams

aja - steely dan

gp/grieovus angel - gram parsopns

starlight on the rails - utah phillips

happy anniversary!

happy birthday! one of these days we will meet in real life

the vagina dialogues.

microwaves are constantly hitting all of us all of the time. The reason they do not cook you is that they are at very low amplitudes. The term microwave refers to the actual wavelength of the transmitted electromagnetic signal. In this case they are waves that are of such a high frequency, generaly at 2.4 Ghz and above (also the frequency that wireless phones transmit at), that there wavelength can be measured in micro meters.

there is your daily dose of science.

as opposed to your daily dose of microwaves.

jeebus.

they talked about doing this with sound waves in the LA Times...but also mentioned that directed sound waves had non-military applications.

aren't microwaves the things that pop my popcorn? i'm not sure aiming them at people is necessarily a good thing

Sound Weapon

Weapon Sends Message That's Loud and Clear. Directed sound device focuses sound in one place. It may have applications in weaponry, at theme parks or to reduce need for earphones.

By PETER PAE, Times Staff Writer

June 23, 2002

SAN DIEGO -- The shrill cry of a baby can be one of the most annoying sounds of daily life, but it is music to Pentagon strategists.

An electronics company, American Technology Corp., has turned the wail of a baby into a weapon that fires "sonic bullets," narrow beams of noise that exceed the human threshold of pain. It can incapacitate people or compel them to flee.

"It gives you the equivalent of an intense migraine headache," said Elwood G. Norris, the company's chairman and inventor of the device. "It's just totally disabling."

Norris uses 50 different sound tracks, or sonic bullets, in his new weapon. For instance, it plays backward the sound of a baby crying at 140 decibels, or 20 decibels above the threshold of pain. The noise- level is similar to that of a passenger jet taking off. Pentagon officials see many uses for Norris' invention, such as controlling unruly crowds, foiling hijackers and keeping potential suicide bombers at bay. A commercial variant also may have applications in movie theaters, vending machines and retail stores.

The sound technology is not the first time that Norris, has made waves. A prolific inventor, he developed and patented a Doppler system that is a key component of ultrasonic imaging technology. He also invented the first digital sound-recording device, as well as a microwave radar that can detect plastic land mines.

The acoustic weapon is categorized by the Pentagon as nonlethal, but it could damage hearing or cause psychological harm. It is one of the more innovative devices among the nonlethal weapons the military is developing, analysts said.

"They're very intrigued by these nonlethal weapons," said Loren Thompson, a defense analyst with the Lexington Institute think tank in Arlington, Va. "Some acoustic weapons are so powerful that they can knock you out."

Acoustic Technology

Weapons makers have been developing a nonlethal arsenal for decades, but new advances in microwave and acoustic technology as well as post- Sept. 11 security concerns have raised interest in such weapons.

The signal emitted by the acoustic weapon can penetrate any opening and bounce off surfaces before reaching the intended targets. In Afghanistan, it could have been used to drive out enemy soldiers holed up in caves and buildings.

It could help an airline pilot fend off hijackers without harming the aircraft or bystanders. And it could help military ships protect their perimeters in port.

"Sailors protecting Navy ships don't have anything between giving a verbal warning and shooting a potential threat," said Terry Conrad, American Technology's president. "Now you have something else you can use before taking lethal action."

Despite years of research on sound-harassment weapons, Pentagon officials say this is the first time soldiers will be able to direct the harassing sound at a particular individual or target.

A significant feature of the device is the fact that the person standing behind or next to the emitter can't hear the sound. It is heard only by the person who is in the sound emitter's line of fire.

In previous efforts to use sound as a weapon, soldiers could not shield themselves from the irritating noise they were directing at a target. When the Army tried to get Panama's former dictator, Manuel Noriega, to surrender by blaring harassing music and sounds outside his retreat, U.S. soldiers also complained.

American Technology's weapon is based on a beaming technology that Norris has been trying to perfect for more than seven years. Known as the hypersonic sound system, it also is creating a major buzz within the commercial acoustics industry.

Unlike a traditional speaker, which produces sound by vibrating the membranes of a woofer or a tweeter, small crystal wafers project a beam of sound across a room like a spotlight. The emitters are semiconductors used by Norris in a configuration that produces focused sound waves.

The device sends out two ultrasonic signals that produce sound only when they hit an object or a person.

An emitter pointed at a wall will produce a sound that seems to be coming from the wall, not the emitter. However, a person who is not in the line of the beam will not hear anything unless the beam has been bounced off the wall.

In a recent test of the device in the company's parking lot, a reporter stood about 100 feet from the emitter and could hear a radio broadcast as though it were coming from within the ear. Norris then pointed the emitter at a nearby window and it seemed as though the sound were coming from within the building.

Giant retailers are swarming to buy the product, Norris said. The company is negotiating with an unidentified beverage company for a one-year exclusive right to use the device in soda vending machines. The company envisions a potential soda buyer standing in front of a vending machine or a passerby hearing the sound of a can opening and the soda fizzing as it is poured into a glass. The sound wouldn't be heard by anyone else.

After seven years of research and development, American Technology recently received Food and Drug Administration approval to begin marketing the product. The FDA determined that the new sound technology does not have adverse health effects, Norris said.

The weapons version, which does not require FDA approval, uses high- intensity emitters specially designed for the Pentagon.

The Navy has been testing the technology on the U.S. missile destroyer Winston Churchill as a way to communicate on board as well as ship to ship during bad weather and when security concerns preclude radio use. A typical Navy ship's sound system has about 3,000 speakers, many of them producing sounds that are muffled or drowned out by other noise.

