Amniocentesis, a common procedure used to determine sex doesn't seem to terminate a lot of pregnancies, why should this? its just a different use after you remove the fluid. You only need one cell to start a line. Stem cells will reproduce indefinitly under the proper conditions.
I think your concerns are unfounded. There are other valid concerns, though. That's why it's still an experimental procedure, not a standard practice.
End result, more research is needed.
There is no ethical issue. Removal of a little amniotic fluid does no harm to the baby. There is no greater religious issue here than there would be if I did an experiment using your urine.
Previous poster doesn't like that religious people may have ethics. He only shows his ignorance. Religions are heavily into ethics. Ask any buddist, or read Jesus comments in his 'Sermon on the Mount'. Mohammed, Hindus etc. All felt that ethics are very important, and agree that your personal ethics will probably determine your fate in the afterlife. (They don't agree on what that afterlife is, but that's a separate question.)
Stem cells harvested from amniotic fluid will still have the basic problem that embrionic stem cells have for clinical use. True, you didn't have to kill a baby to get them, eliminating the objection that a lot of religious people have with stem cell research, but they are still forign to the body. (If you don't chose to admit that embronic stem cells are harvested by killing a baby, then you don't want to really address the 'conservative' concerns, so you will never be able to resolve the issue. The problem then isn't with the objectors, it's with you. Deliberate blindness, whether you agree or disagree with the view is not ever going to resolve the concerns.)
Rejection by the immune system will be a problem for clinical use with , unless like in transplants, you do something to supress the immune system. That of course causes a whole raft of other problems.
A better system would be to find how to harvest and grow stem cells in the patients body. We all have them, it's just hard to get them to express themselves. That would be a natural way to eliminate the rejection problems. Fortunatly, that is also being worked on.
Next, we just have to figure out how to really use them. I hope we do. Now the benefits are mostly just promises. Vaporware that may soon turn to something great.
This technique will work to find where they are looking, but now who is doing the looking. It'd take a lot of traffic to make my computer at home heat up.
Sounds like what they have is more a way to tell which server you are using. not sure it would be useful to anyone else. Also, there must be some false positives here too.
You might try asking your question on Groklaw, where there is a natural convergence of lawyers and techs.
Slashdotters tend to be long on unsupported opinion and short on facts. In court I think you will need to be long on fact and short on unsupported opinion.
Change of subject. As an engineer, I would need to know more about the facts and opinions of the expert to give any helpful suggestions. We need specific facts to give relevant observations. I am guessing you have your own team of experts to tell you this though.
Most electric motors use an open design motor. The brushes spark about 2 times per turn of the motor on a single phase unit. you don't see the sparks, but they are there.
Refrigeration Equipment = Air Conditioner, not refrigerator. The refrigerator uses (average) 750 Watts, and runs about 1/6 of the time. That's 750 x 24 x 1/6 = 3.0 KWH per day. At $0.20 per KWH, that gives a cost of 60 Cents per day to run the refrigerator. The AC is typically a 5 ton unit. (45 Amps at 240 V, 10.8 KW) it actually runs about 1/4 of the time during the peak season, giving 10.89 x 24/4 = 64.8 KWH, at 20 Cents per KWH that gives a cost of $12.96 per day. If you live in a northern climate, you may have electric heat. When I lived in New York, we had a heater with a 10 KW rating. you can do the math from the above. Heating and cooling the house IS the largest use of electricity. Range and water heater come next. The oven is usually around 8 KW, and the water heater comes in at just under 5 KW. Instant water heaters may be a little higher, but run less and so save energy over all. The dryer doesn't really run very much. When it does, it uses about 5 KW. (Say 4 hours a week. More for a larger family, less for most of the rest.)Residential power usage is usually on a strait KWH basis. Some areas add a time of day charge. Commercial users also deal with a demand charge (Peak KW), and sometimes a power factor charge as well.
Before all the ignorant students jump in to flog thier pet theories, I am an electrical P.E. That means I am a legally qualified expert in this field.
Note, your electrical rates and time of day may influence the cost data, but this is typical.
Great, the product of the year isn't even released in the year. Are they biased or just plain stupid?
Well, Microsoft does have a reputation of pulling advertizing from publications that don't print what they are told. This may just be that policy in action.
