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Free Swag. Not Speech. Swag.

Swagmeister11

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Your Swagmeister himself found this a few weeks ago:

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technology-blog/weird-gun-future-attacks-words-not-people-193050045.html

It seems some of the more savvy (or most frustrated with with loud teenage conversations) scientists in the world have developed a silent gun prototype. Not a gun that makes no noise, but one that prevents people from speaking, through a combination of biology/neurology(?) and naturally physics. By playing back their own voice on delay, the gun confuses the speaker-- not that several people (who will remain nameless) aren't already confused...-- and essentially prevents them from talking further. The science behind this is more biological in nature, but it is still physics that determines what the wavelength and direction of the replayed sound must be. But while the science is interesting, but the repercussions are disconcerting. Though this gun could be used to quiet a library or, per say, keep a class of AP C students silent, it could also completely inhibit free speech, one of the biggest parts of American democracy, which I for one would like to keep. Otherwise my swag is extremely limited, which is not allowed at any point in time. So yay physics, but nay physics...

p.s. *could be used on a mister souf* *cough*

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