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The 5 second delay of all sound coming in allows the
circuitry
to sense any incoming bagpipe music in time to shut the
headphones off.
Though hearing everything with a 5 second delay might
take
some getting used to, and conversation would take a little
practice, it would be well worth
it to have the peace of
mind
knowing you'd never be caught off guard by surprise
bagpipe music again.
top ten tunes
https://www.youtube...watch?v=4VPfL80SoeU
Bagpipe music plus lot of drums in there [popbottle, Aug 12 2014]
Bagpipes in France
http://news.bbcimg....07_624_bagpipes.jpg
[not_morrison_rm, Aug 18 2014]
When a picture doesn't need a caption
http://bloximages.c...2857dd5fb.image.jpg
Classic [doctorremulac3, Oct 05 2014]
(?) Sam Gross - Bagpipe afterlife
http://imgc.allpost...-yorker-cartoon.jpg
[pashute, Oct 06 2014]
(?) Sorry no earplugs allowed
http://lowres.janto...er-16512363_low.jpg
[pashute, Oct 06 2014]
Reversing Bagpipes
Reversing Bagpipes
Allow me to highlight the possible danger inherent in the co-existence of these two bagpipe-related ideas. [zen_tom, Oct 07 2014]
[link]
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You could do the same with eyesight. Principally by
having goggles displaying images of the outside world
as received by cameras, with a digital signal
processing designed to detect, and replace, all
evidence of tartan. |
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This may have the side effect of rendering Scottish
people largely invisible and inaudible. |
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Yes, but there could be disadvantages too. |
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Just can't think of any … |
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I assume the headphones/goggle combination would
be considered badly flawed if they allowed spoken
French/disinterested shrugging through the filters? |
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How does the noise cancelling work to stop the
crushing brain pan pain and vibration of insufficiently
stalwart bowels? |
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If you re-broadcast the bagpipe music with the 5-
second delay and increased volume, it would
actively disrupt the incoming music. |
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I want Fox-news-canceling headphones (for most
airport terminals in the US...do they get paid for
showing that stuff??) and more generally
advertising-canceling headphones. |
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I'm looking forward to active advertising blocking
in a Google-glass-type augmented reality display,
for blocking billboards and such. |
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If you re-broadcast the bagpipe music with the 5-
second delay and increased volume, it would
actively disrupt the incoming music. |
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I want Fox-news-canceling headphones (for most
airport terminals in the US...do they get paid for
showing that stuff??) and more generally
advertising-canceling headphones. |
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I'm looking forward to active advertising blocking
in a Google-glass-type augmented reality display,
for blocking billboards and such. |
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Another example of stereographical posting. Perhaps if you did one anno with red font and the other with cyan? |
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//5 second delay might take some getting used to// //conversation would take a little practice// |
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So a little like trying to follow a United Nations debate then? |
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Which should lead to the added advantage of causing you to switch off & stop listening entirely, leaving mobile phones & text services as the only remaining viable means of communication, you'd never have to talk to anyone directly again, the plan perhaps? ;p |
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//goggles displaying images of the outside world as received by cameras, with a digital signal processing designed to detect, and replace, all evidence of tartan// |
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Surely that's just a re-tasking of Zaphods anti-fear sunglasses [bs0]. |
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//may have the side effect of rendering Scottish people largely invisible// |
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But only between the waist & knees, so still visible (your disadvantage [8th]?). |
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// // bagpipe music // Tautology.// |
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I really don't think you meant "tautology". |
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No, we didn't. We meant "Torture". |
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// only between the waist & knees // |
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Easy fix. Mandatory tartan burkhas. |
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Espionage would then become a doddle, you could use them to sneak into work late & your boss would never know ;) |
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Now why would you want to conceal a bagpipe? Or is
it against the law in your country? |
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Some states have open carry laws, but I think
concealed bagpipes are illegal in all 50 states. |
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//Mandatory tartan burkhas// |
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This is a natural and worrisome consequence of the
infinite parallel universe theory. |
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Aha, just spotted the Beeb story, of where some bit of France celebrates the Auld Alliance with bagpipes....too good to be true.. |
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A good solution for the Scottish question.... Join
France. It solves the currency issue. Also, France
could use the northern windswept portion of tundra
to store its nuclear arsenal. Even the French have
enough scruples as to keep their weapons from
accidentally damaging real civilization. Such as the
one in nearby Belgium. |
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// France could use the northern windswept portion of tundra to store its nuclear arsenal. // |
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"store" ? Sp. "test", shirley ? |
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// Even the French have enough scruples as to keep their weapons from accidentally damaging real civilization. // |
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// Such as the one in nearby Belgium. // |
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I like bagpipes. In small doses. Playing Amazing Grace.
That's all. Now go back to your hating, you haters. |
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I actually like bagpipes sometimes too, I just like
making fun of them. |
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Check the link. One of my favorite pictures of all time. |
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There's another possible approach to this; the bagpiper wears the
headphones, which contain a sound-analysis processor and 100g of
PETN in each earmuff. When the sound of bagpipes is detected, the
charges are initiated electrically, and the opposing shock waves
convert the wearer's head to a pinkish-grey mist within a few
milliseconds. |
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The deluxe version could have proper explosive lenses, using HMX
and Baratol, plus a copper liner, for extra effectiveness. |
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