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Comment Disable 3G, place next to amplified speakers (Score 1) 248

by jakedata on Friday June 18, 2010 @04:10PM (#32618128) Attached to: Sleeping iPhones Send Phantom Data

You can catch it in the act.

I just turned off WiFi and 3G, forcing my iPhone onto AT&T's 850 MHz 2G network.

Now any data transmitted triggers a very audible BRAPPPA-BRAP-BUZZ! through the speakers.

Turn up the volume and go to bed.

On EDGE it will take a long time upload all that data. It will be quite obvious if this is really happening.

Also, use cheap speakers, fancy ones might be shielded. I didn't even plug them into the phone.

-j

Comment Monster Chiller Horror Theatre! (Score 2, Funny) 162

by jakedata on Thursday January 07, 2010 @01:01PM (#30684296) Attached to: World's First Integrated Twin-Lens 3D Camcorder

Dr. Tongue's 3D House of Stewardesses - now in actual 3D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87WgmGHz9U4

There may also be "other" applications. I'll get back to you on that.

Keeping in Contact With Family, From Afghanistan? 176

Posted by timothy on Saturday February 07, 2009 @06:36PM from the and-don't-say-learn-pashto dept.

LiNKz writes "Within a short while I will be heading to Afghanistan and in the interest of keeping in communication with my wife and family I've been looking at different means of it, from VoIP to cellular services. I'm not sure how well connected or how stable of a connection the base I'm deploying to has, which means VoIP might simply not be an option. I have, however, noticed in my searches that Afghanistan has recently boomed with cellular coverage though that too seems to be difficult to ascertain. I'm curious if the Slashdot community has any information or experience regarding international cellular services offered in this country and the means of obtaining it."

Comment Re:FiOS TV hardware? (Score 1) 317

by jakedata on Monday March 31, 2008 @09:07AM (#22920158) Attached to: Comcast Puts the Screws To HDTV

Oh yes, the picture is sharp enough to melt your eyeballs.
I can toggle the output between 1080i and 720p, the screen will display both natively (and a bunch of other resolutions too). Non HD channels are scaled to 480P.

Submission + - Water as a fuel source? 4

Submitted by WallaceAndGromit on Thursday September 13, 2007 @08:43PM

WallaceAndGromit writes: Watching the news today, I saw a report about a cancer researcher who has discovered a way to burn salt water while exposing it to radio waves. To quote from a news release here http://www.yorkdispatch.com/pennsylvania/ci_6851885, "John Kanzius happened upon the discovery accidentally when he tried to desalinate seawater with a radio-frequency generator he developed to treat cancer. He discovered that as long as the salt water was exposed to the radio frequencies, it would burn." There is a video on YouTube that illustrates the phenomena here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGg0ATfoBgo and is quite impressive. As stated in the York Dispatch article, "The scientists want to find out whether the energy output from the burning hydrogen — which reached a heat of more than 3,000 degrees Fahrenheit — would be enough to power a car or other heavy machinery." Could this be real? Wouldn't that be great if it was. Imagine, run your Prius on H2O, and really stick it to the man.

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