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- castevens, on 06/12/2008, -1/+295I'm allergic to *not* having internet access, and I consider it discrimination to remove Wi-Fi access points.
- suckanucka, on 06/12/2008, -29/+199How do people like this still exist? I blame Fox News for spreading mass retardation.
- drlha, on 06/12/2008, -0/+115If installing city wide WiFi drives these nutters out of Santa Fe, that can only be a good thing surely?
- Yareking, on 06/12/2008, -1/+111Im alergic to the sun but i dont ask nasa to take it down
- snagra, on 06/12/2008, -1/+96"It's not 1692, it's 2008. Santa Fe needs to embrace this technology, it's not going away."
Props to the City Council. - TheUngod, on 06/12/2008, -1/+79It's not like this is a hard thing to test. Just put them in a room and turn a router on and off and see if they notice when this is happening. When they fail, their case will be immediately dropped.
- 4degrees, on 06/12/2008, -1/+76i say prove the allergy then we can talk.... $10 says its psychosomatic in most cases.
- HillerMylife, on 07/24/2008, -2/+53This is clearly a case of discrimination against those who are allergic to frivolous litigation.
- inactive, on 06/12/2008, -1/+52Why doesn't the city just issue tin foil hats for those folks?
- bromac, on 06/12/2008, -0/+473 WATTS?
You mean 300 MILLIWATTS. And that's beefy for a access point. Most are around 100-200mW tx power. Your laptop puts out a measly 50mW or less. In fact, you're limited to 1W in the states as far as FCC regs. go.
These whiners are coming out of the woodwork trying to blame almost every known disease on radiation, when we receive more space radiation every day than you'll ever get from consumer electronics. Then they have no problem listening to their radios and watching TV which puts out tens of thousands of watts. Selective paranoia, really.
Of course distance plays a huge factor on the actual radiation exposure, but the bottom line is that 300mW of signal is negligible as far as health concerns go. - mokaone, on 06/12/2008, -3/+48anyone else surprised this wasn't an Onion story?
- deadmoo, on 06/12/2008, -4/+48hippie-chrondriacs
- BoneheadFarker, on 06/12/2008, -0/+40$50 says that they "discovered" their allergy because they once got a headache, looked around and saw a wifi-hotspot sign, then came to the "obvious" conclusion...
- textrant, on 06/12/2008, -1/+41$10 says its psychosomatic in ALL cases.
Not including if your pacemaker is 802.11b complaint. - inkyblue2, on 06/12/2008, -1/+40these people are not fox news watchers, they're crazy desert hippies. i got into an argument with one of them over "wi-fi allergies" in a rock shop in santa fe last summer. it was the stupidest conversation ever.
someone on slashdot had the right idea when this was posted there a few weeks ago: make some "wi-fi shielding crystals" and sell them to the hippies. problem solved. - bcarl314, on 06/12/2008, -9/+40What about power lines? How much electromagnetic radiation do those give off? Let me guess, this is from some techno-phobic organization led be devout mormons?
- Depravo, on 06/12/2008, -1/+31I'm allergic to people with idiotic notions. Remove them immediately.
- completerobot, on 06/12/2008, -1/+30I can't imagine a life without sext messaging.
- inactive, on 06/12/2008, -3/+31***** believable, I hope everyone floods their homes with WiFi signals.
- DreKor, on 06/12/2008, -0/+26Your grandma took the appropriate course of action and got drugs to fix her craziness. She didn't sue to have everyone get rid of their TVs.
- FredFredrickson, on 06/12/2008, -0/+26How could you be allergic to WiFi, when it uses the same technology as radio, cell phones, and the whole bit?
- Dipsomaniac, on 06/12/2008, -0/+24That's been tried, with properly-done double-blind techniques.
Nobody who claimed the ability to detect WiFi or cellphone radiation did any better than pure chance in detecting signals. - inspecality, on 06/12/2008, -2/+25It is a good thing.
And don't call me surely. - bdfariello, on 06/12/2008, -0/+23I used to install wireless access points all around my campus before I graduated, and one of the Deans of the college (with a PhD, mind you) was afraid that the WAP was going to shoot out lightning at him, so we had to move it (we moved it to just the other side of the wall so he couldn't see it: no complaints yet).
