Author: stuart taylor
Date: 18:22:17 05/28/02
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On May 28, 2002 at 14:19:44, Christophe Theron wrote: >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 I realize that most can't, but many people report a bit of an earache, or atleast a headache. For me it is very pronounced though. Computers, are not as concentrated. They don't affect my radiation tester either (which tests microwave ovens), and besides, I don't know of any form of radiation when using an LCD screen (which I don't, but want to). S.Taylor
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