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Subject: Re: Chess for mobile phone

Author: Roy Eassa

Date: 13:02:53 05/28/02

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On May 28, 2002 at 15:45:24, Robert Hyatt 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
>
>A cell phone is a radio transmitter.  Radio waves definitely interact with
>human cellular structure, not always in "good" ways.  Come down to UAB and
>walk into our 7 Tesla MRI facility.  It will make you dizzy if you move while
>it is turned on.  Which means that huge magnetic field is interacting with your
>cellular structure in some way.  Good or bad?  Probably bad.


Awhile back, Consumer's Union did extensive testing and recommended preferring
those phones in which the antenna is less close to the head.  The Motorola
StarTac was one example where the earpiece keeps the antenna angled away from
the head and it tested well.



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