> Thanks Andrew I needed to hear that. I really need to make changes  
> in my life as well. Powerful words that people need to hear!  Loni
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> --- On Mon, 5/23/11, Andrew McAfee <[hidden email]> wrote:
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> From: Andrew McAfee <[hidden email]>
> Subject: Re: [eSens] Re: wi-fi
> To: [hidden email]
> Date: Monday, May 23, 2011, 5:37 AM
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> So you are saying that you HAVE to stay somewhere that has Wi-Fi and  
> you cannot turn it off because the social order is such that it is  
> better to have it on than suffer the emotions/relationship problems  
> to turn it off?
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> That pisses me off that you would allow that condition in your life  
> and not value yourself enough to take care of your self either by  
> leaving or waking these people up to your reality.
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> You can see this triggers my emotions and so obviously has nothing  
> to do with you.
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> Get creative with your solutions. Simply remove/unscrew the antennas  
> from the Wi-Fi router and use cables/cords to the computers. They  
> have 50-100 foot long cables that can run all over the house to  
> where ever people think they need to have computer access. Download  
> speed will be much higher and access to your computer much more  
> secure.
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> You may still need to wrap the router in silver mesh to stop the  
> residual emissions but this is a hell of a lot better than being  
> radiated 24/7.
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> At night, get a timer to shut off the router from 11-6am unless  
> someone is looking at porn all night and doesn't want it off.
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> Don't settle for this crap. Do something to change your situation.
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> Andrew
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> On May 23, 2011, at 6:13 AM, svetaswan wrote:
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>> Emraware,
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>> You seem to have assumed that I was referring to you. I wasn't  
>> addressing that to you - unless you post under several different  
>> screenames that I'm not aware of? It was someone else who once  
>> suggested that I could disable the wireless router remotely,  
>> through software or via the Internet.
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>> And like I've said several times before, I'm in a living situation  
>> where I don't have the power to make the household decisions that  
>> many of you may take for granted. So it's not that I don't know  
>> about the dangers of wireless - which is what you seem to have  
>> presumed - it's just that I can't do much about it. If I had the  
>> authority, I would have gotten rid of WiFi a long time ago. As it  
>> is, I have to do what is within my power - which isn't as much as  
>> you or a lot of other people can do.
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>> I may not be able to get rid of WiFi - but at least I can make it a  
>> little more "comfortable". It's a good thing that I can do this  
>> much - or I would probably be in a *very* bad place now (not that  
>> my situation is exactly good or safe now).
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>> It's a good thing that my parents are in some ways even less  
>> computer savvy than I am - they didn't even realize that I had made  
>> those changes to the WiFi settings. They wouldn't have ever had to  
>> know....but I did end up mentioning it to them on a couple of  
>> occasions. They still may not fully understand what I did.  
>> Apparently they don't even care that much - as long as the router  
>> remains on and the computers can still access the Internet.
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>> Our router is located in the basement - so we're not exactly at  
>> "ground zero"...but it seems to be a very strong router - much  
>> stronger than our old Comcast router (which was the white, Netgear  
>> router). I don't remember feeling the Comcast router, unless I was  
>> at ground zero.
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>> There appears to be an option where you can command the wireless  
>> adapter to operate on lower power. There are 4 settings for the  
>> wireless adapter: "maximum performance", "low power saving",  
>> "medium power saving", & "maximum power saving". Apparently, the  
>> wireless adapter is on the "maximum performance" when it's plugged  
>> in - then goes to "low power saving" on battery. I guess I should  
>> try to lower these settings and see how my computer does - I've  
>> never tried "medium power saving" or "maximum power saving".
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>> There is even a button on the computer itself where if you press  
>> it, it turns off the wireless adapter. But I don't really have the  
>> option of turning it completely off - I pretty much have to use  
>> wireless.
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>> In the manual for this computer - it is recommended that you remain  
>> at least 8 inches from the wireless antenna - which is located  
>> inside of the upper margin of the screen, apparently. Supposedly  
>> you are within the government's "safe" exposure limits when you are  
>> 8 inches away - although that's probably not saying much...
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>> ~Svetaswan
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>> --- In [hidden email], "emraware" <emraware@...> wrote:
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>>>> Another thing that I finally started doing was dialing down the  
>>>> power output of our satanic AT&T WiFry router. I remember you  
>>>> telling me that I could do this
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>>> Svetaswan,
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>>> I don't remember ever suggesting this. I use a wired router w/  
>>> ethernet cables instead of a wireless router.
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>>> Even if you lower your Wi-Fi router's power, that's only half of  
>>> the equation. Your dominant exposure is probably from Wi-Fi on  
>>> your laptop-- which would be right next to you... Does your laptop  
>>> have a similar "dial-down" option?
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>>> One acquaintance of mine tested a wi-fi router and found at a  
>>> distance of 1 meter, the radiation was the same as that of a cell  
>>> phone held directly to the head. I think some laptops might be  
>>> similar? IMO, one should "disable" Wi-Fi on the laptop via the  
>>> control panel, network settings. That's the best.
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