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Title: emergencies and numbers and phones :D
Post by: racx_00 on June 05, 2004, 07:22:50 AM
what kind of wet noodle were you talking about Say ???, the edible ones or the ones that you use in the pool ::) ???
Title: Re:What the 6 ???
Post by: J-ROC on June 05, 2004, 11:11:22 AM
YOu mean you can't eat the ones you get for the pool?!

Uh oh...


*gets sick*  :X

:D
Title: Re:What the 6 ???
Post by: B'rrr on June 05, 2004, 05:02:41 PM
*calls a doctor*

...help is on its way ; )
Title: Re:What the 6 ???
Post by: racx_00 on June 06, 2004, 07:38:09 AM
/me tells Rob that he dialed the wrong number ;)
Title: Re:What the 6 ???
Post by: J-ROC on June 06, 2004, 10:59:55 AM
What, did he dial 9 1 2?  :D
Title: Re:What the 6 ???
Post by: B'rrr on June 06, 2004, 03:39:51 PM
actually in the netherlands it is '112' ; )
Title: Re:What the 6 ???
Post by: racx_00 on June 08, 2004, 04:13:42 AM
In Australia its 000 ;)
Title: Re:What the 6 ???
Post by: B'rrr on June 08, 2004, 04:50:18 AM
that's an easy number ; ) ...it used to be 0611 in the netherlands, the new number is easier I guess
Title: Re:What the 6 ???
Post by: racx_00 on June 09, 2004, 06:53:37 AM
We have one for Emergencies and one for just normal things like a robbery or something but Emergency is like a fire or break in or hospital related ;D

So for Emergencies its 000

And non-emergencies its 131444
Title: Re:What the 6 ???
Post by: B'rrr on June 09, 2004, 10:12:00 AM
i don't even know the number of non-emergencies... so ...i don't hope that would happen  ;-D
Title: Re:What the 6 ???
Post by: Jeysie on June 09, 2004, 11:12:41 AM
Hmm. In the US, if you have a non-emergency, you just simply ring whatever the "regular" number of your local police office is... I don't think there's a "universal" non-emergency number.

Peace & Luv, Liz
Title: Re:What the 6 ???
Post by: InvertedSilence on June 09, 2004, 08:33:39 PM
Maybe it's 6 6 8 9 1 1!!  :suffer:
Because 668 spells "not" on the number keypad, so its "not" 911, get it!?!?!
HAHAHAhahaha ha..ha..ha...

Or not...  :suffer:

Yeah it's time for me to go to bed...
Title: Re:What the 6 ???
Post by: B'rrr on June 10, 2004, 03:09:36 PM
668 spells oo8 at my numpad  ;-D
Title: Re:What the 6 ???
Post by: InvertedSilence on June 10, 2004, 06:52:27 PM
Well of course you relise that in the super secret cool non emergency code oo8 means not right?
Title: Re:What the 6 ???
Post by: B'rrr on June 11, 2004, 02:51:59 AM
ehhhhh.... i realise now  ...i think  ;-D
Title: Re:What the 6 ???
Post by: Yonkey on June 12, 2004, 10:30:41 AM
Heh, I was watching a movie the other day, and there were murders in the girl's apartment.  She calls 911 and some lame voicemail comes on "Please hold for the next available agent."  ::)  Of course, the guy comes up to her and starts choking her.  ;P

I hope that's just Hollywood and doesn't happen often in real life.  Imagine being in an emergency and hearing "Your call us important to us.  There are TWENTY-THREE people waiting ahead of you."  >:(
Title: Re:What the 6 ???
Post by: racx_00 on June 12, 2004, 12:10:24 PM
when you dial an emergency in Australia it gets through really fast ;D
Title: Re:What the 6 ???
Post by: Louisiana Night on June 15, 2004, 01:31:32 AM
QuoteI hope that's just Hollywood and doesn't happen often in real life

Something similar happend here, not long ago. A woman called for help(someone was breaking into her house), and the woman answering didn't believe her. I think(hope) she lost her job.

