Man Dan, you're like a walking Lakehead billboard...
Computer Science Canada No WiFi for Lakehead |
| Author: | Naveg [ Wed Feb 22, 2006 5:09 pm ] |
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This seems a bit farfetched for me. People have been exposed to all sorts of radiation energy, and I have difficulty believing that WiFi can cause health problems while radio and cell phones do not. With more and more cities accepting proposals to blanket their territory with WiFi, I certainly hope it isn't dangerous. In any case, wireless internet access is becoming a necessity in todays fast-paced world of business. Any comments, Hacker Dan perhaps? http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060222-6235.html |
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| Author: | Andy [ Wed Feb 22, 2006 5:14 pm ] |
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lol i actually posted that in the mods forum this morning.. |
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| Author: | md [ Wed Feb 22, 2006 6:52 pm ] |
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How is it that someone in such a position of power can fail at being even reasonably intelligent? Unless he's also banning all cell towers in the area the radiation is already there. |
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| Author: | Martin [ Wed Feb 22, 2006 6:53 pm ] |
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Cornflake wrote: How is it that someone in such a position of power can fail at being even reasonably intelligent? Unless he's also banning all cell towers in the area the radiation is already there.
Up next. Breathing and the sun are known carcinogens. The council will vote next week on whether they too will be banned. |
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| Author: | Dan [ Wed Feb 22, 2006 8:32 pm ] |
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Well it is true that crazy prez Gilbert blives that wifi will give us all canser and effect our brains in some nonsecicanl way, but i whould say that this should not discurge potenaly studens from applying to lakehead. Lakehead's stution union is trying to fight this and if that fials we whount to put wifi in our bulidings (witch whould cover most of the cmapus any way). Unforntly tho LUSU bulidings are rented form the uni and this could cause legal problems if we where to try such a plan. This is hardly the most conterviersal thing Gilbert has done lattery at lakehead but just seems to be one of the most well know. I have hured reports of it on CBC radio where they intverview helth canadian for there options in witch they stated it was fine. Gilbert claims that no students are intrested in techogly with is cleary unture. Hostly all this bullshit with Gilbert is starting to get to me, it seems he is more intrested in making money and promting is own insaine proganed then aucatly do what is best for the school in the long therm. I for see his plans puting the school in some trubolen in a few years fincataly. Tho this hardly makes lakehead a bad school. Admaity there are lan cat-5 ports all over the school and almost at every seat in lector rooms so it is not like u can not hoke up your laptop. Also lakehead has some of the best studen serivces around ranging form student run bars, restornts, caffterys, and acrades. We also have some admazing gym physiclits with all the standers and some fun stuff like a climbing wall. With any luck the sutdent union will get wifi in there some where or gilbert will be kicked out or over ruled. At a least he has to be out in a few years. |
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| Author: | shorthair [ Wed Feb 22, 2006 10:56 pm ] |
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dude it made digg. |
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| Author: | timmytheturtle [ Wed Feb 22, 2006 11:01 pm ] |
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shorthair wrote: dude it made digg.
im so digging it |
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| Author: | 1of42 [ Wed Feb 22, 2006 11:59 pm ] |
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Man Dan, you're like a walking Lakehead billboard... |
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| Author: | md [ Thu Feb 23, 2006 2:01 am ] |
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Dan, a court challenge might be in order if he's that insane... if he get's committed then he'd be hard pressed to say no  |
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| Author: | Martin [ Thu Feb 23, 2006 2:45 am ] |
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I think with Digg and Slashdot on the scene, followed soon after by Ars I imagine Lakehead is going to lose applicants in tech fields. Who wants to study computer science/engineering at a technophobic school? |
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| Author: | shorthair [ Thu Feb 23, 2006 8:33 am ] |
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well said martin , truly not a good image for those in the tech field, i mean they are getting worldwide laugh coverage, its a huge deal. |
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| Author: | codemage [ Thu Feb 23, 2006 9:28 am ] |
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I think they made the right decision. Electro-magnetic radiation is a brand-new science; anything which emits magnetism should be banned until conclusive studies are conducted. In the meantime, throw out your fridge magnets, slinkies, and use your computers with monitors turned off. |
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| Author: | bugzpodder [ Thu Feb 23, 2006 12:22 pm ] |
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I'd really like wifi in my dorm... that way I can be free from the bandwidth constraint which is 1500MB per week! |
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| Author: | md [ Thu Feb 23, 2006 5:35 pm ] |
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codemage wrote: I think they made the right decision. Electro-magnetic radiation is a brand-new science; anything which emits magnetism should be banned until conclusive studies are conducted.
