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>Do you test it Who's saying it's a test? Your premise assumes they haven't already done A and B, and after successful testing moved on to C.

piaste 2y ago
Then the scenario becomes: "Sir, the results are in: this weapon causes mild headaches and sleep difficulties lasting a few months." "Excellent! Deploy it against American embassies immediately. Surely this will absolutely cripple their espionage efforts." The idea that it's a side-effect of directed- energy _surveillance_ seems a vastly more sensible hypothesis in every way.
- e40 2y ago
  Some of the people had mich more severe symptoms than what you describe, but that would undermine your snark.
  - newaccount74 2y ago
    I also suffer from irregular, unexplained headaches. Someone must be microwaving my apartment complex.
- Natsu 2y ago
  My problem with it being any kind of energy weapon is that we should have been able to detect something. If not initially, then afterwards.
  - ungreased0675 2y ago
    If it was being looked for. Don’t think the necessary electromagnetic spectrum analysis equipment (and people) are very common.
    - mrguyorama 2y ago
      >Don’t think the necessary electromagnetic spectrum analysis equipment (and people) are very common. You don't think people are actively monitoring the electromagnetic spectrum, in a US embassy? Why in the world do you think that?
    - rcxdude 2y ago
      In general, no. In an embassy? Hell yes.
    - wildzzz 2y ago
      Technical Surveillance Countermeasures (TSCM) is a lucrative business and it's not hard or that expensive to setup equipment that can monitor the spectrum 24/7.
myhf 2y ago
this is hacker news, we test in production
a0123 2y ago
A wonder weapon that makes the enemy feel hangover. Damn, I don't know who financed it but they need to get their money back.
- Spooky23 2y ago
  You lack knowledge and imagination. The Russians have done stuff like burying passive microphones inside of building materials. The notion that they would direct something at those devices to activate them is neither fantastical or foolish to investigate.
  - amy-petrik-214 2y ago
    I mean the ruskies cooked up this guy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thing_(listening_device) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thing_(listening_device) Invented by THE theremin. Yes, the instrument, theremin, the wacky one where handwaves and suck around some metal stick make funky horror movie noises, there was a Dr. theremin who invented that, and also this. Anyway, it was a "passive radio device" (given as a "gift") whereby if radio waves are projected onto the device it shall convolute said waves with sound waves of the room and then back-project a signal of radio waves with voice data overlayed, which can be read. Fancy at that sounds it is trivially low tech and simple. Very analog.
- frankharv 2y ago
  More likely equipment on the roof is causing this. They don't tell you what equipment is on the roof.

piaste 2y ago

Then the scenario becomes: "Sir, the results are in: this weapon causes mild headaches and sleep difficulties lasting a few months." "Excellent! Deploy it against American embassies immediately. Surely this will absolutely cripple their espionage efforts." The idea that it's a side-effect of directed- energy _surveillance_ seems a vastly more sensible hypothesis in every way.

e40 2y ago
Some of the people had mich more severe symptoms than what you describe, but that would undermine your snark.
- newaccount74 2y ago
  I also suffer from irregular, unexplained headaches. Someone must be microwaving my apartment complex.
Natsu 2y ago
My problem with it being any kind of energy weapon is that we should have been able to detect something. If not initially, then afterwards.
- ungreased0675 2y ago
  If it was being looked for. Don’t think the necessary electromagnetic spectrum analysis equipment (and people) are very common.
  - mrguyorama 2y ago
    >Don’t think the necessary electromagnetic spectrum analysis equipment (and people) are very common. You don't think people are actively monitoring the electromagnetic spectrum, in a US embassy? Why in the world do you think that?
  - rcxdude 2y ago
    In general, no. In an embassy? Hell yes.
  - wildzzz 2y ago
    Technical Surveillance Countermeasures (TSCM) is a lucrative business and it's not hard or that expensive to setup equipment that can monitor the spectrum 24/7.

myhf 2y ago

this is hacker news, we test in production

a0123 2y ago

A wonder weapon that makes the enemy feel hangover. Damn, I don't know who financed it but they need to get their money back.

Spooky23 2y ago
You lack knowledge and imagination. The Russians have done stuff like burying passive microphones inside of building materials. The notion that they would direct something at those devices to activate them is neither fantastical or foolish to investigate.
- amy-petrik-214 2y ago
  I mean the ruskies cooked up this guy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thing_(listening_device) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thing_(listening_device) Invented by THE theremin. Yes, the instrument, theremin, the wacky one where handwaves and suck around some metal stick make funky horror movie noises, there was a Dr. theremin who invented that, and also this. Anyway, it was a "passive radio device" (given as a "gift") whereby if radio waves are projected onto the device it shall convolute said waves with sound waves of the room and then back-project a signal of radio waves with voice data overlayed, which can be read. Fancy at that sounds it is trivially low tech and simple. Very analog.
frankharv 2y ago
More likely equipment on the roof is causing this. They don't tell you what equipment is on the roof.