Many phones shipped with bands locked out like if AT&T only uses 850 in the states then 1900 would be completely locked. In addition 850 is probably limited to the NCC 410 which is AT&T. You have to unlock one or both in almost all American phones to use them on another network or in another country. Europe USUALLY has 900 and 1800 unlocked but providers there still sometimes lock the NCC so you can only use it on their network. There is also the BRL on the sim card that will limit what networks you can roam on no matter what is unlocked on the phone.
This is also completely not true. This is "unlocking" your phone and has nothing to do with changing your IMEI/MEID. I can use my verizon LTE android phone in South Korea. I just have to unlock the GSM bands and put in a relevant sim card. You can find instructions to that effect here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=29010852
again please don't spread completely false information. Google exists. use it.
On most devices, IMEI numbers are traditionally burned into a soldered IC, are non-reprogrammable
chips, and the numbers cannot be changed, without replacing the phone's main PCB.
There won't be criminals specializing in reprogramming, if the cost to reprogram is so close to the revenue
to be gotten from reanimating a stolen phone
this is completely false. Don't spread bad info. Google
"how to reprogram your IMEI"
I'm not sure the legality of posting a link to this kind of stuff. Please educate yourself before making false blanket statements.
It's extremely easy to reprogram the IMEIs or MEIDs. Anyone who can install a copy of windows can manage it with some of the readily available free software floating about for "research purposes"
Honestly who is suprised by this? Dur they would have fired you. Back when you interveiwed for min wage jobs and they asked you, "is it ever 'ok' to steal from a company you work for?"... heres a hint.. DON'T SAY YES!
I've seen these type of setups before and while impressive they just don't hold a candle to the real thing. I was amazed when I went out on a ship in the middle of the pacific and looked up. You can't imagine how many stars and stuff you can see when you don't have anything else around but the ocean. Ever since then I've been less than impressed with these at home versions:[
This is a really good plan in theory and on "cost is no object" plans it's a great idea BUT theres no real way this can replace batteries because your cost per unit is going to be much higher than standard batteries already are. No one is going to pay $20 for a pack of AAAs that you can get for $4 and just have to replace in six months.
With the tiny charges they're using would this ever be effective outside the lab setting? I would imagine that the crazy EMF of every day life would seriously fuck these up
I keep wondering why we havn't started putting out flash based hard drives, especially for laptops. Without having a platter to spin around and heads to move it's power consumtion would be much less than a standard drive and quieter. I'm not sure but I suspect heat production would be lower as well. I remember reading somewhere that these were in devolopment and due out in small numbers this year but I havn't seen anything since.
The real problem with this mentality is that these are warships. Smaller crews are vastly less efficent at damage control and have much smaller margins for casualties before the ship ceases to be combat effective. Automation is all well and good but ships that size NEED vast crews simple due to the unpredictable nature of sea service. Imagine if you have a gastro outbreak onboard and 400 of your crew are down. Larger crews can absorb unexpected events much more easily than smaller ones. Plus most of these studies tend to ignore hte fact that less crew means more and longer watches for the duty stations that remain. The US is moving to this right now with the new San Antonio LPDs and DDX program but they are facing the same choices. Reality wise we'll probably see much more automation and relyability but I have serious doubts if anyone will field a warship of this size without a crew of at least 1/2 the normal rate.
Being in the military things like this make me laugh. Seriously it takes YEARS to even institute a simple change of uniform for everyone. Imagine how long it's going to take to get these ready for issue AND create new tactics for them. I would put a lose estimate around 2020 at the earlyest even if they get proper funding, which is unlikey.
So with all these benchmarks lately when do we get an extrapolating database where you and build a virtual system and get an estimate on what its proformance will be?
I work for the Navy and they have one of these in a meeting room. They just let the little bastard run around free range 24/7 and the room is packed with chairs. There is a strict no touchy rule in effect as well so people will just deliberatly put their foot rigth in front of it only to watch the poor roobra bounce off. As if that wasn't funny enough try listening to a speech from someone important as a tiny robot putters around smacking into things. Highly amusing.
