On Mon, 8 May 2000, Kris Kirby wrote:
> > BTW, you do realize that in many cases "off" for your cell phone
> > doesn't really mean off, right? :)
>
> I have strong objections to small transcievers (what cell phones
> actually are) that operate close to my body and don't let me know when
> they are transmitting. When you're talking on it, you know it's
> transmitting, but I'm talking about just about every other time when
> you've got it on your belt or clipped to your side. I know they aren't
> high power, but we don't know long term effects (actually, we do; we just
> don't know the thresholds for triggering cancer, etc.).
>
Well, maybe we do. Just read the other day that the british are planning
to make warning signs compulsory on mobile phones...
> I'm not thrilled at the aspect of a radio close to my head either. You can
> feel a radio after it's been transmitting for a while and think:
> "Something close to the amount of heat generated by this radio has been
> sent out over the ether and I was standing right in front of it." Yes, to
> cook your noodle you'd need a couple hundred watts but still, it's energy.
>
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> Kris Kirby, KE4AHR | TGIFreeBSD... 'Nuff said.
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