Tero,
Steady on. What was the malicious slander precisely? If you are going to say such things, you'll have to be quite particular, so please elaborate. Perhaps you would also be so kind as to post some personal details so we know just who we are talking to and what your interest is. This stream has had a long and proud tradition of polite debate, give or take a bit of flak. Why, we even let Jim Lurgio and IDC cultists have a seat in a comfy armchair.
I'm very careful about not maligning people unjustly either in the Web or behind their backs. Slander encompasses the concept of malicious deliberate, careless, untruth with a view to damaging reputation. It is not slanderous to call somebody a liar, thief, fraudster for example, if the lie, theft or fraud can be demonstrated. So when Bill Frezza calls particular people by name fraudsters, that might well be slander [actually, more accurately libel when written in the web]. He really shouldn't do it if he can't substantiate his remarks.
Me saying TDMA will be rolled out the back door and has got no hope is not slander or libel. It is a response to people like Ramqvist, who cynically say that CDMA can't work while investing in it via Orbitel. While also holding patents. While also working on it. Who hired Bill Frezza who libelled Qualcomm people. I also think CDMA will eventually take over completely, but it will be a decade or two for TDMA to go, but much less for analog.
Now regarding brain cancer.
Like you, as far as I can tell, which isn't very far, there is no demonstration of cancer from these frequencies. But I have been around long enough to know that absence of proof is not proof of absence. There was a famous philosopher, by name Karl Popper, who incidentally spent many years in New Zealand, when we taught him all he knew. He developed the concept of falsifiability. I'm not sure how that is relevant but it seems quite good to fit it in here.
Now, I thought I'd try to learn a bit, which I did. I'll post some information on physiological effects of photons, which should keep you busy reading for a while. There is a very long trail of dead bodies and damage where there was "no proof of any harm" and "it is absolutely safe". We can start with Xrays of feet for shoe fitting, continue on through lead in gasoline, CFCs, thalidomide, and end up at Chernobyl. From what I know so far, the extent of any damage due to cellphones is so low I don't think it is worth worrying about, but I'm not sure just how low it is. But just suppose there is some problem, then CDMA with its lower power output will give less problem.
Can you give me your sources which show zero effects? Simply telling me I'm ranting isn't very convincing. It isn't very polite either.
I didn't bet the farm on CDMA thinking there was any risk of cancer to speak of; I value my money too much. But nevertheless, I like to check in the nooks and crannies to see just what problem there might be.
Was the Schmitt you are quoting the ex-Primeco man?
The Nokia 9000 sounds great. I have got a wooden model in my basement which I made some years ago, but it never got past the wooden prototype stage. But I had included computer, email, web, calculator, alarm clock, radio and tv, plus micro earplug cellphone for handsfree. But the 9000 looks quite good, certainly better than my wooden job even though mine has more features and a more funky name, "Anita" after one of my daughters. I hope it isn't too many years before CDMA models are available with all my features included, but I have to admit that there is nothing available now that I know of.
But wait, there's hope. To travel from Finland to China, from England to Australia, from Washington DC to Italy and use the same phone in all these places? How about in a yacht half way out in the Pacific or out in a Saudi Arabian desert. On top of Mt Everest? In a 747 over Greenland? People could buy an Ericsson/Orbitel CDMA handset and use it anywhere for about $1 per minute. They will be able to do that in 1998. Hopefully I can stick one onto "Anita" with bubble gum and chickenwire and hey presto! Goodbye to the Nokia 9000.
Maurice |