This same system is marketed by Sager, Prostar, Alienware, and many others. I have the Prostar version and it over heats like a mother fucker. I'm in the military so I mainly bought it for portability, not necessarrily laptop use. It pisses me off though that it over heats so much. At best you can expect 20 minutes of gameplay before it crashes. I highly reccomend getting somthing else. I don't think I'm even going to take it to Iraq because I doubt it would last 5 minutes in that heat.
Genetics has little to do with weight. I'm the only person in my family who isn't "morbidly obese" (the fattest medically possible) and when I decided to join the military I dropped over 50% of my body weight and actually passed the tryout to get into SEALS (failed for color blindless). A little over a year ago and I couldn't even run a mile and now I do marathons and finish first in my entire command. Genetics has nothing to do with it, it's simply a matter of motivation.
reducing viral load is a far cry from a cure folks
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THe real question is does its effect at combating the virus continue and improve? Dropping the viral load count dosn't mean much if it only works once and or dosn't ever wipe it out. Besides this sounds more like a treatment (which is more profitable) than a vaccine (which is what you get so you never get aids)
most these ebay "sales" wont ever pay up. They bid on several of the games and then will pay for the lowest one they won, if at all. A lot of the people bidding are deliberatly waisting the sellers time "to make it fair" so no one gets the game early. Yes I know it's a jackass thing to do but thats what at least one guy said he was doing.
while it's possible to always have a mistake, having people double check a project from the ground up will almost always find the problems. Nasa's current difficulties arise from scattered teams that all only check their parts rather than having fully qualified teams that go over the entire vehical. The fact that the whole thing is usually designed by committee and in several pieces then assembled at the last minute probally helps facilitate error. The Saturn V rockets and other technology we used to land on the moon had hte capability of being far less relyable than today's technology but we still managed to use them for years without error.
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Guess what departments are going to have to redo their lifestyle polygraphs now!
Many phones shipped with bands locked out like if AT&T only uses 850 in the states then 1900 would be completely locked. In addition 850 is probably limited to the NCC 410 which is AT&T. You have to unlock one or both in almost all American phones to use them on another network or in another country. Europe USUALLY has 900 and 1800 unlocked but providers there still sometimes lock the NCC so you can only use it on their network. There is also the BRL on the sim card that will limit what networks you can roam on no matter what is unlocked on the phone.
No the guy is just completely wrong and some clueless guy with moderator points upvoted him
This is also completely not true. This is "unlocking" your phone and has nothing to do with changing your IMEI/MEID. I can use my verizon LTE android phone in South Korea. I just have to unlock the GSM bands and put in a relevant sim card. You can find instructions to that effect here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=29010852 again please don't spread completely false information. Google exists. use it.
On most devices, IMEI numbers are traditionally burned into a soldered IC, are non-reprogrammable chips, and the numbers cannot be changed, without replacing the phone's main PCB.
There won't be criminals specializing in reprogramming, if the cost to reprogram is so close to the revenue to be gotten from reanimating a stolen phone
this is completely false. Don't spread bad info. Google "how to reprogram your IMEI" I'm not sure the legality of posting a link to this kind of stuff. Please educate yourself before making false blanket statements.
It's extremely easy to reprogram the IMEIs or MEIDs. Anyone who can install a copy of windows can manage it with some of the readily available free software floating about for "research purposes"
That's because the post 9/11 "let's share everything" mentality that was mandated by SECDEF.
Of course they blame it on computer utilites! Otherwise they'd have to start trying to catch clever timetraveling bandits!
Honestly who is suprised by this? Dur they would have fired you. Back when you interveiwed for min wage jobs and they asked you, "is it ever 'ok' to steal from a company you work for?" ... heres a hint.. DON'T SAY YES!
I've seen these type of setups before and while impressive they just don't hold a candle to the real thing. I was amazed when I went out on a ship in the middle of the pacific and looked up. You can't imagine how many stars and stuff you can see when you don't have anything else around but the ocean. Ever since then I've been less than impressed with these at home versions :[
This is a really good plan in theory and on "cost is no object" plans it's a great idea BUT theres no real way this can replace batteries because your cost per unit is going to be much higher than standard batteries already are. No one is going to pay $20 for a pack of AAAs that you can get for $4 and just have to replace in six months.
