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Goodday.
Is it true that system without casing kills sperm.
boy, if that is true i am in deep trouble. I have been working with a caseless system for almost 2 years now
By the way what does the following spec below mean? Dun really understand.
1) Memroy perfrom at 2600mhz with a 400mhz Front Side Bus
2) 512 ON-DIE L2 Cache.
Thanks
Novkhan,
That would depend on whether you drop the system on your "spherical bits" or not :D
They are pretty low voltage components for the most part so if you don't keep it on your lap you should be quite safe.
I think that there is a greater potential risk to your health from screen emissions, but this is discounted these days. ;)
Cheers
LMAO....I'm in tears...Quote:
That would depend on whether you drop the system on your "spherical bits" or not
Thank you sir...I needed that.
Spherical bits.....what a scream!!!
EDIT: That adds a whole new meaning to hardware..
That WAS to be the best question I read in AO since since.. euh.. FOREVER!!!
Novkhan,
The specifications refer to a processor. What make?, it is 2.6GHz unless it is an XP
The front side bus refers to the MoBo...............800MHz is common these days.
512k level 2 on die cache is memory on the actual processor.............I guess that is about the standard these days, except for professional stuff like Xeons.
What make is it, and I can tell you more :)
Just dont stick anything you use for "reproduction" purposes in the computer and you should be fine. Your probably worse off if you sit next to a microwave or get a xray for your teeth.Quote:
Originally posted here by novkhan
Goodday.
Is it true that system without casing kills sperm.
Thanks
Does that mean that I can't use my laptop on my lap? If not... then why do they call it a laptop?Quote:
Originally posted here by nihil
Novkhan,
They are pretty low voltage components for the most part so if you don't keep it on your lap you should be quite safe.
Cheers
Anyone remember that guy who overcooked his meatstick by using his laptop on his lap for an extensive period of time?
http://www.webwarrior.net/modules.ph...ticle&sid=2065
Nice one Phish~
I think that you are quite safe when using it in battery mode, which is when you would normally have it on your lap :)
If you have it on mains, it can get very hot and damage expensive table tops...........ever tried find a good French Polisher these days?..............best use an insulating mat like you would with hot food containers. I have to be careful of that, as most of my furniture is pre-1800, apart from my purpose built computer workstations & desks.
Reminds me of a line from a traditional Christmas Song...............
"Chestnuts roasting on an open fire............"
:D
Maid yes.. polisher no..Quote:
ever tried find a good French Polisher
I suspect that the original question may be from some peoples concern of electromagnetic rediation.. (RF)
As many PC's have a clock freq that is in the 2Ghz region, ie the same frequency region as microwave ovens.. the concern is that there are little microwaves running around causing all manor of medical problems, including Staleness of Nuts.
While I disagree with the statement;in that voltage is only a small factor in the power of a RF source, Current is the other and radiation efficiency of the device being a limiter..Quote:
They are pretty low voltage components for the most part
While a 800w Magnetron will roast nuts at .75 to 1m, the 300w psu is only putting 35 to 45 of its watts into the rf generator of which 60% generates the Ghz signals, and if we are unlucky the wiring is capable of radiating .001% of what escapes past the confines of the CPU/HSF and Mobo shields.. in orther words very little useable microwave energy..
Items that generate substancialy more rf energy than a PC with it sides removed:
Cordless phones.. especialy the 900Mhz and 2.4 Ghz
Mobile phones.. Analogue, digital and CDMA
Coulour televisions..especially the older sets
And why have the side on the PCç case?
To prevent the wideband radio noise that is generated in the PC from interfering with your cordless phone, mobile phone, and your tv..
Cheers..
Und3ertak3r, don't change a funny thread to serious please! You gonna kill it!! ;)
sry.. ok one line of joke was killed by 30 lines of serious.... so you mean that this thread is in the class of:
"When my computer has a virus should I get a Shot to prevent it spreading to me?"
'Is my computer Running under Windows?..NO.. near a Wall"
"When will Microsoft come up with a patch for these Viruses"
"My computer is fast it is 256Mb of RAMs" (only thing faster is 256Mega Bulls)
'I copied my old computer on to the descktop of this new one.. but it won't run"
some thing like that?
You know I often wondered what that warm feeling was when working on PC.. And i thought it was the view from my office over the retail floor of the shop and all the 18-19 yr old mums.... I wish I could have recorded some of the conversations these girls had near the computer retail display.. certainly give MB's stories a good challenge ..
I knew I should have had "ThreadKiller"for a nick..
Cheers
olly cow!
You mean this little PC will kill my wittle fish! :eek:
I've spent the last 30 years around equipment that radiates and transmits and although they glow in the dark, they still swim. In fact it's fun to shut the lights out and watch them swim up stream in the tubes..... :D
Not much good for bait, kinda too small to put on the hooks. :D
cheers
I'm gonna use this one!!Quote:
When my computer has a virus should I get a Shot to prevent it spreading to me?"
It was meant to be a serious thread!Quote:
Originally posted here by SDK
Und3ertak3r, don't change a funny thread to serious please! You gonna kill it!! ;)
It was meant to be a serious thread!Quote:
Originally posted here by SDK
Und3ertak3r, don't change a funny thread to serious please! You gonna kill it!! ;)
Novkhan,
The reason your question was greeted with some amusement is that it is an "urban myth", one of those scare stories that people like to put around to frighten people. I have found that the best way to deal with these scare stories is to treat them with humour and the contempt that they deserve. A "scientific explanation" that is not understood is just as bad, if not worse than the original myth, because people tend to think that if they cannot understand what you are telling them, you must be trying to trick them.
Und3ertak3r (who has a very sound knowledge of electronics) has given you the scientific explanation. A PC is just not powerful enough to generate harmful Radio Frequency emissions.
A few minutes ago, I dug out my microwave detector and tried it on my PC.............the needle did not even move!
In the early days of colour televisions there were "significant" emissions from the screen, but that was a long time ago. Somewhere I have a pamphlet from the European Health & Safety Executive that explains that modern computer monitors are quite safe. The fact that they printed it, shows that there was a general concern, but that is the monitor, not the computer.
Und3ertak3r mentioned an 800Watt magnetron. The magnetron is the microwave generator inside a microwave oven. As he said this WOULD cook you at ranges of around 750mm to 1000mm. But we all know that a leaking microwave oven is a dangerous device?
PCs don't have magnetrons, they generate a small amount of RF "interference" as a by product of their operation. As Und3ertak3r pointed out, the purpose of the case is to prevent the PC interferring with other devices in your environment, NOT to protect you.
My years of experience of dealing with non-specialist people is that it is better to make a joke of something, than attempt a scientific explanation. Hey, if they understood the scientific explanation, they knew enough not to ask the question in the first place?
Hope that helps
I worked in Spain for a couple of years 1980 - 1981, using microwave transmitters to plot navigation tables for the oil industry, we used 3500w TX's and they could fry seagulls at 1000m....... Also, we could hard boil eggs by throwing them into the beam path........
The 'down' side was that the second harmonic played havoc (read wrecked) with the locals TV's. My own set of spherical danglers do not appear to be any the worse for the experience. Which is more than can be said for the seagulls.