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TOPIC: Funny Puzzle : How many Legs are there inside the bus?
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== 1 of 2 ==
Date: Thurs, Sep 27 2007 7:49 pm
From: websurf1@cox.net

On Sep 27, 7:18 pm, Anthony Matonak
<anthony...@nothing.like.socal.rr.com> wrote:
> They also don't mention how many legs each girl has but
> they make a point of how many legs each cat has. They
> also don't many any other wildlife. A single centipede,
> for instance, would skew the total significantly.

Legs on the bus seats??

== 2 of 2 ==
Date: Thurs, Sep 27 2007 10:14 pm
From: Anthony Matonak

websurf1@cox.net wrote:
> On Sep 27, 7:18 pm, Anthony Matonak
> <anthony...@nothing.like.socal.rr.com> wrote:
>> They also don't mention how many legs each girl has but
>> they make a point of how many legs each cat has. They
>> also don't many any other wildlife. A single centipede,
>> for instance, would skew the total significantly.
>
> Legs on the bus seats??

Come to think of it, they don't mention food either. I'm
sure many legs could be found in grocery stores that aren't
attached to any animal.

Anthony

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TOPIC: China Holds Up The Sky
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== 1 of 2 ==
Date: Thurs, Sep 27 2007 7:53 pm
From: websurf1@cox.net

On Sep 27, 5:47 pm, James <j0069b...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> On Sep 27, 5:45 pm, "AllEmailDeletedImmediately" <der...@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > "PaPaPeng" <PaPaP...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>
> >news:bd0of3hfoht455vtev6q1m6si5p2ba2pt4@4ax.com...
>
> > i'm really quite sick of paying out the bucks to hold up anything.
>
> Most Americans are tired of paying out bucks to American labor.
> That's why they buy Chinese. Blood might be thicker than water but
> the greenback is their god.

I"m tired of both.
A lot of American labor has priced itself out of the world market
(with the complicity of the American companies).
But it really is getting difficult to buy something--anything--that
isn't stamped "made in China".
I looked at a crock of Italian cookies. The pot was made in China.

== 2 of 2 ==
Date: Thurs, Sep 27 2007 8:33 pm
From: Gordon

websurf1@cox.net wrote in news:1190948003.484997.237140
@w3g2000hsg.googlegroups.com:

> On Sep 27, 5:47 pm, James <j0069b...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> On Sep 27, 5:45 pm, "AllEmailDeletedImmediately" <der...@hotmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > "PaPaPeng" <PaPaP...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>>
>> >news:bd0of3hfoht455vtev6q1m6si5p2ba2pt4@4ax.com...
>>
>> > i'm really quite sick of paying out the bucks to hold up anything.
>>
>> Most Americans are tired of paying out bucks to American labor.
>> That's why they buy Chinese. Blood might be thicker than water but
>> the greenback is their god.
>
> I"m tired of both.
> A lot of American labor has priced itself out of the world market
> (with the complicity of the American companies).
> But it really is getting difficult to buy something--anything--that
> isn't stamped "made in China".
> I looked at a crock of Italian cookies. The pot was made in China.
>
>

Typical economic progression.
After WW2 everyone complained of the cheap Japanese imports.
When they priced themselves out of the market, manufacturing
went to Tiawan. Then to Korea, Indonesia, now it's China's turn

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TOPIC: firefox very good
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Thurs, Sep 27 2007 7:58 pm
From: websurf1@cox.net

On Sep 26, 7:50 pm, Logan Shaw <lshaw-use...@austin.rr.com> wrote:
> Al Bundy wrote:
> > It's so much faster than IE at opening pages. Problem is that it won't
> > open some pages and it crashes on a whim.
>
> Crashes on a whim? Not in my experience. I might see a crash maybe
> once a month, and I use it *all* the time.

Agreed. I've been using it for over a year, and have had NO crashes.
I've had a couple websites that didn't seem to work, but come to think
of it that was a long time ago, so either they fixed it, or Firefox
got fixed, or I learned better.

> Now that I agree with. I reported a bug in the Mac version something like
> 5 years ago, and it *may* now be fixed in the version that's about to come
> out. Granted, it's only a cosmetic bug, but it's still annoying.

Isn't Firefox part of the OpenSource stuff? So it's kinda sorta group
contribution. Maybe your bug wasn't fun?

