[Zeke]

Now that Derek's pointed it out, I'm embarrassed that I didn't notice it myself. Not only would something that targets water obviously harm humans, but as someone with an interest in urban legends (and an avid Straight Dope reader), I ought to have remembered that the effect of microwaves on the human body has been, ahem, experimentally determined.

It's funny how certain errors really get to certain people, even when those people are normally pretty laid-back about suspension of disbelief. Kira is okay with "Macrocosm" but can't stand "Unnatural Selection." I'll forgive ENT anything, but a wave pattern that changes only slightly when the number of sources goes from 2 to 59 ("Exile") is pretty stupid. And the solution to the overloading-reactor problem in Spider-Man 2 -- dump it in the river -- drove some people nuts, while others, like me, didn't bat an eye.