Are cell phones dangerous?

SUBMAN1 · 09-12-08, 12:05 PM

http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance...deo/x5odhh_pop

Hmm. Blue tooth for me I think.

We probably need to try this to verify.

-S

Tango589 · 09-12-08, 02:07 PM

I agree.

I saw an episode of Brainiacs where they tried using 100 mobile phones to boil an egg. 50 phones were placed on and around the egg and the other 50 were used to phone the original 50. Let them ring for ages. The result? One still-raw egg.

QED.

what ever that means.

Spoon 11th · 09-12-08, 02:10 PM

http://www.snopes.com/science/cookegg.asp

Tango589 · 09-12-08, 02:20 PM

Spoon, cheers for the link, especially as it showed the Brainiacs experiment I mentioned!

Jimbuna · 09-12-08, 02:54 PM

Good link Spoon

XabbaRus · 09-12-08, 03:44 PM

That has come up over and over and the amount of radio power a cell phonce gives out is tiny...I still don't believe children should have phones but that is less the danger more a why do they need them question.

stabiz · 09-12-08, 03:50 PM

I am slowly becoming anti-cell phone, and it has nothing to do with radiation. (Although my mom, who works in a hospital, says one of the theories on spiraling testicle cancer is cell phones in the pocket)

I am just so tired of being available, so I often just leave my cell at home. Bugger off, always-have-to-talk-to-someone-people!

Platapus · 09-12-08, 04:34 PM

I keep my cell phone in my car and only my family has the number.

My cell phone is for me to call people, not for people to call me.

Digital_Trucker · 09-12-08, 05:41 PM

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Sailor Steve · 09-12-08, 05:51 PM

My phone travels with me everywhere, and nobody ever calls me and I never call anybody. Well, the temp agencies call me with work and I call them asking about work, but that's about it.

I use it so little I dropped my rate plan, because my average monthly usage is less than 100 minutes.

:p

SUBMAN1 · 09-12-08, 06:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

My phone travels with me everywhere, and nobody ever calls me and I never call anybody. Well, the temp agencies call me with work and I call them asking about work, but that's about it.

I use it so little I dropped my rate plan, because my average monthly usage is less than 100 minutes.

:p

100 minutes? Someone talks that much on a phone in a given month? That's an hour and 40 minutes straight!

-S

XabbaRus · 09-12-08, 06:58 PM

I think the UK is the home of the mobile. I get so pissed off by these people who walk down the street texting and when they bumbp into you give you such a look as if you shouldn't have been there. Also they text their friends and then go meet up in a bar somewhere. I bet the conversation is great, or they text each other.

fatty · 09-12-08, 07:15 PM

The OP link is actually a viral ad for bluetooth headsets, so I guess it served its purpose!

Blacklight · 09-12-08, 07:51 PM

Those videos of people using cell phones to cook eggs and make popcorn are hoaxes.
See: http://blog.wired.com/underwire/2008...ones-cant.html

stabiz · 09-12-08, 07:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by XabbaRus

I think the UK is the home of the mobile. I get so pissed off by these people who walk down the street texting and when they bumbp into you give you such a look as if you shouldn't have been there. Also they text their friends and then go meet up in a bar somewhere. I bet the conversation is great, or they text each other.

Then you will love this song, Xabba. :rotfl:

09-12-08, 12:05 PM	#1
SUBMAN1 Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 11,866 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Are cell phones dangerous? http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance...deo/x5odhh_pop Hmm. Blue tooth for me I think. We probably need to try this to verify. -S __________________ Last edited by SUBMAN1; 09-12-08 at 12:16 PM.

09-12-08, 02:07 PM	#2
Tango589 Still crazy as ever! Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: A little south of sanity Posts: 3,375 Downloads: 180 Uploads: 1	I agree. I saw an episode of Brainiacs where they tried using 100 mobile phones to boil an egg. 50 phones were placed on and around the egg and the other 50 were used to phone the original 50. Let them ring for ages. The result? One still-raw egg. QED. what ever that means. __________________ Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way...

09-12-08, 02:20 PM	#4
Tango589 Still crazy as ever! Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: A little south of sanity Posts: 3,375 Downloads: 180 Uploads: 1	Spoon, cheers for the link, especially as it showed the Brainiacs experiment I mentioned! __________________ Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way...

09-12-08, 02:54 PM	#5
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,461 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Good link Spoon __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

09-12-08, 03:44 PM	#6
XabbaRus Navy Seal Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 5,330 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	That has come up over and over and the amount of radio power a cell phonce gives out is tiny...I still don't believe children should have phones but that is less the danger more a why do they need them question. __________________

09-12-08, 02:10 PM	#3
Spoon 11th Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Finland Posts: 689 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	http://www.snopes.com/science/cookegg.asp

09-12-08, 03:50 PM	#7
stabiz Silent Hunter Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Norway Posts: 4,224 Downloads: 14 Uploads: 0	I am slowly becoming anti-cell phone, and it has nothing to do with radiation. (Although my mom, who works in a hospital, says one of the theories on spiraling testicle cancer is cell phones in the pocket) I am just so tired of being available, so I often just leave my cell at home. Bugger off, always-have-to-talk-to-someone-people! __________________

09-12-08, 04:34 PM	#8
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,360 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	I keep my cell phone in my car and only my family has the number. My cell phone is for me to call people, not for people to call me. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

09-12-08, 05:41 PM	#9
Digital_Trucker Silent Hunter Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: The Peach State Posts: 4,171 Downloads: 141 Uploads: 10	:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: __________________ RSM-GIEP-Killflags-LV Tribute-Playable Elco __Peace be with you, Dave.

09-12-08, 05:51 PM	#10
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	My phone travels with me everywhere, and nobody ever calls me and I never call anybody. Well, the temp agencies call me with work and I call them asking about work, but that's about it. I use it so little I dropped my rate plan, because my average monthly usage is less than 100 minutes. :p __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

09-12-08, 06:58 PM	#12
XabbaRus Navy Seal Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 5,330 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I think the UK is the home of the mobile. I get so pissed off by these people who walk down the street texting and when they bumbp into you give you such a look as if you shouldn't have been there. Also they text their friends and then go meet up in a bar somewhere. I bet the conversation is great, or they text each other. __________________

09-12-08, 07:15 PM	#13
fatty The Old Man Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 1,448 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	The OP link is actually a viral ad for bluetooth headsets, so I guess it served its purpose!

09-12-08, 07:51 PM	#14
Blacklight Ocean Warrior Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Connecticut Posts: 2,507 Downloads: 145 Uploads: 0	Those videos of people using cell phones to cook eggs and make popcorn are hoaxes. See: http://blog.wired.com/underwire/2008...ones-cant.html __________________ Be my friend or be a mushroom cloud. "I am coming at you. You will explode in a couple of minutes !"