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woodstock
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Post Number: 833
Registered: 9-2002


Posted on Friday, December 10, 2004 - 12:19 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Ouch...

"Researchers at a New York university believe they've found evidence that laptop use of a notebook computer by men can impair fertility. "

http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1558,1738078,00.asp?kc=ETRSS02129TX1K00005 32
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monster
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Registered: 7-2002


Posted on Friday, December 10, 2004 - 1:39 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

The part of the study they didn't release is that if you use an Apple laptop your fertility actually increases, not to mention it makes you more attractive.
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Joan
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Posted on Friday, December 10, 2004 - 4:53 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

According to the article I read, this is only a problem if you work on your computer with your lap top literally on your lap. The heat generated by the lap top is what is thought to cause the problem.
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nan
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Posted on Saturday, December 11, 2004 - 8:16 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Does anyone remember that Taxi episode where Danny DiVito throws his crotch up to a microwave in the hope of making himself sterile?
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Marvin Gardens
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Posted on Sunday, December 12, 2004 - 10:42 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I actually heard the same thing happened to cops that would sit in their cars with their radar guns in their laps. I guess there is a balance to the universe

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