In the meantime, throw out your fridge magnets, slinkies, and use your computers with monitors turned off. Microwaves are not new; they have been in use for a fairly long time, and guess what! They use the same spectrum! Know what's even better? We're bombarded with radation all the time from things like the sun, a little extra from a wireless router that is less powerful and further away from you then a cell phone would be (same frequencies) is not going to hurt. This is simply a case of a really dumb, self centered, scheming president (he's done some other thigns too) using bad science to get his way. |
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| Author: | 1of42 [ Thu Feb 23, 2006 7:32 pm ] |
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Cornflake, you seriously had to have noticed the sarcasm in codemage's post. If not... |
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| Author: | md [ Thu Feb 23, 2006 7:39 pm ] |
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1of42 wrote: Cornflake, you seriously had to have noticed the sarcasm in codemage's post. If not...
Now yes; after > 24 hours awake... not really  |
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| Author: | Dan [ Mon Feb 27, 2006 4:04 pm ] |
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I have decided to try and start a campain for wifi at lakehead. I am a director on the BoD of LUSU (lakehead studen union) and have some infucle there althougth we have no power over the uni admin. Our orgnail idea was to put the wifi in LUSU owned space. But the problem with that is most of the space we have we rent from the uni and this could cause problems for us leace wise. At the next meeting i am planing on puting serveral motions forword in an effort to at least show that LUSU cares and whonts wifi. I am looking for any sugestions form any one on how to over come this probem with the admistartion and bring wifi to lakehead. |
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| Author: | rizzix [ Mon Feb 27, 2006 9:46 pm ] |
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Yea make it simple. If they want to ban wifi they should: 1] Ban cell phones 2] Ensure all wiring (of all kinds) are sheathed. 3] Increase the scholarship money by 200% |
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| Author: | Tony [ Wed Mar 01, 2006 9:57 am ] |
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get students interested in wifi to write letters and address them to Fred Gilbert. heh, it seems the real reason behind the ban of wifi is Nintendo DS! TFA wrote: Wi-Fi issues an electromagnetic wave that is usually less powerful than cellphones and the transmitter in the device is not, as a rule, up against the ear. Still, as Gilbert points out, students and others using Wi-Fi hotspots for their laptops or Nintendos tend to congregate in those areas where the uplink transmitter is at its most powerful in order to get the best reception. So there you have it! |
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| Author: | md [ Wed Mar 01, 2006 11:51 am ] |
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too bad teh DS doesn't use wifi. Its great ot see that he knows oh so much about what he's talking about... |
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| Author: | Mazer [ Wed Mar 01, 2006 12:01 pm ] |
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My recommendation: convince as many people as you can to wear tinfoil hats on campus. Surely that'll protect you from wifi. Or boost your signal strength, whatever. |
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| Author: | Tony [ Wed Mar 01, 2006 1:27 pm ] |
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Faraday's Cages for all! |
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| Author: | Dan [ Wed Mar 01, 2006 1:55 pm ] |
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Cornflake wrote: too bad teh DS doesn't use wifi. Its great ot see that he knows oh so much about what he's talking about...
Aucatly it dose, it just uses a comtmized protiacal. You can aucatly hack some of the old DSs using the right kind of wifi card and some cracking tools. Also if my DS dose not use wifi how did i play mario kart online with my wifi router? |
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| Author: | md [ Wed Mar 01, 2006 6:16 pm ] |
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Hacker Dan wrote: Cornflake wrote: too bad teh DS doesn't use wifi. Its great ot see that he knows oh so much about what he's talking about...
Aucatly it dose, it just uses a comtmized protiacal. You can aucatly hack some of the old DSs using the right kind of wifi card and some cracking tools. Also if my DS dose not use wifi how did i play mario kart online with my wifi router? Ok... I might be wrong... last I payed any attention to it though they didn't though (IIRC; it's been a long time since I thought about it). |
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| Author: | codemage [ Thu Mar 09, 2006 9:45 am ] |
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This is almost necro, but it looks like the entire metropolitan Toronto area will soon be suffering from wifi radiation poisoning, if Ontario Hydro gets its way. (I hate these long links... have to edit the tags.) Story from Globe & mail |
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| Author: | Dan [ Thu Mar 09, 2006 12:09 pm ] |
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I saw somthing about that on CTV news and when they side the words "...could have health effects...." a pic of lakehead came up. I was laugthing so hard........ |
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