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frankthetank
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Everyone enjoy the earthquake(s)?
http://www.geonet.org.nz/earthquake/quakes/recent_quakes.html
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/profile.php?id=793404578
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carkitter
Joined: Apr 29, 2005
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From: Auckland, NZ
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Sorry I missed it. Could you run it again? 
Twitter is all abuzz! NZ's a trending topic. 
Quake location: 45.75°S, 166.58°E (put that into Google maps), look out Hobart!
Apparently the Tsunami was a no-show.
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Muhammad-Oli
Joined: Jun 13, 2004
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Yep Tsunami warnings are off. I was at work and didn't even feel it. I didn't hear about it til over an hour later from my girlfriend who was in the shower at the time.  Apparently it was felt pretty strongly at my house though.
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soane28
Joined: Jun 12, 2006
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crazy aye! I still remember the Gisborne earthquake which was something like 6.3 very scary. all the windows in dads house were rippling as the earthquake went! |
carkitter
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We never get earthquakes in Auckland just mini tornados and the occasional landslide. We are overdue for volcanic activity though.
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frankthetank
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So it seems the seismographs were not reporting correctly last night, 7.8 according to USGS, which is I guess the reading they are going from now with all the latest reports? Second equal biggest in NZ since colonisation began!
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carkitter
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I'd be a bit worried about a discrepancy of 6.7 vs 7.8 on the recording equipment. 7.8 is more than 30x greater than 6.7 on the Richter Scale, which makes the Boxing Day 2004 quake of 9.2 truly scary. 
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carkitter
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Media 7 are about to talk about the cellphone ads
Freeview channel 7
Sky channel 97
its on now
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yea g
Joined: Jul 02, 2008
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is it on tvnz on demand? cuz my perant are watching tv 
edit: looks like it will show up when the show is finished
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carkitter
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It will be, give them about an hour.
Media 7 is split into 3 parts, all 3 were good tonight, only the last one was on Telco's.
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carkitter
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Media 7 spoke to two marketing people about the Telco ads and both were keen to perpetuate the myth that both companies are colluding to rip us off. I don't subscribe to this theory which seems to be widely held among the general populace. More likely is that Telecom has opted out of direct competition by staying with an analogue 025 system for as long as possible then switching to another ineffective and uncompetitive technology, CDMA. This has cemented Telecom in the now shrinking low-end of the market while Vodafone have been handed the bulk of the market on a silver platter including the high-end which has suddenly become a high profile cash-cow since the introduction of the iPhone 3G. Therefore, customers of both companies don't feel like they have any real alternatives. In the absence of real competition Vodafone have been innovative in services but conservative in pricing which is a shrewd strategy if not a favourite one with their customers.
Vodafone have moved their focus away from the 'mobile revolution' to become a holistic, well rounded telco incorporating mobile, landline and internet services and in becoming Telecom-like are now being treated much like we all treat Telecom - with contempt. Most of the criticism is unwarranted though in my opinion; their systems are under pressure from massive, rapid growth but customers seem to be impatient and unwilling to cut them some slack. I've personally found that Vodafone (when at fault) have always been generous with their account credits.
I am looking forward to 2 Degrees as is everybody, but because they don't have a landline infrastructure. This means it's in their best interests to concentrate on mobile services and pricing. Innovative pricing from them is VERY dependent on getting the Commerce Commission to tilt the playing field in their favour and that may not happen. If not, 2 Degrees have admitted they wont be able to be much different to Vodafone in pricing. Will the public still love them then?
Oh, and BTW there's not much kiwi investment in 2 Degrees these days; 20% I think.
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carkitter
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It's up now:
http://tvnz.co.nz/media7/s2009-e25-video-2848051
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Muhammad-Oli
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Cheers for the link, it sounds interesting. I might give it a watch tomorrow when I'm more awake.
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yea g
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Its mostly just about the ads
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Muhammad-Oli
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Anyone else notice that Vodafone removed the C903 about as quickly as they put it up? Weird.
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