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I was recently asked by a friend whether he should spend money on the 5.8Ghz phones or save his money and buy a regular old 2.4Ghz phone. I figured I'd post my answer here as well in case anyone is interetsted. The simple short answer is don't waste your money on the "frequency" alone. Look at other aspects of the phone and the features you like. I don't think 5.8Ghz will give you longer range. That part seems mostly like marketing hype to me. It may be a bit better indoors though but not that much. Without going into the technicals sides, 5.8 is just using a different ISM band. There is one major benefit to it in that it is not as congested as the 2.4 Ghz band since it is so new. Most of the wireless WiFi (802.11) networks that people are using at their homes are running on the 2.4 Ghz band (like 802.11b) so there is a lot of traffic there. If you or your neighbors have 2.4Ghz phones and wireless routers and surfing the web at home then you'll have to share that bandwidth space. With the 5.8, that gets cleaned up as not too many people are using it right now. But that's probably the only major benefit. At home back in LA, my wireless connection would die everytime someone used our Panasonic 2.4Ghz phone. So I might have considered a 5.8GHz phone for there. Actually the 2.4Ghz may have a better range (especially outdoors) than the 5.8. Also, keep in mind that a lot of these "5.8" phones do 5.8 in one way and are still only doing 2.4 from the handset to the phone to save battery power. There are a lot of other details, but 5.8Ghz is not that "superior" to 2.4 for you to worry about other than this existing traffic issue. Especially since the phones sometimes cost twice as much as the comparable 2.4Ghz ones. Still, you probably don't want to use the microwave and the phone at the same time

Human rights don't stop at the walls of a house in the US. But I totally agree that it all comes down to what she wants. And I also agree that it is very imporant to be open and honest with parents ... up to a certain point where they are not trying to run your life for you.

Well that is a little worrying to hear. At some point you have to stand up for yourself and become your own person. Obviously I don't know any details about your family dynamics but you live in the US and people have privacy rights here About phone, well it's easy to find a phone if that's the problem... friends' phones, pay phones ... But I still think it's a good idea to talk to the guy on the phone before meeting. The other thing I wanted to say is that you can even set it up as a group meet ... like tell him you are going somewhere with some friends and ask if he'd like to come ... maybe to a restaurant or something. I assume you go places with your own friends without your brother butting in.

Ok for 20, I say you shouldn't worry so much. I don't see any problem with meeting the guy. And your brother should learn that he is not your owner. 1) Talk to the guy on the phone before you meet. This is very important. Just be normal chat away be friendly see what he is like. 2) Meet him for coffee or something at a public place ... with a lot of people around. Then you can go from there ... But at 20 years of age I think you are old enough to be able to take care of yourself. Of course you don't want to trust everyone right away too much but that doesn't mean you run away from people for the rest of your life. Take a chance ... if you like him and he likes you then by all means meet! Have a cup of coffee ... talk. Then you will realize if you really like each other in real life or not. IF you don't feel like telling your brother at first, I would suggest at least let one of your friends know where you are going to be and what is happening. And if you are worried, stay in touch on the phone with that friend before, during and after! But if you ask me, that's a little overkill.

How old are you S'nP?

that is funny!!!!! Oh nooooo ... guess what! yup ... 11 letters.

No please ... not that ... PLEASE.

Me thinks you just spent some time with the captain

You left before the bridge and groom came in on the horse? Wow you were very lucky I guess

I am guessing mostly in undeveloped non-capitalistic countries.

Oh no ... I can just feel Gevo having a melt down trying to figure that one out Gevo jan relax ... whatever it is, it's a LOT and that's all that matters right now.

Which would explain why I am in that institution with the likes of Moso and Zatik.

Hey me too! Vegas ... here we come

cool

Where are you planning to move to? Do you need any help packing?

It depends on what the opinion is ... for example, I think these PETA people are dumb arse moronic idiots. But they are exercising their American rights to bitch and complain about every stupid thing.

1) Billy Crystal kicked ASS 2) Jack Black and Will Farrel were Hillarity 3) Adrien Brodey put me on the floor I laughed so hard when he busted out the mouth spray. As to the rest of the show.... eh ... I guess the Blake Edwards stunt was kinda cool. I also liked Jim Carey's impressions of Clouseau.

Well, then it sounds like it has something like a 2.5 to 2.66 4LO gear. That's about the same as my Blazer's 4LO ... but the blazer has 3.73 axles and the final drive ratio is something like 36:1 (4LO, 1st gear). My Jeep has a 4:1 LO in the t-case and 4.10's in the axles ... in 1st gear the crawl ratio is something like 66:1 I can idle up ANYTHING ... even up like a 50 degree slope. Thanks for the info. Sounds like a pretty sweet truck. But I highly doubt you can out maneuver a Beamer. A truck is a truck ... you can drive OVER the beamer and pull 10 of them in a tug-off war at idle but let's be real.

What's a sequintisized gearing? And by "all wheel drive" do you mean it's a full time t-case? Is there an "all wheel mode" and then a shift on the fly to 4HI? How do you shift to 4LO ... do you have to be stopped and in neutral? Do you have the 3.92 or the 3.55 gears in the rear axle? Oh and any idea of what's the ratio of the 4LO gearing on that?

You had me at sock ...

I think he carries his bike. Nice pics gevo. Where is this?

I totally agree. And as far as Anonymouse ... I wonder what happens after the movie

Unbelievable as one of my visions of hell involves just such a thing Cute pic by the way ... though your now tall and hairy bro looks like he is (or soon to be) in need of new pants in that pic

Perfect first date is something short and easy ... maybe a buffet or something. Because if the conversation isn't going well, you can always get up to go get more food and take your time getting back