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TOPIC: discount-luxury.com
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Thurs, Sep 27 2007 8:16 pm
From: The Real Bev

Al Bundy wrote:

> JOHN41...@gmail.com wrote:
>> This website is fraudulent. DO NOT ORDER ANYTHING FROM THEM. I ordered
>> a Prada bag from them and it is nothing like the designer pictures they
>> are showing and the material is typical Chinese garbage. The bag was
>> suppose to be patent leather and it was some cheap crap. They sell real
>> bad knock-offs. They have no address where to locate the company and
>> only provide a email address. There is no address for returns even
>> though they indicate information is available on shipping and returns.
>> When you go to returns on their website the page is blank. I had to
>> with fight them to get a return address which is in Guangzhou City,
>> China and it cost me $40 to return it and they have not returned my
>> $259.00 through PayPal. I called PayPal and since they are out of the
>> country their is nothing they can do to help other than sending a email
>> to them requesting the return of my money and posting a bad merchant
>> information. In addition, the Prada bag that I ordered was $259.00 and
>> now their website has increased the price to $329.00. Here is the
>> website link:
>
> An old timer like Bernie Baruch once said, "A loss quickly taken is half
> a gain." If you had held on to the bag you would now have one worth $70
> more. Anyone stupid enough to buy from one of those sites deserves
> exactly what they get. Generally, I'd say you paid tuition and received
> an education. In reality, you probably bought stuff like this in the past
> and will again next week when the sting wears off. Welcome to the college
> of lifelong learning.

And you didn't even mention the insanity of spending that much on a PURSE!

Personally, I favor the Ameribag "healthy back" (can't imagine why it's any
healthier than any other shoulder bag, but it has lots of interior pockets)
bags which retail for $80-$120. I have 4 of them. The most expensive was a
buck at a yard sale. I can't imagine why those women were crazy enough to
sell them.

--
Cheers, Bev
=========================================
"Welcome to Hell, here's your accordion."

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TOPIC: Disney Mobile calls it Quits
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== 1 of 7 ==
Date: Thurs, Sep 27 2007 8:23 pm
From: SMS

Another MVNO bit the dust as Disney Mobile, an MVNO on Sprint's network,
called it quits today.

"http://www.thestreet.com/s/signal-fades-for-disney-mobile/newsanalysis/techtelecom/10381822.html?puc=googlefi"

It was never a very good deal, but it did have that tracking feature
built in.

Let's see:

AMP'd
ESPN
Disney

Helio and Boost appears to be in line to be the next victims in the
shakeout.

It's interesting that the low-budget MVNO's seem to be able to keep
chugging along by keeping administrative, marketing, and sales cost to a
minimum, while it's not possible for high-profile challengers to Virgin
and TracFone to make a go of it.

== 2 of 7 ==
Date: Fri, Sep 28 2007 4:18 am
From: zeez

On Sep 27, 8:23 pm, SMS <scharf.ste...@geemail.com> wrote:
> Another MVNO bit the dust as Disney Mobile, an MVNO on Sprint's network,
> called it quits today.
>
> "http://www.thestreet.com/s/signal-fades-for-disney-mobile/newsanalysi..."
>
> It was never a very good deal, but it did have that tracking feature
> built in.
>
> Let's see:
>
> AMP'd
> ESPN
> Disney
>
> Helio and Boost appears to be in line to be the next victims in the
> shakeout.
>
> It's interesting that the low-budget MVNO's seem to be able to keep
> chugging along by keeping administrative, marketing, and sales cost to a
> minimum, while it's not possible for high-profile challengers to Virgin
> and TracFone to make a go of it.

I wonder what happens to the phones that are tied in/locked to the
service? Do they get moved over to a regular Sprint account?

== 3 of 7 ==
Date: Fri, Sep 28 2007 4:21 am
From: News

SMS wrote:

> Another MVNO bit the dust as Disney Mobile, an MVNO on Sprint's network,
> called it quits today.
>

No surprise. It was a Mickey Mouse deal...

