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June 8th, 2005, 03:33 AM
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| Laptops bad on lap?
Hey, i am kind of a noob to laptops and stuff and i had some questions. I hear that its not good to have laptops, actually be on your lap. Like for males it can cause damage to their sexual area and cause pains, and in some cases cause 3rd degree burns! I would also like to know what mine is capable of doing and if i should be careful and what i should do? Mine is described in my signature, if its not enough let me know. Thank you -Thomas Johnson
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June 8th, 2005, 05:00 AM
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I'd imagine that Macs are probably worse because they have metallic cases. Mine gets hot pretty quickly. If it starts getting really hot, I normally switch the processor to reduced performance unless I'm doing something processor-intensive. I remember seeing an article about the problems laptops can cause to gentlemen in particular *cough*, but the people that it happened to used their laptops on their lap for several hours a day over a long period of time. |
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June 8th, 2005, 05:07 AM
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The use of hot laptops on a male's lap supposedly lowers one's sperm count... so... if you're trying to have a kid, this is a problem.
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June 8th, 2005, 05:10 AM
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i read that if you use a laptop on your lap, it can potentially raise the temperature in the groin by more than 2 degrees which can reduce your sperm count. But then....so does smoking, pollution, prolongued use of aerosols......... |
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June 8th, 2005, 08:42 AM
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June 8th, 2005, 10:14 AM
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Thx zammy for the link of that thread, was exactly gonna post that ... My take on it: If it feels too hot on your skin, then it's too hot. Don't worry too much, but don't either have a Powerbook as a birthcontrol method 
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June 8th, 2005, 11:04 AM
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I've never heard of anyone getting third-degree burns, but I have heard about second-degree burns. And I can't resist posting the link to the As the Apple Turns article about it: http://www.appleturns.com/scene/?id=3861 "Easy as Dell; Painful as Hell"
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#8
June 8th, 2005, 01:10 PM
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I was actually reading about this last night in a magazine. They said a generic laptop on you lap adds as much as to 6 degrees per hour to the overall heat of that area and that it takes only a 3 degree increase before your sperm count starts to lower.I guess it depends on the laptop though certain ones would give off more of less heat.
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