anyone else having trouble receiving sms from megafone mobile in moscow?

[eekee 182]

i'm inclined to agree.

Absolutely agree, but that's a single incident with a huge, albeit late, relief effort. And once again, what do we do when technology is rendered obsolete? There are no "gizmos" after an EMP and there is no GPS when the batteries die. There's no gasoline once it's all been used up. At that point, we need basic survival skills.

Ahhh...you're talking end of the world scenario type stuff? I don't see any way to prepare for that eventuality, and besides: the likelihood of that scenario coming to pass, and therefore me actually needing those skills is statistically very very small. And if it did come to pass, even if I did have those skills I'm pretty sure I don't have what it takes to survive what other human beings will throw at me. Honestly I really don't want to live in a world like that, so hopefully I'd just be killed off in the first wave and be done with it.

[mox 298]

I still remember angry grown men getting in fights in the long gas lines back during one of those mysterious gas shortages we had almost 3 decades ago.

The "50 years until the s**t hit's the fan" scenario is being discussed a lot lately around global warming worst case. If we fight over who gets their tank filled next, think how we'll behave when the food chain breaks down and the power grid craps out.

Just recently Ted Turner was quoted as saying in 50 years we all become cannibals due to global warming. I don't care much for Ted but maybe he's not too nutty to see the dark possibilities. And things we be very bad way before we start digesting each other.

When the streets go dirty and mean, the soft white collar males aren't going to have a clue, and by then we'll all have our guns taken away by socialist-progressive government agencies (like the San Francisco and DC city governments) so we can neither hunt the little remaining game there is or protect our homes and families when the roaming hoard of crazed people decides we're their next barbecue selection.

And if the Al Queida forces have it their way, things could get nasty out on the streets a lot sooner.

So we better enjoy all the techno goodies while we can...and maybe stash some food, water and guns under the porch...to buy us a few extra weeks before the end.

Every generation has its doomsday scenario. It was the "red scare" in the 50's and 60's, it was nuclear holocaust in the 70's and 80's, it was terrorism in the 90's (nuclear terrorism, specifically) and 00's (back to plain 'ol driving airplanes into buildings), and now it looks like the energy shortage will be the new scare. And while I certainly am completely on board with global warming as a reality, and that the world's oil supply is in much worse shape than anyone is telling us, I see cannibals and Al Queda running amok in the streets about as likely as muppets running amok in the streets. (for starters, oil is what funds Al Queda. Without oil there is no Al Queda.) I see the government taking our guns even more unlikely, because no President, not even Hillary, would be stupid enough to basically force this country into civil war. Hell, even if we lived in bizarro universe and Ralph Nader tried to take your guns away, congress would not only stop it, but probably impeach.

I would go with your first instinct...Ted Turner really is a nut.

[Satellite 1]

Back to the original topic:

As far as I am aware there is nobody on here who works for Megaphone, T-mobile, cingular, or any other wireless company being thrown around. Why aren't you guys emailing and calling the support staff of those companies. They hold the answers if any, not us.

As for all your doomsday scenarios, man is creative, we'll survive, adapt and cope.

[mox 298]

Back to the original topic:

As far as I am aware there is nobody on here who works for Megaphone, T-mobile, cingular, or any other wireless company being thrown around. Why aren't you guys emailing and calling the support staff of those companies. They hold the answers if any, not us.

The original topic was pretty much over a few pages back. But even still, your answer has already been addressed.

As for all your doomsday scenarios, man is creative, we'll survive, adapt and cope.

Captain Generic Answer called and wants his I'm-Bored-And-Have-Nothing-Substantial-To-Say raygun back.

[Chuckles 0]

I still remember angry grown men getting in fights in the long gas lines back during one of those mysterious gas shortages we had almost 3 decades ago.

The "50 years until the s**t hit's the fan" scenario is being discussed a lot lately around global warming worst case. If we fight over who gets their tank filled next, think how we'll behave when the food chain breaks down and the power grid craps out.

Just recently Ted Turner was quoted as saying in 50 years we all become cannibals due to global warming. I don't care much for Ted but maybe he's not too nutty to see the dark possibilities. And things we be very bad way before we start digesting each other.

When the streets go dirty and mean, the soft white collar males aren't going to have a clue, and by then we'll all have our guns taken away by socialist-progressive government agencies (like the San Francisco and DC city governments) so we can neither hunt the little remaining game there is or protect our homes and families when the roaming hoard of crazed people decides we're their next barbecue selection.

And if the Al Queida forces have it their way, things could get nasty out on the streets a lot sooner.

So we better enjoy all the techno goodies while we can...and maybe stash some food, water and guns under the porch...to buy us a few extra weeks before the end.