Check out your water heater, range and AC. the AC is often your largest single electrical load. followed by the Water Heater, then the Oven. (The load estimates for homes give these as 5-10 KW, 4 KW and 8 KW respectivly. (See NEC 70, National Electrical Code Article 220 for load estimates.)Load is much less if they are gas. In northern climates, the Electric element for your furnace may be the largest electrical load. As I'm in the Phoenix area, heat loads are not significant. (We have had our heat turned off for several days. Don't need it.)
"I've been watching the analysts in the IT field for about 7 years now. On Microsoft areas, they usually give the vendor the benefit of the doubt, frequently just parroting marketing blurbs. Even when as Cairo and Longhorn played out it became increasingly obvious that there was no product there, and never had been. The analysts still don't admit they were had. Neither do most of the press. And it's still going on.
The same analysts were constantly predicting things for Linux that were about 2 years behind where the systems really were. That's why the server surges cought them so much by surprise. It's now repeating on some desktops. Is Linux ready for the desktop? Yes, for about 3 years now. No, If you want Microsoft total compatibility, you still can only get it from Microsoft. That won't change, as Microsoft is a moving target that never has really defined the file formats. The new XML 'standard' still doesn't. How is that an advantage as we are constantly told? Why is having my data a hostage to a vendors product plans a benefit to me? That is never even addressed. It's just assumed and glossed over.
Apple has it's boosters, but the 'mainstream' seems not to care. Wham, Ipod hit when they least expected it. Do they even know what Apple is up to now?
The BSD's don't seem to even be on the analysts radar, even though when Microsoft's servers get overloaded, that's what they use. No stronger testimonial can be found. For anything.
In all, both analysts and the press that uses them seem to have a very poor track record.
You could probably beat it by flipping a penny. Heads the trend will increase, tails it'll decrease. You'd average 50% right, which is better than the industry average.
Like weathermen, it's just hard to predict the future. Honesty about past results would be a nice change. That might destroy the industry though. It'll never happen."
So this guy has a PHD in Biochemestry? Where does he get his facts??
He states that the human body has a potential of thousands of Volts. In reality it seldom reaches 1 volt. (A potential of 1/2 volt over a distance of a 50 angstroms is not a potential of millions of volts, it may be high in terms of Volts per Meter, but over any larger distance, it just dissapears. That's why we can't power pacemakers or laptop computers off your neural energy. Zero power is just zero power, no matter how clever you think your argument is.) He states that there are strong similarities between Carbon and Silicon chemistry. Yes, but there are also energy differences that are profound. Reality, there are very few living creatures that can use Silicon. Most of those that can are bacteria, and they use it only to create a shell or frame.
A little reality here, there are good reasons to believe that the first engineered bio machines will not be too greatly different than the ones we've already been living with. We call them bacteria. Control is a problem. It has been a problem for a very long time.
The article is just an attempt to scare people with little knowlege of the underlying science. The Author appears to be ignorant of basic physics or chemistry. His biology may or may not be suspect. I don't know that area as well. If this is the best that the critics of nanobot research can do, then they should be doomed to failure.
Rank superstition and scary fiction are a very poor way to make technical policy.
If you are using MS to run a web site, just don't upgrade operating systems until the upgraded server is released. Say about 2010.
Or, you can buy a nice Suse system from your Microsoft rep that will do the job nicely until the full MS solution is available. Who know, by that time, MS may own Suse outright.
Wow!! How things change. Just last year I never thought I'd see MS selling Linux. Makes me wonder how long it'll be before we see the flagship products able to run in Linux directly. The next few years are going to be INTERESTING. Windows for Linux, Office, Hmmm. I wonder what Stallman will think of that??
Don't bother reading. The author wants 'total safety' to be implemented, meaning that Kids will no longer be allowed to play with anything. CSPC bureraucratic unlimited power dreams realized.
The items listed, like lawn darts, flying toys, plastic darts and cap guns are objected to because they have caused problems when swallowed, or when thrown at someones face. No admission that anything might have been the fault of a person using anything wrongly. Most of the argumenst seem to be from some lawsuit, and are almost totally devoid of reality. You can only imagine what she must think of BB guns, or bow and arrow sets. A Kite would be one of her greatest nightmares. Just imagine how many kids could be strangled with the string, or poked in the eye by a stick! One cap gun was presented as a problem because caps might be set off near a childs groin! She actually wrote that. Proof yet again that the only unlimited resource is stupidity.
As previous posters comments show, one science kit had 'radiation' as the primary problem. The amount of radiation was less than that recieved from exposure to sunlight in the park, but that has no relevance to this clueless child abuser. (Yes, limiting children the way this person wants to is abuse.)
