The problem is real but it isn't the WiFi. Video and pictures on-line of these students using computers crowded together while sitting in each other's peripheral vision without Cubicle Level Protection reveals it is a problem called Subliminal Distraction exposure.
It was discovered and solved forty years ago. Usually there will be only one person effected in an incorrectly designed office. An outbreak like the one in Ontario is very rare.
Believed to cause only a harmless temporary episode of confusion most victims recover with no treatment once the source of exposure is located and stopped.
Turning off the WiFi won't do anything. In fact if they shift seating positions to be able to plug in LAN cables more might have exposure and others might have heavier exposure. It could get worse.
A full cubicle is not necessary but there should be a peripheral vision blocking privacy panel on both sides of every student using a computer in a busy location with detectable movement in peripheral vision.
Monday, August 16, 2010 at 12:46AM
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The problem is real but it isn't the WiFi. Video and pictures on-line of these students using computers crowded together while sitting in each other's peripheral vision without Cubicle Level Protection reveals it is a problem called Subliminal Distraction exposure.
It was discovered and solved forty years ago. Usually there will be only one person effected in an incorrectly designed office. An outbreak like the one in Ontario is very rare.
Believed to cause only a harmless temporary episode of confusion most victims recover with no treatment once the source of exposure is located and stopped.
Turning off the WiFi won't do anything. In fact if they shift seating positions to be able to plug in LAN cables more might have exposure and others might have heavier exposure. It could get worse.
A full cubicle is not necessary but there should be a peripheral vision blocking privacy panel on both sides of every student using a computer in a busy location with detectable movement in peripheral vision.