Civilian Application

Stereo-equipment manufacturers also are looking at the technology. The system would allow individuals in a car to listen to different music without using headphones, and movie theater operators would be able to project the system off the screens, giving the audience the illusion that the sound is coming from the actors' mouths.

Norris said revenue from previous inventions is funding his new research. American Technology is acquiring an electronics manufacturer with 108,000 square feet of space that could produce 10,000 devices a month by October, he said.

A simple version of the commercial system will sell for $200 to $300.

The sound technology "is the future for us," Norris said.

Anything is better than the Horsepoo

one word.

healey's.

this is one of my pet peeves about larger cities.

i have lived in small(er) towns for lots of the last 10 years, and when i walk around town, i will say hello to people, and even make eye contact with them. they tend to at very least acknowledge my existence and mumble hello back.

in any major centre i've visited, they pick up the pace and ignore me...

i've treied the same thing while waiting in lines an all sorts of places...as a rule, the smaller the town, the more likely i am to strike up a successful and often entertaining conversation.

my theory is that as population increases, a sense of general urban panic increases exponentially.

like has anyone ever tried Brio..That kinda tasts like chrismas cake er somthing.

oooh, brio. forgot about that one. i like it a lot, tastes like pepsi with crushed up "sweet tarts" in it

kinda pisses me off to hear everyone spout off about George Bush like he's responsible. sure he's an idiot douchebag who shouldn't have been elected dogcatcher but he didn't fly into the towers and a field and the pentagon. he didn't bomb embassies in africa. he's done a lot of cruel shit, but it was the EXTREME LUNATICS in osama's army that killed everyone 5 years ago.

i think it is interesting (not it a negative way or anything) that everyone is remembering Bush in this event when he was just a figurehead. Remember the PSYCHOS who did this and the brave people in NY, PA and DC who paid the price.

to paraphrase robin williams, blaming bush for the state of things is like blaming the chrome dog on the Mack truck for the accident.

We sell these at the Spud Shack. Hot Cakes!

ding! ding!

ooohhh...liquid creamsicle...

Great news. Healy's is a fun venue.

agreed on the great news, but healey's?

that's gotta be the most claustrophobic club in toronto. i've had so many bad "really crowded" experiences in that place...

edit to add. sorry for being whiney.

it does sound good in there, but the decor and the layout could use some fine tuning.

i hope that folks that go have a blast...

Burning flags is just flat out not cool. Even in protest to Stephen Harper. I would hope the flag transcends that pinhead.

not to mention that lots of flags are nylon or other synthetic fibres...i don't think i'd want to breathe that in

new logo, same 42g of sugar and corrosive action!

fwiw i like it too, but owing to it's many grams of sugar and generally incomprehensible ingredient list, i try to limit my intake.

if i'm really dying for a sugar $ fizzy fix, jones soda makes an awesome root beer with only half as many incomprehensible chemicals in it.

For the Bush administration to use 9/11 as the explaination for the Iraq war is obviously as ludicrous to all of you as it is to me. I'm sick of hearing that this is a war on terror. It's not only a media ploy that undermines the intellegence of American citizens and the rest of the world, but it cheapens the tragedy of September 11th and the deaths of all those people.

Bush has done irreparable damage to this globe.

amen.

i spent a great deal of the day in the waiting room of a GM dealership hoping that they would eventually fix my car and let me go home.

CNN was on the TV, and within an hour of the buildings falling, they were split-screen showing a live press conference from afghanistan and a loop of the crash/collapse. the audio feed from the press conference was unintelligible, and it struck me that this would beceme the dominant media riff, the connection between muslims and 9/11.

it struck me that they had the names of the hijackers awfully quickly after it happenned as well. i have heard mumblings about the hijackers not being on the original flight manifests and revised versions being put out later in the day.

as sharon said, the use of 9/11 as a pretext for invading iraq pretty much clinched in my mind the idea that we were being had...well, still are being had.

democrats in 2008!!!

damn, just hearing the Dan play "Chain Lightning" would have made it all worth it for me.

I freakin' dig that mid/late '70's pop-jazz-rock shit.

i was listening to Aja on the way in this morning, and the way that the drummer and sax player go mental at the end made me smile...this thread is making me smile again. thank you.

Toronto is a beautiful city. I love going there. It's access to culture and diversity is a gift.

I'm proud to be from Hamilton. The people here are the salt of the earth - unpretentious and big hearted with a wicked sense of humour.

I am glad I grew up in a small town and could go to the small town grocer, the small town butcher, the small town hemp store, the modest libraries and schools, the parks, the diversity of architecture, the winding streets and little rivers.

I love being able to drive fifteen minutes in one direction and suddenly I am surrounded by farmland and open skies.

I think Dima has a lot of growing up to do.

agreed. i lived in hamilton for 5 years and have fond memories of westdale and cootes paradise. niffermouse lived in toronto when we met, and have very fond memories of exporing the neighbourhoods of toronto.

we live in a small town now, and are within walking distance of woodland trails and farmland, and are a few minutes drive from the bruce trail and the organic farm where we do most of our shopping.

incidentally, i'd like to ask about the expression "salt of the earth." dr evil mouse once pointed out to me that departing conquering armies used to salt the earth so that crops would not grow.

being told you are "the salt of the earth" may not be a good thing. discuss.

A report on Global shows how blacks are treated at Calgary nightclubs.

It's pretty disturbing. How is this even possible? Isn't our Prime Minister from around there?

shouldn't some of that be in [color:purple]purple?

the RMT that niffermouse and i go to is a very large jamaican guy with very long dreads. he lives in the small town of harriston, and after a year there tells us that "people are just starting to talk to me."

at first we didn't understand what he was on about...then richard pointed out his obviously jamaican nature.

oh.

come on people, we're all pink inside.

arrrrrh.

yay mr beats! congrats on a steady gig!