With the tiny charges they're using would this ever be effective outside the lab setting? I would imagine that the crazy EMF of every day life would seriously fuck these up
so how long till someone adds the hot lesbian makeout subrutine
this story is utterly false and the dude who discovered it is a crazy. Here is a link with handy details. http://www.archaeology.org/online/features/osmanag ic/
I keep wondering why we havn't started putting out flash based hard drives, especially for laptops. Without having a platter to spin around and heads to move it's power consumtion would be much less than a standard drive and quieter. I'm not sure but I suspect heat production would be lower as well. I remember reading somewhere that these were in devolopment and due out in small numbers this year but I havn't seen anything since.
The real problem with this mentality is that these are warships. Smaller crews are vastly less efficent at damage control and have much smaller margins for casualties before the ship ceases to be combat effective. Automation is all well and good but ships that size NEED vast crews simple due to the unpredictable nature of sea service. Imagine if you have a gastro outbreak onboard and 400 of your crew are down. Larger crews can absorb unexpected events much more easily than smaller ones. Plus most of these studies tend to ignore hte fact that less crew means more and longer watches for the duty stations that remain. The US is moving to this right now with the new San Antonio LPDs and DDX program but they are facing the same choices. Reality wise we'll probably see much more automation and relyability but I have serious doubts if anyone will field a warship of this size without a crew of at least 1/2 the normal rate.
Being in the military things like this make me laugh. Seriously it takes YEARS to even institute a simple change of uniform for everyone. Imagine how long it's going to take to get these ready for issue AND create new tactics for them. I would put a lose estimate around 2020 at the earlyest even if they get proper funding, which is unlikey.
So with all these benchmarks lately when do we get an extrapolating database where you and build a virtual system and get an estimate on what its proformance will be?
I work for the Navy and they have one of these in a meeting room. They just let the little bastard run around free range 24/7 and the room is packed with chairs. There is a strict no touchy rule in effect as well so people will just deliberatly put their foot rigth in front of it only to watch the poor roobra bounce off. As if that wasn't funny enough try listening to a speech from someone important as a tiny robot putters around smacking into things. Highly amusing.
This same system is marketed by Sager, Prostar, Alienware, and many others. I have the Prostar version and it over heats like a mother fucker. I'm in the military so I mainly bought it for portability, not necessarrily laptop use. It pisses me off though that it over heats so much. At best you can expect 20 minutes of gameplay before it crashes. I highly reccomend getting somthing else. I don't think I'm even going to take it to Iraq because I doubt it would last 5 minutes in that heat.
Genetics has little to do with weight. I'm the only person in my family who isn't "morbidly obese" (the fattest medically possible) and when I decided to join the military I dropped over 50% of my body weight and actually passed the tryout to get into SEALS (failed for color blindless). A little over a year ago and I couldn't even run a mile and now I do marathons and finish first in my entire command. Genetics has nothing to do with it, it's simply a matter of motivation.
THe real question is does its effect at combating the virus continue and improve? Dropping the viral load count dosn't mean much if it only works once and or dosn't ever wipe it out. Besides this sounds more like a treatment (which is more profitable) than a vaccine (which is what you get so you never get aids)
most these ebay "sales" wont ever pay up. They bid on several of the games and then will pay for the lowest one they won, if at all. A lot of the people bidding are deliberatly waisting the sellers time "to make it fair" so no one gets the game early. Yes I know it's a jackass thing to do but thats what at least one guy said he was doing.
with all the legal cases on "stealing" mp3s could they charge these people with posession of stolen property?
while it's possible to always have a mistake, having people double check a project from the ground up will almost always find the problems. Nasa's current difficulties arise from scattered teams that all only check their parts rather than having fully qualified teams that go over the entire vehical. The fact that the whole thing is usually designed by committee and in several pieces then assembled at the last minute probally helps facilitate error. The Saturn V rockets and other technology we used to land on the moon had hte capability of being far less relyable than today's technology but we still managed to use them for years without error.