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@amawanqa, it stems from spending the last 15years shooting at the military range with some Army buddies... How about this 1- i was offered an obviously-stolen 8210 today for R100, the price eventually dropping to R50. Took the chap along to the ATM, or so he thought... Left him with the local SAPS instead...
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Posted: 2005-08-17 21:02:00
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Since you folks started talking about the weather earlier today I actually had to walk through the rain on my way to work this afternoon.
Here's a pic of some people seeking shelter from the storm that lashed us this afternoon...others though like myself were brave and ran like hell through the rain to get to our offices.
In other news the QuickShare sticker on my precious finally gave up the fight and came off this morning...must've been something with the moisture.
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Posted: 2005-08-17 21:12:55
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@ brix,
LOL,really dig your very apt use of a tv newsreporter colloquilism!Gonna try attach the sticker back onto your precious with Bostik's finest?
@ Kryptik,
have you ever had opportunities to fiddle with some of the Red Army's finest like Alexei's masterpiece & the LMG-dominating PKM?
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Posted: 2005-08-17 21:32:00
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Brix, i think i saw a thread started by some genius concerning reasons why not to buy a K7... He mentioned the sticker-issue as well... I could read his frustration throughout his litany, but on the other hand a sticker aint meant to stick indefinitely... Super-glue??
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Posted: 2005-08-17 21:35:36
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@Amawanqa: Will be using be trying to mend my precious tommorow when I've got some time.
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Posted: 2005-08-17 21:39:13
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:: MTN explains what true GPRS+ means
GPRS has 4 coding schemes. Coding scheme 1 is slower but more robust. Coding scheme 2 is faster. The network and handset negotiate the speeds based on the quality of the radio signal at the time. Coding schemes 3 and 4 are faster yet - with CS4 going up to 20 kbps per timeslot, or 80 kbps maximum radio data speeds on a handset such as the Nokia 6230. However until MTN implemented these, they were unavailable on South African networks. That meant that one could have a handset which supported the higher speeds but not be able to obtain them. It is rather like having four gears in a car but ony being allowed to use gears 1 and 2 - a frustrating user experience.
Since we have over 1.2 million handsets in the market which do support coding schemes 3 and 4, we decided to implement the feature and give existing users a potentially faster data experience. After all, 80 kbps is better than fixed dial-up.
GPRS+ is the name we gave the product to simplify the explanation (compared to 'coding schemes 3 and 4'!). Our competitors have also used the term as if it was a standard word.
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Posted: 2005-08-17 21:42:08
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Amawanqa, i've been fortunate to spend an afternoon plinking away with a Tokarev, and really letting rip with a PKM, also managed some AK47 and 74... Those things were constructed to take a hammering!!! @Wireless, thanx for that concise explanation. It's answered my unspoken questions as well.
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Posted: 2005-08-17 23:44:51
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mr monkey
so does mtn only have GPRS+??
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Posted: 2005-08-18 08:38:53
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@786KBR: I think we all know they've also got EDGE and 3G.
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Posted: 2005-08-18 14:49:20
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On 2005-08-18 08:38:53, 786KBR wrote:
mr monkey
so does mtn only have GPRS+??
Yes, as Brix have stated they have the whole ka-bang lot... with all the bells and whistles. So who's your daddy now?
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Posted: 2005-08-18 16:33:41
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