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Perhaps they're sniffing your network traffic. If that's the case, I would never ever EVER do any non-work browsing or email there again. Someone is watching. However, if they pretty much squashed every site out there that isn't super work-like... then your network is run by morons. Either way, you win.

they sniff everyone's traffic. a report is made to your respective manager every month. my manager, for example, is terribly upset that they blocked his favorite nascar site.

meanwhile, a real problem: my new downstairs neighbors blast really awful music so that my floor vibrates - like mexican creed sounding shit or really really bad techno. or polka (which is what i'm hearing right now). the fact is, my stuff is vibrating. i told them to turn it down. i told them nicely. i told them fairly. it's really fucking distracting. what do i do?

Lizz,
you've got a few options aside from court. Since you've tried the ol' "It is like Hell" option. You either need to get this guy to isolate his speakers or evicted. I'll explain more in due time.

You told them to turn it down? Hopefully you asked them to turn it down. Ask again. If they continue, step 1)Call landlord and explain that you've asked multiple times and it's still going on. Keep track of what times they do it. The landlord can bitch at them for that. Step 2)Call cops and make a noise complaint. Hopefully unecessary, cause the hope is that the landlord biatching at them will make it change.

We had a guy under us in our last apartment that was an indie freak. He and his band would practice there sometimes like starting at midnight. He was a nice guy though and he put up eggshell foam all over his ceiling for us cause we complained and tried not to be loud anymore.

Good luck.

hey man, if it's to LOUD, you're to OLD!

too LOUD, even.

yeah, i knocked and asked them to turn it down. it's really really bad music. i think i'm going to ask them to turn down the bass, because that's what is making my stuff vibrate. i'm also going to explain that i'm working on essays all weekend and can't be distracted.

i am too old.

I say you go get yourself a really booming system and then start and old fashioned noise war. play something really obnoxious like Mr. Bungle, Rush or Crimson.

Close Chris. If you're going for a noise war, I heartily suggest Ween, "GodWeenSatan: The Oneness" No more obnoxious sounding album on earth.

Seriously though Lizz, if they won't be courteous and turn it down after you've asked, next step landlord.

john petit told me that he and his roommate got rid of their neighbors by taking all their amps, placing them next to the wall and throwing down a bass noise that is inaudible, yet causes bodily discomfort to the people who hear it. so they turned it up as high as it would go and left for the weekend.

and he's looking for a place to store his amps while he moves... hmmm....

Ah yes. Infrasound. Below 20mhz.
This guy wrote a thesis on using it for therapy, but I'm sure you could use it for evil.
evil?

Egg crates don't do shit. See if they will isolate their speakers (that will eliminate a good portion of the structure born sound)

yeah! they need to isolate those motherfuckers! they need to make them feel alone and abandoned in this cold cruel world.. left to the whims of fate to be tossed about like bits of dried tapioca for the amusement of sadistic gods.