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Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2009 17:45:49 +0100 From: Pavel Machek <pavel@...e.cz> To: Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>, "Justin P. Mattock" <justinmattock@...il.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: ath9k microwave anomaly On Fri 2009-01-02 22:48:46, Dave Jones wrote: > On Fri, Jan 02, 2009 at 07:31:28PM -0800, Justin P. Mattock wrote: > > > that opened my eyes up to how powerful > > a microwave is. makes me wonder if that > > grade in the window actually does what is supposed to. > > (block gamma rays or whatever the dangerous wave is); > > Unless you've developed abnormal super powers lately, > it's likely that it's doing its job. > > Microwaves can't penetrate metal. The grill is keeping > the radioactive nastyness inside. RF interference is > something else entirely. As to whether its harmful or not, > that's an ongoing debate (see the people who claim > cellphones fry your brain etc). No, I don't think so. RF interference is caused by exactly the same waves we use for cooking... Fortunately, microwaves only harm you by warming you up (locally); that means that you need a lot of them to get hurt. Pavel -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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