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(Fox News) PSA Study finds cell phones may be more deadly than cigarettes. No word yet on why people are smoking cell phones   (foxnews.com) divider line 78
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mrmazoku 2008-03-30 05:41:43 PM  
Something on the Internet isn't new, stop the presses!

 
drharmful 2008-03-30 05:42:01 PM  
Im talking on my cell phone while having a smoke right now so I'm really getting a...

 
irwhiteboi 2008-03-30 05:42:15 PM  
Now all they have to do is ban cellphones in public places

 
tesla_x 2008-03-30 05:44:15 PM  
as with most things you do to yourself....moderation is key.

 
siouxsie [TotalFark] 2008-03-30 05:44:16 PM  
I dunno about the repeat business, but as for the headline, subby-- I snerted. ;-)

/teh funny, you have it!

 
RiverKing 2008-03-30 05:44:32 PM  
this kinda sucked...

 
medius [TotalFark] 2008-03-30 05:45:06 PM  
damn, i've been using cell phones for . . . 10 years

i'll switch to cigarettes and communicate via smoke signals to be safe

 
RiverKing 2008-03-30 05:47:33 PM  
the voices in your head: Repeat.

And in case this is the Boobies:

Boobies!!!!


3-31? voice, do you travel time?

 
the voices in your head 2008-03-30 05:49:19 PM  
RiverKing: the voices in your head: Repeat.

And in case this is the Boobies:

Boobies!!!!

3-31? voice, do you travel time?


Whatever you do, do NOT eat that bagel. trust me on this

 
enkindle 2008-03-30 05:50:01 PM  
Cute headline. ^_^

 
AlwaysRightBoy [TotalFark] 2008-03-30 05:50:30 PM  
I don't know in NYC, I think it's fun to push 90% of the people talking and walking on their phones.........walking and talking...out into the traffic....just a little push....

 
hybridweasel 2008-03-30 05:50:59 PM  
I'm dying of a brain tumor, lung cancer, and fatal injuries from a car accident caused by me being distracted while driving so i'm really getting a kick out of these replies.

 
fark'emfeed'emfish 2008-03-30 05:51:53 PM  
FTA:Khurana - one of the world's top neurosurgeons - based his assessment on the fact that three billion people now use the phones worldwide,and ...(insert relevant findings and info here). That is three times higher than people who smoke. Smoking kills some five million globally each year.

 
steklo 2008-03-30 05:52:17 PM  
Mom, Can I have a cigarette?

i215.photobucket.com

 
phallus 2008-03-30 05:52:41 PM  
Oh so cell phones are bad for our brains again?

 
King Something [TotalFark] 2008-03-30 05:54:39 PM  
the voices in your head: Boobies!!!!

img168.imageshack.us

/attention to this!

 
RiverKing 2008-03-30 05:55:29 PM  
Actually, it is spelled "Gigawatt". Giga is a prefix meaning
one billion (a thousand million for British types). So you have
probably heard of Gigabytes, Gigaflops, Gigavolts. Well,
maybe not yet, but you will. This is just like Mega being a prefix
meaning one million. And Kilo meaning one thousand. These all come
from the metric system...
Anyway, the other part of Gigawatt is the watt - a watt is a unit
of electric power, which is energy per unit time. You have probably
heard of 100 watt light bulbs (the standard in the home) or 4 or 7
watt Christmas lights. And there are 60 watt or 150 watt speakers -
all these are related to the brightness or energy used per second.
One watt is equal to one Joule of energy used per second.
Now a volt is something different - it is actually related to energy
according to the amount of charge that experiences it (electricity
is carried around by charged particles - electrons). There is also
current, which is the amount of charge per second (measured in
Amperes, or Amps). Typical household wiring has a fixed voltage
(of 120 Volts) and the electrical equipment determines the current
to get the power it wants. 1 Amp times 1 Volt = 1 Watt, so a
120 Watt light bulb will draw 1 Amp from the wires (given 120 Volts
in your house). If you were producing 121 Gigawatts and trying to send
it through wires at 1 Amp, you would have to run the voltage up to
121 billion volts... This actually is impossible in practice of course.

 
jackbooty 2008-03-30 05:56:42 PM  
In health news, living has been proven to lead to death in a new scientific study.

 
RiverKing 2008-03-30 05:56:47 PM  
Your killin' me head ...

