Do you remember our E-Waves anti-radiation chip story from last week? Well, the retailer behind the device has since withdrawn it from sale because of doubts over its capabilities.
Belgian pharmacy chain Omega Pharma has since said that, following launch of the E-Waves chip, a “storm of protest broke out during which scientific …
Press at high pressure but with no added heat. The oil that flows at this stage can be called Extra Virgin Snake Oil. Take the pressings and pass via a centrifuge. The oil that comes out at this stage can be sold as Virgin Snake Oil. The spun pressings can now be heated and treated with hexane. This is last extract process gives just plain old Snake Oil.
"storm of protest broke out during which scientific proof of doctors and professors was brought into doubt" - nothing wrong with that except that scientific proof is, of course, usually considered to be intractable. the only way it could not be is either a) someone's made an honest mistake in their hypothesis or measurements or, heaven forbid, b) some company made up a press release purporting results that have subsequently been uncovered by a real experiment. uncovered that is, by the kind of science experiment concerned with the actual advancement of human knowledge and not, maybe, making a fast buck off some naive idiot duped by some very dubious press release.
Actually, I'm a little shocked that they actually withdrew it - there's no way they ever BELIEVED it worked, so why pull it because it doesn't? God knows the assholes who make those signal boosters never had the same reaction to their bullshit product. Haven't seen any ads recently, though - maybe they took the money and ran.
There was quite some coverage here in Belgium, and just about every expert said it was rubbish and even if it wasn't, cellphones would detect a worse signal and start to increase the power of the signals they're emitting, rendering the whole thing useless.
And the quantum thing would be totally irrelevant as normal physics apply to cellphone signals (I say 'would be' because I'm no expert, I just read it somewhere, then moved on to my evening of mind-numbing TV).
Why do we need quantum physical information waves when the radiation will clearly be stopped by all the pentapeptides, vitamin B-73, hyaluronic acids and other bullshitides that are found in today's cosmetics which come equipped with all the most effective fake effects that pseudo-science can provide.
From what I recall, in quantum theory the observation of an event has a direct effect on the event itself. Quantum encryption is unbreakable because merely observing it disrupts it enough to mark it broken. (Something like that. I'm at work and can't remember.)
So from this, I conclude that this chip works; it's just if you try and observe it working it stops working. I think the lights in fridges are similar.
Steve said "I conclude that this chip works; it's just if you try and observe it working it stops working. I think the lights in fridges are similar."
Brilliant!
Yes, just like the "psychic" Uri Geller etc. whose psychic powers appear to be blocked yb having some reputable scientists, magicians and skeptics in the audience and checking out the equipment ...
"scientific proof of doctors and professors was brought into doubt"
I wonder, but am too lazy to check, whether they ever named the "doctors and professors", or gave the references to the peer reviewed, respectable-journal-published "scientific proof" they refer too...
Any time you see something like "many scientists agree with (or doubt)" something and it all sounds sketchy, you can be sure there will be no accompanying list of names or respectable publications. Or they will be engineers, or something -- which normal people sometimes mistake for scientists.
I never trustd the tinfoils hats - because as far as I can see they have no active component, and won't work as a faraday cage since they are not grounded, but this new device should be ok, after all it's got a chip in it.
Doubts they HAVE doctors and professors on this. Doubts the photos even have a handset in them. Doubts the scans could even resolve cellphone-caused thermal gradients. Doubts the ad writers know what information is, let alone the quantum kind. But about protection?
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Anti-radiation phone chip withdrawn from sale
Do you remember our E-Waves anti-radiation chip story from last week? Well, the retailer behind the device has since withdrawn it from sale because of doubts over its capabilities. Belgian pharmacy chain Omega Pharma has since said that, following launch of the E-Waves chip, a “storm of protest broke out during which scientific …
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Posted Tuesday 16th December 2008 12:42 GMT
Mark Scorah
a quantum physical information wave #
I'm not sure what one of those is but I think I'd rather have whatever comes out of the phone being blasted at my head than that
Posted Tuesday 16th December 2008 13:01 GMT
Flugal
Sounds fair #
Perhaps, whilst we're about it, Wacki Jaqui should be withdrawn from the government because of doubts about her capabilities?