The Debian figure at '230 Million Lines of Code' is for the operating system plus around 20,000 applications. The Windows figure is for just the base operating system (plus solitare). Add in the code lines for Office, Photoshop, and around 100 or so games and other applications software to get a real Apples to Apples comparison. Also, each application is maintained separatly in Debian, so the huge undertaking is so spread out so much that in most cases one person can do it. Not usually so in Windows land.
On the other hand, the Linux mantra of 'we'll release it when ready' is seen as a virtue for themselves. (Debian has a long history of this.) Why then is it a horrible thing when Microsoft does the same thing? (AKA Visa delays)? Personally, I hope that the system actually works when I get it on my next computer.
Lots to think about there.
P.S. You might like to look at the history. XP is built on a base derived from VMS (I think). so, if Apple is on Unix, Windows is on VMS. You don't have to change to go with VMS.
You need a major medical policy. These are available through most professional organizations. You can probably get one through your homeowners insurance agency, though you will pay less if part of a larger group. That'll take care of the big stuff. They typically have a $750.00 deductible per claim. Expect it.
Next, you need to open a medical saving plan. See your accountant for detials. Details are also available on the IRS website. Good luck finding it.
Put a fixed amount each month into the account, use it sparingly for the first part of the year. More liberally in the latter part of the year. This will give you around the same coverage you get from an insurance program. Cost is also similar. Don't be afraid to ask doctors for a cash discount. Insurance companies often only pay doctors about 3/4 of what they bill, as limited to 'fair and reasonable'. They also take several months to pay. Some doctors will let you get by with around 50% if it's cash up front. If they won't play, consider finding another doctor.
It's what I did when I had my own one man engineering office opened. You need to be very sure that you don't use the medical account for anything but medical, dental, medication or vision costs. You can then deduct the full cost from your income before taxes.
As an alternative, check out the cost for COBRA coverage on your wife's current plan also. That can be extended for up to 2 years. You pick up all of the premiums though. Expect it to cost you around $750 per month. YMMV
Productivity by office workers is nearly unchanged since the widespread introduction of the typewriter. All other innovations made some things easier, but just expanded the scope of what was expected. (this is per US Government figures for the US.) Computers make possible many superficial improvements for office workers, but outside of technical knowledge workers, they havn't improved the amount of work that gets done. Computers just changed how it gets done. Lots of pretty pictures and glitzy slides, lots of 'analysis' but not more sales.
Computers slowing down in rate of speed and memory count will affect gamers more than office workers.
As an aside, all the others predicting an end to Moores law for the last 40 years have been wrong. Is there a reason why this guy is different?
" No real evidence has been produced to prove that this new technology is safe in the long term."
Absolute negative proof is not possible. the above statement only shows that the proponents don't know what they are talking about. The proper treatment is to ask if there is any proof that it is not safe.Is there even any meaningful evidence? None is offered here.
There is no difference in principle between radio waves from a broadcast station, a cell phone, or a wireless link. There are also radio emissions from power lines, and automotive spark plugs. There are even radio emissions from most home appliances. If any is bad, they all are. does Britain propose banning all radio and television transmission? Perhaps just be safe and ban use of electricity. If you want absolute protection from unproven danger claims, it's the only way to be sure.
But wait! those dasterdly french have electricity too. Better force France to shut down as well. After all, they are only 50 KM or so away.
That as we say here in the States, "PT was right!" There really is a sucker born every minute.
The radio waves from an 802.11 are very low power. the police walkie talkie (or the janitors) provide much more energetic radiation. Not to mention the leakage from the old telly. Scare tactics to rouse the gullable. That wraps this up.
I wonder how long before Britain takes it place as a third world country?
To prevent any other company from using the software they developed, they only need to copyright it. Then the other company will have to completely rewrite it (at a cost of Billons) or liscense it. Same result as with a patent, but without the ambiguity.
This same argument applies to almost all software patent issues. Patents are the wrong tool.
Just wait till they finish expanding patents to published works. that'll be such a mess that even judges will see it's a problem.
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Amniocentesis, a common procedure used to determine sex doesn't seem to terminate a lot of pregnancies, why should this? its just a different use after you remove the fluid. You only need one cell to start a line. Stem cells will reproduce indefinitly under the proper conditions. I think your concerns are unfounded. There are other valid concerns, though. That's why it's still an experimental procedure, not a standard practice. End result, more research is needed.
