Title: Re: Britney Spears music blasted out by merchant navy to SCARE off Somali pirates C
Post by: zagibu on October 29, 2013, 01:01:10 am
What they are merely mentioning in the story is that they use high volume, focused audio projectors that would probably work with any kind of music. Pop music is just a perfect fit because of the high average loudness ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loudness_war ).
Title: Re: Britney Spears music blasted out by merchant navy to SCARE off Somali pirates C
Post by: Nehvar on October 29, 2013, 02:00:33 am
Playing Britney Spears music would probably drive me away too.
Title: Re: Britney Spears music blasted out by merchant navy to SCARE off Somali pirates C
Post by: Kafein on October 29, 2013, 09:24:21 am
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I’d imagine using Justin Bieber would be against the Geneva Convention
Title: Re: Britney Spears music blasted out by merchant navy to SCARE off Somali pirates C
Post by: Son Of Odin on October 29, 2013, 10:21:24 am
Title: Re: Britney Spears music blasted out by merchant navy to SCARE off Somali pirates C
Post by: Molly on October 29, 2013, 10:31:14 am
In my hometown was a place where all the junkies would hang out. There was a shop selling glasses which had a lot of problems with those guys hanging out in front of his shop. He called the police but that didn't help permanently, they would come back in a few hours.
He solved the problem by mounting speakers outside of his shop, playing classical music the whole day. That drove the junkies away in a matter of a few days... :)
Title: Re: Britney Spears music blasted out by merchant navy to SCARE off Somali pirates C
Post by: Son Of Odin on October 29, 2013, 10:38:31 am
Shopping malls use high pitched noise to get rid of teenagers hanging out in their property. It's genius because only the teenagers can hear that annoying noise :D.
Title: Re: Britney Spears music blasted out by merchant navy to SCARE off Somali pirates C
Post by: Kafein on October 29, 2013, 10:45:59 am
Shopping malls use high pitched noise to get rid of teenagers hanging out in their property. It's genius because only the teenagers can hear that annoying noise :D.
And illegal in civilized countries
Title: Re: Britney Spears music blasted out by merchant navy to SCARE off Somali pirates C
Post by: Son Of Odin on October 29, 2013, 10:51:12 am
What they are merely mentioning in the story is that they use high volume, focused audio projectors that would probably work with any kind of music. Pop music is just a perfect fit because of the high average loudness ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loudness_war ).
The article says otherwise, but I doubt the validity of that page.
Title: Re: Britney Spears music blasted out by merchant navy to SCARE off Somali pirates C
Post by: Kafein on October 29, 2013, 06:29:26 pm
I don't know what where the exact reasons invoked but it makes sense to me. It's like forcefully expelling people from public places even though they are doing nothing wrong.