Posted Tuesday 16th December 2008 13:01 GMT
Ted Treen
@Mark #
"a quantum physical information wave " means it's saying "All your monies are belong to us".
All I can say to it is a word not entirely unlike "Bollards".
Posted Tuesday 16th December 2008 13:01 GMT
Ferry Boat
Take one large snake #
Press at high pressure but with no added heat. The oil that flows at this stage can be called Extra Virgin Snake Oil. Take the pressings and pass via a centrifuge. The oil that comes out at this stage can be sold as Virgin Snake Oil. The spun pressings can now be heated and treated with hexane. This is last extract process gives just plain old Snake Oil.
Posted Tuesday 16th December 2008 13:01 GMT
Simon Neill
a quantum physical information wave #
Did they modify the deflector dish? Perhaps a simple reversal of the polarity.
Posted Tuesday 16th December 2008 14:04 GMT
Ray
scientific proof...? #
"storm of protest broke out during which scientific proof of doctors and professors was brought into doubt" - nothing wrong with that except that scientific proof is, of course, usually considered to be intractable. the only way it could not be is either a) someone's made an honest mistake in their hypothesis or measurements or, heaven forbid, b) some company made up a press release purporting results that have subsequently been uncovered by a real experiment. uncovered that is, by the kind of science experiment concerned with the actual advancement of human knowledge and not, maybe, making a fast buck off some naive idiot duped by some very dubious press release.
i wonder what the odds are.
Posted Tuesday 16th December 2008 14:04 GMT
Secretgeek
@ James #
It's a load of bollocks and, I agree, I wouldn't want those blasted at my head either.
Posted Tuesday 16th December 2008 14:04 GMT
Anonymous Coward
SCIENCE! #
Isn't the conversation you can hear a quantum physical information wave?
Posted Tuesday 16th December 2008 14:04 GMT
Dan White
Must be true... #
... it has the word "Quantum" in it.
On the other hand, any fule know that to really get results, you *always* need a tachyon pulse. That shit worked for Captain Picard about 30 times...
Posted Tuesday 16th December 2008 14:04 GMT
David Wiernicki
I'm shocked. #
Shocked, I tell you.
Actually, I'm a little shocked that they actually withdrew it - there's no way they ever BELIEVED it worked, so why pull it because it doesn't? God knows the assholes who make those signal boosters never had the same reaction to their bullshit product. Haven't seen any ads recently, though - maybe they took the money and ran.
Posted Tuesday 16th December 2008 14:04 GMT
Ash
Bombarding your brain... #
... with what I presume to be the negative of the signal your phone is generating.
Must make call quality a little sketchy...
Posted Tuesday 16th December 2008 14:04 GMT
Al
ta but... #
waa..... I will just keep wearing my tin-foil hat for a while longer...
Posted Tuesday 16th December 2008 14:04 GMT
Anonymous Coward
LMFAO #
How does a fool and his money get together in the first place ?
Posted Tuesday 16th December 2008 14:23 GMT
Ricky Cann
Fonejacker #
Does George Agdgdgwngo work for this company?
Posted Tuesday 16th December 2008 14:41 GMT
Anonymous Hero
Pseudoscience #
This reminds me of the psuedo-science crap that peddlers of hair and skin 'beauty' products baffle helpless females with. e.g.
Silk Polypeptides
Protection against free radical damage
Therapeutic antioxidants
Dermalogical Ultracalming (!!?)
Provitamins
Unique Skin Brightening Complex
...
Quantum Physical Information Wave
Posted Tuesday 16th December 2008 14:41 GMT
Peter
Mumbo-jumbo #
There was quite some coverage here in Belgium, and just about every expert said it was rubbish and even if it wasn't, cellphones would detect a worse signal and start to increase the power of the signals they're emitting, rendering the whole thing useless.