== 4 of 7 ==
Date: Fri, Sep 28 2007 4:22 am
From: zeez

On Sep 28, 4:18 am, zeez <Ultim...@excite.com> wrote:
> On Sep 27, 8:23 pm, SMS <scharf.ste...@geemail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Another MVNO bit the dust as Disney Mobile, an MVNO on Sprint's network,
> > called it quits today.
>
> > "http://www.thestreet.com/s/signal-fades-for-disney-mobile/newsanalysi..."
>
> > It was never a very good deal, but it did have that tracking feature
> > built in.
>
> > Let's see:
>
> > AMP'd
> > ESPN
> > Disney
>
> > Helio and Boost appears to be in line to be the next victims in the
> > shakeout.
>
> > It's interesting that the low-budget MVNO's seem to be able to keep
> > chugging along by keeping administrative, marketing, and sales cost to a
> > minimum, while it's not possible for high-profile challengers to Virgin
> > and TracFone to make a go of it.
>
> I wonder what happens to the phones that are tied in/locked to the
> service? Do they get moved over to a regular Sprint account?

oops, I guess not:

>From http://disneymobile.go.com/home/homepage.html

IMPORTANT CUSTOMER ANNOUNCEMENT

Disney Mobile has announced that it will cease its wireless operations
as of December 31, 2007. It has been our privilege to serve as your
wireless service provider and we want to thank you for your support of
Disney Mobile.

We will continue to provide voice, messaging and the Family Center
services through December 31, 2007. In addition, billing and care
support will be available during that time. As of September 27, 2007,
content and applications will no longer be available for purchase.

The Disney Mobile web site will remain in operation to service our
existing customers through December 31, 2007.

In recognition of any inconvenience this may cause you, Disney Mobile
will be providing a reimbursement program covering handsets as well as
accessories and content purchased directly through Disney Mobile
(please note: reimbursements will be processed upon final receipt of
full payment and termination of your account). Complete details
surrounding this reimbursement program will be communicated via this
web site by October 8, 2007.

You will continue to be billed for service through December 31, 2007,
unless you call Guest Services to terminate prior to that date. Disney
Mobile will waive early termination fees provided your account is paid
in full.

If you want to retain your wireless phone number and transfer it to
another wireless carrier, we encourage you to sign up for service with
the other carrier before November 30, 2007. This will ensure there is
adequate time to transfer your phone number. You should not terminate
your Disney Mobile account until your new carrier successfully
transfers your wireless phone number (See http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/NumberPortability/
to learn more about porting your number to a new carrier).

We at Disney Mobile have truly valued your business and apologize for
any inconvenience this change may cause.

Further information is provided in the following page.

== 5 of 7 ==
Date: Fri, Sep 28 2007 7:38 am
From: karlkrandall@sbcglobal.net

On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 20:23:19 -0700, SMS <scharf.steven@geemail.com>
wrote:

>Another MVNO bit the dust as Disney Mobile, an MVNO on Sprint's network,
>called it quits today.
>
>"http://www.thestreet.com/s/signal-fades-for-disney-mobile/newsanalysis/techtelecom/10381822.html?puc=googlefi"
>
>It was never a very good deal, but it did have that tracking feature
>built in.
>
>Let's see:
>
>AMP'd
>ESPN
>Disney
>
>Helio and Boost appears to be in line to be the next victims in the
>shakeout.
>
>It's interesting that the low-budget MVNO's seem to be able to keep
>chugging along by keeping administrative, marketing, and sales cost to a
>minimum, while it's not possible for high-profile challengers to Virgin
>and TracFone to make a go of it.

Maybe Disney's failure says more about the Sprint Network than it does
about Disney's marketing efforts.

== 6 of 7 ==
Date: Fri, Sep 28 2007 8:07 am
From: SMS

karlkrandall@sbcglobal.net wrote:

> Maybe Disney's failure says more about the Sprint Network than it does
> about Disney's marketing efforts.
>

I doubt it. Virgin seems to be doing well despite being saddled with
Sprint's network.

== 7 of 7 ==
Date: Fri, Sep 28 2007 10:45 am
From: Larry

SMS <scharf.steven@geemail.com> wrote in
news:46fc7353$0$27199$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net:

> http://www.thestreet.com/s/signal-fades-for-disney-mobile/newsanalysis/
> techtelecom/10381822.html?puc=googlefi

Of much greater interest from the webpage is the one on Vonage's demise:
http://www.thestreet.com/s/vonages-vanishing-
act/newsanalysis/techtelecom/10381531.html?

They're TOAST! My condolences to Vonage users stuck with useless equipment
once the company goes dark.

Larry
--
Search youtube for "Depleted Uranium"
The ultimate dirty bomb......

