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Can tinfoil hats actually prevent the government from reading your thoughts?
Popular Science Magazine, March 2006, page 80-82 | March, 2006 | Amanda MacMillan

Posted on 02/13/2006 3:57:34 PM PST by baldeagle390

Inspired by fringe beliefs that invasive radio signals can probe a citizens' thoughts and that wearing foil on your head may fend them off, an experiment by four Ph.D candidates found that certain frequencies-owned by the Feds naturally-are actually enhanced by such "protection."

Overall, the foil effectively weakend radio waves by up to 10 decibels over most of the frequency spectrum (there were no significant differences among helmet shapes). But at 1.2 and 2.6 GHz-which fall within the band reserved for government satellites, GPS systems and mobile-phone corporations-passage through the foil amplified these waves by 20-30 decibels.


TOPICS: Conspiracy; Humor; UFO's
KEYWORDS: darkshearesfault; moonbats; tinfoilhats
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To: ChefKeith; Chanticleer; r-q-tek86

To be clear - this is the Jiffy Pop Hat thread that goes with the Chili Cook-off...

It helps if you drink...

;-)


121 posted on 02/14/2006 10:29:16 AM PST by Dashing Dasher (Happy Valentine's Day! or as mhking likes to say, Happy Thanksgiving!)
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To: Dashing Dasher

Don't need no help drinkin'- it's more of a supply thing;O)


122 posted on 02/14/2006 7:20:43 PM PST by ChefKeith (Flies,fleas,ants,ticks,cockroaches,bad cops,lawyers,judges & politicians All the same. Useless!!!)
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To: Berosus; Cincinatus' Wife; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Do not dub me shapka broham; ...

Two, two, two bumps in one. Pretty funny stuff, and I'm sure someone will find it pingable. ;')

Tinfoil Hat Song
Eclectech.com
Posted on 03/26/2006 9:23:24 PM EST by 5Madman2
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1603691/posts

http://eclectech.co.uk/mindcontrol.php


123 posted on 03/28/2006 10:23:24 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Yes indeed, Civ updated his profile and links pages again, on Monday, March 6, 2006.)
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To: SunkenCiv
RE: "...passage through the foil amplified these waves by 20-30 decibels."

...So, if I understand correctly, wearing one of these hats will enhance my cell-phone reception in 'fringe' areas...?

124 posted on 03/29/2006 8:47:29 PM PST by Seadog Bytes (OPM - The Liberal 'solution' to every societal problem. (...Other People's Money))
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To: Millee

See... I knew that it worked


125 posted on 03/30/2006 11:17:49 AM PST by r-q-tek86 (You are only young once, but you can stay immature indefinitely)
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