And the quantum thing would be totally irrelevant as normal physics apply to cellphone signals (I say 'would be' because I'm no expert, I just read it somewhere, then moved on to my evening of mind-numbing TV).
Posted Tuesday 16th December 2008 15:01 GMT
Ken Hagan
Re: I'm shocked. #
"Haven't seen any ads recently, though - maybe they took the money and ran."
Or maybe their financial backer, Mr Madoff, pulled the plug.
Posted Tuesday 16th December 2008 15:01 GMT
Gerard Krupa
Why do we need this? #
Why do we need quantum physical information waves when the radiation will clearly be stopped by all the pentapeptides, vitamin B-73, hyaluronic acids and other bullshitides that are found in today's cosmetics which come equipped with all the most effective fake effects that pseudo-science can provide.
Posted Tuesday 16th December 2008 15:54 GMT
Steve Anderson
The great thing about quantum physics #
From what I recall, in quantum theory the observation of an event has a direct effect on the event itself. Quantum encryption is unbreakable because merely observing it disrupts it enough to mark it broken. (Something like that. I'm at work and can't remember.)
So from this, I conclude that this chip works; it's just if you try and observe it working it stops working. I think the lights in fridges are similar.
Posted Tuesday 16th December 2008 17:00 GMT
Anonymous Coward
2 things to say to the company: #
1) Define the term "quantum physical information wave" I keep up on current tech and don't recall ever hearing this term.
2) Good riddance---don't let the door hit 'ya where the good lord split 'ya
Posted Tuesday 16th December 2008 17:05 GMT
Chris O'Shea
@steve anderson #
Steve said "I conclude that this chip works; it's just if you try and observe it working it stops working. I think the lights in fridges are similar."
Brilliant!
Yes, just like the "psychic" Uri Geller etc. whose psychic powers appear to be blocked yb having some reputable scientists, magicians and skeptics in the audience and checking out the equipment ...
Posted Tuesday 16th December 2008 21:23 GMT
Mike
Fool and money, first cause #
Daddy or Mummy, of course. Or perhaps daft old Aunt Edith.
Posted Tuesday 16th December 2008 21:23 GMT
Anonymous Coward
phone radiation protection system .. #
See phone radiation protection system here ..
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/85/ManWearingTinFoilHat.jpg
Posted Tuesday 16th December 2008 21:31 GMT
J
I wonder... #
"scientific proof of doctors and professors was brought into doubt"
I wonder, but am too lazy to check, whether they ever named the "doctors and professors", or gave the references to the peer reviewed, respectable-journal-published "scientific proof" they refer too...
Any time you see something like "many scientists agree with (or doubt)" something and it all sounds sketchy, you can be sure there will be no accompanying list of names or respectable publications. Or they will be engineers, or something -- which normal people sometimes mistake for scientists.
Posted Tuesday 16th December 2008 21:31 GMT
James O'Brien
Noooooooooooo!!!!! #
They are taking my money making tin-hats away from me. By not selling the high priced "chips" no one will want my tin hats for only a tenner each...
*sniffs*
Posted Wednesday 17th December 2008 10:28 GMT
Dr Patrick J R Harkin
Presumably Q would design one for Jame Bond #
which projects Quantum of Solace Information Waves.
Yes, I know it isn't a very good joke, but then it wasn't a very good film.
Posted Wednesday 17th December 2008 11:54 GMT
Kenny Millar
Eh? #
Sorry what? Have I missed something here?
I never trustd the tinfoils hats - because as far as I can see they have no active component, and won't work as a faraday cage since they are not grounded, but this new device should be ok, after all it's got a chip in it.
Mine is the one with the wire wool lining.
Posted Wednesday 17th December 2008 13:32 GMT
Cortland Richmond
Shocked, I tell you! #
Doubts? What is the world coming to!
Doubts they HAVE doctors and professors on this. Doubts the photos even have a handset in them. Doubts the scans could even resolve cellphone-caused thermal gradients. Doubts the ad writers know what information is, let alone the quantum kind. But about protection?
I am shocked! Shocked, I tell you!
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