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TOPIC: "Stone Soup" comic strips - on generic cereal
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Thurs, Sep 27 2007 8:29 pm
From: Gordon

lenona321@yahoo.com wrote in news:1190921499.907719.68660@
22g2000hsm.googlegroups.com:

> http://news.yahoo.com/comics/uclickcomics/20070926/cx_ss_uc/ss20070926
> (yesterday's strip)
>
> http://www.gocomics.com/stonesoup/
> (today's)
>
> What's interesting, for those who don't know the strip, is that the
> mother is hardly the type to tolerate brattiness, but it keeps popping
> up anyway - especially in the older daughter.
>
> Lenona.
>
>

Seems to me that they ran this episode a year ago.
Doonsbury is also in reruns as well.

Oh well,
I guess leftovers are frugal.

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== 1 of 5 ==
Date: Fri, Sep 28 2007 5:34 am
From: difdrummer@webtv.net (Bob Young)

Like alot of us, I'm on a fixed income : SS and 2 federal bonds and a
very bare bones budget.

I have what I suppose folks call a 'comfort zone' of what I want
in my checking account. About every 6 months I panic, because I go
below that zone.

In the past , when I was working, I would hope for a salary increase
or a nice tax return. That is no longer there. My money coming monthly
is ALWAYS the same.

Knowing it is all relaltive about the amount, but lets say I want
to regain $800 that I think want to make up. Has anyone else watched or
do know that they have regained their money by simply by just cutting
spending radically itself?

I know there is no one answer. But this kind of close budget is new
to me. I do not waste money, but I think I bought too many "bargains",
because I thought they were bargains and I can no longer do that.

== 2 of 5 ==
Date: Fri, Sep 28 2007 7:26 am
From: Anthony Matonak

Bob Young wrote:
> Like alot of us, I'm on a fixed income : SS and 2 federal bonds and a
> very bare bones budget.
...
> I know there is no one answer. But this kind of close budget is new
> to me. I do not waste money, but I think I bought too many "bargains",
> because I thought they were bargains and I can no longer do that.

Perhaps simply cutting back isn't the answer and you need to go back
to work.

Anthony

== 3 of 5 ==
Date: Fri, Sep 28 2007 6:50 am
From: hchickpea@hotmail.com

On Fri, 28 Sep 2007 07:34:35 -0500, difdrummer@webtv.net (Bob Young)
wrote:

>Like alot of us, I'm on a fixed income : SS and 2 federal bonds and a
>very bare bones budget.
>
> I have what I suppose folks call a 'comfort zone' of what I want
>in my checking account. About every 6 months I panic, because I go
>below that zone.
>
> In the past , when I was working, I would hope for a salary increase
>or a nice tax return. That is no longer there. My money coming monthly
>is ALWAYS the same.
>
> Knowing it is all relaltive about the amount, but lets say I want
>to regain $800 that I think want to make up. Has anyone else watched or
>do know that they have regained their money by simply by just cutting
>spending radically itself?
>
> I know there is no one answer. But this kind of close budget is new
>to me. I do not waste money, but I think I bought too many "bargains",
>because I thought they were bargains and I can no longer do that.

As a child, I was able to see the books on how one of my grandparents
lived during retirement, and was amazed at how little was spent. No
cable tv, minimal electric and fuel cost. Many months the largest
expense was the cost of milk. It is possible to live using a minimal
amount of money.

In our own situation, we are setting up for low taxes, low insurance
costs, a fully paid for home, plenty of garden and agricultural space,
our own water and septic, plans for at least some alternate energy,
and anything else I can think of to reduce outflow before inflation
really starts to hit.* I estimate that once everything is in place,
we could live comfortably on less that $10K/yr if needed. Compare
that with what financial planners demand for "successful" retirement.
And I'm not even retired.

*The Fed has a tight row to hoe. Too high interest rates will send us
into recession, too low will not stop speculators and will fuel
inflation. I'm betting on increasing inflation, at least for the
short term. The economy is reaching a point where I think it is
becoming unstable. Not gloom and doom unstable, but enough to make me
want to be prudent and hedge bets.