Every generation has its doomsday scenario. It was the "red scare" in the 50's and 60's, it was nuclear holocaust in the 70's and 80's, it was terrorism in the 90's (nuclear terrorism, specifically) and 00's (back to plain 'ol driving airplanes into buildings), and now it looks like the energy shortage will be the new scare. And while I certainly am completely on board with global warming as a reality, and that the world's oil supply is in much worse shape than anyone is telling us, I see cannibals and Al Queda running amok in the streets about as likely as muppets running amok in the streets. (for starters, oil is what funds Al Queda. Without oil there is no Al Queda.) I see the government taking our guns even more unlikely, because no President, not even Hillary, would be stupid enough to basically force this country into civil war. Hell, even if we lived in bizarro universe and Ralph Nader tried to take your guns away, congress would not only stop it, but probably impeach.

I would go with your first instinct...Ted Turner really is a nut.

Muppets running amok throught the streets, now that truly is a horrific doomsday scenario.

[native 0]

ok its sunday,day 5 of "the no sms saga" today lena tried even using friends mobile with different provider to sms me on tmobile.. same problem,i didnt recieve sms. tomorow she will call megafon as instructed by them on friday. tea and honey, are you guys still having problems?

[Bobalouie 0]

ok its sunday,day 5 of "the no sms saga" today lena tried even using friends mobile with different provider to sms me on tmobile.. same problem,i didnt recieve sms. tomorow she will call megafon as instructed by them on friday. tea and honey, are you guys still having problems?

Here is a trick to try for you. Go to an AT&T store and tell them you are thinking of switching service and that you want to make sure that SMS works internationally. All the phones on the display floor are usually fully functional. Send her an SMS from an AT&T phone and tell her to reply to that number. Then you will be able to see if it is really a problem with Tmobile.

[slim 1,525]

Good idea, Bobalouie.

I still remember angry grown men getting in fights in the long gas lines back during one of those mysterious gas shortages we had almost 3 decades ago.

The "50 years until the s**t hit's the fan" scenario is being discussed a lot lately around global warming worst case. If we fight over who gets their tank filled next, think how we'll behave when the food chain breaks down and the power grid craps out.

Just recently Ted Turner was quoted as saying in 50 years we all become cannibals due to global warming. I don't care much for Ted but maybe he's not too nutty to see the dark possibilities. And things we be very bad way before we start digesting each other.

When the streets go dirty and mean, the soft white collar males aren't going to have a clue, and by then we'll all have our guns taken away by socialist-progressive government agencies (like the San Francisco and DC city governments) so we can neither hunt the little remaining game there is or protect our homes and families when the roaming hoard of crazed people decides we're their next barbecue selection.

And if the Al Queida forces have it their way, things could get nasty out on the streets a lot sooner.

So we better enjoy all the techno goodies while we can...and maybe stash some food, water and guns under the porch...to buy us a few extra weeks before the end.

Ted Turner could be nutty, but he definitely has the resources to be well prepared for any contingency. I'm just wondering if that wife of his will turn him in or make him surrender.

Another interesting thing happened last week. The Supreme Court ruled DC's handgun ban unconstitutional. I've yet to hear the aftermath, but with Mr. Heston gone now, seems like his life's work might have actually done something.

Every generation has its doomsday scenario. It was the "red scare" in the 50's and 60's, it was nuclear holocaust in the 70's and 80's, it was terrorism in the 90's (nuclear terrorism, specifically) and 00's (back to plain 'ol driving airplanes into buildings), and now it looks like the energy shortage will be the new scare. And while I certainly am completely on board with global warming as a reality, and that the world's oil supply is in much worse shape than anyone is telling us, I see cannibals and Al Queda running amok in the streets about as likely as muppets running amok in the streets. (for starters, oil is what funds Al Queda. Without oil there is no Al Queda.) I see the government taking our guns even more unlikely, because no President, not even Hillary, would be stupid enough to basically force this country into civil war. Hell, even if we lived in bizarro universe and Ralph Nader tried to take your guns away, congress would not only stop it, but probably impeach.

But one of these generations is actually going to have a doomsday scenario. If not to that extent, there's going to at least be civil strife at minimum or full unrest and social breakdown leading up to and/or immediately after an incident. And as seanconneryii said above, there are going to be those prepared, and those unprepared.

I went to a gun show this weekend and they had a "Hillary special" on AK-47 magazines. "Don't look back a few years from now saying 'I wish I would've bought 'em when I had the chance.'" I agree with you though, there won't be a politician that will single-handedly influence the govt. enough to disarm the population. They'll restrict hi-caps and certain weapons like they did before, but they'll never "pry this gun from my cold, dead, fingers." If society continues the way it is, they won't need to. In 50 years when we're all cannibals in response to the global warming fiasco, no one will know how to use a gun anyway because guns are dangerous and "bad."

As for all your doomsday scenarios, man is creative, we'll survive, adapt and cope.