 
AlwaysRightBoy [TotalFark] 2008-03-30 05:57:40 PM  
i221.photobucket.com
here are some old and saggy ones

oh here after looking, I did find something I can conFIRM is better.
i221.photobucket.com

 
BobtheFascist 2008-03-30 05:59:47 PM  
I've been using a cell phone since 1989. I'm dead already.

 
sofa_King_2006 2008-03-30 06:01:16 PM  
steklo: Mom, Can I have a cigarette?

I like this ending a lot better.

i95.photobucket.com

 
ScubaDude1960 [TotalFark] 2008-03-30 06:02:48 PM  
The story, linked on the right side of the page, "Man Faces Charges for Having Sex With Picnic Table," was much more interesting.

 
RiverKing 2008-03-30 06:06:27 PM  
the voices in your head:

You lock the door
And throw away the key
Theres someone in my head but its not me.

 
AlwaysRightBoy [TotalFark] 2008-03-30 06:06:57 PM  
ScubaDude1960: The story, linked on the right side of the page, "Man Faces Charges for Having Sex With Picnic Table," was much more interesting.I have already waxed my table...
after that thread.....

 
whitman00 2008-03-30 06:07:28 PM  
Though it comes from a reputable source, there are three problems with this research.

- Old cell phone transmissions were much more powerful than current ones.

- Brain tumors are extremely, extremely rare. So doubling them makes them... extremely rare.

-- Bluetooth headsets, handsfree car devices all change the research for those of us using the phones now.

/Wasn't Color TV supposed to blind you if you sat too close?
//Weren't microwave ovens supposed to give you cancer as well?

 
RiverKing 2008-03-30 06:07:50 PM  
now i have to put my penis gourd on.by.

 
Twigz221 2008-03-30 06:09:28 PM  
We know what kind of waves cause cancer. Waves that have a very low wavelength can ionize atoms and break them apart and eventually lead to cancerous tissue.

The waves that are produced by cell phones, radios, TVs, etc do not only NOT have wavelenths that small, but in fact are on the complete OPPOSITE side of the wavelength spectrum.

eosweb.larc.nasa.gov

See the diagram? Gamma rays and x-rays cause cancer and will mess you up. Radio waves, which are what cell phones transmit, are on the wrong side. You're more likely to get cancer from someone shining a flashlight at you.

 
camelclub [TotalFark] 2008-03-30 06:09:45 PM  
We're all gonna die!!!!, OMG .... we're all gonna die.

/Eventually.

 
RiverKing 2008-03-30 06:10:26 PM  
The man in black fled across the desert,, and the gunslinger followed.

 
AlwaysRightBoy [TotalFark] 2008-03-30 06:10:51 PM  
whitman00: Though it comes from a reputable source, there are three problems with this research.

- Old cell phone transmissions were much more powerful than current ones.

- Brain tumors are extremely, extremely rare. So doubling them makes them... extremely rare.

-- Bluetooth headsets, handsfree car devices all change the research for those of us using the phones now.

/Wasn't Color TV supposed to blind you if you sat too close?
//Weren't microwave ovens supposed to give you cancer as well?


Thats mine, whats yours

 
Gyrfalcon [TotalFark] 2008-03-30 06:11:18 PM  
100% of all life activities end in death.

This is a proven statistic. I have studies.

 
Danger Avoid Death 2008-03-30 06:16:28 PM  
drharmful: Im talking on my cell phone while having a smoke right now so I'm really getting a...

...tumor?

 
Manberg 2008-03-30 06:18:06 PM  
Everything causes cancer. Nothing is safe. WE'RE ALL DEAD.


/fark all the media fear BS
//weren't cell phones harmless a year ago?

 
Danger Avoid Death 2008-03-30 06:23:10 PM  
BobtheFascist: I've been using a cell phone since 1989. I'm dead already.

I hope your minutes roll over, since you can't.

 
DrForrester 2008-03-30 06:24:07 PM  
So by using a jammer, I would be saving lives.

 
Day_Old_Dutchie 2008-03-30 06:33:49 PM  
Good old Faux News. Always pandering to the Freeper technophobe / Luddite. You know, the same kind that oppose flouridation in their water but smoke a pack a day. Tinfoil beanie optional.

Really, this is a link on that page...

Free Ann Coulter Email
Get Ann's weekly column sent to you by email each week!
www.HumanEvents.com

'nuff said.

 
dwalder 2008-03-30 06:41:10 PM  
I'm really looking forward to the Xray camera phone for taking pictures of tumours growing on my bones.
Awesome!

/Gotta go, phone's ringing

 
Danceswithwires 2008-03-30 06:42:12 PM  
AlwaysRightBoy: I don't know in NYC, I think it's fun to push 90% of the people talking and walking on their phones.........walking and talking...out into the traffic....just a little push....

