It was easier than studying black helicopters.
November 12, 2005 9:40 AM   Subscribe

On the Effectiveness of Aluminium Foil Helmets: An Empirical Study.
posted by KevinSkomsvold (10 comments total)

This post was deleted for the following reason: I'm deleting this so Major League Baseball doesn't know we're on to their satellites



 
I'm sorry, but double.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 9:44 AM on November 12, 2005


repost
posted by empath at 9:45 AM on November 12, 2005


Tinfoil hats are useless. I wore one for 20 years, and it didn't do a thing to keep out the mind control rays, and now my urine smells metallic. However, I do recommend tinfoil as an attractive and stylish covering for apartment windows.
posted by slatternus at 9:46 AM on November 12, 2005


I don't know what else is going to take its place in the symbolic representation of paranoia.
posted by nervousfritz at 9:54 AM on November 12, 2005


Oh man. Sorry fellas and ladies. Delete away and let's pretend this messy little episode never happened. ::::slinks away::::
posted by KevinSkomsvold at 9:56 AM on November 12, 2005


The helmets amplify frequency bands that coincide with those allocated to the US government between 1.2 Ghz and 1.4 Ghz.

Aluminium only blocks British government frequencies. MIT should be studying aluminum. This is exactly the kind of scientific sloppiness that caters to the intelligent designers.
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 10:04 AM on November 12, 2005


Fact of the day: the word "aluminum" is an interesting case in that the spelling and pronunciation weren't actually changed from an earlier, "original" British form. It was "aluminum" before it was "aluminium", and it was "alumium" before that.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 10:23 AM on November 12, 2005


I'm going to flag everything in this thread as a derail. The man doesn't want us protecting our thinking juices.
posted by blue_beetle at 10:24 AM on November 12, 2005


When I was a teenager I heard a lecture by a Brit. It was half way through the lecture before I realized when he was saying "aluminium" he meant what I would call "aluminum." And that "glacier" was a glacier (pronounced with an 's' rather than a '∫' and and a low, back 'a' rather than a 'ej', I'd use IPA but it's a pain). Crazy Brits.
posted by teece at 10:35 AM on November 12, 2005


blue_beetle's right. This is simply government propoganda spread to think it's ok for us to take off our hats. Screw that.
posted by graventy at 10:36 AM on November 12, 2005


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