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Windows 7: Ruh-Roh: Wi-Fi Could Be Baking Your Sperm
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29 Nov 2011
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#1 | |
64-bit Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 & Windows 8 Enterprise Texas |
Ruh-Roh: Wi-Fi Could Be Baking Your Sperm
Quote: Not to be too dramatic, but we couldn’t live without our Wi-Fi connections. That could be our downfall, because as it turns out, future generations of young geeks may not be able to live with our Wi-Fi connections. While the proliferation of wireless hot spots is generally regarded as a Very Good Thing overall, a new study suggests that "a laptop connected wirelessly to the Internet on the lap near the testes may result in decreased male fertility." Basically, guys, all that YouTube browsing could be killing off your little soldiers. Read more at: Maximum PC | Ruh-Roh: Wi-Fi Could Be Baking Your Sperm | My System Specs |
| Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Self built custom
OS 64-bit Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 & Windows 8 Enterprise
CPU Intel i7-3930K 3.2 Ghz (O/C 4 Ghz)
Motherboard ASRock X79 Extreme11
Memory 32 GB (8GBx4) G.SKILL DDR3 Quad PC3-19200 2400MHz
Graphics Card Sapphire HD5870 Eyefinity 6 2GB
Sound Card SB Recon 3Di Integrated Chip
Monitor(s) Displays 3x 27" Asus VE278Q
Screen Resolution 1920x1080
Keyboard Logitech Cordless Desktop MX 5500 Revolution
Mouse Logitech Cordless Desktop MX 5500 Revolution
PSU OCZ Series Gold OCZZ1000M 1000W
Case Thermaltake Level 10 GT Snow Edition
Cooling Corsair Hydro H100
Hard Drives 256GB OCZ Vector
160GB OCZ RevoDrive X2
2 x 1TB Samsung HDD HD154UI SATA
Internet Speed 50 Mb/s Download and 2 Mb/s Upload
Other Info Microsoft LifeCam Cinema
Lite-On iHBS212 12x BD Writer
Samsung CLX-3175FW Printer
Netgear WNDR3800 Router
Motorola SBG6580 Cable Modem
2x APC Back-UPS XS 1500
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29 Nov 2011
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#2 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-Bit Peterborough, England |
I don't care - I've done all the reproducing I'm going to to do!! 
Mind you, haven't we also been told that mobile phones are frying our brains?
Best go back to the abacus and semaphore flags then.  | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP Pavilion Elite 495UK
OS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-Bit
CPU Intel Core i7 870 @ 2.93GHz
Motherboard MSI 2A9C (CPU1)
Memory 8Gb Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 664MHz
Graphics Card nVidia GeForce GTX 460 1024MB dedicated RAM
Sound Card Realtek HD Audio
Monitor(s) Displays HP2310i
Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080
Keyboard Logitech K750 solar-powered keyboard
Mouse Logitech Wireless M180 mouse
PSU 460W
Case HP Elite
Cooling Air cooled
Hard Drives 1x1954GB Hitachi HDS22020ALA 330 (RAID), 1x1954GB Hitachi External for backup and storage
Internet Speed 2Mb
Other Info Pure Avanti Flow Internet Radio with iPod Dock, 64Gb iPod, HP USB Speakers, Sony MDR-V500 Headphones, Sony Vaio F-Series Laptop
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29 Nov 2011
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#3 | |
MS Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit SP1 Somewhere in the middle of Desert :-) |
Shawn, I read the article. As the author says it is not yet proved in human beings.
Can I compare this to a mobile phone threat?
Nowadays we are using mobile phones more than wi-fi and I am sure mobile phones emit more electromagnetic radiation than wi-fi chips in laptops.  | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Toshiba Satellite P775-S7232
OS MS Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit SP1
CPU i5-2410M 2.3GHz (2.9GHz Turbo-Boost) Sandy Bridge 32nm
Motherboard Toshiba PHRAA ver. PSBY1U-00F003
Memory 4GB+4GB Samsung DDR3 PC3-10700 (1333 MHz)
Graphics Card Video Intel(R) HD Graphics Family, 1696MB available memory
Sound Card Realtek High Definition Audio version=6.0.1.6323
Monitor(s) Displays 17.3 " Trubrite TFT LCD, LED Backlit
Screen Resolution 1600x900 32 bit, Native support for 720P content
Keyboard Premium Raised Tile keyboard
Mouse Logitech M215 wireless mouse
PSU Toshiba AC/DC Adapter
Case Notebook
Cooling Built-in Fan
Hard Drives TOSHIBA MK6476GSXN
580.614 [GB] partitioned C: 80GB and D: 500GB with hidden recovery partitons.
