On Wed, Oct 08, 2003 at 07:46:42PM -0700, Randy S wrote: > With that in mind, I am cautious in my adoption of wireless networking; I do > use it on occasion. Certainly, if I had children, I would not want them in > close proximity to transmitters like those used by cell phones, cell towers, > wlan transceivers, etc. The FCC even advises against children using cell > phones.
Why? When all the evidence points in the direction of, "it doesn't do a damn thing" why are you afraid? Also.. there is a huge difference in power levels between (ordered from high to low) A> Cell Phone Towers B> Cell Phones C> Wireless Ethernet Cards Your microwave (which is roughly the same frequency range as your wireless ethernet card) puts out what? 1000 Watts? Thats 1 Kilowatt. Do you get the kids out of the house when you microwave? This really comes down to the message that is in "Bowling for Columbine", stop being afraid of your own shadow and begin to think logically. And for the record, my 5 year old daughter has a 802.11b card in her iMac. I suppose that makes me a bad parent. -- Steve Rubin / AE6CH / Phone: (408)406-1308 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] / N57DL / http://www.tch.org/~ser/ -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
