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Re: Best Buy Treated Me Like a Thief

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From: Rob Bullock
Date: Sun, 08 Jan 2006 00:09
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On Sat, 07 Jan 2006 17:59:38 -0600, trent <oozenet@trentland.com>
wrote:

> > a muffler on a car is an everyday example of 'passive cancellation'.
> 
> I don't think muffling is considered cancellation, outside of the Bose
> Marketing Department anyway.


Mufflers don't actually 'muffle' anyway. It's not like they're filled
with some sound-deadening foam or anything. They're largely empty
chambers that are tuned to reverberate sound waves *into* each other,
and produce a cancellation.

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rdb
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From: Rob Bullock <eqo@sghcrg.pbz>
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Subject: Re: Best Buy Treated Me Like a Thief
Date: Sat, 07 Jan 2006 18:09:52 -0600
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