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Cell-Phone Wars
Makarand writes "According to this article in the Houston Chronicle people
fed up with cell phone chatter have declared
war against cell phones.
They are arming themselves with detectors, jammers and other gizmos to defend privacy,
security, sanity and blissful silence. Although jamming cell phones is not
legal in the US, pocket-sized jammers are available online and even on
eBay. Cell-phone jammers typically work by disrupting
the communication between handsets and cellular towers
by flooding an area with interference
or selectively blocking signals by broadcasting on frequencies
used by these phones. The FCC
has received very few complaints about jammed cell phones
and has never taken action against anyone for that violation."
Cell phone chatter is a fact of life. Get over it.
My gripe is that I wish people would realize how big of a rip off it is that phones are locked in to a single service provider. I use the free introductory phones only just because of that. They expect ME to pay for a phone that I REALLY have no choice with? heheh Thats funny. If I pay for a phone, its gonna be MY phone and I'm gonna have REAL choices.
Digital is, by definition, imperfect. Analog is the way to go.
The most insightful comment on /. in a while gets modded as a troll. Brilliant.
'Standards' in computing only impress those who are impressed by things like 'standards'.
First of all I never said shoot .. 2nd, it was a joke, I'm not going to run around causing accidents...
However that being said, around these parts, SUV drivers are totally rude and inconsiderate people. They feel they own the road and run others off the road with their piss poor driving...
Damned AC posters.. How much effort does it take to create a anonymous ID... sheesh
And yes i know this is OT, for you moderators out there....
---- Booth was a patriot ----