It's incredible how resistant to technology some people are. - isaactwito, on 06/12/2008, -9/+32This is the exact same as people who say they are "chemical sensitive" and will only eat organically grown things. I know this from working at an organic coop and these people are just stupid. How did these people manage in the 80s and such before coops were prominent? They didn't, because it's just not a real condition. It's just like this. People making up ***** to try to get something they don't understand changed, rather than learning anything. Idiocy is a problem.
- trolleyfan, on 06/12/2008, -0/+23Could you let me know where you _do_ live - because I'd love to live in a place without stupid people...
- cawpin, on 06/12/2008, -2/+25I'm allergic to stupid people. Thankfully, I don't live in Santa Fe so I think I'll be ok.
- bdfariello, on 06/12/2008, -5/+27Hey there, don't give the human race too much credit now. Even without Fox news, people would still be highly retarded (though I can't say they're helping any).
- RoboHobo, on 06/12/2008, -2/+23Because just like wi-fi, second hand smoke is perfectly harmless. Oh, wait.
- BXRWXR, on 06/12/2008, -0/+21I'm allergic to XML.
- phorty40, on 06/12/2008, -5/+25in related news. i am allergic to air , under certain circumstances when i want my way.
- com2, on 06/12/2008, -0/+20What I can't figure out is if they have allergies than why do they need a wi-fi detector?
- thecatcantalk, on 06/12/2008, -0/+19I see you've never been to Santa Fe, lol. That's the city where you can take your dog to a groomer who gives Fido a "chakra cleansing energy massage" after "purifying" the room with "sacred sage smoke". Because dogs are OK with getting smoke in their noses, right?
Those of us who DO live in New Mexico all exploded with laughter when we read this headline, I guarantee it.
What a bunch of jodidos! /roflmao - jdepp, on 06/12/2008, -0/+18I once knew a girl who would leave the microwave door closed for a few minutes after cooking in order that "the rays had time to dissipate"... so it would be "safe" to open the oven. She was hot, so I put it down as one of those quirky female things that men don't get, like poetry and proper conversation. ... but WiFi allergy??? come on, don't be stupid.
- CaptainBryan, on 06/12/2008, -1/+19Again, why doesn't the city just issue tin foil hats to these folks?
- Stradenko, on 06/12/2008, -0/+17Yeah, I'm allergic to electromagnetic waves in the 315 nm - 280 nm wavelength range. Exposure results in skin discoloration, with extreme overexposure resulting in a terrible rash and eventually cancer. :(
- jwprox, on 06/12/2008, -2/+19Knowing this country, they'll probably win a nice settlement.
- Stradenko, on 06/12/2008, -0/+17You can call me anything, so long as you call me.
- idntunknwn, on 06/12/2008, -1/+17Wouldn't the Internet kill you?
- aphexcoil, on 06/12/2008, -0/+16What they should do is pretend they removed the access points and then ask this group if they feel better now that the evil Wi-Fi is gone. When the group says, "yes, thank you!" then they immediately tell them they're full of ***** because they never touched the APs to begin with.
- Orion682, on 06/12/2008, -0/+16What about Earth's Magnetic Field?
- aliengoods, on 06/12/2008, -0/+15If you think people are going to give up WiFi because a very, very small segment of the population are off their rocker, and especially if you think they should have to give it up, you're the one who is naive.
- TheBiggestGnome, on 06/12/2008, -0/+14I suppose they're allergic to 2.4Ghz cordless phones too?
$10 says they yap on their phones all night, too. - Murdats, on 06/12/2008, -0/+14they claim they are sensitive to very specific frequencies, basically the frequencies of the latest version of wireless technology that is becomming popular.
- sexybobo, on 06/12/2008, -0/+14What about the sun?
- somberlaine, on 06/12/2008, -3/+16Hell no!!!!!
- uberchaoslord, on 06/12/2008, -1/+14I can't believe there is enough of these people to form a "group" in a place the size of santa fe (75k ppl approx). Do wacked-out hippies just flock to santa fe or what? Do some scientific double-blind tests to see if they really can detect exposure to Wi-Fi, and 500 bucks says they can't - they're just "anti-technology" and are using the "allergy" angle to keep it out of government.
- Murdats, on 06/12/2008, -0/+13http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical_sensitivit ...
http://www.google.com.au/search?num=100&hl=en&safe ...
wow this internet thing is great for sharing and finding information, I think it may just catch on. - lawrenceboland, on 06/12/2008, -1/+14Santa Fe, NM: Members of a lawsuit trying to ban public Wi-Fi access points are bludgeoned to death by a pack of nerds wielding USB Wi-Fi dongles. News at 11.
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