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Chengdu Rocks
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join:2002-04-05
Falls Church, VA | He'll recant soon enough My prediction: if this announcement is widely publicized, applications to the university will take a dive this fall. | |
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plattypus1
join:2005-04-08
Riverside, CA
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| Stupid... Yes, intense RF energy in the 2.4Ghz range is very dangerous to your health. I'm a ham radio operator, and if I was to put up a 2.4Ghz tower and pump a few hundred watts out of it, then I'd be very irresponsible if I pointed the antenna at someone. But the amount of power that Wi-Fi devices run at (usually around 100mW and I believe legally limited to 1W) is so ridiculously low that it won't cause any more health risks than watching a hot pocket go 'round and 'round in the microwave. | |
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kurcz
join:2005-07-15
Windsor, ON
| Wireless in Cities If it were that bad, why are they allowing whole cities to be going wireless? What would they do in this situation? Everything gives off something that's bad for you, we just ten to look over it, and just look at the benefits of it. And I'm sure some of the students on campus there might still be able to pick up other signals from areas around there? I think this is just a way to save money. | |
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Middieman
Eschew Obfuscation
join:2001-02-05
Elkins Park, PA
| RF exposure If memory serves, 5 watts is considered safe RF output for a handheld device used near your head.
There are formulas for this sort of thing. And just for fun I actually did take a look at my own wireless router's 1 watt RF output to see how "dangerous" it might be a while back. While I do not remember what the heck I did to figure it out, I determined that continuous RF exposure was harmless as close as within less than an inch of the antenna.
So wireless consumer router's are completely harmless to public health.
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/sarcasm on
But you know what? If a college admin thinks single watt RF devices are harmful, there's no reason to stop with routers. Think of how much healthier people would be without their cell phones, wireless keyboards/mice, and Gameboy DS'. Oops. That laptop with built wireless networking is an illegal device now too. (Using it can cause sterilization. Did you know?)
/sarcasm off
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Ham band guy
join:2005-07-13
Minneapolis, MN
| College Bans Wi-Fi over health exposure Just remember one formula,the inverse square law-which states that field strength varies inversely as the distance squared..
f/d(2)
If I know this everyone should-especially you college types.
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Ham band guy
join:2005-07-13
Minneapolis, MN
| College Bans WiFi over health concerns To everyone that's freaking out ove the dangers of RF-remember one formula-the inverse square law which states that the field strength of any RF source varies inversely as the distance squared-in other words:
f1/d^2= f2
Where f1=field strength at antenna
d=distance from antenna
f2=resultant field strength
Come on-if I know this I'm sure you college types do as well so apply it!! 
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Jamuka
join:2005-06-06 | Muni wi-fis Does this mean that I will be able to sue all the cities that plan on or have already installed wi-fi all around so that everyone can get online for cheap?? Oh goodie, I just can't wait until the lawsuits start flying! Time to get rich! | |
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Ham band guy
join:2005-07-13
Minneapolis, MN
| College bans WiFi over health concerns With all of the hyperbole flying around about this topic-keep one thing in mind when thinking about RF energy,the inverse square law. The inverse square law simply states that the RF field strength varies inversely as the distance squared.
In other words:
f1/d^2=f2
Where:
f1=field strength at antenna
d=distance from antenna
f2=resultant field strength at distance "d"
In laymens terms-there VERY LITTLE RF energy away from the antenna. A microwaye oven with a door slammed one too many times emits more RF than a typical wireless access point. And in many cases,the access point antennas are usually several feet away from the users. Just another example of junk or feelings based science.
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ssj4android
Redefining Reality
join:2002-04-14
Wyoming, MI | Re: College bans WiFi over health concerns Why did you post this thrice? Isn't there an edit function? | |
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stephen d
An Important Message From
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join:2005-11-25
Laval, QC | What about the rest of signals? The way i sse it is that we are exposed to it anyway, that its dangerous or not. Might be from Wi-Fi but from other signals. Pretty stupid
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alex4life
Alex4life
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join:2001-06-22
Delta, BC
| Stupid Psht, idiots.
UBC has a wireless network covering pretty much the entire university. Its become practically essential to the operation of the school. I think these students are really missing out by having such a backward thinking president.
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fartness
Computersoc Dot Com
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join:2003-03-25
Look Outside
clubs: | Ahhh, I'm going to die!!! I'm picking up over 20 wireless signals right now using a crappy antenna at my college. Pray for me!!!! | |
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TigerLord
Resident Pentaxian
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join:2002-06-09
Montreal | Wow.. Am I the only one who thinks this is utterly stupid? | |
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