P.S. The woman was fine, but still...
Title: Re:What the 6 ???
Post by: racx_00 on June 15, 2004, 02:54:51 AM
Well its pretty stupid because they should listen to all problems even if they end up being pranks :-\
Title: Re:What the 6 ???
Post by: Rosella on June 15, 2004, 02:06:06 PM
Omg, that is scary. I called 911 once when I was 3 and they still believed me! ;D I actually WAS telling the truth too.
Title: Re:What the 6 ???
Post by: Louisiana Night on June 15, 2004, 08:14:40 PM
When I was 5/6 years old, I accidently called 911. I hung up when I heard somone's voice, and then they called back. My parents had a talk with me, needless to say.
Title: Re:What the 6 ???
Post by: racx_00 on June 16, 2004, 12:55:41 AM
A police man saw me down the street from my house one day (my mum was watching me), and this cop pulled his car up and started stressing at me :-\, my mum called the police department and stressed at him, lol :suffer:

I was about 9 or 10 at the time of that incident ;D
Title: Re:What the 6 ???
Post by: Oldbushie on June 18, 2004, 12:25:46 PM
Ours is 911. :P
Title: Re:What the 6 ???
Post by: racx_00 on June 18, 2004, 12:28:32 PM
Even i know that cos all movies are American :P

OMG somebody dial 911 :suffer: :P, that is from Bubsy the super nintendo game ;) :P
Title: Re:What the 6 ???
Post by: B'rrr on June 18, 2004, 07:06:37 PM
in my neighbourghood they are tracking ppl down who are abusing the emergency number... pranks doesn't appear that much anymore
Title: Re:What the 6 ???
Post by: copycat on November 25, 2004, 06:07:11 PM
The emergency number from a fixed (as in, confined to one place) line is 100, from a mobile phone it's 112 too. There's no general non-emergency number. Actually, I think 1000 is for the fire department, 101 is for the police and 102 is for the ambulance, but when you just dial 100 they can put you through to the other ones too. 100 does a bit of coordination as well. On mobile I only know about the 112, no seperate numbers for police and/or ambulances. AFAIK I never called 100 (IIRC, it was 900 when I was a kid, but then they changed it to 100). ;)
Title: Re:What the 6 ???
Post by: GravityMX on November 25, 2004, 06:20:18 PM
112 is the international emergency line for mobiles (I think). Don't have to put in your SIM number in order to dial  ;)

EDIT: This is so OFF-TOPIC  :o, but who cares  :D
Title: Re:What the 6 ???
Post by: copycat on November 29, 2004, 04:54:09 PM
Quote from: GravityMX on November 25, 2004, 06:20:18 PM112 is the international emergency line for mobiles (I think). Don't have to put in your SIM number in order to dial  ;)
I think overhere you still need a SIM-card, but you don't need to have any credit on it. You can also use anyone's network to transmit the emergency, it doesn't need to be your provider's. 8)
Title: Re:What the 6 ???
Post by: GravityMX on November 29, 2004, 07:09:21 PM
Nope.....U don't need a SIM Card (just tried it then) as long as u have a phone, a battery and have figured how to turn it on.....then you can dial straight away.

BTW.....What's the title of this thread? ;P    ;P
Title: Re:What the 6 ???
Post by: copycat on November 30, 2004, 02:20:55 PM
Quote from: GravityMX on November 29, 2004, 07:09:21 PMNope.....U don't need a SIM Card (just tried it then) as long as u have a phone, a battery and have figured how to turn it on.....then you can dial straight away.
I just tried it too, and indeed there's a button on which I can push to dial 'SOS'.

Quote from: GravityMX on November 29, 2004, 07:09:21 PMBTW.....What's the title of this thread? ;P    ;P
I think it's about your favorite color. :P
Title: Re:What the 6 ???
Post by: GravityMX on November 30, 2004, 07:18:35 PM
Quote from: copycat on November 30, 2004, 02:20:55 PM
I can push to dial 'SOS'.

