Armour
join:2002-01-08
Scarborough, ON | reply to Thaler
Re: Everything will eventually kill you
19 here in Ontario where Lakehead is and 18 if you live in Quebec |
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phunkysmell
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How many people put a tv/radio transmitter 4 inches from their gonads?
Millions. That cell phone in your pocket 4" from your gonads transmits 850/900/1800/1900Mhz at 1 watt when active (old analog cell phones went up to 3 watts), 0.2-0.5 watts when idle. Wi-fi typically transmits at only 0.030-0.100 watts (30-100 milliwatts) when in an active data transmission. If you're going to "feel the effects" of wi-fi in 50 years, you're going to feel the effects of cell phones yesterday.
How many college students have cell phones? Lots. How many have wi-fi that they will use ANYWAY? Lots. How pointless is any ban or lawsuit against wi-fi? Lots. |
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Combat Chuck
Too Many Cannibals
Premium
join:2001-11-29
Erie, PA
| reply to Frydays
said by Frydays :this means people using 3rd party firmaware to get more power from the wireless routers are more then likely to get brain cancer then everyone else right ? Probably, but the number is going to be statistically insignificant. People that aren't sleeping on their routers aren't going to get cancer from them.
My main concern is that there seem to be a lot of people posting that don't understand that there is a big difference between a 1 watt transmitter 1 inch away and a 1 watt transmitter a foot away.
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Wildman4416
join:2006-02-10
Fort Wayne, IN
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Let's bring people up to speed on this. The operating frequency of Wi-fi is the same as your microwave oven. Hmm would you stick your head into a microwave?? Granted the frequency is the same but the power it transmitts is much lower, so the immediate impact on humans is not so easily known. If you want to talk frequencies, then lest look to the cordless phones they operate on the same frequencies and those much higher, (2.4 GHz, and 5.8 GHz) maybe they should ban all equipment that operates in the microwave frequency range. |
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koolman2
Premium
join:2002-10-01
Anchorage, AK
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Not true. There are two other countries that I know about that prohibit consumption of alcohol to anyone under the age of 21, which happen to be Fiji and Ukraine.
If I remember correctly, states have the power to change the age to under 21 (down to 18), but they lose some highway transportation funding if they do so.
»en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_age_···es#O_-_V
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phattieg
join:2001-04-29
Winter Park, FL
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Well guys, THIS IS STUPID. We have been using 2.4 Ghz cordless phones for how long now??? I bet the person who filed the lawsuit has one. I bet the guy/president of this college has one too. If I'm not mistaken, they have a little more power than many WiFi spots anyway. Either way, they still sit next to your brain when in use and broadcasting. This is just all crap. I bet the college has some kind of budget for it's repair on said network, and removing all the need for ethernet will save them money, but without the budget for repair being so high, they lose money they could pocket or use elsewhere if theres money left. |
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