poll about computers and how much radiation they give off

[vdogmfrk]

do u think that computers give off so much radiation that one could get cancer and/or get a sickness, or die? that is what this poll is about. my parents only give me 2 freaking hours a day on the pc cause my mom thinks that it is true. she keeps reading all these BS health magazines that aren't even true. So please tell me what you think

[NaturalMystic]

ugh, i hope not...that would suck. I think...well i dont think anything, i just hope its not true...

[GundamGuy]

I would think not.. the Computer dose give off some radiation, you are able to see light that your screen gives off after all and light is a form of radiation, but the radiation given off by your computer dose not have a high enought frecquecy(SP?) to give you cancer for the most part... at least i dont think so.

[djnickname]

If this is true you guys already went down to my funeral

[Clive]

Its yet more media nonsense set to scare the masses, a la BSE, Salmonella, mobile phones and Micheal Barrymore. The media likes nothing more than to latch onto a story such as this - one with wide hitting implications (after all, who nowadays doesnt use a moniter?) - and blow it all out of proportion. Scare mongering they call it, and bloody good source material for all those lawsuits we can expect against anybody who has ever made a moniter ever, ever.

Heh, remember the days of 'Nintendo made my son a killer'? No love, a complete breakdown of sanity made your son a killer, Nintendo just kept him entertained in the interim.

My God, that was cynical, even for me...:\

[StrideS]

A moniter gives off radiation so does a TV, microwave oven, the sun, etc...

I've never heard of any one getting cancer from a moniter.

[LitBolt]

Bull shit. You'd have to spend astronimical ammounts of time exposed to it to have anything happen. (at least I hope so...)

[Drageuth]

Originally posted by Viktor
Heh, remember the days of 'Nintendo made my son a killer'? No love, a complete breakdown of sanity made your son a killer, Nintendo just kept him entertained in the interim.

That right there is basically the reasoning for a lot of media stunts such as this. Remember the article about "my son is a hacker", and one of the ways to tell was that he wanted to switch to Linux and he was on Quake a lot? I'm not sure if that's a joke or if someone actually thought that, but it's ridiculous enough in itself.

Basically, they're crasping for a reason for something. Perhaps someone somewhere got cancer from some radiation thing and it was found he was on the computer a lot. Wow. I like TV, does that make me a couch potato? If I'm particularly fond of having an erection, am I suddenly a sex addict? Don't answer that last one.

Dunno what this is. I just came upstairs to see if anyone interesting was online.

[djnickname]

hmmm maybe it's true ...did you ever saw the head of Bill Gates?

[Clive]

Originally posted by Jonathan Harker
That right there is basically the reasoning for a lot of media stunts such as this. Remember the article about "my son is a hacker", and one of the ways to tell was that he wanted to switch to Linux and he was on Quake a lot? I'm not sure if that's a joke or if someone actually thought that, but it's ridiculous enough in itself.

Heh heh, that sounds about right

Lets face it, like everything in life moderation is the key here. It is not going to be healthy for anyone to sit for hours upon hours in front of a computer screen, much in the same way that masturbating makes you go blind.

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Dont take me seriously on that last point, dont want to starve you testosterone fuelled people of anything, you dirty perishing rascals

[Evil Ryu]

Originally posted by Viktor
Heh heh, that sounds about right

Lets face it, like everything in life moderation is the key here. It is not going to be healthy for anyone to sit for hours upon hours in front of a computer screen, much in the same way that masturbating makes you go blind.

I have perfect vision.... YOU LIE!!!!! hehe....


yes, computers do give off radiation but its not enough to give you cancer or anything. just some stupid media thing like everyone said.

[LitBolt]

Originally posted by Viktor
Heh heh, that sounds about right

Lets face it, like everything in life moderation is the key here. It is not going to be healthy for anyone to sit for hours upon hours in front of a computer screen, much in the same way that masturbating makes you go blind.

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Dont take me seriously on that last point, dont want to starve you testosterone fuelled people of anything, you dirty perishing rascals

There's nothing wrong with it...

But I think that over the years we'll gradually build up a resistance to radiation because we're constantly exposed to very small amounts of it. Over millipons of years, but still possible . So we might end up like cockroaches...

[vdogmfrk]

ok just today on the car back from somewhere my mom was like "u know computers give off A LOT of radiation..." and I was like wtf again now it is all gay with my parents i should tell them once and for all but i need hard evidence

[DudeCuda]

Originally posted by Chii-Chan
ok just today on the car back from somewhere my mom was like "u know computers give off A LOT of radiation..." and I was like wtf again now it is all gay with my parents i should tell them once and for all but i need hard evidence

why, they dont have any hard evidence that its treu. noone has proven that teh radiation given by the monitor is enough to give any form of disease.....

[vdogmfrk]

exactly i don't know what is their problem either...:/