There is no ethical issue. Removal of a little amniotic fluid does no harm to the baby. There is no greater religious issue here than there would be if I did an experiment using your urine.
Previous poster doesn't like that religious people may have ethics. He only shows his ignorance. Religions are heavily into ethics. Ask any buddist, or read Jesus comments in his 'Sermon on the Mount'. Mohammed, Hindus etc. All felt that ethics are very important, and agree that your personal ethics will probably determine your fate in the afterlife. (They don't agree on what that afterlife is, but that's a separate question.)
Stem cells harvested from amniotic fluid will still have the basic problem that embrionic stem cells have for clinical use. True, you didn't have to kill a baby to get them, eliminating the objection that a lot of religious people have with stem cell research, but they are still forign to the body. (If you don't chose to admit that embronic stem cells are harvested by killing a baby, then you don't want to really address the 'conservative' concerns, so you will never be able to resolve the issue. The problem then isn't with the objectors, it's with you. Deliberate blindness, whether you agree or disagree with the view is not ever going to resolve the concerns.)
Rejection by the immune system will be a problem for clinical use with , unless like in transplants, you do something to supress the immune system. That of course causes a whole raft of other problems.
A better system would be to find how to harvest and grow stem cells in the patients body. We all have them, it's just hard to get them to express themselves. That would be a natural way to eliminate the rejection problems. Fortunatly, that is also being worked on.
Next, we just have to figure out how to really use them. I hope we do. Now the benefits are mostly just promises. Vaporware that may soon turn to something great.
I want my computer to just work. That's why I run Debian Linux. Once it's set up, it just works.
Why make things complicated?
This technique will work to find where they are looking, but now who is doing the looking. It'd take a lot of traffic to make my computer at home heat up.
Sounds like what they have is more a way to tell which server you are using. not sure it would be useful to anyone else. Also, there must be some false positives here too.
You might try asking your question on Groklaw, where there is a natural convergence of lawyers and techs.
Slashdotters tend to be long on unsupported opinion and short on facts. In court I think you will need to be long on fact and short on unsupported opinion.
Change of subject. As an engineer, I would need to know more about the facts and opinions of the expert to give any helpful suggestions. We need specific facts to give relevant observations. I am guessing you have your own team of experts to tell you this though.
Nuff said.
Most Advertized new products.
Most electric motors use an open design motor. The brushes spark about 2 times per turn of the motor on a single phase unit. you don't see the sparks, but they are there.
Refrigeration Equipment = Air Conditioner, not refrigerator. The refrigerator uses (average) 750 Watts, and runs about 1/6 of the time. That's 750 x 24 x 1/6 = 3.0 KWH per day. At $0.20 per KWH, that gives a cost of 60 Cents per day to run the refrigerator. The AC is typically a 5 ton unit. (45 Amps at 240 V, 10.8 KW) it actually runs about 1/4 of the time during the peak season, giving 10.89 x 24/4 = 64.8 KWH, at 20 Cents per KWH that gives a cost of $12.96 per day. If you live in a northern climate, you may have electric heat. When I lived in New York, we had a heater with a 10 KW rating. you can do the math from the above. Heating and cooling the house IS the largest use of electricity. Range and water heater come next. The oven is usually around 8 KW, and the water heater comes in at just under 5 KW. Instant water heaters may be a little higher, but run less and so save energy over all. The dryer doesn't really run very much. When it does, it uses about 5 KW. (Say 4 hours a week. More for a larger family, less for most of the rest.)Residential power usage is usually on a strait KWH basis. Some areas add a time of day charge. Commercial users also deal with a demand charge (Peak KW), and sometimes a power factor charge as well. Before all the ignorant students jump in to flog thier pet theories, I am an electrical P.E. That means I am a legally qualified expert in this field. Note, your electrical rates and time of day may influence the cost data, but this is typical.
Great, the product of the year isn't even released in the year. Are they biased or just plain stupid?
Well, Microsoft does have a reputation of pulling advertizing from publications that don't print what they are told. This may just be that policy in action.
Check out your water heater, range and AC. the AC is often your largest single electrical load. followed by the Water Heater, then the Oven. (The load estimates for homes give these as 5-10 KW, 4 KW and 8 KW respectivly. (See NEC 70, National Electrical Code Article 220 for load estimates.)Load is much less if they are gas. In northern climates, the Electric element for your furnace may be the largest electrical load. As I'm in the Phoenix area, heat loads are not significant. (We have had our heat turned off for several days. Don't need it.)