Spare bay for 2nd HDD but no SATA connector :-(
Internet Speed Not fast enough
Other Info Built-in Harman Kardon speakers with Dolby Advanced Audio, Waves MaxxAudio® 3. HDMI, 1xUSB3+3xUSB2 ports, WebCam, Battery life 4hrs 11mins, 4GB Readyboost SDHC card, WD My Book Essential Ext HDDs 2 TB, 2x1TB, My Passport SE 1TB and WDTV 1st Gen for Multimedia playing on a Sony Wega 32" LCD.
Recent addition to my toys are Asus Transformer Pad TF300T with 32GB onboard sd card + 32GB microsd card.
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29 Nov 2011
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#4 | |
64-bit Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 & Windows 8 Enterprise Texas |
Yeah, I would say it's one of those things that's not completely proven yet, but could be a possibility. | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Self built custom
OS 64-bit Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 & Windows 8 Enterprise
CPU Intel i7-3930K 3.2 Ghz (O/C 4 Ghz)
Motherboard ASRock X79 Extreme11
Memory 32 GB (8GBx4) G.SKILL DDR3 Quad PC3-19200 2400MHz
Graphics Card Sapphire HD5870 Eyefinity 6 2GB
Sound Card SB Recon 3Di Integrated Chip
Monitor(s) Displays 3x 27" Asus VE278Q
Screen Resolution 1920x1080
Keyboard Logitech Cordless Desktop MX 5500 Revolution
Mouse Logitech Cordless Desktop MX 5500 Revolution
PSU OCZ Series Gold OCZZ1000M 1000W
Case Thermaltake Level 10 GT Snow Edition
Cooling Corsair Hydro H100
Hard Drives 256GB OCZ Vector
160GB OCZ RevoDrive X2
2 x 1TB Samsung HDD HD154UI SATA
Internet Speed 50 Mb/s Download and 2 Mb/s Upload
Other Info Microsoft LifeCam Cinema
Lite-On iHBS212 12x BD Writer
Samsung CLX-3175FW Printer
Netgear WNDR3800 Router
Motorola SBG6580 Cable Modem
2x APC Back-UPS XS 1500
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29 Nov 2011
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#5 | |
Windows 7 Pro x64 SP1 Rockville, Maryland USA |
With some people, it might be a good thing to reduce their ability to pass on their genes. 
Rich | | My System Specs | | Computer type Laptop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Toshiba Laptop Qosimo X870
OS Windows 7 Pro x64 SP1
CPU Intel Core I7
Motherboard Toshiba
Memory 16 Gigs
Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670M
Monitor(s) Displays 17.7" laptop
Screen Resolution 1600 x 900
Hard Drives 256 Gig SanDisk SSD for C
256 Gig Intel SSD for D
Internet Speed 50/25 FIOS
Antivirus Vipre (all you can eat for 10 machines)
Browser IE and FF
Other Info I have dos 6.22, wfwg 3.11, win98, 2000 and xp VHD's available for testing. MS's Virtual PC works great.
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29 Nov 2011
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#6 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1 |
Did Scooby Doo write the article? | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Airbot 2.0
OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1
CPU Core i7 920 (D0) @ 4Ghz, *26c idle *65c full load on air
Motherboard Asus P6X58D Premium - Sata 6Gb/s - USB 3.0
Memory 12GB DDR3 Corsair Dominator -CMD12GX3M6A1600C8 at 1600MHz
Graphics Card EVGA GeForce GTX 480 -Aftermaket Accelero Xtreme Plus cooler
Sound Card ASUS Xonar D2X
Monitor(s) Displays 1 LG 24" Flatron W2453V-PF 1 Samsung 24" P2450H both 2ms RT
Screen Resolution 1920x1080@60hz
Keyboard Logitech Wireless MK700
Mouse Logitech Wireless MK700
PSU Corsair HX1000W
Case Cooler Master HAF 932
Cooling Case Fans *3 230mm, *1 140mm/CPU - *Tuniq Tower 120 Extreme
Hard Drives 1 OCZ Vertex2 180GB SSD
1 TB Samsung Spinpoint F1 7200RPM 32MB cache
2 500GB WD Caviar Blacks 7200RPM 32MB cache (WD5001AALS)
Pioneer DVD Burner DVR-S18M
Internet Speed DL 15 Mbps UL 0.98 Mbps
Antivirus None
Browser Firefox Nightly
Other Info Processor-7.7 *RAM- 7.9 *Graphics-7.9 *Gaming Graphics- 7.9 *SSD- 7.8 W.E.I final score= 7.7
*Phone- Samsung Galaxy Nexus
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30 Nov 2011
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#7 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-Bit Peterborough, England |
Quote: Originally Posted by Airbot  Did Scooby Doo write the article? You're on the brink with that one! | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP Pavilion Elite 495UK
