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[WreckWench]

I don't worry about brain tumors from my cell phone because I know where to find the Permissible Exposure Limit for RF radiation in that frequency range.

Ok so the rest of us want to know...where do you find it????

[jholley309]

I don't worry about brain tumors from my cell phone because I know where to find the Permissible Exposure Limit for RF radiation in that frequency range.

Ok so the rest of us want to know...where do you find it????

Look here. The short version is in paragraph 1910.97(a)(2)(i). Another more detailed version is here. And my all-time favorite, Appendix A, FCC OET Bulletin 65.



Cheers!

Jim

Edited by jholley309, 28 December 2006 - 09:59 PM.

[Moose]

Okay, it's nerd confession time. I must confess that at one time, for work, I regularly used a pocket protector. At the time, I was carrying drafting pencils, which have very narrow and sharp points, and "international orange" china markers (wax pencils, for writing on glass). I was also working in a lab, wearing a white lab coat, and without the pocket protector, my front pocket would be shredded, and I'd look like I'd been hit with a bullet in the aorta. I also used a pocket protector when I was working for an engineering firm (again, the drafting pencils would have wreaked havoc with my front shirt pocket). There...that wasn't so bad.

Rick

Rick, it's OK. We are here for you. You no longer need to hide from the facts. It's OK, to be a Geek. In fact, there are more of us then you may think.

Here say it with me, "I'm a Geek, and I'm proud!"

If you need more encouragement, read this...

http://www.megageek....65?OpenDocument

[WreckWench]

Actually megageeks are sexy...seems they are the genius behind all the fun stuff like google, amazon, mircosoft, mac's, and the like.

It seems that megageeks control the world...well at least most of it! LOL!! -ww

[jholley309]

It seems that megageeks control the world...well at least most of it! LOL!! -ww

Oh, don't get me started on Pinky and The Brain quotes...



Cheers!

Jim

[Hipshot]

Rick, it's OK. We are here for you. You no longer need to hide from the facts. It's OK, to be a Geek. In fact, there are more of us then you may think.

Here say it with me, "I'm a Geek, and I'm proud!"

If you need more encouragement, read this...

http://www.megageek....65?OpenDocument

Thanks, Moose. I guess when it comes down to it, Geeks rule.

Rick

[jholley309]

Okay, it's nerd confession time. I must confess that at one time, for work, I regularly used a pocket protector.

Okay, I'm prepared to concede to Rick. I've never actually worn a pocket protector, but only because BDUs are durable enough to withstand pointy writing utensils with no additional reinforcement.



Cheers!

Jim

Edited by jholley309, 30 December 2006 - 04:59 PM.

[fala]

Interesting post, I'll add my 2 cents worth:

- my OS of choice and most of the software I use is available for free (read Open Source)
- I only use a thermometer if it measures Kelvin
- one of my favorite references, the 'Gang of Four' book, favorite authors Lipman
- I don't worry about brain tumors with cell phones, rather if worn on the waist whether the Jewels will be affected. After all don't we all have excess brain capacity we never use...
- I believe in the following quote:

Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build
bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to
produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning.
-- Rich Cook

On another note (not to hijack this thread) Moose I think we should go diving sometime since we are in the same area, preferably with you NOT using the gear built with a vacuum cleaner and bucket.

fala

[Moose]

On another note (not to hijack this thread) Moose I think we should go diving sometime since we are in the same area, preferably with you NOT using the gear built with a vacuum cleaner and bucket.

fala

I'm game. It seems that I'll be taking a few days off for ONE of my suits to come back. I'm currently without my semi-dry and my dry. 8>(

It's been almost a week since my last dive. I'm jones. What are you doing next weekend?

I may go out tomorrow. (it will be crappy, so it's a good day for a dive.)

PM me if you want to join in tomorrow. I'll be in NYC for the morning, should be diving around 3 or 4 pm

[ScubaHawk]

I'll let the geeks (and there self appointed judge) fight it out, 'cause I'm defiantly not a geek . . . however I do lay claim to the title of King Nerd.