== 4 of 5 ==
Date: Fri, Sep 28 2007 9:03 am
From: Too_Many_Tools

On Sep 28, 8:50 am, hchick...@hotmail.com wrote:
> On Fri, 28 Sep 2007 07:34:35 -0500, difdrum...@webtv.net (Bob Young)
> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> >Like alot of us, I'm on a fixed income : SS and 2 federal bonds and a
> >very bare bones budget.
>
> > I have what I suppose folks call a 'comfort zone' of what I want
> >in my checking account. About every 6 months I panic, because I go
> >below that zone.
>
> > In the past , when I was working, I would hope for a salary increase
> >or a nice tax return. That is no longer there. My money coming monthly
> >is ALWAYS the same.
>
> > Knowing it is all relaltive about the amount, but lets say I want
> >to regain $800 that I think want to make up. Has anyone else watched or
> >do know that they have regained their money by simply by just cutting
> >spending radically itself?
>
> > I know there is no one answer. But this kind of close budget is new
> >to me. I do not waste money, but I think I bought too many "bargains",
> >because I thought they were bargains and I can no longer do that.
>
> As a child, I was able to see the books on how one of my grandparents
> lived during retirement, and was amazed at how little was spent. No
> cable tv, minimal electric and fuel cost. Many months the largest
> expense was the cost of milk. It is possible to live using a minimal
> amount of money.
>
> In our own situation, we are setting up for low taxes, low insurance
> costs, a fully paid for home, plenty of garden and agricultural space,
> our own water and septic, plans for at least some alternate energy,
> and anything else I can think of to reduce outflow before inflation
> really starts to hit.* I estimate that once everything is in place,
> we could live comfortably on less that $10K/yr if needed. Compare
> that with what financial planners demand for "successful" retirement.
> And I'm not even retired.
>
> *The Fed has a tight row to hoe. Too high interest rates will send us
> into recession, too low will not stop speculators and will fuel
> inflation. I'm betting on increasing inflation, at least for the
> short term. The economy is reaching a point where I think it is
> becoming unstable. Not gloom and doom unstable, but enough to make me
> want to be prudent and hedge bets.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

And how will you handle medical costs?

TMT

== 5 of 5 ==
Date: Fri, Sep 28 2007 9:28 am
From: hchickpea@hotmail.com

On Fri, 28 Sep 2007 09:03:24 -0700, Too_Many_Tools
<too_many_tools@yahoo.com> wrote:

>And how will you handle medical costs?

I have a high deductable policy that I'll keep until Medicare kicks
in. I have already had experience negotiating hospital bills.

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TOPIC: Phone credit low? Go Beeping
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== 1 of 2 ==
Date: Fri, Sep 28 2007 8:57 am
From: Too_Many_Tools

When you have a cell phone and need to get information through...and
almost no money.

TMT

Phone credit low? Africans go for "beeping" By Andrew Heavens
Wed Sep 26, 11:32 AM ET

If you are in Sudan it is a 'missed call'. In Ethiopia it is a
'miskin' or a 'pitiful' call. In other parts of Africa it is a case of
'flashing', 'beeping' or in French-speaking areas 'bipage'.

Wherever you are, it is one of the fastest-growing phenomena in the
continent's booming mobile telephone markets -- and it's a headache
for mobile operators who are trying to figure out how to make some
money out of it.

You beep someone when you call them up on their mobile phone --
setting its display screen briefly flashing -- then hang up half a
second later, before they have had a chance to answer. Your friend --
you hope -- sees your name and number on their list of 'Missed Calls'
and calls you back at his or her expense.

It is a tactic born out of ingenuity and necessity, say analysts who
have tracked an explosion in miskin calls by cash-strapped cellphone
users from Cape Town to Cairo.

"Its roots are as a strategy to save money," said Jonathan Donner, an
India-based researcher for Microsoft who is due to publish a paper on
"The Rules of Beeping" in the high-brow online Journal of Computer
Mediated Communication in October.

Donner first came across beeping in Rwanda, then tracked it across the
continent and beyond, to south and southeast Asia. Studies quoted in
his paper estimate between 20 to more than 30 percent of the calls
made in Africa are just split-second flashes -- empty appeals across
the cellular network.

The beeping boom is being driven by a sharp rise in mobile phone use
across the continent.

Africa had an estimated 192.5 million mobile phone users in 2006, up
from just 25.3 million in 2001, according to figures from the U.N.'s
International Telecommunication Union. Customers may have enough money
for the one-off purchase of a handset, but very little ready cash to
spend on phone cards for the prepaid accounts that dominate the
market.

