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STrRedWolf ([personal profile] strredwolf) wrote2005-11-11 02:45 pm

OH NOES! The aluminum! It doesn't work!

MIT Study: On the Effectiveness of Aluminium Foil Helmets: An Empirical Study

Abstract:  Among a fringe community of paranoids, aluminum helmets serve as the protective measure of choice against invasive radio signals. We investigate the efficacy of three aluminum helmet designs on a sample group of four individuals. Using a $250,000 network analyser, we find that although on average all helmets attenuate invasive radio frequencies in either directions (either emanating from an outside source, or emanating from the cranium of the subject), certain frequencies are in fact greatly amplified. These amplified frequencies coincide with radio bands reserved for government use according to the Federal Communication Commission (FCC). Statistical evidence suggests the use of helmets may in fact enhance the government's invasive abilities. We theorize that the government may in fact have started the helmet craze for this reason.

In other words, TAKE THOSE STUPID THINGS OFF YOUR HEADS, YOU IDIOTS!  THEY TRACK YOU WITH THEM!

[identity profile] xaviusarchangel.livejournal.com 2005-11-11 08:17 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't know what I find sadder: the fact people actually wear these things for such a purpose, or that MIT actually chose to do a study on it.

Those folks at MIT must be running out of ideas...

[identity profile] priestofraven.livejournal.com 2005-11-12 01:47 am (UTC)(link)
Guess that only means one thing:

the foil-wearing hippies have "lost the battle" against the feds to begin with. tsk tsk tsk. :p

[identity profile] kinkyturtle.livejournal.com 2005-11-12 06:35 am (UTC)(link)
Line of movie dialog that should have been written:

"My family is turning into Hershey's Kisses!"
--Mel Gibson, "Signs"

[identity profile] nightfurson.livejournal.com 2005-11-12 08:52 pm (UTC)(link)
If people are using radio waves to find us, screw tinfoil. I'll duct tape an angry squirrel to my head, and throw them off, lol.