I miss flying toaster screen saver.
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I've had to tell people that Coke isn't that harmful to your stomach by asking them what they know about hydrochloric acid. Once I convinced them that the concentration of HCL in their stomach was a LOT stronger than the acid in colas and that your stomach doesn't melt under it they realized that they had been duped to believe it.
As for phones in the microwave frequencies again people are being mislead as to how harmful it was. If they were truly seriously afraid of microwaves the standard wifi router is on the edge of wifi frequencies in fact if you get at the higher channels a running microwave oven that is near your wifi receiver can interfere with it to the point that you can't get any data reception at all. People would have to turn off their 2.4Ghz router and some older cordless phones also. Basically speaking running a microwave oven gets you some leakage from it although not enough to be harmful to you but harmful enough to mess with some pacemakers.
Also bluetooth is close to microwave and wifi frequencies at 2.4Ghz
As for phones in the microwave frequencies again people are being mislead as to how harmful it was. If they were truly seriously afraid of microwaves the standard wifi router is on the edge of wifi frequencies in fact if you get at the higher channels a running microwave oven that is near your wifi receiver can interfere with it to the point that you can't get any data reception at all. People would have to turn off their 2.4Ghz router and some older cordless phones also. Basically speaking running a microwave oven gets you some leakage from it although not enough to be harmful to you but harmful enough to mess with some pacemakers.
Also bluetooth is close to microwave and wifi frequencies at 2.4Ghz
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I had the starfield one most of the time.... space cadet.
PhotonWrangler
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Flying toasters! Yes I liked that one also.
Now that we're pretty much done with CRTs and plasma screens, the whole purpose of a "screen saver" is pretty much moot. These days it's useful more as a "hey I'm still turned on" indicator.
Now that we're pretty much done with CRTs and plasma screens, the whole purpose of a "screen saver" is pretty much moot. These days it's useful more as a "hey I'm still turned on" indicator.
idleprocess
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There's wifi interference a-plenty on the GE Spacemaker band.
Wifi is pretty much limited to 100mW transmit strength. Bluetooth can be as high as 100mW, but is usually lower.
Yes, when I use the microwave oven in my room here my wifi often cuts out it depends on what frequency it has drifted to sometimes it works fine other times I'm lucky to get 1mbps.
greenpondmike
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I talk too much, so y'all carry on while I read more and talk less.
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greenpondmike
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We don't bump. Threads will live or die by it's own value and content.
Ok, sorry Empath. Why do y'all have the bump smilie for? That confuses me.
There's some places a bump can be recognized as purposeful beyond trying to keep a thread alive, such as a marketplace sales thread.
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We don't bump. Threads will live or die by it's own value and content.
Ok, sorry Empath. Why do y'all have the bump smilie for? That confuses me.
There's some places a bump can be recognized as purposeful beyond trying to keep a thread alive, such as a marketplace sales thread.
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PhotonWrangler
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This is a well known issue with microwave ovens and wi-fi. I stood in front of an oven while watching a wi-fi signal on a spectrum analyzer. When I turned on the oven, it stomped all over the wi-fi carriers. Some ovens leak more than others - it depends largely on how well t he door seals when it's closed. An older oven might have bent hinges or worn gaskets and will leak more RF energy.
I think also the closeness of it to receiver/transmitters is a problem If your router if farther away than the oven from your device connected via wifi then it could overwhelm it with RF garbage but if the signal is strong enough to overcome the microwave oven bleedover then you won't have a big problem. I tried putting a metal shield over my antenna for my computer to reduce or block the microwave interference and has limited success. I don't have 5Ghz wifi on my computer but my phone does have it so it escapes the interference. It is sad that the folks at the FCC and computer companies and microwave manufacturers couldn't have made it so the frequencies were not so close together to make for any problems.
greenpondmike
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They have microwaves with inverter technology. I had one, but it didn't last long.
I have 2 of them. Panasonic makes them and they have one huge advantage in that unlike normal microwave ovens that cycle on/off they work 100% on at the percentage rate which means that you can run them on circuits that cannot handle 1000+ watts. I used mine in a house on a circuit that couldn't handle is on 100% duty running at 80% it almost never tripped the circuit but 100% it would trip the circuit if anything else was running in the house. Mine lasted about 7 years then died and I bought a new one and then I found a used one that was broken and got it for nothing and the inverter board was fine in it while mine had burned up... swapped boards and back to running again. I could probably run it off an 12v input car inverter that puts out 400watts by running the microwave oven at 30%. It would take longer but I could cook with it I think.
greenpondmike
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I have a panasonic inverter type and it didn't even last a year. I looked up user reviews and they said on there that panasonic was bought out and it isn't a quality product anymore. It's just a cheap product with quality name.
A friend of mine that is a nutritionist and herbalist said that microwaves change the composition of the foods and nuked foods have no nutritional value to them anymore. Also if you want the highest nutritional value you have to eat stuff raw (vegetables) or lightly steam them.
A friend of mine that is a nutritionist and herbalist said that microwaves change the composition of the foods and nuked foods have no nutritional value to them anymore. Also if you want the highest nutritional value you have to eat stuff raw (vegetables) or lightly steam them.
raggie33
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i do like the instant cooker type of cookers. i can put jn a pork roast that cost like 90 cents per pound a hour latter its so tender that ya cant even getit out of pot it just falls apart. so i empty cooker into a strainer theni add it to rice and use some asain sauce i forget which one but i promiise u willl love it
I would like to see data on this. Claims like this are suspect. Microwaves basically excite the molecules in the food, producing heat. They don’t change the chemical composition.
PhotonWrangler
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Exactly. They cause the water molecules in the food to vibrate really fast, producing friction and thus heat. It's why you can put a dry paper towel in a microwave oven and it won't even get warm because there are no water molecules to vibrate.
greenpondmike
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No big deal if y'all believe different and don't want to change your mind. I just put my opinion out there. I don't want to argue, so ya'll just believe what u want to believe. Peace
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greenpondmike
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Mmmm.....lol, I'm coming over to ur house to eat raggie.
I didn't know that.. my 2 panasonic inverter ovens are I think between 10 and 20 years old so likely they are made by panasonic and are the "quality ones".
