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Microwave ovens getting water molecules so excited at 2.4 GHz ties in with WiFi performance. It's a tidbit the head tech at a local wireless ISP didn't even know... 2.4 GHz WiFi is particularly prone to fading in fog/rain because water absorbs energy so efficiently at that frequency.

No, no, no, no, no.

http://earth.esa.int/applications/data_util/SARDOCS/_icons/c...

Well, that's not very helpful, because he's not talking about the standard atmosphere, but about a particularly humid atmosphere.

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