You do have to pay for the call right now. Unless the first incoming minute is free (which is becoming more and more infrequent), one second of an inbound call deducts a full minute from your prepaid minutes. You paid for that minute, therefore the caller is costing you money.
'nuff said.
This Starwars book, Shatterpoint, published June 3, 2003 has a very similar concept called a DOKAW (De-Orbiting Kinetic Anti-emplacement Warhead). The DOKAW is just a rod of solid material ("durasteel" I think) with ablative shielding and thrusters for moderate smart targeting. I only remember this because I finished reading the book for the second time a couple days ago.
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Eh, yeah, that's true. But at least I don't have to call 30 different financial institutions if my wallet gets dropped next time.;-)
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What about those degaussers (I believe they are degaussers) they have at most retail stores to deactivate the antitheft device tag? (You know, inside CDs, DVDs, etc.)
Why is it that when a corner of my card was once dropped on the pad by a retail clerk for a second or two, the card was immediately unusable and needed replacement?
Answer? There was a very strong magnetic field that demagnetized that portion of the strip.
I agree that it would be unlikely or difficult for an ambient field to degauss your cards - or that the chances of someone maliciously walking by with a degausser with the intent of rendering your cards unusuable are slim to none.
But I'd think about buying a Farraday wallet just so my cards don't get zapped due to an accident that is entirely possible.
Peer to peer networking is INALUABLE for sharing uncopyrighted works like my mother's special pie crust. And I find it much easier to collaborate on projects with my coworkers by using a peer to peer application such as eMule or Kazaa Lite to share Powerpoint presentations and spreadsheets. It's far more effective than emailing them, or walking over to their desks. I have a regular weekly newsletter that I distribute via peer to peer as well. Sure beats email, a website, or RSS.
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You do have to pay for the call right now. Unless the first incoming minute is free (which is becoming more and more infrequent), one second of an inbound call deducts a full minute from your prepaid minutes. You paid for that minute, therefore the caller is costing you money. 'nuff said.
This Starwars book, Shatterpoint, published June 3, 2003 has a very similar concept called a DOKAW (De-Orbiting Kinetic Anti-emplacement Warhead). The DOKAW is just a rod of solid material ("durasteel" I think) with ablative shielding and thrusters for moderate smart targeting. I only remember this because I finished reading the book for the second time a couple days ago.
We just need a lot of corn starch.
Eh, yeah, that's true. But at least I don't have to call 30 different financial institutions if my wallet gets dropped next time. ;-)
What about those degaussers (I believe they are degaussers) they have at most retail stores to deactivate the antitheft device tag? (You know, inside CDs, DVDs, etc.) Why is it that when a corner of my card was once dropped on the pad by a retail clerk for a second or two, the card was immediately unusable and needed replacement? Answer? There was a very strong magnetic field that demagnetized that portion of the strip. I agree that it would be unlikely or difficult for an ambient field to degauss your cards - or that the chances of someone maliciously walking by with a degausser with the intent of rendering your cards unusuable are slim to none. But I'd think about buying a Farraday wallet just so my cards don't get zapped due to an accident that is entirely possible.
Yeah, tech humor is usually out of date by the time books are on the shelves anyway.
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Peer to peer networking is INALUABLE for sharing uncopyrighted works like my mother's special pie crust.
And I find it much easier to collaborate on projects with my coworkers by using a peer to peer application such as eMule or Kazaa Lite to share Powerpoint presentations and spreadsheets. It's far more effective than emailing them, or walking over to their desks.
I have a regular weekly newsletter that I distribute via peer to peer as well. Sure beats email, a website, or RSS.