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| Thread ID: 89169 | 2008-04-22 18:45:00 | The 1st of April lingers ? | R2x1 (4628) | PC World Chat |
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| 661428 | 2008-04-22 18:45:00 | This (www.nzherald.co.nz) appeared in the NZ Herald a bit later than it deserves. Billy T will probably be able to clear it up, but just in case it is all dreadfully true, what sort of plastic or cloth is best to stamp out the dreaded rays? Alas, I will probably need to get my umbrella treated to reject pig poo at the same time. :badpc: :eek: |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 661429 | 2008-04-22 20:04:00 | Better safe than sorry - I'm going to wrap every electrical appliance & doodad in the house in aluminium foil right now! - at least I already have plenty (to keep rebuilding my foil helmet - those things are fragile!). | MushHead (10626) | ||
| 661430 | 2008-04-22 20:12:00 | Good thinking! Should the foil go under or over the cloth? (I was thinking under the cloth since it is well known that mirrors and other shiny things draw lightning.) |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 661431 | 2008-04-22 20:49:00 | I like using the foil shiny side out - its an aesthetic thing... Damn! - now I have to go do it all again - forgot to put the cloth underneath! |
MushHead (10626) | ||
| 661432 | 2008-04-23 00:37:00 | <hippy mode> The rule of thumb is one big plant for each item of electronic equipment. Palms, peace lilies and spider plants are thought to absorb the most electrical charges. Well I know you guys are taking the piss but the article is actually right! A couple of plants are a good idea for any bedroom, regardless of how many devices you've got in there, but if we all did as quoted above, I think most would be able to open up their own bedroom florist shop. So if you want to return to good sleep at night, do yourself a favour - clean out your room and make it a place not to be entertained, but to sleep. That is also very true, it is a psychological thing. About covering up the TV's/Monitors, I think that is only relative for CRT isn't it? And sleeping with a cellphone under the pillow is also a very bad idea apparently! Now we are all exposed to even more RF signals with the inclusion of cordless phones and wireless home networking. I wonder if this has any effect?! </hippy mode> |
Deathwish (143) | ||
| 661433 | 2008-04-23 00:58:00 | I have everything in the book going where I sleep, and I sleep fine! :lol: Lets see, 2 cordless phones, 2 different wireless networks, 1 TV, 3 CRT monitors, microwave, fridge, 3 cellphones, couple of PCs and a wireless video/audio transmitter. Cancer ftw. |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 661434 | 2008-04-23 07:19:00 | Oh yeah, I forgot about the sleeping function. I suppose they had to leave that in to cater for minorities. I have an ironclad rule - any space big enough to hold a plant, no matter how small, gets something electric on it sooner rather than later. |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 661435 | 2008-04-23 17:25:00 | I had a potted Rhododendron in my bedroom where all my electronics are...and it died of radiation poisoning and stunk the place up...so I won't do THAT again! Green things are not supposed to be in the house is what I say! They belong outdoors in the wind, rain and sunshine. |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 661436 | 2008-04-24 12:50:00 | I had a potted something or other (not in my bedroom), it was not using any electricity and it failed absolutely to explode. I am aware that a failure to explode is not covered under my current insurance scheme, but could I claim on this under a lapsed fire insurance policy? If not, why not? [Refer to Southerners (real South) inversion section.] (Or for PCTek, slightly South of an equator, but not the proper Timaru Equator.) |
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