[AT] Waaay OT

[Mike Sloane]

Take a look at: <http://www.naturalnano.com/pr/2006/02/02132006_AMBIT.html>

Mike

Larry D. Goss wrote:
> I know just enough about this subject to be REALLY dangerous.  Have any
> of you heard anything about this?  Or is this simply someone's wishful
> thinking?
> 
> SUPPOSEDLY, some "farmer" somewhere discovered that he didn't have cell
> phone reception when he was in his barn.  He then discovered that the
> lack of reception was associated with a bar of cold hardened copper he
> was using as a door stop (or some similar mundane use).  He has
> discovered a way of putting the cold hardened copper into paint so it
> can be applied to ordinary walls in office buildings, schools, churches,
> theaters, funeral parlors...  Think of the possibilities! -- to
> automatically keep cell phones from disturbing meetings or events held
> in certain locations simply by covering the walls with a special paint.
> 
> Is there any truth to this?  I'm well aware that the ordinary way of
> hardening copper is to cold work it, so what's with the "cold hardened"
> emphasis in the story?  And what's the hardening of copper got to do
> with it blocking cell phone signals -- but not pagers?  And why copper
> instead of lead?  Or is the whole thing a shaggy dog story?
> 
> FWIW, I heard this story from a saxophone player.  Under normal
> conditions, he's a rational human being, but he is (after all) a
> musician!  Now before any of you jump my case about "musician bashing",
> keep in mind that I'm married to a musician.  And she plays saxophone.
> 
> Larry
> 
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