Consumer products, or, Your police state in action
I'm just back from a very long weekend and surgery, so I've got nothing. Fortunately, however, we have the Washington Post's "Below the Beltway" column to bring the funny, as in this item on toying with toll-free customer-service reps:
Bose AudioMe: I was in the mall yesterday and saw your sound systems, the ones that basically look like $20 plastic clock radios but fill a room with rich, philharmonic sound?
Tim: Sure.
Me: My question is, could this technology be weaponized?
Tim: It has been.
Me: Excuse me?
Tim: It's called an acoustic wave cannon. It puts out a 120-decibel noise of a baby crying. It induces headaches and vomiting, in large crowds. It's a crowd suppressor.
Me:
Tim: So how can I help you?
Me: Never mind. I can't top that.
Me, neither, except to say that for 20 bucks, I've gotta get me one of those.
See you tomorrow.