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NYC Subway Cell Service, No Cell-Related Cancer
Luke PiWalker wrote to mention a CNN article discussing a bid process for offering cell phone service to NYC subway stations. The contract is only to wire up stations; moving trains will not have service. Those New Yorkers will also be safe from their phones, as the BBC reports on a study indicating cell phones don't cause cancer. From that article, submitted to us by Dan Hope: "She acknowledged that there appeared to be an increased risk among brain cancer sufferers on the side of the head where they held the phone. The team, however, did not put this down to a causal link, because almost exactly the same decreased risk was seen on the other side of the head, leaving no overall increase risk of tumours for mobile phone users. Instead, they blamed biased reporting from brain tumour sufferers who knew what side of the head their tumours were on."
Instead of:
"Cell phones cause brain tumors," they could look into "Brain tumors cause cell phones."
Maybe people who already have a tumor in the side of their head are naturally attracted to using that side to hold their phone.
"Teleporting Rodents with D-Cell Battery Displacement" theory -- IgnoramusMaximus (692000)
So, now that you can choose which side of your brain is more likely to get a tumor, decide which hemisphere you need more and use the other ear for your cellphone.
Logical. Artistic. Logical? Artistic? Logical! Artistic!
Choices, choices.
The closer you are to the code, the happier you are. - Ancient Geek Proverb
I hold my phone on the outside of my head. Does that mean I have a reduced risk of getting brain cancer inside of my head? This is good news for people who use my cellphone usage technique.
An Indian-American Hindu committed to non-violent thought/speech/action alarmed by the global explosion of radical Islam
Foil underwear would stop any conserns about nut cancer and as an adder bounou the goverment mind controll devices for males would be disabled.
Knowledge = Power
P= W/t
t=Money
Money = Work/Knowledge so the less you know the more you make
Let me know when there is wireless broadband to the hand. As soon as people can communicate silently I will consider it a step forward.
Obnoxious Cell Phone User: "Dude did you hear about Heather and Mack?"
Me, over his shoulder: "Is Mack banging Heather?"
OCPU: "Excuse me?"
Me: "Oh, sorry, your voice was so loud I thought you were talking to me."
OCPU: "...so, anyway, Heather and Mack...(talks a while and then he gets loud again)...yeah, man, they were in the hot tub for two hours."
Me: "I hear that Mack's member was shriveled up like a prune from the hot water."
OCPU: "Dude, I'm not talking to you!"
Me: "Then stop shouting how Mack is sodomizing Heather in the jacuzzi."
Advice: on VPS providers
"i mean, look, i'm as attached to my genitals as anyone"
Most people do prefer to be totally attached to their genitals. Not just slightly attached.
Also, prioritizing genitals over brains appears to have worked fine for most species in the world. Genitals have a better track record for keeping a species around than brains.