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New SIM card didnt activate - can I put the old one back in? Consumer Cellular sent me a new SIM card for my phone I put it in this evening and tried to activate it online I couldn’t get it to work I got stuck in a circle of “log in to activate” “activate” “log in to activate” The other option was to call them Well, good thing I have a landline since I don’t know how you would do that when you have no service Anyway, I talked to a
Cellular blinds stretch a bit, right? - Straight Dope I just about killed myself getting one room darkening cellular shade up on one of my bedroom windows (The house was built in 1928 and I guess the window frames are made out of extinct old growth petrified wood or something Jesus!) So I finally get the thing up, and I put it down, and it doesn’t go all the way down! The windows are 65 inches tall and I got the 75 inch blinds - they’ll
Explain wifi signal, cell towers, bars on phone, etc This doesn’t mean one cell phone has better reception than the other All it means is that at that place and time, Samsung reads “-65dBm” as four bars, while Apple shows them as three Here’s another thing about cell phone bars: You don’t know what they’re actually showing
Again with the annoying commercials! - Straight Dope Actually saw a Consumer Cellular commercial that’s been airing for quite some time, and…it makes no sense It’s the one where the lady is inside chatting on speakerphone with the CC rep while hubby is outside frantically trying to get her to pay attention to his ‘diving’ skills…then suddenly the audio cuts out
Why are cell phone towers triangular? - Straight Dope The cells of cellular telephony are often arranged in a hexagonal lattice with these triangular antennas at alternating corners, as shown here, with one antenna for each of the three cells This is not the only way that cells can be arranged Along interstates in rural areas, for example, you often see towers with only two sets of antennas; here the provider has decided to cover only the area
How does the Portuguese Man o War work? (Zooids and . . . - Straight Dope The Portuguese Man O’ War (Physalia physalis) is a pretty sophisticated siphonophore, capable of sexual reproduction and active, nervous-like rapid response to environmental stimuli despite being a colonial organism, but if you cut one up into many small pieces of a few cells each and kept it in a nutrient solution it would be able to regrow
Hidden GPS Trackers on Cars—Is there an easy way to tell if you have one? I’m given to understand that it is not an uncommon practice on cars that are bought on credit, for a dealer to install a hidden GPS tracker on it so that if the buyer fails to make the payments, the car can be tracked down to be repossessed I am wondering if there is any way to determine whether such a tracker is present on either of our cars The older car was financed through a company
Opinions on places in the world for Americans to retire to cheaply Groceries: R 8,000 (comfortable for one person) Internet Cellular: R 2,000 Car Running Costs (Fuel, Insurance, Maintenance): R 6,000 (at the high end) Medical Aid (Health Insurance): R 5,000 (we have state medicine even an ex-pat could access, but private healthcare is very advisable Our private healthcare is world-class
Unintentionally funny scenes in old movies due to cutting edge . . . This thread was inspired by me watching Wall Street recently In one scene, billionaire Gordon Gekko is walking along the beach, talking to Bud Fox on his <gasp!> cellular phone Trouble is it looks like he’s holding an iron next to his head There was another one in From Russia With Love at the beginning when Bond is next to a river having a romantic interlude, when suddenly he <gasp!> gets