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2005-11-08 Africa: Horn

Update: Somali Cruise Ship Attackers Sound-blasted

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Posted by Frank G 2005-11-08 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Lol, agreed, Frank. I hope it hurts like hell and they never recover.

Kudos to Carnival, the Captain, and crew. *applause*

Posted by .com 2005-11-08 02:30|| 2005-11-08 02:30|| Front Page Top

#2
Why didn't they use Celine Dion tapes!

Worked at Gitmo!

Posted by RG 2005-11-08 02:56|| 2005-11-08 02:56|| Front Page Top

#3 Lol, I just watched Episode 15 of Brainiacs and they had a test of what is called brown noise / brown note. It is a frequency (seems to be a dispute about the precise one) which, um, relaxes / stirs / loosens the bowels, lol.

The Wikipedia entry: brown note

The Brainiac page: brown noise
(Note: this page did not load for me, for whatever reason, but since I watched the episode just now, I didn't keep trying until successful.)

I will say that the 22.275 Hz broadcast on the Brainiac show DID have effects, lol. It was only broadcast for about 10 seconds. I'm sure, since they mentioned it had been investigated by various militaries, that it has been studied to some degree. No doubt the sound devices can be easily engineered to transmit different frequencies. It would definitely put pirates and looters and asshats of all descriptions on the defensive, lol. It was barely audible (for me) and affected more than just the bowels - I could feel it in my arms - the elbow joints, specifically. It might have been noticeable elsewhere had I been standing.

I see a great future for this - and Charmin, lol.

Posted by .com 2005-11-08 04:15|| 2005-11-08 04:15|| Front Page Top

#4 ACLU law suite in 543...
mythbusters tried the brown noise...conclusion myth busted,they couldn't produce the desired effect.

Posted by raptor 2005-11-08 06:38|| 2005-11-08 06:38|| Front Page Top

#5 Perhaps this is where Rather pipes up and asks about the frequency, heh.

Posted by .com 2005-11-08 07:20|| 2005-11-08 07:20|| Front Page Top

#6 I remember early 70s stories about toys tested in Nam. One was a huge amp sending sound at a resonate frequency of a skull. Suppose to have been pretty effective for the right size and shape of skull.

Posted by 3dc 2005-11-08 07:35|| 2005-11-08 07:35|| Front Page Top

#7 My sis was horrified that the captain engaged the pyrates at all. She worried it might provoke them.

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2005-11-08 07:53|| 2005-11-08 07:53|| Front Page Top

#8 Worried? Good on her, a wake up call. You travel in that part of the werld and you SHOULD be bloody worried.

Posted by Besoeker 2005-11-08 08:23|| 2005-11-08 08:23|| Front Page Top

#9 Lol, Sea - don't provoke those guys as they try to kill us...

Posted by Spot">Spot 2005-11-08 08:32|| 2005-11-08 08:32|| Front Page Top

#10 Q ships.

Or two Marines and a Sea doo.

Posted by Chuck Simmins">Chuck Simmins 2005-11-08 09:20|| http://blog.simmins.org]">[http://blog.simmins.org] 2005-11-08 09:20|| Front Page Top

#11 Who is taking cruises off of the Somalia coast?

On the port side we have poverty and death.

Posted by rjschwarz (no T!) 2005-11-08 11:20|| 2005-11-08 11:20|| Front Page Top

#12 I'm sure it was a nice thing that the Captain had some kind of defensive system, but a 106 recoilless with a beehive round would have been far more effective - especially on inflatable boats! We've got to wake up to the fact that some people aren't "civilized", and need to be treated like the barbarians they are.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2005-11-08 12:17|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2005-11-08 12:17|| Front Page Top

#13 Ditto Patriot. It was called "Ontos" or "the thing" in Greek. 6 x the fun. Maybe you remember it.

Posted by Besoeker 2005-11-08 12:25|| 2005-11-08 12:25|| Front Page Top

#14 They weren't inflatable. I saw them on the teevee, looked like 21-foot whalers.

Posted by Fred 2005-11-08 12:33|| 2005-11-08 12:33|| Front Page Top

#15 You know, you could sell a lot of tickets for a cruise that offered pirate hunting. Lower price fares would have to bring their own weapon and take a spot at the rail. Top of the line suites come with a 20mm mount right on your private balcony.

Posted by Steve">Steve 2005-11-08 12:55|| 2005-11-08 12:55|| Front Page Top

#16 Where do I sign up, Steve? Sounds more exciting than the 2 cruises I've taken. ;-p

I'm glad the outcome was OK for the cruise ship, but I'm with OP - I'd prefer LETHAL weapons be employed against pirates. Kill them and sink their boats, too - if they're far enough out to sea, anyone who didn't catch a bullet will drown.

At least they'll arrive in Hell wet. The place could probably use some humidity. :-D

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2005-11-08 16:11|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com] 2005-11-08 16:11|| Front Page Top

#17 Yikes, lookee here

Posted by Jim">Jim 2005-11-08 17:00|| http://Technochitlins.com]">[http://Technochitlins.com] 2005-11-08 17:00|| Front Page Top

#18 100+/- miles out to sea in an open boat with an outbaord motor????? Caught in a fairly accurate photo showing details of the boat and "crew". Avast - where's the mother ship?

Hope someone is checking the satellite photos for tracking - this should be an easy follow up.

Posted by Clomoth Jineck7638 2005-11-08 17:40|| 2005-11-08 17:40|| Front Page Top

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