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Dear sir, or madam,
You said,
"This is nonsense, or to use a term that you seem more likely to
understand, Bull."
I am quite willing, and able to debate some point or other that might become
the foci of a dispute, however I will not tolerate attacks on my veracity.
What I stated in my post about the discharges slowly burning a small crater
(about 6 mm X 6 mm ) in the right side tip of my nose is a established
medical fact. If you are not able to accept/understand that with which you
have no personal experience, then perhaps you should reconsider your
continued correspondence with myself, and others who have mayhaps a slightly
wider understanding of what is possible.
Dwight
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On Fri, 2 Jul 1999 10:33:00 -0400 (EDT), Scranton Computer wrote:
> This is nonsense, or to use a term that you seem more likely to
> understand, Bull.
>
>
> On Fri, 2 Jul 1999, Dwight Hall wrote:
>
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> >
> >
> > Dear Tom Fowler
> >
> > You said;
> >
> > "electromagnetic fields have not been proven to cause any measurable
harm"
> >
> > and;
> >
> > "All such effects are under the control of the "inverse square" law,
which
> > states that the power induced by a magnetic or electric field is
inversely
> > proportional to the distance from the field generator to the effected
body.
> > if you are 2 inches away, you get the square root of the energy at one
inch.
> > This puts the lie to almost all such effects at distances of 1 or 2
feet."
> >
> > Unfoutionetly Your argument falls prey to a even more common non
scientific
> > malady, statements that are far to broad. There is plenty of evidence
of
> > damage done to people who get too close to the screen. High voltage
jumps
> > the gap between the screen, and the body, making a snap that our ears
can
> > hear, and a pinching/burning pain that usually only lasts a second or
two,
> > at the site of impact of the charge.
> >
> > Most of us are familiar with this from static charges, and it is not
> > considered as a Really bad thing. The greater damage occurs when the
body
> > repeatedly is exposed to the charge at the same body site, where slowly
> > small bits of living tissue are electrocuted, and sloth off. After some
time
> > a hole is burned/cut into the body at the site, and it bleeds.
> >
> > This is continued for as long as the person is forced to repeat the
same
> > action of placing the body part on the screen. Now as for "inverse
square
> > law," Well that is also over looked by the sighted, and the fully blind
> > also. We who have residual vision, and use it to the max, must often
place
> > our nose, eyebrow, and or other face parts on the screen to get close
enough
> > to focus the high magnification lenses we must use to read anything.
> >
> > So when some point to the extremely low energy of any felid, at two
feet,
> > they over look those of us who must touch that same screen. We get a
> > incredible jolt every time we move on in, starting at over a inch from
the
> > screen and continuing till after we are touching it. We use the body
part to
> > wipe off all of the charge and then we can use it with out any further
> > pain.
> >
> > That's when in my case, I would have to stop every few minutes to clean
the
> > screen of blood, so I could see it. That is all obviated with the simple
act
> > of wiping the screen with a paper towel, or some other such device each
time
> > the monitor is turned on.
> >
> > Good luck, and never give up!
> >
> > Dwight
> >
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> >
> >
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> > On Thu, 1 Jul 1999 13:12:06 -0700, Tom Fowle wrote:
> >
> > > The article on "computers hurting you"is a fine example of junk
science.
> > > the author called all the wrong people, first he should have
> > > called trained professionals who might have actually been able to
> > > find out what was "REALLY" wrong.. First, an ophthalmologist, or
perhaps
> > an
> > > optometrist. A chiropractor has no training in internal
> > > medecine or ophthalmology and is therefore not trained to judge
> > > anything so subtle as the possible effects of magnetic or
> > > electrical fields on the body.
> > >
> > > All such effects are under the control of the "inverse square"
> > > law, which states that the power induced by a magnetic or
> > > electric field is inversely proportional to the distance from the
> > > field generator to the effected body. if you are 2 inches away,
> > > you get the square root of the energy at one inch. This puts the
> > > lie to almost all such effects at distances of 1 or 2 feet.
> > >
> > > most important is our excessive reliance on anecdotal evidence.
> > > I feel better so it must work. Is bunk, bunk, bunk.
> > > No one understands the power of the mind, it is called the
> > > placebo effect and makes observations made by the person taking
> > > almost anything totally meaningless.
> > >
> > > so, although there may be ways computers can hurt you, like
> > > dropping one on your foot, buying a cheap mail order machine
> > > hoping it will work with your specialized access hardware, or
> > > having to use lousy software pushed down our throats by con
> > > artists, electromagnetic fields have not been proven to cause any
> > > measurable harm, in fact all scientifically done, controlled
> > > studies in the legitimate pier reviewed literature show they are
> > > harmless..
> > >
> > > Sorry I have to go off about junk science, if we don't learn how to
> > > spot it, it WILL KILL US much deader than the things the idiots tell
us to
> > worry
> > > about.
> > >
> > > Tom Fowle
> > >
> > >
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