Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 11:19:44 05/28/02
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On May 28, 2002 at 03:29:48, stuart taylor wrote:
>On May 27, 2002 at 23:41:17, Vine Smith wrote:
>
>>On May 27, 2002 at 22:45:13, Christophe Theron wrote:
>>
>>>On May 27, 2002 at 12:57:09, stuart taylor wrote:
>>>
>>>>On May 27, 2002 at 04:55:38, Grzegorz Sidorowicz wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On webpage http://sq2foa.republika.pl/
>>>>>is available Polish open source chess
>>>>>program for mobile phone by Radoslaw Kamowski.
>>>>
>>>>Very attractive. But there must be limits.
>>>>Chess isn't meant for looking at and making a quick decision. It's meant for
>>>>hard work and analysis. And it's also not such a good idea to encourage
>>>>prolonged contact with radiation of cellphones-Cell=US, Mobile=UK
>>>>Pelefon=Israel.
>>>>S.Taylor
>>>
>>>
>>>What radiations?
>>>
>>>What the hell are you talking about???
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Christophe
>>
>>Perhaps you haven't heard this myth (well, let's hope it's a myth) that used to
>>circulate when cell phones first became popular -- it was feared (by those who
>>like to fear such things) that the electromagnetic field produced by the cell
>>phone could cause brain tumors due to the phone being held to the ear, proximal
>>to the brain, for long periods. Presumably, the message warns us of a similar
>>hazard from playing too many games of cell phone chess -- thumb cancer, warts,
>>or maybe even severe fingernail discoloration.
>>So when can we expect Nokia Tiger to become available?
>>
>>Regards,
>>Vine Smith
>
>Show me a scientific paper, or unbiassed article saying it's only a myth!
>And not only when held to the ear, which is of course much stronger, when
>speaking, but even when just on stand-by is not the greatest idea to keep in
>close proximaty to the body all day long.
> I could also say personally that if someone were to put ten different handsets
>to my ear, 5 mobiles and 5 normal phones one after each other, randomly, whilst
>I'm blindfolded, and when they are connected to another person (but without
>sound, so I can't hear the difference in clarity of reception), I could easily
>tell which are the Mobiles, and which not.
> Also, test these phones with a radiation detector (used for testing microwave
>ovens). Then you will easily see there is radiation. What myth???
>S.Taylor
Then you are the only human in the whole universe able to do that.
Other people have made the same claim, and it has been demonstrated
experimentaly that they were *not* able to make the difference between a real
emitting cellphone and a placebo.
You might enter the guiness book of records if you are really able to do it.
BTW you should also stay away from computers then. They are also emitting a
significant level of electromagnetic energy (but it is more dispersed in the
radio spectrum).
A Palm is safe, though.
Christophe
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