02-10-2011, 01:47 AM
(02-10-2011, 01:28 AM)Methusala Wrote:(02-10-2011, 01:25 AM)Methusala Wrote:(02-10-2011, 01:22 AM)an0n Wrote:(02-10-2011, 01:22 AM)Methusala Wrote:(02-10-2011, 01:19 AM)sharit Wrote: i would think most people know about cell phone pings and how they work.
You'd be surprised.
i don't. how do they work?
It's a combination of physics and ye olde Pythagorean Theorem from geometry class.
http://pursuitmag.com/locating-mobile-ph...ngulation/
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