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amawanqa
Joined: May 08, 2004
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From: Hornchurch UK & East London SA
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@ Kryptik,
I thought Richie was still with them when they recorded that,but now you've got me thinking...methinks it be time I dusted the cobwebs from the inner realms of mine pate,or maybe I'll checketh the web when I have a chance.
Mense,dit raak koud hierso...yearning for warmer climes at the mo! |
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Kryptik
Joined: Jun 24, 2005
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From: Port Elizabeth, S.Africa
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@Wanqa, i think that his replacement sang on that track, can't recall his name though...
Speaking of warmer climes, it's 28 at the mo, but i'm outside sweating like crazy. Worked our gatte off to buy 60m of new fencing, so i'm tearing down the old, which technically consisted of more holes than fence, and replacing it. Gotta tell you guys, it's a helluva job removing the roots of creeping vines. They'd been growing a few years, but uprooting them is an experience! Two adults, 4 13-year olds, axes, a brush saw, etc but it's taken two hours to remove a vine stump that's nearly 4 foot in diameter! Just wish Naledi Pandor could see what's happening.
EDIT- i meant circumference, not diameter
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brix25
Joined: Aug 20, 2003
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From: Cape Town, South Africa
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I seldom bitch but spare a thought for the poor peasant. While the networks are raking in major profits, the Vodacom GPRS signal in my neighbourhood is pathetic...it's intermittent...connecting between 6pm and 10pm is hit-and-miss. Apart from that I also get a lot of dropped calls.
The other night I missed an important call because the network was simply too busy. If Vodacom tries to put up another base station the bunny huggers will tie themselves to it claiming we'll be frying our brains with all sorts of radiation.
And it's only going to get worse with the mass migration from holidaymakers next month.
Please anyone from Vodacom reading this, would you please put up an additional base station Green Point because the one in York Road is insuffecient. |
mario2002
Joined: Feb 15, 2004
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From: Jeffrey's-Bay ,South Africa
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Hey speaking about networks - is MTN charging 10R per MB ? Certainly it looks like it.
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brix25
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@mario2002: You've probably got your phone hooked up to your laptop. No they're not charging R10/MB...last time I checked it was R1/MB on prepaid bundles...which is pretty cheap if you're just going to be surfing wap pages but darn expensive for normal internet.
I still say the networks must charge us poor peasants a flat-fee for unlimited access( at least GPRS), people with 3G can pay for the luxury.
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dr_thug
Joined: Nov 11, 2004
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From: India
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On 2005-11-21 06:00:00, brix25 wrote:
@dr_thug: Tata has got a bad reputation in SA due to problems buyers have had with the Indica...basically ppl have complained about the poor build quality of the car. It's not the most popular car in SA. Seems like the engineers at Tata cut a lot of corners when making the car.
Can't tell you much about Mahindra, they've launched a couple of pick-ups/SUV in SA but I haven't seen any on the roads.
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in India,Tata Indica is selling good as its the cheapest goodlooking big DIESEL carmade by an Indian company.it is a big hit among Indian and also among the taxi segment.but the day it was launched way back in 2000,i hated its looks.soon many people bought it and it was a big problematic car.its engin was the weakest part.soon they launched Indica V2 which looks good and improved their engine.still its not good enough.few of my relatives bought the V2 and had big problems with the engine too.they sold their indica within 1 year.
my verdict for Tata Indica  ro..great looks ,great sofa set  ,cheap.
cons:-poor engine,bad build quality.
final verdict  tata indica
please dont think of mixing my patriotism with my views on an Indian car company. |
mario2002
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Brix I hope you are right althou my laptop only got just under 5MB of data transfer on a 55Rand voucher :-(
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brix25
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@mario: Call their customer care, they should be able to tell you what's happening. As a rule I wouldn't want to surf the web via GPRS even tho you'll look sexy and geeky all once.
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Kryptik
Joined: Jun 24, 2005
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From: Port Elizabeth, S.Africa
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Rumour has it that if you've R25 minimum on your Cell Sheep sim, gprs is free... gratis... for nix... unconfirmed though...
Oh yeah, before i forget, free sms via gprs... Check out http://www.theformula.co.za/sms.htm
Works great on Vodacom
@ Mario, do you use any push-email apps?
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brix25
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@da krypsta: What's the difference between "push email" and normal gprs pop3 email?
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Kryptik
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With POP3 there's sometimes an element of lag, in that you need to manually retrieve mail, wait for it to open, etc. With Push, depending on the app, it'll forward and open it in realtime. Also, it's not restricted to POP3 but also supports IMAP4, which some ISP-hosted servers don't. Also, Push can be configured to give you an alert, can be paused, etc so that it auto-updates at a later time. All-in-all, it ain't shabby, Nige
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mario2002
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I don't use push mail.On the other hand I make extensive use of Instant messaging.Push mail is something between normal email and IM.JABBER's mail messaging comes closest to push mail, that is if you know jabber. A very nice feature I use with family members (and a few close german friends) is Agile Messenger PushToTalk feature.That is trully the cheapest way of simplex (one at a time) voice chatting with anyone in the world.At around 100kb a minute voice works out to 20cent (SA) per minute anywhere anytime.(worked out if one pays 2Rand/Mbyte) On another note - Apparently Nokia (only rumors for now) will announce shortly a new S60 device (N93 or 95) with 3MP 3xOptical zoom cam and a full house digital video recorder (25fps) One of my Finish IM buddies mention a N92 successor a week or so ago,but I only decided to post the news here after seen a similar tread on this same forum.Greetings from Jeffreys Bay. Mario
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brix25
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@mario: The spy pics were posted in the rumour thread.
The N92 is going to be massive, as in size... The N90 with all it's gimmicks is already proving to be a hard sell...in the same breath a few fools have been known to part with bucketloads of cash for it.
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Kryptik
Joined: Jun 24, 2005
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From: Port Elizabeth, S.Africa
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The Koeberg maintenance shutdown has affected us as well... Widespread systematic blackouts, so driving through traffic a few minutes ago was such a joy! It usually takes 15min from school to my buddy's IT office, today it took me just about an hour. To cap it all there was a truck stuck slap-bang in the middle of one the busiest intersections, while the driver called for assistance on, get this, a phone with an aerial! Nokia 2110, nothing less!!! Looked more like a two-way radio!
Charlie Alpha, come in, come in, this is Charlie Bravo, over 
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amawanqa
Joined: May 08, 2004
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From: Hornchurch UK & East London SA
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@ Kryptik,
so a 2110 with PTT...  .
Maybe it was more a case of Charlie Romeo Alpha Papa! We're broken down..are you receiving,over? |
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