Does an office network data center pose radiation risk?

[Pulsar]

I keep mine in my front pocket hoping for some Godzilla radiation action on my johnson.

So you've got a 50/50 chance of your johnson withering and falling off or turning into a giant green lizard that terrorizes Tokyo.

I'm not sure either of those is really a winning situation.

 

[Mermaidman]

It does, but a thin layer of metal is sufficient to block it. Your head is the most sensitive part. So find some cheap, lightweight metal, and place it where it will best obstruct the harmful rays.

Does the cheap stuff work, or should he get the heavy duty tin foil?

 

[sdifox]

Does the cheap stuff work, or should he get the heavy duty tin foil?

Get the Chinese ones. They are exposed to more radiation so in theory their foil should work better.

 

[rudeguy]

So you've got a 50/50 chance of your johnson withering and falling off or turning into a giant green lizard that terrorizes Tokyo.

I'm not sure either of those is really a winning situation.

My johnson would love to terrorize Tokyo any day.

 

[ThinClient]

I keep mine in my front pocket hoping for some Godzilla radiation action on my johnson.

lolol :biggrin:

 

[Pulsar]

My johnson would love to terrorize Tokyo any day.

Yeah, but eating half of Tokyo isn't really....

Oh wait.

 

[shortylickens]

PARTICLE RADIATION AND ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION ARE TWO COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THINGS!!

 

[rudeguy]

Yeah, but eating half of Tokyo isn't really....

Oh wait.

know how smart I am?

I just googled "godzilla johnson" on my work computer. Yep...I should go home now.

 

[sdifox]

PARTICLE RADIATION AND ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION ARE TWO COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THINGS!!

Photon

:whiste:

 

[surfsatwerk]

PARTICLE RADIATION AND ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION ARE TWO COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THINGS!!

Magnets cause cancer?

 

[ThinClient]

Photon

:whiste:

ROFL

 

[IronWing]

PARTICLE RADIATION AND ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION ARE TWO COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THINGS!!

This is what happens when you spend too much time on a boomer. Your fonts get cancer.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Looks like I'll be dying a slow and painful cancerous death in my own house.



Add a hint of sulfur and hydrogen to that as well. My lungs are melting as I type this.

 

[ThinClient]

My lungs are melting as I type this.

Can I have all your stuff? :awe:

 

[Red Squirrel]

Can I have all your stuff? :awe:

Sure it is located at..... THE PAIN!!! MAKE IT STOP! *dies*

 

[IronWing]

Sure it is located at..... THE PAIN!!! MAKE IT STOP! *dies*

I'd be more worried about the formaldehyde coming off the chipboard. That stuff does cause cancer.

 

[Red Squirrel]

According to dricore's site it does not use formaldehyde so I'm safe from that.

But I'm still not safe from the radiation coming from all that electricity.

 

[Pulsar]

know how smart I am?

I just googled "godzilla johnson" on my work computer. Yep...I should go home now.

No you didn't. Cause I just did and it's a bunch of pics of some actor named Johnson who played in a Godzilla movie.

Unless you're into him too. What, exactly, did you DO when you saw his pictures that would get you sent home?

Strike that. I really don't want to know.

 

[momeNt]

According to dricore's site it does not use formaldehyde so I'm safe from that.

But I'm still not safe from the radiation coming from all that electricity.

You did your subfloor in dri-core?

You rich or something? How much do you make?

 

[TridenT]

:awe:

+1

 

[Gibsons]

Magnets cause cancer?

How do they work?

 

[GoodEnough]

This thread has turned into a bunch of smug D&D geeks who play too much Magic the Gathering.

Anyone actually have a link that explains to a layman what a massive data center switch/router/hub is not dangerous?

 

[lxskllr]

This thread has turned into a bunch of smug D&D geeks who play too much Magic the Gathering.

Anyone actually have a link that explains to a layman what a massive data center switch/router/hub is not dangerous?

You can't prove something isn't dangerous, only that it is. The lack of danger can be inferred by not finding danger, but it isn't proof. Look for peer reviewed university studies. Anything you find on an average site is likely to be garbage.

 

[unokitty]

Do those office network data center rooms pose radiation risk? Like if your desk is in the same room as a large hub/router/switch for the entire office's 300 PC network? Size of file cabinet, and always humming. Got links?

Of course that equipment produces emanations. That's why the NSA operates the Tempest program.

The Tempest (Transient ElectroMagnetic Pulse Emanation STandard) project is a joint research and development effort of the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) and the Department of Defense (DoD) and has been classified for about 20 years. Even the program's name was classified and unmentionable until only a few years ago. Tempest refers to the investigation and study of potentially compromising electronic signals emitted by computers and other electronic devices. It also involves the development of countermeasures, particularly the shielding of computers and related devices so that the emanations cannot be collected, analyzed, and understood.

One solution could be a personal Faraday Cage. See:




Best of luck,
Uno

 

[ThinClient]

This thread has turned into a bunch of smug D&D geeks who play too much Magic the Gathering.

Anyone actually have a link that explains to a layman what a massive data center switch/router/hub is not dangerous?

You don't seem to understand how evidence and reasoning works.

If you're making the claim that they ARE dangerous, it is up to YOU to prove that they are.

No one has proven that IT equipment causes dangerous radiation. Good luck.