Here is what I responded.
"I've been watching the analysts in the IT field for about 7 years now. On Microsoft areas, they usually give the vendor the benefit of the doubt, frequently just parroting marketing blurbs. Even when as Cairo and Longhorn played out it became increasingly obvious that there was no product there, and never had been. The analysts still don't admit they were had. Neither do most of the press. And it's still going on.
The same analysts were constantly predicting things for Linux that were about 2 years behind where the systems really were. That's why the server surges cought them so much by surprise. It's now repeating on some desktops. Is Linux ready for the desktop? Yes, for about 3 years now. No, If you want Microsoft total compatibility, you still can only get it from Microsoft. That won't change, as Microsoft is a moving target that never has really defined the file formats. The new XML 'standard' still doesn't. How is that an advantage as we are constantly told? Why is having my data a hostage to a vendors product plans a benefit to me? That is never even addressed. It's just assumed and glossed over.
Apple has it's boosters, but the 'mainstream' seems not to care. Wham, Ipod hit when they least expected it. Do they even know what Apple is up to now?
The BSD's don't seem to even be on the analysts radar, even though when Microsoft's servers get overloaded, that's what they use. No stronger testimonial can be found. For anything.
In all, both analysts and the press that uses them seem to have a very poor track record.
You could probably beat it by flipping a penny. Heads the trend will increase, tails it'll decrease. You'd average 50% right, which is better than the industry average.
Like weathermen, it's just hard to predict the future. Honesty about past results would be a nice change. That might destroy the industry though. It'll never happen."
So this guy has a PHD in Biochemestry? Where does he get his facts??
He states that the human body has a potential of thousands of Volts. In reality it seldom reaches 1 volt. (A potential of 1/2 volt over a distance of a 50 angstroms is not a potential of millions of volts, it may be high in terms of Volts per Meter, but over any larger distance, it just dissapears. That's why we can't power pacemakers or laptop computers off your neural energy. Zero power is just zero power, no matter how clever you think your argument is.) He states that there are strong similarities between Carbon and Silicon chemistry. Yes, but there are also energy differences that are profound. Reality, there are very few living creatures that can use Silicon. Most of those that can are bacteria, and they use it only to create a shell or frame.
A little reality here, there are good reasons to believe that the first engineered bio machines will not be too greatly different than the ones we've already been living with. We call them bacteria. Control is a problem. It has been a problem for a very long time.
The article is just an attempt to scare people with little knowlege of the underlying science. The Author appears to be ignorant of basic physics or chemistry. His biology may or may not be suspect. I don't know that area as well. If this is the best that the critics of nanobot research can do, then they should be doomed to failure.
Rank superstition and scary fiction are a very poor way to make technical policy.
If you are using MS to run a web site, just don't upgrade operating systems until the upgraded server is released. Say about 2010.
Or, you can buy a nice Suse system from your Microsoft rep that will do the job nicely until the full MS solution is available. Who know, by that time, MS may own Suse outright.
Wow!! How things change. Just last year I never thought I'd see MS selling Linux. Makes me wonder how long it'll be before we see the flagship products able to run in Linux directly. The next few years are going to be INTERESTING. Windows for Linux, Office, Hmmm. I wonder what Stallman will think of that??
Don't bother reading. The author wants 'total safety' to be implemented, meaning that Kids will no longer be allowed to play with anything. CSPC bureraucratic unlimited power dreams realized.
The items listed, like lawn darts, flying toys, plastic darts and cap guns are objected to because they have caused problems when swallowed, or when thrown at someones face. No admission that anything might have been the fault of a person using anything wrongly. Most of the argumenst seem to be from some lawsuit, and are almost totally devoid of reality. You can only imagine what she must think of BB guns, or bow and arrow sets. A Kite would be one of her greatest nightmares. Just imagine how many kids could be strangled with the string, or poked in the eye by a stick! One cap gun was presented as a problem because caps might be set off near a childs groin! She actually wrote that. Proof yet again that the only unlimited resource is stupidity.
As previous posters comments show, one science kit had 'radiation' as the primary problem. The amount of radiation was less than that recieved from exposure to sunlight in the park, but that has no relevance to this clueless child abuser. (Yes, limiting children the way this person wants to is abuse.)
