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NYC Subway Cell Service, No Cell-Related Cancer

Posted by Zonk on from the so-few-places-are-safe-now dept.

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."

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  1. [OT] WTF? by Hakubi_Washu · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    OK, I think the editors have finally lost it. First one Tripe after the other and then an apache story, title "Woof!" without sensical content appears and disappears again? What are you smoking, I hope nothing toxic is burning in that server room, you know? This wasn't funny in the first place, get your act together, you're paid for that job, ok?

  2. Re:No... by whitehatlurker · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    No, he [Luke Pi Walker] is PlayfullyClever.

    Yeah, as it says on its website:
    "Yeah I'm starting up our slashvertising again, this time using the most playfully clever name ever created. It disguises me as one of the Slashbots so I can easily destroy them from the inside! More to come soon!"

    It's a protest against the moderation scheme on /., and it takes advantage of the editorial bias. (A bias that CmdrTaco indicated earlier - it's his blog, it should reflect what he wants to present.) It does quite well with its scheme - 5 submissions approved in 4 days.

    I'm inclined to think that if I ever expect to see one of my postings approved, I'll have to link to that site.

    I doubt that they actually read /., but if you do:
    PlayfullyClever, turn off the floaties on your web page! Oh, and I think you could make a better pun with "Princess Leia".

    --
    .. paranoid crackpot leftover from the days of Amiga.