[Noisebridge-discuss] [Build] Fauna for 2169

[Lee Sonko]

Anecodal evidence from a friend and myself in 2 different locations suggests
the ultrasonic units work. Though that's admittedly a small sample size....
maybe a cat moved in nearby around the same time the units were plugged
in....

I can hear up to 16khz (including some CRTs, ugh) and the ones that "worked"
didn't bother me at all. Though some units have bothered me.

I'm sure you'll ask "which one did you use? What frequencies?" I put out the
call to find them... hopefully I'll be able to relay that in a few days.

Lee



> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:noisebridge-discuss-bounces at lists.noisebridge.net] On 
> Behalf Of Christie Dudley
> Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 8:48 AM
> To: mediapathic
> Cc: noisebridge-discuss at lists.noisebridge.net
> Subject: Re: [Noisebridge-discuss] [Build] Fauna for 2169
> 
> I was thinking about the ultrasound myself, considering 
> electrical/electronic means to be the superior 
> problem-solving method for the lot of us.  However, it didn't 
> take much research to find that there's absolutely no 
> research supporting the effectiveness of these things and 
> some indication to the contrary.  In other words, pretty much 
> everything I read from a neutral source said that they don't 
> work, and furthermore there's no reason they should.
> 
> Christie
> ---
> Pigs can fly given sufficient thrust.
>      - RFC 1925
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 2:06 AM, 
> mediapathic<mediapathic at gmail.com> wrote:
> > (Hey, cool, Thunderbird has a Reply To List button. When did that 
> > happen?)
> >
> > So, I didn't bother reading all the way back on this, but 
> has anyone 
> > suggested, and further does anyone have any evidence to suggest the 
> > viability of, those ultrasound pain field generators to drive away 
> > rodentia? If, in fact, they actually work, I'm a bit wary because I 
> > have a history of being able to hear supposed 'ultrasound', 
> and it's 
> > entirely possibly they might drive me bugnuts. But I'm 
> willing and in 
> > fact interested in trying them, since it seems like an efficient 
> > solution. If they are not in fact bullshit.
> >
> > --esc
> >
> > On 8/18/09 11:23 AM, Tom Longson (nym) wrote:
> >> Common guys, we figured this out a while back.
> >>
> >> Roomba mounted with a BB gun hooked up to the web. 
> Croudsourcing the 
> >> rat problem, so to speak.
> >>
> >> Geez... robo snake?!?! That's just crazy.
> >> nym
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 10:40 AM, deleTed<arbzed at gmail.com>  wrote:
> >>> Jenkies!
> >>> So it turns out that rats are indeed innately afraid of cat pee, 
> >>> unless they are infected with a brain parasite called Toxoplasma 
> >>> gondii, whose primary host is cats...  Nothing is ever 
> simple, is it?
> >>> http://www.livescience.com/animals/070402_cat_urine.html
> >>>
> >>> On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 10:32 AM, 
> deleTed<arbzed at gmail.com>  wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> I don't think it is going to be possible to physically prevent 
> >>>> rodents from entering the space.
> >>>> In my experience poison and traps, though they do result 
> in reduced 
> >>>> numbers of rats and pungent smells behind walls, aren't very 
> >>>> effective as deterrents.
> >>>> I like the robot idea.  What about something that just 
> patrols the 
> >>>> space smelling like cat pee?
> >>>> On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 10:05 AM, Christie 
> >>>> Dudley<longobord at gmail.com>
> >>>> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Yeah, I've seen rats in the new space, as have a number 
> of other 
> >>>>> people.  They're pretty ballsy too.  One of the 
> concerns is that 
> >>>>> they use stairwells to come up from lower levels.  We'd have to 
> >>>>> have good doors on all the ingress points, including 
> the elevator 
> >>>>> shaft, if I'm figuring correctly.  I think this is the 
> concern most people have.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Christie
> >>>>>
> >>>>> ---
> >>>>> Pigs can fly given sufficient thrust.
> >>>>>      - RFC 1925
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 10:01 AM, dpc<weasel at meer.net>  wrote:
> >>>>>> Quinn Norton<quinn at quinnnorton.com>  writes:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Did I miss something? Is there a rat problem?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> i've heard things scurrying around when i was coming up, but 
> >>>>>> there were definitely nests/poo in the walls that we 
> took apart.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> \p
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