"This device could affect a babe in arms as well as a teenager. Imagine such a device applied to people of one race or gender and ask what position they would take."

Don't we already have those kinds of devices?

Paternity tests.
Job kiosks.
Plasma TVs showing football.
Shopping carts in fabric stores.

See? The horror!

"a £500 device that emits a high-pitched whine loud enough to drive away teenagers in the vicinity."

I would kill for a device like this. I think they already may have something similar though.

Cue the Train horn videos. I don't have the link that fast.

I'm one of those adults that can hear those high pitches. Annoying. It's one of the many reasons I never liked TV.. the old picture tube ones emit a high pitched blare.

Submitter's rage against young people has affected his sentence construction, I think.

Cerebral Ballsy: I'm one of those adults that can hear those high pitches. Annoying. It's one of the many reasons I never liked TV.. the old picture tube ones emit a high pitched blare.

That must mean you're part dog.

human right to congregate outside a kwik-e-mart against the owners wishes? lets see how they feel about a "human right" to be someplace the owner of said place doesn't wish them to be when i break into their homes in the middle of the night.

how come everything is a "human right"? you don't have the "human right" to ignore whatever law you want.

I dunno, I can hear electrical devices that are turned off but plugged in as well. They should just stick to piping classical music, drives away the scum and gives me some good listening while I wait for my bus.

0-3 years = precious
3-12 years = snowflake
12-25 years = criminal
25+ years respectable adult

wtf

Gigantic Smurf Girl: That must mean you're part dog.

Me too then. I can still hear bats echolocating at the ripe old age of 34 which is allegedly weird. I'm also extremely sensitive to unpleasant sounds (partly why I'm a damn good sound-engineer and cannot abide even a second of any Idol-type show) so the likelihood is that if I were anywhere near one of these things it'd get batted from its mounting.

Count me as one of those humans that can hear dog whistles and other high frequencies. My neighbors had one of these things that was supposed to scare off raccoons. Every time I'd walk by their house, it would feel like my head was going to explode. It took me awhile to figure out that's what it was.

Maybe I'm a werewolf.

Human rights violation? No, child-rights asshats. The Holocaust was a violation of human rights. Those Jews, Gypsies, gays, and that one clown were NOT just loitering around in the concentration camps of their own free will, and they could NOT have just gotten up and walked away. Young punks can, if they so choose, and that's what this noise thing is for. Not a human rights violation by any stretch. Fail.

TFA: , backed the use of the Mosquito as a way of combating yob culture

yob? yob??

Dey took our yobs!!!

FTA:
Children's tsar seeks to ban sonic weapon used on hoodies


Won't someone think of the clothings?

I have a recording of that and play it in my dorm every now and then just to drive people nuts

I ain't evar dun nuthin to you! yeahr but, no, but, yeahr but, no, but...

DON'T GIVE ME EVILS!

AaaPha: Gigantic Smurf Girl: That must mean you're part dog.

Me too then. I can still hear bats echolocating at the ripe old age of 34 which is allegedly weird. I'm also extremely sensitive to unpleasant sounds (partly why I'm a damn good sound-engineer and cannot abide even a second of any Idol-type show) so the likelihood is that if I were anywhere near one of these things it'd get batted from its mounting.

It must be painful to watch television at all. There is so much worthless, garbage sound emanating from it I'm sure your head explodes. That and emo music.

I always thought I had good hearing..I can't hear bats though..I am sad.

Oznog: TFA: , backed the use of the Mosquito as a way of combating yob culture

yob? yob??

Dey took our yobs!!!

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAA!

I just snoofed wine out my nose, you bastard.

Vertdang: 0-3 years = precious
3-12 years = snowflake
12-25 years = criminal
25+ years respectable adult

wtf

Evolution? Natural selection? Between the ages of 12 and 25 most young men in the wild need to prove to the fertile females that they are worthy of reproductive investment. This is usually accomplished through the demonstration of risk behavior that is highly correlated with reproductive success. In modern day society this risky behavior tends to be criminalized so it's no wonder that we tend to stereotype youngsters in this age group as criminals.

Scienceman123: Do you know who else opposed human rights for minors?

"Human" rights. That's so cute. I guess that's easier to fudge than the proper term, individual rights.

There's a very simple solution to yob culture unfortunately it takes 15-20 years to take effect fully.

Make getting an abortion the UK easier. Especially for the people who have no business being a parent. (i.e. teenagers)

The Grinch: hose Jews, Gypsies, gays, and that one clown were NOT just loitering around in the concentration camps of their own free will, and they could NOT have just gotten up and walked away.

Why one clown?

If I start teaching again I'm thinking that investing in this device along with a pocket cell-phone jammer might make the whole endeavor more productive for everyone involved. I sometimes used an air horn (maybe once or twice a semester) but someone always complained With the Mosquito I could discipline a whole room of chatty students and no one over 30 would be the wiser.

thisispete

Why one clown?

See, no one cares about the Jews, Gypsies, or gays.

/high five

Foiled again.

Wouldn't it just be easier to give the old folks some guns to keep the kids off their lawn?

/I can hear the high pitch as well, it drives me crazy if there is a CRT tv on in the house when I'm trying to sleep, even if it is on another floor.

The Grinch

I thought you were talking about that Jerry Lewis film where he plays a clown in a concentration camp.

/film was never released
//would pay $50 for one

The hoodies aren't the ones to worry about. Just ask this guy...



/How many ASBO's have you got?

Am I drunk, or did that headline make no damn sense at all?

