treetop1000
join:2003-11-07
Lexington, KY
| I wonder...
Most people who have those symptoms (sharp headaches and difficulty breathing, blurry vision) usually are having one H*** of a hangover. Been there, done that.
Blaming it on Wimax is just so lame. And the arrhythmia, well, that comes from way too much COFFEE, while trying to get seriously undrunk.
I told you Starbucks was bad for you.... |
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tsu9
join:2001-08-17
Wheeling, IL
1 edit | Right, and quadriplegia is solved by simply getting up out of the chair. 
Seriously though, this wouldn't be hard to test. If you're in the area and you have symptoms which disappear when you're out of the area, it is hardly caused by having some Irish Coffee in the 'morn. |
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Rexter
YeeHaw
join:2002-11-17
cloud 9 | I call BS
I wonder if someone can find this information, but I'd be willing to bet that I receive more 2-11GHz signal from the sun than what is output by this system.
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MJRudzik
join:2002-01-13
Independence, MO | I too call bs
Id like to see them announce that the base station was shut down when it was infact left on and see all these freakin Hypochondriacs say that all their syptoms went away |
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mcfrisch
Revelare Pecunia
join:2000-07-02
Lakewood, OH
| Europsuedoscience strikes again...
Why does all this crap come out of Europe? How embarrassing to the reasonable Europeans! There must be a large population of Luddites, because it seems to be directed toward technology. For instance, cell phones an tumor formation, airplanes and blood clots, and now wimax and heart arrhythmia.
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fireflier
Coffee. . .Need Coffee
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join:2001-05-25
Limbo
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Re: I wonder...
said by tsu9  :Seriously though, this wouldn't be hard to test. If you're in the area and you have symptoms which disappear when you're out of the area, it is hardly caused by having some Irish Coffee in the 'morn. True, not coffee in the 'morn under those conditions, but a decrease in symptoms outside of the area also isn't irrefutable proof that it's Wimax. There are potentially many other environmental factors such symptoms could be attributed to. Better to stay in the area and turn the transmitter off to confirm Wimax as the cause.
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patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
| reply to treetop1000
said by treetop1000 :Most people who have those symptoms (sharp headaches and difficulty breathing, blurry vision) usually are having one H*** of a hangover. Been there, done that. Blaming it on Wimax is just so lame. And the arrhythmia, well, that comes from way too much COFFEE, while trying to get seriously undrunk. I told you Starbucks was bad for you.... Blame ur poor productivity and hang over on the new wireless base station. I gotta try it sometime. Im wondering how the cellphone in their pocket and ubiquitous GSM coverage from multiple providers doesnt cause it, but wimax does. |
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dmh748
join:2002-03-07
Boston, MA | reply to mcfrisch
Re: Europsuedoscience strikes again...
Before you generalize about European engineering and scientific skills, you should consider Nokia and Ericsson's success and accomplishments in that field. |
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Michieru2
zzz zzz zzz
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join:2005-01-28
Miami, FL | lol
I assume this is the same situation in those old movies where you see some guy the town hates come in and all the girls do the fakest collapse ever and once the pope throws the holy book at him they all the sudden recover.
Ha, classic. |
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mcfrisch
Revelare Pecunia
join:2000-07-02
Lakewood, OH
| reply to dmh748
Re: Europsuedoscience strikes again...
It just seems to be the case more often than not. There are plenty of great European engineers and scientists and plenty of good work done. That is why I think it is embarrassing that so much psuedoscience emerges.
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garmst
join:2000-09-17
New York, NY | Eat more Herring and drink less Aquavit
The Swedes drink too much!!! |
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outback2k1
join:2003-11-28
Seekonk, MA | reply to MJRudzik
Re: I too call bs
Or turn it off without telling anybody. |
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anon1212
@charter.com | EMR
electromagnetic radiation radiation from power lines has been the cause of some forms of cancer, mostly in small children and unborn. so maybe some people do have a bad reaction to the Wi MAX signal at close range. |
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ATHF
join:2004-12-20
00000 | Wimax 0111001101110101011000110110101101110011
don't they have 100mbps lines over there? why the need for slow wimax |
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fiberguy
My views are my own.
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join:2005-05-20
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Re: I too call bs
said by outback2k1 :Or turn it off without telling anybody. That would be the best way... and possibly the only way to really test that... However, it's going to be hard to not tell anyone since people are probably already using the network, aren't they?
I am not one to dismiss any claims jsut because it sounds silly. If the WiMax came one and a large amount of people all the sudden start having problems, it's worth looking into. There are many things that we thumbed our noses at in the beginning, didn't pay attention to it, and it became problems we deal with today.
A close, but not quite, example for rough comparisons:
HIV/AIDS: 1982 - "Nothing to worry about... there's no problem" - today, 40 million people have it and millions have died since; no cure.
SARS: CIRCA 2002 - "Jumped on right away, mostly contained. Could have been a MAJOR health issue.
The big difference between these references and WiMax is that he biggest hit would be to the economy if it were to continued to be built only later to find out it had to be scrapped if it's really causing issues. If an economy started to thrive and grow on it, our current humanity is one to keep things on, weight the amount of people with health problems vs money (which is WAY wrong in my book) and not do the right thing.
There are still concerns over high power lines causing health issues too... have we done anything about that? Nope... not really. |
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Porkroller
join:2002-01-31
Grosse Ile, MI | reply to tsu9
Re: I wonder...
Ever heard of the placebo effect?
Now I'm not going to say one way or another, but it is certainly possible that they are just blaming their conditions on the unknown.
Sugar cubes have been known to "cure" all sorts of ailments. |
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tsu9
join:2001-08-17
Wheeling, IL | Of course, nevermind the possibility of an actual problem. If it doesn't affect you, it is probably in the other's head. |
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Ahrenl
join:2004-10-26
North Andover, MA | reply to mcfrisch
Re: Europsuedoscience strikes again...
Actually, the last time I heard about something like this it was a town trying to prevent a WiMax network from being setup, in Canada. |
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treetop1000
join:2003-11-07
Lexington, KY
| reply to anon1212
Re: EMR
I dispute your information. I have not seen any factual, academically investigated, medically supported cases of "damage" done by high tension power lines.
I have only seen those tests done by "independent researchers" (usually hired by the plaintiffs lawyer)
and those were not long-term historical evidence type studies. They were, in short, just mere accusations that were brought up as a legal tool in support of a lawsuit.
Thats -NOT- proof. Show me the three headed baby, and I'll go away with my tail between my legs. I DARE you. |
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Bender_2k
join:2003-01-12
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2 edits | reply to anon1212
Some people do, but not an entire village (unless all of them are hyper sensitive to frequencies put out by WiMax technology).
Like has been said, I believe that they're all just a bunch of fakers/hypercondriacs. If WiMax did instil pain, death, suffering, etc wherever it was used then why would Toronto be planning to deploy it accross it's entire downtown core (and other cities that use it for that matter also). |
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