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It just keeps getting more awkward.
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passengers cell phones still ringing
I thought they could track to the tower the phones were pinging off of easily.
the new path looks toward Sri LankaDon't worry about what you can't change.
Do the best you can with what you have.
Be honest, even if it hurts.
"Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy; Its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery" ... Winston ChurchillComment
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Something dont sound right...Originally posted by Da PrezOriginally posted by VETTKLR
Cliff Notes: I can beat the fuck out of a ZR1
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landed at a private airport and is to be used in a forthcoming terrorist attack?
god bless.It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men -Frederick DouglassComment
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they spent 90 hours searching in the wrong sea.Don't worry about what you can't change.
Do the best you can with what you have.
Be honest, even if it hurts.
"Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy; Its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery" ... Winston ChurchillComment
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Disclaimer; I've only read page 3 of this. But I heard or read rather, that an oil slick had been found. Is this true?
DavidComment
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well, it may be, but it wasnt from the plane they are looking for.Originally posted by cobrajet69 View Post"If I asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses." - Henry FordComment
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Originally posted by jyro View Post
'Ringing' Phones Do Not Mean Malaysian Passengers Are OK
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March 11, 201410:16 AM
Already heartbreaking images of grieving family and friends only become more poignant when you hear this:
Could those rings be a sign, they wonder, that the phones are still working — which in turn could mean that the people they belong to are safe?Some family members and friends of the 239 people who haven't been heard from since say they've been calling their loved ones' cellphones and — though no one picked up the calls.
Sadly, the rings are not evidence that the worst hasn't happened.
Technology industry analyst Jeff Kagan talked to us this morning about what happens when cellphone calls are made.
"When a customer calls another number," he said, "the carrier has to decide what to do next."
Basically, it starts searching for the phone that's being called.
While the phone company's doing that, it sends a ring — or two, or three, or more — to the person who initiated the call. The phone company does that, Kagan said, "so that the customer doesn't hang up" while the search for that other phone is underway.
This happens to him quite frequently, Kagan told us. "My wife will call me and say she heard it ring two or three times. But I picked it up on the first ring [that he heard]." She was hearing the "rings" that the cellphone carrier sent while it was searching for his phone.
How long it takes to either find the other phone or determine that it can't be reached depends on many factors. They include whether the person making the call is trying to reach someone whose phone is part of a different network and whether the person being called is in a different country. Such variables can add to the time it takes to either complete the call or disconnect.
When a carrier can't find the phone that's being called, any one of several things may happen:
— The call might be dropped.
— The call might go to the person's voicemail.
— The call might go to a recorded message saying it couldn't be completed.
"There's not a standard way" that such uncompleted calls are handled, Kagan said.
Flight 370 was on its way from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to Beijing when it disappeared. 154 of those on board were from mainland China or Taiwan. "According to Chinese media," , "19 [Chinese] families have signed a joint statement confirming they made calls which connected to the missing passengers but without an answer."
Kagan says he understands why grieving families might get some comfort from or be confused by the "rings" they've heard. But he wishes their expectations weren't apparently raised needlessly.
"I hate that they have hope" because of this bit of technology, he said.Comment
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God I hope not...but that could be a reasonOriginally posted by ELVIS View PostOriginally posted by Da PrezOriginally posted by VETTKLR
Cliff Notes: I can beat the fuck out of a ZR1Comment
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Originally posted by BradMOriginally posted by LeahComment
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He only said the first part, jerk!Originally posted by BroncojohnnyComment
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Suck it, Vaughn!Originally posted by Nash B. View PostOriginally posted by BradMOriginally posted by LeahComment
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencete...-aircraft.html
In a more radical theory, the possibility of electronic warfare has also been raised following confirmation that there were at least 20 passengers onboard from Texas-based Freescale Semiconductor. Each of these passengers had specialist knowledge of electronic technology for defence applications.
This could include ‘cloaking’ technology that uses a hexagonal array of glasslike panels to bend light around an object, such as plane, according to a report in Beforeitsnews.com.
Other techniques may have been used to jam signals, allowing the plane to vanish from radar detection without its security systems being activated.
‘It is conceivable that the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 plane is “cloaked,” hiding with hi-tech electronic warfare weaponry that exists and is used,’ Beforeitsnews.com wrote.
‘In fact, this type of technology is precisely the expertise of Freescale that has 20 employees on board the missing flight.’
‘These were people with a lot of experience and technical background and they were very important people,’ Mr Mitch Haws, Global communications officer for the tech company, said.
The company recently launched a major initiative dedicated to serving radio frequency power needs of U.S. aerospace and defence sector.sigpicComment
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If that plane did a 90 degree turn West, who wants to bet it's somewhere in Somalia?Comment
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