So if these cell phones are *that close* to your brain, don't you think your brain might be taking some damage?
I did read a recent scientific article mentioning a 40% decrease in gray matter in mice after a 3 hour exposure to cell phone radiation every day for a week. I can't remember the place though (I think it was Scientific American).
I have indeed been diagnosed with Aspergers, and I fit this profile (being really good at math, chemistry, physics [haven't taken biology yet] but exceptionally poor in most social settings).
I never really noticed this, because I grew up in the AcTal (Academically Talented) program in this city, and most of my friends probably had, and still do, have some form of autism.
When you contrast the 25 AcTal students with the "normal" students (one class of AcTal and one normal in the same school), you suddenly notice:
a) the difference in overall math/science aptitude
b) the difference in overall sociability.
The normal class had a lot fewer people wearing glasses and was also much more socially active (parties, etc.) but also performed poorly on math contests compared to our AcTal class.
So there you have it: a real life "experiment" done for about the last 15 years, proving exactly what this article has.
(BTW: Math contest results for our class are here (grade 6), here (grade 7) and here (grade 8). We are Greystone Heights School, I'm Bobby Xiao (and all of our team members are from AcTal).
[i]The U.S. government has even joined the dispute, arguing that BlackBerry's are vital to national security.[/i]
Sure, if they have some flaw known only to the NSA that allows them to read terrorist messages: they don't want people moving to something more secure, perhaps?
I actually *had* a Mac which was fully capable of booting into a working MSDOS environment, using what I'd guess to be a built in x86 chip.
It was manufactured by Apple, but I sorely wish I knew the information on the box.
Anyway, I freaked out my dad (it was his computer) when I shut it down, and had it magically boot up to "C:\>", since he was actually very unfamiliar with Windows, let alone MS-DOS.
He didn't let me touch his computer after that.
Has anyone seen the movie "Firewall" and see a vague resemblance?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0408345/
So a security specialist has to rob his bank, to pay back a ransom.
So a sysadmin decideds to do some damage to his old company, to take revenge on the IT department.
Sounds like Hollywood material to me!
This comes after Scientific American lauded Woo Suk Hwang as the "Research Leader of the Year" (Scientific American, Dec 2005, pg 48)
[I'm sure this is also available online at sciam.com, but I can't find it.]
This article goes into great detail about his discoveries and some of his methods, too.
It would thus appear that Hwang has either 1) been the victim of a merciless Slashdotting (unlikely) or 2) managed to fool everyone, including Sciam. Oh what a bad day for science this is:(
Slashdot Mirror
So if these cell phones are *that close* to your brain, don't you think your brain might be taking some damage?
I did read a recent scientific article mentioning a 40% decrease in gray matter in mice after a 3 hour exposure to cell phone radiation every day for a week. I can't remember the place though (I think it was Scientific American).
I had a friend who conducted a related experiment...
I have indeed been diagnosed with Aspergers, and I fit this profile (being really good at math, chemistry, physics [haven't taken biology yet] but exceptionally poor in most social settings).
I never really noticed this, because I grew up in the AcTal (Academically Talented) program in this city, and most of my friends probably had, and still do, have some form of autism.
When you contrast the 25 AcTal students with the "normal" students (one class of AcTal and one normal in the same school), you suddenly notice: a) the difference in overall math/science aptitude b) the difference in overall sociability.
The normal class had a lot fewer people wearing glasses and was also much more socially active (parties, etc.) but also performed poorly on math contests compared to our AcTal class.
So there you have it: a real life "experiment" done for about the last 15 years, proving exactly what this article has.
(BTW: Math contest results for our class are here (grade 6), here (grade 7) and here (grade 8). We are Greystone Heights School, I'm Bobby Xiao (and all of our team members are from AcTal).
Technically speaking, that's the Wired news title.
Though I do agree, the word hacker isn't even appropriate (it should be "cracker" if the man broke into a system, which he did not).
It should really be a generic criminal or a pirate.
[i]The U.S. government has even joined the dispute, arguing that BlackBerry's are vital to national security.[/i] Sure, if they have some flaw known only to the NSA that allows them to read terrorist messages: they don't want people moving to something more secure, perhaps?
I actually *had* a Mac which was fully capable of booting into a working MSDOS environment, using what I'd guess to be a built in x86 chip. It was manufactured by Apple, but I sorely wish I knew the information on the box. Anyway, I freaked out my dad (it was his computer) when I shut it down, and had it magically boot up to "C:\>", since he was actually very unfamiliar with Windows, let alone MS-DOS. He didn't let me touch his computer after that.
Has anyone seen the movie "Firewall" and see a vague resemblance? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0408345/
So a security specialist has to rob his bank, to pay back a ransom.
So a sysadmin decideds to do some damage to his old company, to take revenge on the IT department.
Sounds like Hollywood material to me!
Mirrordot link of this story
Well, it is actually possible to achieve anti-aliased rendering on Linux (not without some effort): http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/tutorials/3 093/1/
This comes after Scientific American lauded Woo Suk Hwang as the "Research Leader of the Year" (Scientific American, Dec 2005, pg 48) [I'm sure this is also available online at sciam.com, but I can't find it.] This article goes into great detail about his discoveries and some of his methods, too. It would thus appear that Hwang has either 1) been the victim of a merciless Slashdotting (unlikely) or 2) managed to fool everyone, including Sciam. Oh what a bad day for science this is :(
Looks like Microsoft is alreaady moving to support Linux, by supporting UNIX... http://news.com.com/Microsoft+makes+Unix+changes/2 100-1016_3-5845790.html?part=rss&tag=5845790&subj= news