Some men will. The others will simply "wait" for someone to save them, and "hope" themselves and their families make it.

[mox 298]

but with Mr. Heston gone now, seems like his life's work might have actually done something.

Yeah, shame about that. Great actor, loved his movies. Hate the NRA. (flame away boys, I'm a gun owner too but the NRA will never see a dime from me.)

Every generation has its doomsday scenario.

But one of these generations is actually going to have a doomsday scenario.

Yeah, well every generation has been saying that too. Ever since cavemen took to writing, there's been a kook on the street corner with a sign saying "The End is near!" So enjoy your survival training, I'll be sitting here in Starbucks with my triple-shot carmel iced macchiato with sprinkles (light on the foam please) pretending to be all intellectual and stuff while surfing pr0n on my Macbook.

[native 0]

but with Mr. Heston gone now, seems like his life's work might have actually done something.

Yeah, shame about that. Great actor, loved his movies. Hate the NRA. (flame away boys, I'm a gun owner too but the NRA will never see a dime from me.)

Every generation has its doomsday scenario.

But one of these generations is actually going to have a doomsday scenario.

Yeah, well every generation has been saying that too. Ever since cavemen took to writing, there's been a kook on the street corner with a sign saying "The End is near!" So enjoy your survival training, I'll be sitting here in Starbucks with my triple-shot carmel iced macchiato with sprinkles (light on the foam please) pretending to be all intellectual and stuff while surfing pr0n on my Macbook.

uhhhhh,i have no response to that.....and i think its working now, after i finally got tmobile to admit they are the problem, not russia is as always assumed. they wouldnt even check into it until more people called with same issue. fartknockers.

i called my buddy,had lena send his att mobile sms,he recieved her SMS no problem,and that proved they had poop on their faces. i called and bitched,nuff said. its like every disease always seems to come from africa right?- WRONG. katastrofa.

[native 0]

but with Mr. Heston gone now, seems like his life's work might have actually done something.

Yeah, shame about that. Great actor, loved his movies. Hate the NRA. (flame away boys, I'm a gun owner too but the NRA will never see a dime from me.)

Every generation has its doomsday scenario.

But one of these generations is actually going to have a doomsday scenario.

Yeah, well every generation has been saying that too. Ever since cavemen took to writing, there's been a kook on the street corner with a sign saying "The End is near!" So enjoy your survival training, I'll be sitting here in Starbucks with my triple-shot carmel iced macchiato with sprinkles (light on the foam please) pretending to be all intellectual and stuff while surfing pr0n on my Macbook.

uhhhhh,i have no response to that.....and i think its working now, after i finally got tmobile to admit they are the problem, not russia is as always assumed. they wouldnt even check into it until more people called with same issue. fartknockers.

i called my buddy,had lena send his att mobile sms,he recieved her SMS no problem,and that proved they had poop on their faces. i called and bitched,nuff said. its like every disease always seems to come from africa right?- WRONG. katastrofa.

[Bobalouie 0]

Another interesting thing happened last week. The Supreme Court ruled DC's handgun ban unconstitutional. I've yet to hear the aftermath, but with Mr. Heston gone now, seems like his life's work might have actually done something.

Slim, I think you are thinking of the DC Circuit Court of Appeals decision. The Supreme court agreed to hear the case and oral arguments were made on March 18th, but they are not expected to rule on the case until June or July. I just did a quick google and couldnt find anything that said that they upheld the DC circuit court's decision yet. Although I hope they will.

[visaveteran1 33]

I'm not as confident we'll always have the right to bear arms. England and Australia (countries very much like us) have total gun bans including confiscation. Of course, crime has soared in both countries but they're disarmed. Must be reassuring to a burglar or home invader that he (she?) can enter any home and be certain he (she?) won't be shot.

It starts out slowly...like the total gun bans in San Francisco and DC. Maryland is also very anti-gun as is New Jersey and NY. The more modern soft males get away from handling guns, the more they fear them and want to ban them. The men in this country who know how to handle a handgun or rifle is certainly in the minority i would think.

I think the clock is ticking on the 2nd amendment. I hope I'm wrong. As someone said, citizens without guns become "subjects."

[visaveteran1 33]

I have Verizon and I can not send or receive SMS. Given how big a company it is, I find that very annoying.

I have Verizon and I can not send or receive SMS. Given how big a company it is, I find that very annoying.

To Russia that is...

[eekee 182]

I hate verizon and their stupid proprietary software and CDMA phones. my family all has verizon and they pay so much more for less than me on t mobile. Even if their calls are clearer, my other stuff is so much better. Even if i can't text russian phones.

I have Verizon and I can not send or receive SMS. Given how big a company it is, I find that very annoying.

I have Verizon and I can not send or receive SMS. Given how big a company it is, I find that very annoying.

To Russia that is...