OMG, though they were just for James Bond  8). Not like he will need it  ;). Where is the button anyway? Since if it were in your pocket, it could get accidently pressed and dial SOS!  :o
Title: Re:What the 6 ???
Post by: copycat on December 02, 2004, 02:51:21 PM
Quote from: GravityMX on November 30, 2004, 07:18:35 PMWhere is the button anyway?
(http://www.samsung.com/be-nl/products/mobilephones/mobilephones/images/x100_m.jpg)
That is my cellphone. No if you look closely, you'll see a button below the left bottom corner of the screen, that's the button I have to push when there's no SIM-card and I want to dial for help.

Quote from: GravityMX on November 30, 2004, 07:18:35 PMSince if it were in your pocket, it could get accidently pressed and dial SOS!  :o
Usually there's a SIM-card present in the cell-phone, and I also disable the buttons before I put it into a pocket. 8)
Title: Re:What the 6 ???
Post by: Oldbushie on December 06, 2004, 09:53:52 AM
This is my cellphone:

...I don't have one yet. ;-D

We do have 3 family cellphones now though.
Title: Re:What the 6 ???
Post by: copycat on December 10, 2004, 05:42:11 PM
All members of my family now have a different cellphone.
Title: Re:What the 6 ???
Post by: GravityMX on December 11, 2004, 05:44:28 PM
Their called "Mobile Phones" here in Australia  :P
Title: Re:What the 6 ???
Post by: racx_00 on December 12, 2004, 12:01:49 PM
Atleast I know what Mobile-Phone means :D, I don't know how Cell-Phone describes what it is :-\
Title: Re:What the 6 ???
Post by: GravityMX on December 13, 2004, 04:41:59 AM
In the Asian countries their called "Hand-phones"! Every time I hear of that, I think of wireless home phones  :-\
Title: Re:What the 6 ???
Post by: copycat on December 17, 2004, 05:29:15 PM
Overhere, they're called 'GSM'.
Title: Re:What the 6 ???
Post by: GravityMX on December 18, 2004, 01:18:18 AM
Quote from: copycat on December 17, 2004, 05:29:15 PM
Overhere, they're called 'GSM'.

GSM = Global System for Mobiles  :P

We have that here too, but we just call them mobiles  8)
Title: Re:What the 6 ???
Post by: copycat on December 27, 2004, 03:34:59 PM
Quote from: GravityMX on December 18, 2004, 01:18:18 AMGSM = Global System for Mobiles  :P
QuoteGlobal System for Mobile Communications. Usually refers to the European standard GSM operating on 900 MHz and 1800 MHz bands, but in North America refers to the 1900 MHz band.
Need the link (http://www.mobilecom.jo/pc/GSMGlossary.asp) where I found that? 8)
Title: Re:emergencies and numbers and phones :D
Post by: GravityMX on December 27, 2004, 08:31:39 PM
Yay!  ;D

Google is your our friend  :D :yes:
Title: Re:What the 6 ???
Post by: Drunken Chinchilla on December 28, 2004, 11:26:03 AM
Quote from: GravityMX on December 11, 2004, 05:44:28 PM
Their called "Mobile Phones" here in Australia  :P

Here too!

