Owais Mughal
A month or so ago there was a widespread rumor in Pakistan that some virus is getting spread around via mobile calls. So much so that Pakistan Telecommunication Authority had to give above clarification. The english translation goes like this: “There is no anti-health virus in the mobile phone”.
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[quote comment="49398"]and precisely this[/quote]
A bit discouraging to hear that even our rumors aren’t original. :)
and precisely this
This reminds me my teacher of Cellular Wireless course as someone in the class ask about the Health hazards and he mentioned a study which concluded that it is 10 times more harmful to be close to a microwave during the heating process than having a cellphone next to your body. He used to tell us to keep yourself away from the microwave.
Does that include brain cancer? :)
and the most interesting thing, that I came to know of few days back, is that this idea was originated from Stephen King’s latest Novel “The Cell” … we’re a funny nation :-)
[quote comment="49219"]I can recall this rumour very well ….
dont pick any calls from such and such number , if you do , there will be a frequency on the other end that will pierce your brain and you will die instantly. a friend of a friend of a friend has died because of this ….
The problem is that in this age of advanced technology , one never knows what to believe … even my somewhat logical brain thought , well mobile services are doing so much that was not even thinkable a few years ago so perhaps technology can do this too …
I am sorry but i fell for it too :([/quote]
Well, its true that technology is taking giant leaps. Just wait for the rumors when nanotechnolgy will mature. ;)
I think this virus rumor sould be patented and sold to a hollywood director. Could be an interesting Sci-Fi Movie.
I can recall this rumour very well ….
dont pick any calls from such and such number , if you do , there will be a frequency on the other end that will pierce your brain and you will die instantly. a friend of a friend of a friend has died because of this ….
The problem is that in this age of advanced technology , one never knows what to believe … even my somewhat logical brain thought , well mobile services are doing so much that was not even thinkable a few years ago so perhaps technology can do this too …
I am sorry but i fell for it too :(
The rumor propagation speed also depends upon the common sense of the masses. In this case, we saw a practical demostration of “Common sense is not so common”.