A few of many Qualifications:

I'm 39 and still play D&D on a near weekly basis (and have been playing since the pre dice day)
I now have more figurines than I can count and still buy more
I was in the Chess club, math club, mock trial and drama in high school
I college I was the only undergrad to be co-president of the Anthropology Society, also the only undergrad to ever TA a lab (astronomy)
I was a mainstay in the drama department
On dive trips I read books on religion and physics for fun
I create physics limericks for fun
I can't dance - but that doesn't stop me!
In the room I'm in right now I have 2 Muppet show posters, a Kermit the frog poster, Kermit on a motorcycle, a Kermit the frog coffee mug, my Kermit the frog checkbook cover and, of course, the tattoo
I have laid awake at night trying to figure out how fermions move
I devour si-fi/fantasy books at an alarming rate
If my tv is turned on, it is on the discovery science channel, history channel or PBS
I bought Sirius satellite radio for talk radio (and football)
I'm deadly at T-P except for the sports questions

Nerddom rules!

[Moose]

I'll let the geeks (and there self appointed judge) fight it out, 'cause I'm defiantly not a geek . . . however I do lay claim to the title of King Nerd.

A few of many Qualifications:

I'm 39 and still play D&D on a near weekly basis (and have been playing since the pre dice day)
I now have more figurines than I can count and still buy more
I was in the Chess club, math club, mock trial and drama in high school
I college I was the only undergrad to be co-president of the Anthropology Society, also the only undergrad to ever TA a lab (astronomy)
I was a mainstay in the drama department
On dive trips I read books on religion and physics for fun
I create physics limericks for fun
I can't dance - but that doesn't stop me!
In the room I'm in right now I have 2 Muppet show posters, a Kermit the frog poster, Kermit on a motorcycle, a Kermit the frog coffee mug, my Kermit the frog checkbook cover and, of course, the tattoo
I have laid awake at night trying to figure out how fermions move
I devour si-fi/fantasy books at an alarming rate
If my tv is turned on, it is on the discovery science channel, history channel or PBS
I bought Sirius satellite radio for talk radio (and football)
I'm deadly at T-P except for the sports questions

Nerddom rules!

I bow to you, Meganerd!

My most nerdly accomplishment to date is that I'm currently working on a thesis in which I will use Quantum Mechanics to prove the existence (or Non-existence*) of God.

*=I just haven’t decided which one yet

Oh, I’m not doing it for any class or anything. I just think that there may be an answer there, *somewhere!*

[spinartist]

This thread has been very enlightening for me... I had no idea that's what geekdom is all about...building rockets in your garage, writing code, playing D & D, taking computers apart, calculating algorithms... I never learned how to do any of that stuff. Suddenly, I have developed a case of nerd envy. I can't believe I've wasted my life watching sports and meeting girls in bars. O Brothers of the Binary, tell me it's not too late for me to renounce my hedonist ways and join your ranks. Good bye Hooters... Hello Radio Shack!

[Moose]

O Brothers of the Binary, tell me it's not too late for me to renounce my hedonist ways and join your ranks. Good bye Hooters... Hello Radio Shack!

Well, for starters (if you are serious), stay AWAY from Rat Shack! (Radio Shack.) About 10 years ago, they decided that selling RC cars and low end VCRs was way better then supporting the people that made them what they are (The Geeks and Nerds.) Now, their selection of electrical components are token, at best.

If you are looking for a place to start, I would suggest www.2600.com. It's an all encompassing community of geeks and nerds. They have something for everyone. They are NOT the hollywood hackers that the media paints them to be. But they are a lose group of people that love to share knowledge on any topic of tech. They started out after the phreaker crazy with Capt Crunch (and that is where the "2600" name come from.) To this day, they still feature pay phones from around the world. (An I have submitted a bunch of them!)

If you are poking fun at us for being geeks and nerds, then just remember, while you were watching sports and trying to meet girls, we were building the future and spying on you! <big grins>

[ScubaHawk]

If you are poking fun at us for being geeks and nerds, then just remember, while you were watching sports and trying to meet girls, we were building the future and spying on you! <big grins>

Remember: "No one's really gonna to be free until nerd persecution ends."

He's probably guilty of mopery anyway.

[WreckWench]

This thread has been very enlightening for me... I had no idea that's what geekdom is all about...building rockets in your garage, writing code, playing D & D, taking computers apart, calculating algorithms... I never learned how to do any of that stuff. Suddenly, I have developed a case of nerd envy. I can't believe I've wasted my life watching sports and meeting girls in bars. O Brothers of the Binary, tell me it's not too late for me to renounce my hedonist ways and join your ranks. Good bye Hooters... Hello Radio Shack!

Yeah! What he said...