The Debian figure at '230 Million Lines of Code' is for the operating system plus around 20,000 applications. The Windows figure is for just the base operating system (plus solitare). Add in the code lines for Office, Photoshop, and around 100 or so games and other applications software to get a real Apples to Apples comparison. Also, each application is maintained separatly in Debian, so the huge undertaking is so spread out so much that in most cases one person can do it. Not usually so in Windows land.
On the other hand, the Linux mantra of 'we'll release it when ready' is seen as a virtue for themselves. (Debian has a long history of this.) Why then is it a horrible thing when Microsoft does the same thing? (AKA Visa delays)? Personally, I hope that the system actually works when I get it on my next computer.
Lots to think about there.
P.S. You might like to look at the history. XP is built on a base derived from VMS (I think). so, if Apple is on Unix, Windows is on VMS. You don't have to change to go with VMS.
It lets me do what I want with fewer clicks. Get out of the way is a great way to improve the desktop.
Apple seems to be doing the same sort of thing, but I don't have one of those.
Read HG Wells War in the Air.
He did predict all those things you mentioned, and he believed it would be the end of Civilization. Just like lots of people believed in the 1960's.
You need a major medical policy. These are available through most professional organizations. You can probably get one through your homeowners insurance agency, though you will pay less if part of a larger group. That'll take care of the big stuff. They typically have a $750.00 deductible per claim. Expect it.
Next, you need to open a medical saving plan. See your accountant for detials. Details are also available on the IRS website. Good luck finding it.
Put a fixed amount each month into the account, use it sparingly for the first part of the year. More liberally in the latter part of the year. This will give you around the same coverage you get from an insurance program. Cost is also similar. Don't be afraid to ask doctors for a cash discount. Insurance companies often only pay doctors about 3/4 of what they bill, as limited to 'fair and reasonable'. They also take several months to pay. Some doctors will let you get by with around 50% if it's cash up front. If they won't play, consider finding another doctor.
It's what I did when I had my own one man engineering office opened. You need to be very sure that you don't use the medical account for anything but medical, dental, medication or vision costs. You can then deduct the full cost from your income before taxes.
As an alternative, check out the cost for COBRA coverage on your wife's current plan also. That can be extended for up to 2 years. You pick up all of the premiums though. Expect it to cost you around $750 per month. YMMV
Good luck on your new adventure.
Productivity by office workers is nearly unchanged since the widespread introduction of the typewriter. All other innovations made some things easier, but just expanded the scope of what was expected. (this is per US Government figures for the US.) Computers make possible many superficial improvements for office workers, but outside of technical knowledge workers, they havn't improved the amount of work that gets done. Computers just changed how it gets done. Lots of pretty pictures and glitzy slides, lots of 'analysis' but not more sales.
Computers slowing down in rate of speed and memory count will affect gamers more than office workers.
As an aside, all the others predicting an end to Moores law for the last 40 years have been wrong. Is there a reason why this guy is different?
" No real evidence has been produced to prove that this new technology is safe in the long term."
Absolute negative proof is not possible. the above statement only shows that the proponents don't know what they are talking about. The proper treatment is to ask if there is any proof that it is not safe.Is there even any meaningful evidence? None is offered here.
There is no difference in principle between radio waves from a broadcast station, a cell phone, or a wireless link. There are also radio emissions from power lines, and automotive spark plugs. There are even radio emissions from most home appliances. If any is bad, they all are. does Britain propose banning all radio and television transmission? Perhaps just be safe and ban use of electricity. If you want absolute protection from unproven danger claims, it's the only way to be sure.
But wait! those dasterdly french have electricity too. Better force France to shut down as well. After all, they are only 50 KM or so away.
It's the only way to protect the children.
That as we say here in the States, "PT was right!" There really is a sucker born every minute.
The radio waves from an 802.11 are very low power. the police walkie talkie (or the janitors) provide much more energetic radiation. Not to mention the leakage from the old telly. Scare tactics to rouse the gullable. That wraps this up.
I wonder how long before Britain takes it place as a third world country?
To prevent any other company from using the software they developed, they only need to copyright it. Then the other company will have to completely rewrite it (at a cost of Billons) or liscense it. Same result as with a patent, but without the ambiguity.
This same argument applies to almost all software patent issues. Patents are the wrong tool.
Just wait till they finish expanding patents to published works. that'll be such a mess that even judges will see it's a problem.