Africa's mobile phone companies say the practice has become so
widespread they have had to step in to prevent their circuits being
swamped by second-long calls.

"We have about 355 million calls across the whole network every day,"
said Faisal Ijaz Khan, chief marketing officer for the Sudanese arm of
Kuwaiti mobile phone operator Zain (formerly MTC). "And then there are
another 130 million missed calls every day. There are a lot of missed
calls in Africa."

'CALL ME BACK'

Zain is responding to the demand by drawing up plans for a "Call-me-
back" service in Sudan, letting customers send open requests in the
form of a very basic signal to friends for a phone call.

The main advantage for the company is that the requests will be
diverted from the main network and pushed through using a much cheaper
technology (USSD or Unstructured Supplementary Service Data).

A handful of similar schemes are springing up across Africa, says
Informa principal analyst Devine Kofiloto. "It is widespread. It is a
concern for operators in African countries, whose networks become
congested depending on the time of day with calls they cannot bill
for.

"They try to discourage the practice by introducing services where
customers can send a limited number of 'call-back' request either free
of charge or for a minimum fee."

There are plenty of other reasons why mobile operators are keen to cut
down on the practice. One is it annoys customers, pestered by repeated
missed calls.

A second is that 'flashes' eat into one of mobile phone companies'
favorite performance indicators -- ARPU or average revenue per user.
Miscalls earn very little in themselves - and don't always persuade
the target to ring back.

Orange Senegal, Kofiloto said, lets customers send a 'Rappelle
moi' ('Call me back') when their phone credit drops below $0.10. With
Safaricom Kenya, it is a "Flashback 130" (limited to five a day -- and
with the admonishment 'Stop Flashing! Ask Nicely'). Vodacom DR Congo's
'Rappelez moi SVP' service costs $0.01 a message.

MORE THAN MONEY

But beeping is not only about money. Donner's 'Rules of Beeping'
suggests a social protocol for the practice.

"The richer guy pays," he writes. It is acceptable to beep someone if
you are short of cash and they are flush with credit. Never beep
someone poorer than you.

Never beep someone you are tapping for a favor. You don't want to risk
annoying the person you are trying to win over. Never flash your
girlfriend, unless you want to look cheap.

"Most beeps are requests to the mobile owner to call back immediately,
but can also send a pre-negotiated instrumental message such as pick
me up now,' or send a relational sign, such as I'm thinking of you,'"
the paper says.

It can go even further than that.

Cameroonian researchers Victor W.A. Mbarika and Irene Mbarika
identified a different kind of beeping-powered relational call in a
study for the technology association the Institute of Electrical and
Electronics Engineers (IEEE).

"Lovers often communicate with text messages or beeping'," said the
study. "One party dials another's number and then hangs up. One ring
could mean, I am here,' two rings, Call me now.'"

And the name they gave this new entry in the beeping lexicon?
Borrowing a street slang term for an appeal for sex, they christened
it "the booty call."

