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2010-03-02
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LOL! That's a good one. 
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2010-03-02
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You wanna support a future generation of pharmaceutical drug dependant children?
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2010-03-02
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Three pages further and no serious solution yet.
Maybe the poster has a serious reason for wanting his phone germ free..
Maybe the poster has a serious reason for wanting his phone germ free..
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2010-03-02
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Hi there,
to OP: maybe something like this could help: http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/security/8f84/
Regards,
Glasswalker
to OP: maybe something like this could help: http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/security/8f84/
Regards,
Glasswalker
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2010-03-02
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@ Tyne and Wear
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Monk is that you?
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2010-03-02
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I was completely serious guys.. I hate letting people use my N900 and sneeze/spit all over it while talking on it.
Anyone here with me?
Anyone here with me?
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2010-03-02
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Originally Posted by mail_e36
Seriously, unless you have some sort of immunodefiency, you are worrying too much about "germs". Anything beoynd regular clean up makes no sense. Sterilizing your everyday items is almost allways useless, and at worst you're keeping your body's immunosystems away from regular contacts with natural microbes and thus risking more serious infection if you actually get infected by a pathogen. White blood cells in your body are constantly probing and tasting the microbial surroudings within your body. By limiting their exposure to normal microbial flora of your surroudings you are making your immune system less effective.
I was completely serious guys.. I hate letting people use my N900 and sneeze/spit all over it while talking on it.
Vertebrate body is a result of 3 billion+ years of evolution. It comes fully equipped with beautiful array of defense mechanisms. Let your immune system worry about microbes. Germphobia is only good for snakeoil salesmen of the chemichal industry.
Make sure to stand at least 3 meters apart from every human being, mamalian, bird and fish on this planet, if you are that worried about catching small amount of bodily fluids. Increase the distance if these creatures are breathing heavily or sneezing.
Ps. Hope you don't take that as personal attack. It's just that for a microbiologist these irrational fears about germs and bugs are somewhat silly. It's hard not to at least try talk some sense.
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2010-03-02
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I appreciate your point of view and professional opinion. But no matter how much I logically understand that germs are not always harmful, it simply does not seem like a good idea to have someone sneeze/spit all over my phone and then having me hold it up to my face (and thus, touch my face with it) in order to use it.
Somehow, it just seems like a bad idea. Kinda like pulling a piece of bubble gum off a grimy street and putting it in your mouth... I'm sure you'd be okay after doing that, but it just does not seem like a good idea.
Somehow, it just seems like a bad idea. Kinda like pulling a piece of bubble gum off a grimy street and putting it in your mouth... I'm sure you'd be okay after doing that, but it just does not seem like a good idea.
Originally Posted by Rauha
Seriously, unless you have some sort of immunodefiency, you are worrying too much about "germs". Anything beoynd regular clean up makes no sense. Sterilizing your everyday items is almost allways useless, and at worst you're keeping your body's immunosystems away from regular contacts with natural microbes and thus risking more serious infection if you actually get infected by a pathogen. White blood cells in your body are constantly probing and tasting the microbial surroudings within your body. By limiting their exposure to normal microbial flora of your surroudings you are making your immune system less effective.
Vertebrate body is a result of 3 billion+ years of evolution. It comes fully equipped with beautiful array of defense mechanisms. Let your immune system worry about microbes. Germphobia is only good for snakeoil salesmen of the chemichal industry.
Make sure to stand at least 3 meters apart from every human being, mamalian, bird and fish on this planet, if you are that worried about catching small amount of bodily fluids. Increase the distance if these creatures are breathing heavily or sneezing.
Ps. Hope you don't take that as personal attack. It's just that for a microbiologist these irrational fears about germs and bugs are somewhat silly. It's hard not to at least try talk some sense.
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2010-03-02
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Put it in the microwave for a minute and all the germs will die 
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2010-03-02
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Is there any particular reason you are afraid to use isopropanol on the N900 vs. other phones? I think you should just use the wipes...gently. The plastic should be impervious to a brief exposure of that.
In fact, i used a bit of 100% isopropanol to clean the grime off my screen before i put on the screen protector. It was the least aggressive solvent i had in the lab.
Last edited by Flandry; 2010-03-02 at 16:52.
In fact, i used a bit of 100% isopropanol to clean the grime off my screen before i put on the screen protector. It was the least aggressive solvent i had in the lab.
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Classic example of arbitrary Nokia decision making. Couldn't just fallback to the no brainer of tagging with lat/lon if network isn't accessible, could you Nokia?
Last edited by Flandry; 2010-03-02 at 16:52.