How to Check Your IMEI

International Mobile Equipment Identity or IMEI
It is usually found printed inside the battery compartment of the phone. It can also be displayed on the screen of the phone by entering *#06# into the keypad(Source is wikipedia.org)

Shifting the Economic Power in S. A

Adopt a Street Vendor OR Shop at Inter-Section.
Steak Holders: Intersection Vendors (Disabled Persons)as Business Owners,

Synopsis: Subscribers are encouraged to adopt an Inter-section by sending a once off SMS to [88888] in turn they will receive adverts (MMS videos or SMS) only when they wait on that particular inter-section for more than a minute, only two adverts a day. Some of the proceeds generated will go to vendors and destitute (The Blind and disabled persons) in those surrounding. Customers get Guaranteed Quality products at cheaper prices and contribute to the elimination of Poverty in Southern Africa.Direct Competion to the big retail players. Network Operators generate revenue from data transmitted

Spin-off , We encourage Intersection Vendors to register their product and services with us at no cost and we help them market via electronic mobile advertising (Video clip,MMS…etc).

- I-V’s will formalize their business therefore their incomes are taxable

- Since I-V’s wont be paying Rent, Services and Electricity or Shelf Fees and their businesses don’t have physical addresses therefore they can filter down their cost savings to the customers because they are not incurring any overheads of running a business.

- IF agreed by the Government:-I-V’s will be able to deliver their products to the consumer directly using a Database like RICA.

- Intersection-Vendors will be able to supply gardening services, carwash services, rent a handyman service, Newspaper and Bread delivery services to the subscribed users.

- Government to negotiate Prices for I-Vs to eliminate interference from the Black Market.

- Labourers become Owners of Business.

Advertiser: 1, Small and Big Business that are currently using flyers to market their product will be encouraged to buy advertising space (Globally or Locally)

- Customized half a minute Video Message adverts designed for mobile phones ( For Special Promos and SALES)

- I-V’s can also advertise

- Musicians and Movies Houses can promote their products via this medium.

- Newspaper Head lines advertised through MMS



Difficulties

- Management of User Database

- Security

- Buy-in from Big Business

- Black Market

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CONVERT TEXT2HTML
Ever felt the need to convert a
text file to html?
Create a file named txt2html
with the following contents
# Always start the output with
#an html header
BEGIN {print `">html>"`
print ">head>"
# use the name of the inputfile
# as title
print ">title>" FILENAME ">/title>"
print ">/head>"
# The text is formatted
# already, so use >pre>
print ">body>>pre>"}
# lines consisting of a number
# of dashes (more than 1) are
# replaced by a >hr />
/^---*$/ {print ">hr align="\" width=" length " size="1">"; next}
# lines consisting of a number of equalsigns are replaced # by a thick >hr />
/^===*$/ {print ">hr align="\" width=" length " size="3">"; next}
# less than and greater than
# sign must me replaced by tags.
{gsub(">","\<")
gsub(">","\>")
# Replace form feeds by a
# couple of empty lines
gsub("^L",">br />\ >br />\ >br />\ >br />")
print}
# At the end of the output,
# we must add some closing tags.
END {print ">/pre>>/body>"}
Make this executable
(chmod a+x txt2html) and you're
ready to start converting your test files.
txt2html something.txt > something.html

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Mabhakaniya .... Ayobaness.....

Orlando Pirates FC - have we signed well or not we'll wait and see.
Schalkwyk - is he a reject or what? What does the Team Doctor say
Mabena- I just hope we have discovered another GEM

RICA

The Regulation of Interception of Communications and Provision of Communication-Related Information Amendment Act (Rica) is an Act passed by the South African President's office that was annouced by the Minister of Justice Jeff Radebe on Tuesday. This Act requires that every Cellphone subscriber (Pre-paid or Post-paid )to register with their respective Mobile Operator within the next 18 months.
Is it necessary?
Will it not constitute the invasion of privacy?(Will Corpate Call Centres still restrict call identity when doing their annoying telesales marketing?) How much will it cost the Mobile Operator?

- Is this one of the strategies The Beast is using to mark his territory?
Bear in mind...
-Registration should be done in person (I hope we won't need a public holiday for registration).
-The Rural South African also needs to be registered.
Maybe there is space for it (where do I get the tender to Administer These Databases)

-Maybe it will help in tightening our immigration laws, (for people to move they first need to communicate).