Are you the guy I beat the snot out of three months ago?

/playin?

 
AlwaysRightBoy [TotalFark] 2008-03-30 06:49:27 PM  
Danceswithwires: AlwaysRightBoy: I don't know in NYC, I think it's fun to push 90% of the people talking and walking on their phones.........walking and talking...out into the traffic....just a little push....

Are you the guy I beat the snot out of three months ago?

/playin?


I'm pretty sure I lifted my arm and kicked you into traffic...
/last time someone beat the snot out of me was at 22nd and 8th ave.........because I was A white boy walking home with a friend..

 
the voices in your head 2008-03-30 06:54:15 PM  
RiverKing: the voices in your head:

You lock the door
And throw away the key
Theres someone in my head but its not me.


taken from RiverKing's profile:

artfiles.art.com

 
YouPeopleAreCrazy 2008-03-30 06:56:53 PM  
whitman00: /Wasn't Color TV supposed to blind you if you sat too close?

Just like safe foot X-Rays, safe Thalidomide, safe Coca-Cola (with real cocaine), etc, etc, etc.

It is, after all, a radio transmitter 1/2" from your brain matter. Don't automatically discount the idea, just because you like to talk on the phone.

 
fenian- 2008-03-30 06:56:55 PM  
Twigz221: The waves that are produced by cell phones, radios, TVs, etc do not only NOT have wavelenths that small, but in fact are on the complete OPPOSITE side of the wavelength spectrum.

Well I'm glad to see you've figured out all possible effects of all possible wavelengths.

 
KidneyStone 2008-03-30 07:01:27 PM  
YUou mean this means the dickhead driving 20 miles under the limit and swerving because he has to yammer on his cell phone may die from it?

I'm cool with that

/rethinking keeping my cell phone in my pocket (sorry about that, me boys)

 
DeadZone 2008-03-30 07:31:17 PM  
Can you cure me now? Can you cure me now? Can you cure me now? Can you cure me now? Can you cure me now? Can you cure me now? Can you cure me now? Can you cure me now? Can you cure me now?

 
justoneznot 2008-03-30 07:49:39 PM  
This is either the worst article ever, or this study is complete BS.

Khurana - one of the world's top neurosurgeons - based his assessment on the fact that three billion people now use the phones worldwide. That is three times higher than people who smoke. Smoking kills some five million globally each year.

So the way he came to the conclusion that cell phones may be more deadly than cigarettes is the fact that there's more cell phone users than smokers? That's it?? I guess by that logic Pepsi may be more deadly than cyanide.

 
SwallowTheKnife 2008-03-30 09:02:32 PM  
FTA: Khurana - one of the world's top neurosurgeons - based his assessment on the fact that three billion people now use the phones worldwide. That is three times higher than people who smoke. Smoking kills some five million globally each year.

Can someone tell me how that means it's more deadly?

 
Alacritous [TotalFark] 2008-03-30 09:24:27 PM  
Gyrfalcon: 100% of all life activities end in death.

"Healthy" is simply the slowest rate at which you can die.

 
Tainted1 2008-03-30 09:40:42 PM  
Twigz221: We know what kind of waves cause cancer. Waves that have a very low wavelength can ionize atoms and break them apart and eventually lead to cancerous tissue.

The waves that are produced by cell phones, radios, TVs, etc do not only NOT have wavelenths that small, but in fact are on the complete OPPOSITE side of the wavelength spectrum.



See the diagram? Gamma rays and x-rays cause cancer and will mess you up. Radio waves, which are what cell phones transmit, are on the wrong side. You're more likely to get cancer from someone shining a flashlight at you.


Hey! We'll be having none of that there logic there son. This is fark!
sofa_King_2006: steklo: Mom, Can I have a cigarette?

I like this ending a lot better.


I loled.

the voices in your head: Repeat.And in case this is the Boobies:

Boobies!!!!


Your one
twice
three times a FAILure.......

 
snuff3r [TotalFark] 2008-03-30 10:03:19 PM  
Twigz221: We know the effects of radio wavelengths on humans over a short term, for eg. radiation will kill you in very short bursts. What hasn't been studied very thoroughly is what the long term effects are.

Can it not be safely assumed that if short wavelength radio has an effect then long wavelength will also have an effect, the question being how long is needed before the statistics are quantifiable, yes?

I mean, just look up the long term effects of some light spectrum on humans: Melanoma^.

 
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