Apple had to do the same thing a little while ago. They couldn't get their crap together though. The first few hundred thousand plugs they sent out didn't fit the machines. People had to reapply and wait another eight weeks to get a replacement for their replacement.
Re:Here's a GPS tip for you paranoid freaks.
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Sure chances are it'll work like that. But like I said in my original post try getting a fix with the antenna in your pocket and facing your body. The GPS wont because the GPS signals are blocked by the ugly bags of mostly water like most vhf/uhf/microwave signals. In fact if you need to do some quick and dirty direction finding this is very useful. Hold the receiver and/or antenna against your chest and slowly spin yourself around. You can get a rough fix on a radio signal because the body attenuates the signal so much.
Here's a GPS tip for you paranoid freaks.
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GPS Meets PCS
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If you don't want them to track you put the phone in your pocket with the GPS antenna facing your body. That will block most if not all GPS signals preventing the receiver from getting a fix.
Who cares how useful it is. They tried it and it worked! It was an experiment. Not all experiment results need to be applied to real world problems instantly.
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What does this mean for Joe Sixpack?
What does this mean for Joe Sixpack?
Well we can't have a distro discussion without mentioning Joe Sixpack. Of course like Joe Sixpack would give a shit about Linux at all.
Maybe because it's fun?
Apple had to do the same thing a little while ago. They couldn't get their crap together though. The first few hundred thousand plugs they sent out didn't fit the machines. People had to reapply and wait another eight weeks to get a replacement for their replacement.
Sure chances are it'll work like that. But like I said in my original post try getting a fix with the antenna in your pocket and facing your body. The GPS wont because the GPS signals are blocked by the ugly bags of mostly water like most vhf/uhf/microwave signals. In fact if you need to do some quick and dirty direction finding this is very useful. Hold the receiver and/or antenna against your chest and slowly spin yourself around. You can get a rough fix on a radio signal because the body attenuates the signal so much.
If you don't want them to track you put the phone in your pocket with the GPS antenna facing your body. That will block most if not all GPS signals preventing the receiver from getting a fix.
Who cares how useful it is. They tried it and it worked! It was an experiment. Not all experiment results need to be applied to real world problems instantly.