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Aluminum Foil Hats Will Not Stop "Them"
Otter writes "A study at MIT has found that aluminum foil headwear ("Among a fringe community of paranoids..the protective measure of choice against invasive radio signals") actually amplifies certain frequency bands allocated to the US government, as well as a mobile phone range, and is largely ineffective through the rest of the radio spectrum. But we can we trust the study, or are They controlling the researchers?"
I knew it all along. They WANTED us to wear foil hats to amplify their spy rays.
It has to be TIN foil.
Lies! All lies! THEY are trying to trick you into taking it off! And it's not paranoia if everyone really is out to get you!
Does this rag smell like chloroform to you?
besides, I wear a lead skull cap myself, keep my hair shaved so that I can be in constant contact with the metal of the cap.. ...and my cell phone reception has never been so good!
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Great, vi vs. emaacs wasn't enough. Bring on the *foil-hat zealotry!
When I was doing my psychiatry rotation they explained that paranoia is usually relative to the cultural environment in which the person was brought up. For people who grew up in cities, the "government conspiracy" paranoia is most common. For those who were brought up in rural areas, the "aliens" conspiracy is most widespread. And obviously for those who were brought up religiosly, "demonic possession" is the price element of paranoia. Obviously most real cases are mixes of these, but it is easy to see that people get their paranoid ideations from the fears that are most prevalent in their environment.
A: Yes. Especially if you shape them like a dunce's cap.
Our first hat was a stainless steel mixing bowl. GPS reception continued. We were even able to get WAAS and Omnistar HP lockup with the mixing bowl on top of the antenna.
An actual tinfoil hat cut off more of GPS, but we could still get "single" GPS signals, although not the corrections for Omnistar.
So the radiolocation bands really do get through.
Which is why the real paranoid can easily be identified from the chain or copper wire attached to his foil hat that trails behind him.
Synthetic fabric carpets prevent the grounding effect of the wire, and you'll notice these carpets are standard issue in government building. Coincidence? I think not.
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You know, a lead cap doesn't really get good enough contact with your skin unless you smear some mercury around underneath it first....
the more accurate the calculations became, the more the concepts tended to vanish into thin air. R. S. Mulliken
Obviously most real cases are mixes of these
So, most real cases are governments controlled by demonic aliens? Now I'm scared!
Maybe. What are you wearing? ;-)
Eloi are stupid, throw morlocks at them!
A tinfoil hat and a smile, baby ;-)
From Monster of course!
All you have to do is put $sys$ on the tin foil hat and you become invisible!
That's really admirable of the Uncoverer--advising the borderline retarded to take apart their TVs. It's easy enough to fry yourself messing with a TV if you *do* know what you're doing.
Giving advice likely to kill the stupid is called passive eugenics.
Thanks to the internet, we can now all die alone together! -SomeWoman
Tin foil hats work. Aluminum foil hats do not.
I'm not even going to get into this debate. I've just upgraded to a lead helmet!
It is rather cumbersome, but as a bonus to blocking everything, I've got a strong neck now.
Live forever, or die trying.