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University Bans wi-fi as Health Concern
BaltikaTroika writes "A Canadian university has banned wi-fi, since the university President sees a possible link between electric and magnetic fields and brain tumors. According to the head of the university, "the jury's out on this one, I'm not going to put in place what is potential chronic exposure for our students." Is anybody outside of this university's administration concerned about this?"
I have a wifi router under my couch, hope my nuts are OK!
...while talking on his portable phone and listening to the radio.
When I graduated from the University of Tinfoilhats, Ottawa campus, in 2001 with my degree in Paranoia Studies, I thought my hallowed school would never make the mainstream media. And, more importantly, that I wouldn't know if it was, because paying attention to the mainstream media allows the brain worms to eat your thoughts.
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Ban Girls! They're too distracting. Like this one, she's
that the earth is one giant magnetic field
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The very same university that banned masturbation because of concerns over loss of sight.
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wow, I hope you're not Canadian. I think proposing to ban alcohol is considered treason there.
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What is he, crazy?
Hasn't he ever heard of magnetic therapy?
And would this be when your mom calls to ask you what you plan to do with your life?
"Academicians are more likely to share each other's toothbrush than each other's nomenclature."
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No shit, Maxwell!
Escher was the first MC and Giger invented the HR department.
Jeez, I wish people who have no earthly clue what they're talking about would refrain from posting.
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Yeah, you're right! Lakehead is in Orilla. How the hell can they have a study on electro-magnetic waves when they don't even have electricity there yet.
Next up... cameras: devil's magic or soul stealers?
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If we are to ban everything that is "possibly" dangerous, then we need to ban everything. Literally.
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Lisa: It doesn't work.
Homer: Uh-huh.
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Homer: Uh-huh.
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someone please explain whether the above is meaningful or whether he just made that crap up. I can't tell the difference and my brain is starting to hurt after looking at it and I'm worried it's because of the earth's magnetic field. help!
Then what IS the frequency, Kenneth?
"If he's worried about electromagnetic waves he should[...]"
...have the campus moved off-planet, since Earth is surrounded by a magnetic field.
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student: Did you know the brain emits an electric field?
Fred Gilbert: WHAT? WE NEED TO START BANNING BRAINS
All he needs to do is issue or orer students to wear tonfoil hats.
So simple.
Especially when you've got your ex-wife on the phone...
They probably see WiFi as a hassle and somehow subversive or threatening. If they want to ban it then spurious health grounds are as good an excuse as any.
I can just see their board of trustees or whatever sitting in a room filled with clouds of cigar smoke, large glasses of whisky in hand, the remains of a seven course meal scattered around the table. "We must ban this WiFi thing, whatever that is. It's a danger to people's health. And could someone please carry me to the car?"
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ElectoMagnetic Equipment Restrictive Administrators Literally Do Not Understand The Science
Nothing beats a nice faraday cage hat for keeping nasty EM waves from toasting your brain. Maybe the school could offer free tin foil hats to each student This guy has nice instructions for building your own. Just slap the school logo on the front and, hell, why not a propeller on the top.
Um, since the SAR level is measured in Watts/Kg... how is it relevant? I highly doubt any of those "Top 10" models have anywhere near 1kg of mass. Which means, they don't output anywhere near the wattage you are lead to believe they do.
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There's a MUCH more serious threat. We know that as the frequency of this electro-magentism goes up so does the threat. Now, 2.4 GHz is pretty high frequency. However, we're constantly bathed in radiation that has SUCH a high frequency we don't even use the same units to measure it! At MUCH higher energies than mere wifi! Why, you probably have an emitter right above your head, right now!
It's common practice for parents to put a source of this dangerous energy in their children's bedrooms so that they can continue to be bathed in it even while they sleep, when the main sources (both natural and artificial) are normally blocked or turned off.
Unlike radio waves, we've even evolved senses to detect and warn us about this dangerous energy, yet the majority of the population continues to insist on being subjected to high levels of it for at least two thirds of each day!