I'm a proper mobile geek although I still don't have a 3G phone yet with video calling and all that :( I'll give it a few more months untill they release a contract that's less than £30/month...
Title: Re:emergencies and numbers and phones :D
Post by: Yonkey on December 28, 2004, 03:10:48 PM
They're called "Cell Phones" by the majority of people here, but I've heard them being called "Mobile Phones" in commercials and by sales people before. :P
Title: Re:emergencies and numbers and phones :D
Post by: copycat on December 28, 2004, 04:06:31 PM
Quote from: Yonkey on December 28, 2004, 03:10:48 PMThey're called "Cell Phones" by the majority of people here, but I've heard them being called "Mobile Phones" in commercials and by sales people before. :P
Mobile phones, in my book, are phones that aren't fixed, therefor also fixed phones with a wireless mic/speaker. To me it doesn't matter it's got a limited range, it's very mobile within that range. In essence, that kind of phone just has one cell, whereas the cell phone has many more. 8)
Title: Re:What the 6 ???
Post by: GravityMX on December 29, 2004, 06:25:15 AM
Quote from: Drunken Chinchilla on December 28, 2004, 11:26:03 AM
Quote from: GravityMX on December 11, 2004, 05:44:28 PM
Their called "Mobile Phones" here in Australia  :P
I still don't have a 3G phone yet with video calling and all that :( I'll give it a few more months untill they release a contract that's less than £30/month...

You can get them as prepaid over here. GRPS too, and can still access when u have no credit.  :)
Title: Re:What the 6 ???
Post by: copycat on December 29, 2004, 02:50:31 PM
Quote from: GravityMX on December 29, 2004, 06:25:15 AMYou can get them as prepaid over here. GRPS too, and can still access when u have no credit.  :)
Access to what without credit? :o
Title: Re:emergencies and numbers and phones :D
Post by: GravityMX on December 30, 2004, 05:26:12 AM
GPRS, as in the internet, for your phone  ::). Also known as Wap (Wireless Application Protocol)  :P
Title: Re:emergencies and numbers and phones :D
Post by: copycat on December 30, 2004, 05:00:28 PM
Quote from: GravityMX on December 30, 2004, 05:26:12 AMGPRS, as in the internet, for your phone  ::). Also known as Wap (Wireless Application Protocol)  :P
AFAIK, Wap is not necessarily GPRS, the 2nd generation phones also have Wap. 8)
I was wondering what you could access with GPRS without any credit.
Title: Re:emergencies and numbers and phones :D
Post by: GravityMX on December 30, 2004, 10:57:38 PM
Quote from: copycat on December 30, 2004, 05:00:28 PM
AFAIK, Wap is not necessarily GPRS, the 2nd generation phones also have Wap. 8)

I always thought Wap was slow internet (dialup) while GPRS was fast (broadband) internet for phones....

Quote from: copycat on December 30, 2004, 05:00:28 PM
I was wondering what you could access with GPRS without any credit.

My friend says you can access everything, and download everything  :o  :P
Title: Re:emergencies and numbers and phones :D
Post by: copycat on January 01, 2005, 04:15:05 PM
Quote from: GravityMX on December 30, 2004, 10:57:38 PMI always thought Wap was slow internet (dialup) while GPRS was fast (broadband) internet for phones....
Wap is carrier independant:
first you had CSD (Circuit Switched date': 9.6 kbps
Then you've got GPRS (General Packet Radio Service): 177.2 kbps theoretical, 35 kbps actual.
And the next generation is UMTS (Universal Mobile Telephony System): up to 2 Mbps.
WAP itself remains, but the version changes to accomodate for the new carrier-speeds.
:scholar:
Title: Re:emergencies and numbers and phones :D
Post by: Oldbushie on June 29, 2005, 06:07:36 PM
*WAPs his phone* ;P
Title: Re:emergencies and numbers and phones :D
Post by: copycat on June 30, 2005, 02:27:10 PM
Quote from: Oldbushie on June 29, 2005, 06:07:36 PM*WAPs his phone* ;P
/me wonders how to use his WAP-pable phone. ::)
Title: Re:emergencies and numbers and phones :D
Post by: Raforever on July 01, 2005, 01:52:14 PM
*wonders how to get enough money to use WAP*  :-\
Title: Re:emergencies and numbers and phones :D
Post by: copycat on July 01, 2005, 03:21:48 PM
*wonders how much WAPping will affect his 'charged' PIN-card*