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taer_silveroak November 15 2006, 13:03:19 UTC
I know I'm gettin older when I think, "That sounds dangerous! I can do without it!"

But it does sound neat.

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transientmind November 15 2006, 13:36:54 UTC
It doesn't sound dangerous to me. It's an electromagnetic field that's weak enough not to harm computer hard drives or credit card strips.

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taer_silveroak November 16 2006, 00:28:45 UTC
I'm thinking in old-person logic. Which isn't logic.

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transientmind November 16 2006, 01:31:27 UTC
Heehee. That's true, it isn't.

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transientmind November 15 2006, 14:29:36 UTC
Haha. You know, we've screwed ourselves up so much in the last century in so many ways that I wonder sometimes if it even matters anymore. We're past the point of no return. There's crap in the soil, the water, and the air that will never go away. That crap gets into the food we eat whether it's "organically grown" or not. It's too widespread. We can't get away from it. We're fucked. Whee.

Hey, I finally have an appropriate use for this icon. ;)

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transientmind November 15 2006, 14:21:53 UTC
I might be a little more ok with it if I heard that it was harmless by people who are NOT the ones trying to develop the technology. ;)

Well if they're good scientists that won't make a difference. Still, I would imagine they'll test this before implementing it, and others who are skeptical will probably test it as well.

Electromagnetic fields are already used in a lot of applications. From wikipedia:

Properties of the electromagnetic field are exploited in many areas of industry. The use of electromagnetic radiation is seen in various disciplines. For example, X-rays are high frequency electromagnetic radiation and are used in radio astronomy, radiography in medicine and radiometry in telecommunications. Other medical applications include laser therapy, which is an example of photomedicine. Applications of lasers are found in military devices such as laser-guided bombs, as well as more down to earth devices such as barcode readers and CD players. Something as simple as a relay in any electrical device uses an electromagnetic field ( ... )

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