[Pc_Support] x-ray + laptop

[Austin Denyer (Ozz)]

On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 16:57:06 -0500, "Justin M. Keyes" <m9u35g at gmail.com>
wrote:
>
> Wouldn't that meant that frequent flyers would get cancer all the
> time?

Medical x-rays generate a fraction of the radiation they used to.

Also, contrary to what the media/Greens/whatever would have you believe,
it takes a fairly high dose of radiation to do any real damage.

Many years ago (mid 80s) I was involved in a project that required a
trip to a nuclear power station (actually the Trawsfynydd nuclear power
station in Wales). At that time I had an analog wrist-watch with a
'glow-in-the-dark' dial. While submitting to the required 'safety scan'
with the geiger counters on exiting the facility, the radiation from the
luminous dial on my wrist-watch set off the alarm!  Scared the crap
outta me =:-0

Regards,
Ozz.