Not all nokia are so easy to unlock. NFree calc uses the same algorithms (hacked or brought by companies like the one in the artical) that various authorised people can use to unlock phones. The problem is newer phones have blacklisted the serial numbers of the older comprimised code generators.
Some even newer symbian (BB5 based- 6680 & 6630 atm) nokia phones can not be unlocked by any old serial or algo. You have to have the right algo (not simple) and the right hardware key (or serial and emu) for every different provider.
Why is it that the expensive "pre-pay" phones are locked? (UK/EU)
These locks are a way to (A) enforce a contract clause- The contract is still valid without the SP Lock and/or (B) Enforce a revenue stream from a customer, instead of using a competition based system- I can be in contract with/have more then one prepay provider but a SP lock forces me to stick to one.
Anyone who has ever worked in mobile telecomms will tell you, its all a huge racket. After a call is connected within a mobile network, its all profit, charged per minute. Its costs little to nothing to receive an incoming call on an exsisting network, with exsisting relationships with other providers. Who's ever provider initiated the call gets the cash so it pays (lots) to have people use your network.
But its been around for a while but just not widely available. Was the next big thing when I used work at HP, never caught on first time round.
IIRC can be used for CDRW for, you guesed it, re writeble labels- obviously at higher cost.
What would be cool is if the laser could be used to burn through a white layer to 3 different coloured layers. The time the laser is on determines the colour (off=white). You could get really high quality full colour discs.
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Exactly! Was this guy blind, with heightened and deepened remaining senses, or what??!!!!
(its a joke about a blind pirate, laugh argh)
Not all nokia are so easy to unlock. NFree calc uses the same algorithms (hacked or brought by companies like the one in the artical) that various authorised people can use to unlock phones. The problem is newer phones have blacklisted the serial numbers of the older comprimised code generators.
Some even newer symbian (BB5 based- 6680 & 6630 atm) nokia phones can not be unlocked by any old serial or algo. You have to have the right algo (not simple) and the right hardware key (or serial and emu) for every different provider.
Why is it that the expensive "pre-pay" phones are locked? (UK/EU)
These locks are a way to
(A) enforce a contract clause- The contract is still valid without the SP Lock
and/or (B) Enforce a revenue stream from a customer, instead of using a competition based system- I can be in contract with/have more then one prepay provider but a SP lock forces me to stick to one.
Anyone who has ever worked in mobile telecomms will tell you, its all a huge racket. After a call is connected within a mobile network, its all profit, charged per minute. Its costs little to nothing to receive an incoming call on an exsisting network, with exsisting relationships with other providers. Who's ever provider initiated the call gets the cash so it pays (lots) to have people use your network.
but all this will (or should) be moot with VOIP
the whole point of TFA is drives moving to a perpendicular recording mech is to increase desity, some say by ten times.
I'm not a hard drive engineer but one would assume that this tech would increase the amount stored on a drive and distort you timeline slightly.
If you're running Windows, use Real Alternative, http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Real_Alternati ve.htm works great with Firefox
No, the stripes are INSIDE his head, Duh.
People just fail to realise what XML is (or isn't). Basically XML is just a way for you to define your own (markup) language for any purpose.
That it. Is not a database replacement. It won't walk on water or feed the hungry or kill all the communists/terrorists.
But if you want to persist textual data with structure, in a form that will most probably be readable in 20 years time, XML is for you.
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I have the same feeling right now...
But its been around for a while but just not widely available. Was the next big thing when I used work at HP, never caught on first time round. IIRC can be used for CDRW for, you guesed it, re writeble labels- obviously at higher cost. What would be cool is if the laser could be used to burn through a white layer to 3 different coloured layers. The time the laser is on determines the colour (off=white). You could get really high quality full colour discs. syd