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Re: Top 10 reasons why you should buy a NeXT instead of an automobile

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From: Todd M. Swan
Date: Tue, 07 Apr 1992 22:22
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In article <1992Apr7.154522.15075@kakwa.ucs.ualberta.ca>  
sherwood@space.ualberta.ca (Sherwood Botsford) writes:
> Todd M. Swan writes
> > In article <1992Apr6.015956.1071@csus.edu> eps@futon.SFSU.EDU (Eric P.  
Scott)  
> > writes:
> > > Top 10 reasons why you should buy a NeXT instead of an automobile
> > > 
> > >  6. Exhaust isn't fatal
> > > 
> > 
> > If you consider radiation to be "exhaust" then this could be debateable...  
> :-)
  ^^^

> > 
> Come now.  The two aren't in the same league.  Despite all the studies (most  
of  
> them badly flawed) the connection between VLF EMF from a terminal and health  
> hazards is somewhere between zero and very small.  Even if you take the worst  
> case studies as gospel, the use/loss ration (# of hours of terminal use  
divided  
> by the expected loss of lifespan) is enormous.  Tens of thousands, I bet.
> 
> Now if you want to argue about the fields underneath high tension  
powerlines...

I guess you missed my smilie...

Anyway, as I've said before radiation from my Cube is the last thing I'm  
worried about living here in the birthplace of the nuclear bomb. :-)

Todd
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