Or is that just what they WANT you to think?Follow

Now isn't this exactly the kind of story that the goverment would put out to discredit teh effectivenes of the aluminum foil deflector beanie of doom?

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/11/11/tinfoil_hats_as_government_plot/

Wearing a tinfoil hat to deflect government mind-control radio waves is even more foolish than most people think. According to several (apparent) students from MIT who tested several hat designs, there was "a 30 db amplification at 2.6 Ghz and a 20 db amplification at 1.2 Ghz, regardless of the position of the antenna on the cranium."

The students note that "the helmets amplify frequency bands that coincide with those allocated to the US government between 1.2 Ghz and 1.4 Ghz. According to the FCC, These bands are supposedly reserved for 'radio location' (ie, GPS), and other communications with satellites."

The researchers speculate that the government is behind the rumour that tinfoil hats protect people from invasive radio signals in order to encourage their use and therefore to enhance the effectiveness of their radio control program.

We're no experts, but the researchers did admit to using Reynolds brand aluminum foil, rather than the classic tin foil, and we wonder if this could have skewed the results. We wonder also if a tinfoil propeller beanie might scatter the signals more effectively than a plain hat, and offer this humble suggestion for the benefit of the paranoiac community until further testing is complete. ®


edit: stupid enter key.

Edited, Sun Nov 13 18:21:43 2005 by Kaolian

not exactly sure how i managed that, but somehow i hit the tab button and the enter key before i started typing. i'm blameing goverment mind control.

damn it! oh well. Where's the "edit timestamp" button when you really need it?