== 2 of 2 ==
Date: Fri, Sep 28 2007 9:23 am
From: George Grapman

Too_Many_Tools wrote:
> When you have a cell phone and need to get information through...and
> almost no money.
>
> TMT
>
> Phone credit low? Africans go for "beeping" By Andrew Heavens
> Wed Sep 26, 11:32 AM ET
>
>
>
> If you are in Sudan it is a 'missed call'. In Ethiopia it is a
> 'miskin' or a 'pitiful' call. In other parts of Africa it is a case of
> 'flashing', 'beeping' or in French-speaking areas 'bipage'.
>
> Wherever you are, it is one of the fastest-growing phenomena in the
> continent's booming mobile telephone markets -- and it's a headache
> for mobile operators who are trying to figure out how to make some
> money out of it.
>
> You beep someone when you call them up on their mobile phone --
> setting its display screen briefly flashing -- then hang up half a
> second later, before they have had a chance to answer. Your friend --
> you hope -- sees your name and number on their list of 'Missed Calls'
> and calls you back at his or her expense.
>
> It is a tactic born out of ingenuity and necessity, say analysts who
> have tracked an explosion in miskin calls by cash-strapped cellphone
> users from Cape Town to Cairo.
>
> "Its roots are as a strategy to save money," said Jonathan Donner, an
> India-based researcher for Microsoft who is due to publish a paper on
> "The Rules of Beeping" in the high-brow online Journal of Computer
> Mediated Communication in October.
>
> Donner first came across beeping in Rwanda, then tracked it across the
> continent and beyond, to south and southeast Asia. Studies quoted in
> his paper estimate between 20 to more than 30 percent of the calls
> made in Africa are just split-second flashes -- empty appeals across
> the cellular network.
>
> The beeping boom is being driven by a sharp rise in mobile phone use
> across the continent.
>
> Africa had an estimated 192.5 million mobile phone users in 2006, up
> from just 25.3 million in 2001, according to figures from the U.N.'s
> International Telecommunication Union. Customers may have enough money
> for the one-off purchase of a handset, but very little ready cash to
> spend on phone cards for the prepaid accounts that dominate the
> market.
>
> Africa's mobile phone companies say the practice has become so
> widespread they have had to step in to prevent their circuits being
> swamped by second-long calls.
>
> "We have about 355 million calls across the whole network every day,"
> said Faisal Ijaz Khan, chief marketing officer for the Sudanese arm of
> Kuwaiti mobile phone operator Zain (formerly MTC). "And then there are
> another 130 million missed calls every day. There are a lot of missed
> calls in Africa."
>
> 'CALL ME BACK'
>
> Zain is responding to the demand by drawing up plans for a "Call-me-
> back" service in Sudan, letting customers send open requests in the
> form of a very basic signal to friends for a phone call.
>
> The main advantage for the company is that the requests will be
> diverted from the main network and pushed through using a much cheaper
> technology (USSD or Unstructured Supplementary Service Data).
>
> A handful of similar schemes are springing up across Africa, says
> Informa principal analyst Devine Kofiloto. "It is widespread. It is a
> concern for operators in African countries, whose networks become
> congested depending on the time of day with calls they cannot bill
> for.
>
> "They try to discourage the practice by introducing services where
> customers can send a limited number of 'call-back' request either free
> of charge or for a minimum fee."
>
> There are plenty of other reasons why mobile operators are keen to cut
> down on the practice. One is it annoys customers, pestered by repeated
> missed calls.
>
> A second is that 'flashes' eat into one of mobile phone companies'
> favorite performance indicators -- ARPU or average revenue per user.
> Miscalls earn very little in themselves - and don't always persuade
> the target to ring back.
>
> Orange Senegal, Kofiloto said, lets customers send a 'Rappelle
> moi' ('Call me back') when their phone credit drops below $0.10. With
> Safaricom Kenya, it is a "Flashback 130" (limited to five a day -- and
> with the admonishment 'Stop Flashing! Ask Nicely'). Vodacom DR Congo's
> 'Rappelez moi SVP' service costs $0.01 a message.
>
> MORE THAN MONEY
>
> But beeping is not only about money. Donner's 'Rules of Beeping'
> suggests a social protocol for the practice.
>
> "The richer guy pays," he writes. It is acceptable to beep someone if
> you are short of cash and they are flush with credit. Never beep
> someone poorer than you.
>
> Never beep someone you are tapping for a favor. You don't want to risk
> annoying the person you are trying to win over. Never flash your
> girlfriend, unless you want to look cheap.
>
> "Most beeps are requests to the mobile owner to call back immediately,
> but can also send a pre-negotiated instrumental message such as pick
> me up now,' or send a relational sign, such as I'm thinking of you,'"
> the paper says.
>
> It can go even further than that.
>
> Cameroonian researchers Victor W.A. Mbarika and Irene Mbarika
> identified a different kind of beeping-powered relational call in a
> study for the technology association the Institute of Electrical and
> Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
>
> "Lovers often communicate with text messages or beeping'," said the
> study. "One party dials another's number and then hangs up. One ring
> could mean, I am here,' two rings, Call me now.'"
>
> And the name they gave this new entry in the beeping lexicon?
> Borrowing a street slang term for an appeal for sex, they christened
> it "the booty call."
>
When I was a kid we did something like that with collect calls when
they were handled by a live operator. If we were going to be home at a
certain hour or getting to an airport we would make a collect call home.
The person answering the phone would tell the operator to try later as
no one who could accept the call would be around. We would then say "I
will call back at 8" and hang up.

With cells and cheap calls it is generally no longer done but it is
even easier now as collect calls are automated-"This is AT&T with a
collect call from 'Flight 237 arriving 8 p.m.' "

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