Here are three more videos: http://my.break.com/Content/view.aspx?ContentID=514867 http://my.break.com/Content/view.aspx?ContentID=514871 http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=ju5yIFu4yY8
One unobviously controlled variable is the distance to the cell tower, ie how few bars on the signal strength, since the phones will work to make a connection for you if the signal is weak. None of the power charts I've seen make any mention of that. Another issue would be the antenna radiation pattern. On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 1:31 PM, James Steiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think, as a simple sanity test, one could put a few kernals is a > small group (no oil) in the microwave, start it on high, and see how > long it takes for one kernal to pop. If the microwave takes longer > than the group of cell phones, then the video is fake. It took a minute on high to pop one kernel of dozen in the bottom of a small pyrex bowl. My stash of PopSecret may be a bit stale, a whole bag took nearly 4 minutes. Then again the Panasonic microwave is nearly 20 years old, too. I'd guess that the kernels are popped by the telephones, but they've been preheated in a microwave until they're nearly ready. -- rec -- ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