OS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-Bit
CPU Intel Core i7 870 @ 2.93GHz
Motherboard MSI 2A9C (CPU1)
Memory 8Gb Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 664MHz
Graphics Card nVidia GeForce GTX 460 1024MB dedicated RAM
Sound Card Realtek HD Audio
Monitor(s) Displays HP2310i
Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080
Keyboard Logitech K750 solar-powered keyboard
Mouse Logitech Wireless M180 mouse
PSU 460W
Case HP Elite
Cooling Air cooled
Hard Drives 1x1954GB Hitachi HDS22020ALA 330 (RAID), 1x1954GB Hitachi External for backup and storage
Internet Speed 2Mb
Other Info Pure Avanti Flow Internet Radio with iPod Dock, 64Gb iPod, HP USB Speakers, Sony MDR-V500 Headphones, Sony Vaio F-Series Laptop
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30 Nov 2011
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#8 | |
Windows 2000 5.0 Build 2195 |
The lesson here is that your laptop should never be your pillow, especially during sexy time. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Asus G73SW-XN2
OS Windows 2000 5.0 Build 2195
CPU Intel Core i7-2630QM@2GHz(2.9GHz Turbo Boost) [Sandy Bridge]
Motherboard Asus G73SW (Intel HM65 Chipset)
Memory Kingston DDR3 1333 16GB (4GBx4)
Graphics Card nVidia GTX 460m 1.5GB
Sound Card EAX Advanced HD 5.0, THX TruStudio
Monitor(s) Displays 17.3 in. primary & 23 in. secondary
Screen Resolution 1920x1080
Keyboard Built-in 102-Key Backlit Keyboard
Hard Drives Seagate Momentus XT (SATA II) 500 GB @ 7200 RPM
Hitachi (SATA II) 500GB @ 7200 RPM
Non Raid because ASUS was crappy to choose an HM65 Chipset
Other Info It's a Laptop.
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30 Nov 2011
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#9 | |
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit Service Pack 1 Lost in disambiguation |
Quote: Originally Posted by richnrockville With some people, it might be a good thing to reduce their ability to pass on their genes.  I heartily concur, sir. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Gateway NV59C Notebook
OS Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit Service Pack 1
CPU Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU M 350 @ 2.27GHz
Motherboard Gateway V1.08
Memory 8GB Kingston DDR3
Graphics Card Intel HD Graphics
Sound Card Realtek High Definition Audio
Screen Resolution 1366x768
Hard Drives WDC WD2500BPVT-75JJ5T0
Other Info MSSE AV, FFox, Ex-PLODE-r 9
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30 Nov 2011
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#10 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Southern California |
Could that be what's behind the free wi-fi movement for the poor? | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number A blend of brains, brawn and dumb luck, ask me about rig #2 !
OS Windows 7 Ultimate 64
CPU i7 3770k OC'd 4.6 @ 1.17v, still love my FX 8120
Motherboard MSI P67A-GD80 b3
Memory 16 gb Crucial Ballistix Tracer DDR3 9-9-9-27 @ 2000
Graphics Card XFX Radeon 7870
Sound Card On board HD audio with lossless 24 bit/192 sample rate
Monitor(s) Displays (2) LG LED 23" 1920 x 1080 2ms Monitors via mini d-port
Screen Resolution 1680 X 1050 p
Keyboard (2) Logitech Illuminated Keyboards (1) usb (1) wireless K800
Mouse Logitech G9x & T-BC21 - nano nx for the laptop
PSU Ultra X4 modular 1050 watt 80% silver rating & APC 1200 RS
Case CoolerMaster Storm Styker
Cooling 6 case fans 140mm & 120mm, Thermaltake h2o extreme
Hard Drives Samsung 256 gb 830 SSD sata III
(2) 1 tb Hitachi deskmates/sata II
(1) 1 tb WD green/sata II
(2) 2 tb WD My Book/esata
(1) 500 gb Sea. Freeagent/esata
(2) 250 gb Sea. Freeagent go's/usb
(1) WD 2 tb Green 64 sata III
(1) 120 gb OCZ Vertex SS
Internet Speed Upgraded from bottom of the barrel to bareable
Other Info 4 Noctua case fans + 3 Noctua in p/p on H100 cooler
Integrated hot swap drive bays for 2.5" Drives
(2) Lite-on dvd/cd optical 22X
Integrated fan controller and led on/off
HP Officejet Pro L7680 all-n-one
HP 4 laserjet (the beast)
Hot swappable 3.5" hard drive bay
Belkin Play N600 HD router
Asus USB 3 & sata 6 PCIe card
Vantec IDE to sata adptr./Ultra sata adptr
HP Probook i3 laptop
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