From the pages of the New Yorker

[Masterharper]

[quote]NAME THAT TONE
Issue of 2006-06-26
Posted 2006-06-19


There is a new cell-phone ring tone that can’t be heard by most people over the age of twenty, according to an NPR report. The tone is derived from something called the Mosquito, a device invented by a Welsh security firm for the noble purpose of driving hooligans, yobs, scamps, ne’er-do-wells, scapegraces, ruffians, tosspots, and bravos away from places where grownups are attempting to ply an honest trade. The device emits a seventeen-kilohertz buzz, a pitch that is too high for older ears to register but, as we learn from additional reporting by the Times, is “ear-splittingâ€

[Stofsk]

I've heard it. That means my hearing is still good, at least until I hit 30.

[frigidmagi]

Odds are that I won't. There is a cost to playing with explosives for 4 years.

Still I don't see how this is techonolgy degrading our lives. Hell half of the people on this board can only communicate and interact meaningfully with each other because of the demon techonogly.