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Comment Re:Seizure disorder (Score 3, Insightful) 532

The cycle rate for triggering seizures isn't typically that high. Most LED backlights cycle at 120hz (they should be driven ). Older LCD flatscreens had crappy tubes and had a very visible flicker.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photosensitive_epilepsy

When functioning correctly, mains-powered fluorescent lighting has a flicker rate sufficiently high (twice the mains frequency, typically 100 Hz or 120 Hz) to reduce the occurrence of problems. However, a faulty fluorescent lamp can flicker at a much lower rate and trigger seizures.[4] Newer high-efficiency compact fluorescent lamps (CFL) with electronic ballast circuits operate at much higher frequencies (10–20 kHz) not normally perceivable by the human eye, though defective lights can still cause problems.

Submission + - Hacking the Xbox author releases free PDF of book in honor of Aaron Swartz (nostarch.com)

An anonymous reader writes: No Starch Press and I have decided to release this free ebook version of Hacking the Xbox in honor of Aaron Swartz. As you read this book, I hope that youâ(TM)ll be reminded of how important freedom is to the hacking community and that youâ(TM)ll be inclined to support the causes that Aaron believed in.

Comment Re:can't get past the hype and bad studies (Score 1) 132

Because I'm lazy...
The sun produces more heat on your skin than the microwave radiation from your phone. You would need ~200+ phones to make a crappy microwave oven, more like 500+ to make something that COULD warm something. But you'd have to focus them and sync their power output...and really what would be the point.

Oh and that inner ear nerve thing you said was made up or something...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_phone_radiation_and_health
"One well-understood effect of microwave radiation is dielectric heating, in which any dielectric material (such as living tissue) is heated by rotations of polar molecules induced by the electromagnetic field. In the case of a person using a cell phone, most of the heating effect will occur at the surface of the head, causing its temperature to increase by a fraction of a degree. In this case, the level of temperature increase is an order of magnitude less than that obtained during the exposure of the head to direct sunlight. The brain's blood circulation is capable of disposing of excess heat by increasing local blood flow. However, the cornea of the eye does not have this temperature regulation mechanism and exposure of 2–3 hours duration has been reported to produce cataracts in rabbits' eyes at SAR values from 100-140W/kg, which produced lenticular temperatures of 41C. There were no cataracts detected in the eyes of monkeys exposed under similar conditions.[8] Premature cataracts have not been linked with cell phone use, possibly because of the lower power output of mobile phones."

Comment Re:/. editors that dunno html ... (Score 1) 791

I'm not usually a grammar fascist, but your second "with" is not correct. Take a breath...if you understood the intent just let it go. Swearing sets your statement up as an imperative, which you destroy by getting the next bit wrong. Or...you could double down on keyboard rage and flame me for pointing out your mistake.

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