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And filter out all of the culture? Are you racist?! :wiglaf: 
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Comments from different newspaper columnists.
George Diaz, Orlando Sentinel
I would rather have Jack Bauer rip off all my fingernails than listen to the drone of the vuvuzelas for and entire soccer match. Some 'purists' insist we shouldn not offend our gracious hosts, but spectators should not be subject to this kind of torture. BLESS THE MUTE BUTTON.
Kevin Baxter. Los Angeles Times
Long after the tournament ends, few will remember how the games were played. But everyone will remember how they sounded.It's almost as if all his overconfident, absolutist assertions were spoonfed to him by a trusted website or subreddit. Sheeple
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Originally posted by Prince Asher View Post
I doubt it will work very well, but it might be worth experimenting with.Comment
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They offer a batch file for vuvuzuele filtering via vlc media player here:
"Football is like chess, only without the dice." Lukas PodolskiComment
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A software company in pro audio world, Waves, is marketing a frontend solution:
Their "Vuvuzela Noise Reduction Solution" basically combines a noise suppression circuit with a parametric equalizer, all in the software domain.Waves has offered a downloadable processing chain that promises to enhance your viewing pleasure.
Waves explains how it works: “A combination of dynamic broadband noise suppression and notch filtering are utilized to create the Vuvuzela noise reduction processing chain. Routing schemes and parameter settings were painstakingly adjusted, contrasted and, compared; multiple instances of each plugin, with different settings, were ultimately used to achieve optimal results.”
It's aimed at broadcasters -- who IMHO should be required to use it.Apolyton's Grim Reaper 2008, 2010 & 2011
RIP lest we forget... SG (2) and LaFayette -- Civ2 Succession Games Brothers-in-ArmsComment
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Captain of Team Apolyton - ISDG 2012
When I was younger I thought curfews were silly, but now as the daughter of a young woman, I appreciate them. - RahComment
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That guide is awesome
I'm not a complete idiot: some parts are still missing.Comment
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TV Slovenia actually advertises "well drown out the vuvuzelas, watch the world cup"Modern man calls walking more quickly in the same direction down the same road “change.”
The world, in the last three hundred years, has not changed except in that sense.
The simple suggestion of a true change scandalizes and terrifies modern man. -Nicolás Gómez DávilaComment
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I think they stop blowing the vuvucraphorns when national anthems are played. I was mildly surprised.Comment
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Maybe only when it's the Vuvuzelan anthem.BlahComment
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It reminds me of one of Hugo Chavez's windbag speeches, maybe we should rename his country 'Vuvuzuela' in his honour?
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Vuvuzelas are okay but don't dare wear orange.
JOHANNESBURG - Two Dutch women have been arrested and are due to appear in court in Johannesburg later on Wednesday, facing possible charges linked to a suspected ambush market campaign by brewer Bavaria at a World Cup tie.
“These women, who have been part of a larger group, are suspected to be involved in organized acts to conduct unlawful commercial activities during the Denmark Netherlands match on Monday,” South African police said in a statement on Wednesday.
The arrests come after FIFA questioned a group of 36 Dutch women who were watching the Netherlands play Denmark in Soccer City stadium on Monday in skimpy orange dresses.
The dresses produced by family-owned Dutch brewer Bavaria caught the eye of experts on the lookout for ambush marketing campaigns.
Anheuser Busch’s Budweiser is the official beer for the tournament and world soccer’s governing body fiercely protects its sponsors from brands which are not FIFA partners.
FIFA has started legal proceedings against the Dutch brewer.
“FIFA has filed charges against the organiser of the ambush marketing stunt pulled between the Netherlands-Denmark match at Soccer City two days ago,” spokesman Nicolas Maingot said at FIFA’s daily news briefing.
Bavaria has clashed with FIFA before over supporters wearing its orange clothes to stadiums.
Four years ago at the Germany World Cup scores of Dutch men watched the Netherlands play in a Stuttgart stadium in their underwear after stewards ordered them to remove orange lederhosen bearing the name of Bavaria.
Meanwhile, British TV pundit Robbie Earle has been sacked by ITV after tickets found in the women’s possession were traced back to the former Jamaica international.
In a statement on Tuesday ITV said: “Immediate investigations indicated that a block of ITV tickets would appear to have been used for unauthorised purposes during the Holland v Denmark match.
“Further inquiries have revealed that a substantial number of tickets allocated to Robbie Earle for family and friends have been passed to a third party in breach of FIFA rules.
"I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." - Clarence Darrow
"I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it." - Mark TwainComment
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I wasn't born with enough middle fingers.
[Brandon Roderick? You mean Brock's Toadie?][Hanged from Yggdrasil]Comment
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Pictures of the Dutch terrorists (among others) can be found in this thread: http://www.apolyton.net/forums/showthread.php?t=191569Originally posted by Wezil View PostVuvuzelas are okay but don't dare wear orange.Comment
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Oh God no. Imagine 40000 people playing trumpets simultaneously... except they can't...Originally posted by DanS View PostYour angrily,
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