When I lived in an apartment near the airport, one of the neighbors had a triangular shaped white box about a foot tall sitting on the top of his large red van that emitted one of those high frequency sounds. I'm only 21, so the damn thing drove me NUTS, especially since the jerk was parked only a few yards away from my first story apartment's bedroom. I don't really know what the guy had it for, I think maybe to keep cats from sitting on top of his car. I think the apartment managers made him stop using it, since it "disappeared" a few weeks later.

I'm also going to chalk it up to CRT monitors (TV and Computer) driving me crazy with the noise they make. It makes me miss TV even less.

And... do these shopkeepers think that nobody under 25 years old is going to come shop at their store?

/TV free for 2 years
//No, I don't miss it
///Reality TV can suck it

RabidOstrich: When I lived in an apartment near the airport, one of the neighbors had a triangular shaped white box about a foot tall sitting on the top of his large red van that emitted one of those high frequency sounds. I'm only 21, so the damn thing drove me NUTS, especially since the jerk was parked only a few yards away from my first story apartment's bedroom. I don't really know what the guy had it for, I think maybe to keep cats from sitting on top of his car. I think the apartment managers made him stop using it, since it "disappeared" a few weeks later.

I'm also going to chalk it up to CRT monitors (TV and Computer) driving me crazy with the noise they make. It makes me miss TV even less.

And... do these shopkeepers think that nobody under 25 years old is going to come shop at their store?

/TV free for 2 years
//No, I don't miss it
///Reality TV can suck it

I can tune out CRT screens, but they're annoying as fark.

I could probably hear it, but I LOL anyway. It would be worth my own temporary discomfort to see it used on some bunch of morans.

Wait where can I get one of these? Are they only available in the UK or can you get one in Canada?

I'm all for their use, if it was also legal to use a device which emits a blaring sound in the normal frequency range. Oh wait, I guess you dumb farkers would complain if an ambulance siren was constantly on wouldn't you? But somehow this is okay because your retarded ears can't hear well anymore?

Sure, it's illegal to loiter, and if the sound only extends onto your PRIVATE PROPERTY, then go ahead, do whatever you want, it's your land. But sound pollution is bad enough without high-screeched whines. And these are SO LOUD they are able to drive people away - just because you can't hear it doesn't make it "okay".

If anyone in my neighbourhood dared set that shiat up and I heard it from my apartment... well, let's just say I wouldn't want to self-incriminate.

A controversial weapon in the war against antisocial behaviour should be banned

That is how TFA starts. Its so Orwellian that its scary. Who deems that behavior is "antisocial", and how far are the British willing to go to stop it?

A Barry Manilow CD would do the job for a lot less money.

Cerebral Ballsy: I'm one of those adults that can hear those high pitches. Annoying. It's one of the many reasons I never liked TV.. the old picture tube ones emit a high pitched blare.

Me, too. Nothing beats the pain of a powered-on Apple 2 monitor with video signal going to it.

Test yourself... Link (new window, not a Rickroll.)

/ I only heard it at 14.1k
// It sounded like, "geeeeeeetooooofffmyyyyyyylaaaaawwn"

I used to be able to hear TVs whine. Then I started going to concerts.

/Hooray for damaged hearing!

trozman: I'm all for their use, if it was also legal to use a device which emits a blaring sound in the normal frequency range. Oh wait, I guess you dumb farkers would complain if an ambulance siren was constantly on wouldn't you? But somehow this is okay because your retarded ears can't hear well anymore?

Sure, it's illegal to loiter, and if the sound only extends onto your PRIVATE PROPERTY, then go ahead, do whatever you want, it's your land. But sound pollution is bad enough without high-screeched whines. And these are SO LOUD they are able to drive people away - just because you can't hear it doesn't make it "okay".

If anyone in my neighbourhood dared set that shiat up and I heard it from my apartment... well, let's just say I wouldn't want to self-incriminate.


You just set off my internet tough guy siren.

Brits.

That "Home Office" of yours is EXACTLY what George Orwell was warning you about.

It's full of creepy weaselly little guys that want nothing more but to control every aspect of your lives.

You should storm it like the East Germans did to the STASI headquarters.

Take back your country.

"We would always put ourselves on the side of the law-abiding minority rather than on the side of gangs of hoodies."

Most people don't obey laws in the UK?

I'm somewhat baffled. Couldn't someone affected by the whining sound simply file a noise complaint against the business doing it? If I was walking past, I think I sure as hell would.

smokinfoo: There's a very simple solution to yob culture unfortunately it takes 15-20 years to take effect fully.

Make getting an abortion the UK easier. Especially for the people who have no business being a parent. (i.e. teenagers)

it is easy - very easy, in fact you don't even need parental consent under 16

it's not even a religious thing here, they just keep them for the benefit..so...cut benefit? or just force them

/kidding

Raiden333: They should just stick to piping classical music, drives away the scum and gives me some good listening while I wait for my bus.

DinsdalePiranha: Test yourself... Link (new window, not a Rickroll.)

/ I only heard it at 14.1k
// It sounded like, "geeeeeeetooooofffmyyyyyyylaaaaawwn"

I didn't hear anything until 14.1 also, but at 15.8 I started feeling annoyed.

12k for me - which is weird, since I can hear the alarms clear as day and it drives me nuts. I did however start getting a headache as soon as the vid started. I'm 21.

My human rights were infringed by the tortuous construction of that headline. It sounded as if the commissioner was for and against the device at the same time.