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Home |   About Us |   Contact Us |   Members |   Search |   Subscribe |   Disclaimer |   THE GUARDIAN CONSCIENCE, NURTURED BY TRUTH LAGOS, NIGERIA.     Friday, July 30 2004   news   editorial/opinion   politics & people   focus/record   business   sports   metro   capital market   weekend   golf weekly   Guardian Chat Click to join the chatroom ‘Killer’ telephone numbers SIR: The 'killer' GSM numbers rumour of the last couple of weeks once again showed the depth (the lack of it) of our understanding of technology. It is very easy to show that the rumour is completely false; the numbers thrown about were not the same and most simply do not exist! One of such numbers would have emanated from the network of IILL, which did not even roll out! Others contain 12 digits instead of the 11 digits of normal GSM lines. Yet others simply do not belong to any Nigerian operator's numbering plan. The numbers do not exist. For those who would still prefer to be misled, a few lines of technical analysis may put their mind at rest. The telephone is a telecommunication equipment. Coded information is the strength of telecommunication. If this was not so, it should have been possible to perceive the odour from the mouth of the fellow at the other end of the line! To be able to use the phone as a vehicle for distributing disease-causing agents would have required coding the complete DNA mapping of the agent, send the code down the phone line and decode and rebuild the agent at the receiving end. No telephones have been built yet with such a clearly futuristic capability. None may ever be built that way because there is clearly no need for such appliance. It is clearly possible for someone who had been ill to expend his burst of energy talking on phone. The fact that he drops dead is not enough that the phone call, killed him. You need several instances to be able to rule out such coincidences and now suspect a link to the phone. People should learn to seek empirical proofs before believing. When in doubt, seek an educated explanation from people with relevant training. Even at that, do not restrict your search to a single person. Better still, search the internet. N. Taiwo, Lagos � 2003 - 2004 @ Guardian Newspapers Limited (All Rights Reserved).  Powered by dnetsystems.net dnet�

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