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by MickLinux on Thursday July 24, @06:03PM (#24324069)
Attached to: Pittsburgh Cancer Center Warns of Cell Phone Risks

Actually, my brother had to get a microwave meter, and needed to test it out. As part of his tests, he looked at the microwave output during various conditions of usage (that is, good reception --> bad reception). What he said is that the cell phone does ramp up to dangerous levels when it has bad reception.

Now consider that the skin of (say) a public city bus reflects the microwaves within the chamber, and you have a recipe for being toast.

I don't have more detail than that, but in line with that... yes, I'd say that it is wise to avoid using cell phones.

Even though the articles have been kept out of refereed medical journals, it's no secret.

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Submitted by microbox on Saturday May 10, @07:34PM
microbox writes "1010 Wins brings us a story about a woman who nabbed the two guys who stole her laptop. When they went online, she connected to it using "Back To My Mac", and then she used the laptop's camera to photograph the thieves. I'm not sure if that's a great sales pitch for potential switchers, however, I think that's kinda cool [dons tin-foil hat]."
http://www.1010wins.com/Mac-Savvy-Woman-Helps-Cops-Nab-Laptop-Thieves/2157543
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Submitted by microbox on Saturday April 19, @09:27AM
microbox writes "Sir Ken Robinson wittily makes a profound case for creating an education system that nurtures creativity, rather than undermining it. "We are educating people out of their creativity," Robinson says. The universality of his message is evidenced by its rampant popularity online: "If you have not yet seen Sir Ken Robinson's TED talk, please stop whatever you're doing and watch it now." A transcript of his talk can be found here, however, the transcript is missing Ken's superb comic timing."
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/66
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  Typing faster than Intelligible Speech[->] 2007-06-21 08:37 microbox

Submitted by microbox on Thursday June 21 2007, @08:37AM
microbox writes "According to this article, an average speedy "typist" works at about 35-40 words per minute — a professional around 70-95 words per minute. Yet I recently came across an article on machine shorthand that purports that a typist can reach 225-300 words per minute. That's faster than intelligible speech! The trick is to use a chorded keyboard where-by a user types whole syllables or words by striking multiple keys at once, a technique called "chording". Specialized hardware goes for between $US 1000-4000, however, I see no reason why we couldn't use a regular keyboard for chorded input. I failed to find any FOSS software like a text editor that lets you use your keyboard in "chorded" mode. Is this a better mouse-trap that's just waiting to be built?"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stenotype
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  Your Rights Online: MS Patent Applications Reveal Search Technology 2006-11-06 01:44

Posted by kdawson on Monday November 06 2006, @01:44AM
from the mining-the-record dept.
eldavojohn writes, "In the roughly 90 patents they applied for on November 2, 2006, Microsoft reveals that it is apparently pushing its research in the search engine market. There are a few patents that reveal improved ranking methods and document classification but the real interesting ones revolve around linking related queries, optimizing search, identifying results that are spam, and using a Bayesian classifier to measure feedback from the user. If that's not enough, there's even a few I don't quite understand. Another notable Microsoft application for a patent is the model for assisting children in authoring stories so you can't accuse Microsoft of not thinking of the children. Microsoft regularly applies for many patents but never so many revolving around search."

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