are wireless laptops dangerous?

I have a wireless notebook that has the antenna right at the edge of
the PC that faces the user (next to the mouse at the edge of the
machine). It is a c100 travelmate acer. Is this dangerous that it is
facing directly at the user? Sometimes the antenna is directly
pressed up against the user who is holding it in his lap. Thank you.

jm <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> Is this dangerous that it is
> facing directly at the user?

Studies of institutes of high reputation have proven this to be very
dangerous. I know one study that has followed people using these type of
laptops for over 5 years and they found that in this group there were
significant more people that developed serious mental deficiencies. Also
there were quite a number of cases of people experiencing suicidal
tendencies.

My advice to you? Get rid of this device immediately, don't even take
the risk of first saving your data!

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On Mon, 24 May 2004 15:11:51 -0700, jm wrote
(in article <(E-Mail Removed)>) :

> I have a wireless notebook that has the antenna right at the edge of
> the PC that faces the user (next to the mouse at the edge of the
> machine). It is a c100 travelmate acer. Is this dangerous that it is
> facing directly at the user? Sometimes the antenna is directly
> pressed up against the user who is holding it in his lap. Thank you.

A decision you have to make for yourself. You'll find data to support both
conclusions: that it may be harmful, and that it may not be.

The majority of data that I've seen show that not enough studies have been
done to draw a conclusion. So while I can't say conclusively that the
technology is dangerous to human biology, I can't say that it's completely
benign, either.
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Using your mobile phone or sticking your head next to your microwave oven is
more dangerous.

The power levels are extremely low - people have a tendency to demonize new
technology, especially if there's an aerial involved.



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> I have a wireless notebook that has the antenna right at the edge of
> the PC that faces the user (next to the mouse at the edge of the
> machine). It is a c100 travelmate acer. Is this dangerous that it is
> facing directly at the user? Sometimes the antenna is directly
> pressed up against the user who is holding it in his lap. Thank you.

(E-Mail Removed) (jm) wrote in news:c67e4bdd.0405241411.71995218
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> I have a wireless notebook that has the antenna right at the edge of
> the PC that faces the user (next to the mouse at the edge of the
> machine). It is a c100 travelmate acer. Is this dangerous that it is
> facing directly at the user? Sometimes the antenna is directly
> pressed up against the user who is holding it in his lap. Thank you.

Not to sure about the effects of prolonged exposure to very small amounts
of RF energy, but....

I was working on the road deploying a private wireless network, and the
tower sites were leased from several different companies, so there was
other equipment at these sites as well. Some of the other gear was a few
kiloWatts, compared to the low power (4 watts) stuff I was deploying.

There was one particular site that I was inside the 20 x 40 foot building
working around all of this other equipment, and after about 30 minutes I
started to feel sick.... my nose started running, I began to become light-
headed. After an hour there, there was extreme nausea, and I felt like I
was really drunk, without the slurring speach (and w/o having all the fun
that usually precedes that end-of-the-night feeling). It was lunch-time, so
I left for lunch and in 20 minutes I felt fine again, which is when I made
the connection to the RF. I was getting paid to do a job, so I did go back,
to finish up what I was doing, but was out of there in 20 minutes.

Unless you're way out in the boonies, everone's getting bomarded anyway
with RF energy from all types of places like TV, radio, cell phones, CB's,
satellites, cordless phone's, microwave ovens, paging system's, trunking
radio system's, police and 911, airport and weather radar.....

Can 50 milliwatts of 2.4 GHz RF energy cause any damage to the human body ?

Maybe.



DS

jm wrote:

> I have a wireless notebook that has the antenna right at the edge of
> the PC that faces the user (next to the mouse at the edge of the
> machine). It is a c100 travelmate acer. Is this dangerous that it is
> facing directly at the user? Sometimes the antenna is directly
> pressed up against the user who is holding it in his lap. Thank you.

While there may be debate about this, the simple answer is "No, it's not
dangerous." If it were, there'd be a lot of folks in this group who
would have roasted nuts, popped eyeballs, split infinitives and all
sorts of ills.

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Not to mention the court systems would be clogged with 'lawsoots' about
radiation from laptops.

I keep reading keep that card eight inches away from body parts.
I have noticed the numbers on my watch are still brightly glowing at 6am and
my card is on the wrist watch side of the laptop. I do have two callous
like bumps on my judo chopper but they might just be some kind of new diet
soda induced psoriasis. Man I'm thirsty all the time lately.

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> I have a wireless notebook that has the antenna right at the edge of
> the PC that faces the user (next to the mouse at the edge of the
> machine). It is a c100 travelmate acer. Is this dangerous that it is
> facing directly at the user? Sometimes the antenna is directly
> pressed up against the user who is holding it in his lap. Thank you.

On 05/24/04 09:30 pm Rôgêr put fingers to keyboard and launched the
following message into cyberspace:

>> I have a wireless notebook that has the antenna right at the edge of
>> the PC that faces the user (next to the mouse at the edge of the
>> machine). It is a c100 travelmate acer. Is this dangerous that it is
>> facing directly at the user? Sometimes the antenna is directly
>> pressed up against the user who is holding it in his lap. Thank you.

> While there may be debate about this, the simple answer is "No, it's not
> dangerous." If it were, there'd be a lot of folks in this group who
> would have roasted nuts, popped eyeballs, split infinitives and all
> sorts of ills.

So that's why correct grammar is so difficult to find these days! I bet
you that the increase in RF radiation is the cause of the abominable
spelling too.

MB

Minnie Bannister wrote:

> On 05/24/04 09:30 pm Rôgêr put fingers to keyboard and launched the
> following message into cyberspace:
>
>>> I have a wireless notebook that has the antenna right at the edge of
>>> the PC that faces the user (next to the mouse at the edge of the
>>> machine). It is a c100 travelmate acer. Is this dangerous that it is
>>> facing directly at the user? Sometimes the antenna is directly
>>> pressed up against the user who is holding it in his lap. Thank you.
>
>
>> While there may be debate about this, the simple answer is "No, it's
>> not dangerous." If it were, there'd be a lot of folks in this group
>> who would have roasted nuts, popped eyeballs, split infinitives and
>> all sorts of ills.
>
>
> So that's why correct grammar is so difficult to find these days! I bet
> you that the increase in RF radiation is the cause of the abominable
> spelling too.
>
> MB

This was posted in 24hoursupport.helpdesk by Toolman Tim tonight:

THE PAOMNNEHAL PWEOR OF THE HMUAN MNID

Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in
waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht
the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl
mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the
huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.

Amzanig huh?

(Eplaixns smoe of the pstos on tihs gourp)

On Mon, 24 May 2004 18:30:39 -0700, Rôgêr wrote
(in article <CqqdnSkFidArPC_dRVn-(E-Mail Removed)>):

> While there may be debate about this, the simple answer is "No, it's not
> dangerous." If it were, there'd be a lot of folks in this group who
> would have roasted nuts, popped eyeballs, split infinitives and all
> sorts of ills.

Cataracts, memory problems, trouble with mental acuity, weak immune systems,
and poor health in general?
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