From: Anders Sandberg (asa@nada.kth.se)
Date: Wed Jul 01 1998 - 10:08:52 MDT
den Otter <neosapient@geocities.com> writes:
> "Low Liability Property Protection Systems
> Phasor Pain And Shock Field
>
> Creates A Protective Shield Of High Pressure Complex Ultrasonic Shock
> Waves.
Doesn't sound entirely convincing (why no data?), but it is all a
question of the number of watts of course - enough energy will likely
do damage at least. The effects claimed sounds like the claims for low
frequency sound waves, but as far as I know the effects are not very
reliable and people react differently to them. If you are going to
produce pain with the ultrasound, you will likely need to use such
intensities that they can do real damage (opening yourself to being
prosecuted yourself).
> Would it be advisable to buy these devices (they have other fun stuff
> too), or is this bogus technology?
Some seems quite reasonable, but I don't think one should rely on
high-tech obscure systems too much (beside the appeal to us
technophiles, of course! :-). In order to deter theives, psychology
and a bit of common sense may be more efficient (see David
D. Friedman's analysis of the rationality of theft at
http://www.best.com/~ddfr/Academic/Hidden_Order/Hidden_Order_Chapter_20.html,
contains many useful ideas).
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