atw: Re: Gr8 M8 - my painful memory

I'm looking forward to grandkids and hope to stay around long enough for
them to become teenagers so that I can teach them how to do all the annoying
things my kids did (do) to me. :)

Hang on ... so that's what my mother's been doing all these years.

Damn!

:)

Cheers,

Bruce

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From: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Warren Lewington
Sent: Friday, 18 April 2008 8:53 PM
To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: atw: Re: Gr8 M8 - my painful memory

Oh Bruce, My sympathies and estimation of you have increased enormously. =
You are indeed, still human... Even after teenagers.

wjlewington@xxxxxxxxxx
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PO Box 404,
Liverpool, NSW
Australia, 1871
www.wjl.com.au
Phone/facsimile: +61 2 9876 5345
Mobile/cell phone: +61 0408 612 752


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From: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of bja
Sent: Friday, 18 April 2008 08:41
To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: atw: Gr8 M8 - my painful memory


Or perhaps we could just call. :)

Everytime I read this 'Gr8 M8' thread my thumbs twinge painfully from = the
memory of the small number of times that I have actually had my glasses
available and then sent an SMS message in response to one of my kids =
sending me one.

When I complain to them about ringing, they say it's cheaper but I point =
out the following occasion:

- My son had just started working for the same company I was contracting =
to at the time.
- I rang to find out where he was located so that I could visit him =
because I had some free time and wanted to see his new workstation etc. but
his mobile phone didn't answer.
- He sent me an SMS message saying "wot" (I assumed he was saying in a =
very polite way, "Yes oh great father of mine, how can I be of service to =
you".
- I sent a message back saying "where ru" (I was trying to be trendy).
- He came back with "busy now. call u l8tr" or such.
- I replied "but where ru!!!"
- He came back with "@work"
- I replied with "where the f ru @fn work"
- He replied with "o sry. 3rd flr"

In exasperation I went to the 3rd floor but couldn't find him. I tried
ringing again but there was no answer and my son sent another SMS = message.

- "wot"
- "where on the 3rd flr r u"
- "nth side undr flag"

I went to the north side of the floor but there was no flag and no son.
There were plenty of other flags around (this is a theme on the floor) = but
not on the north side and a walk around the floor didn't help. I just
couldn't see him anywhere.

- "where the f ru! No flag nth side"
- "o sry. sth side"

I looked under all the south-side flags and there he was, hidden behind = a
pillar talking to his trainer.

We had a brief talk and organised lunch and I vowed I would NEVER send = an
SMS message again.

At lunch I pointed out it had cost him 7 phone calls just to get me = angry
with him. He said his plan gave him 'X' amount for free.

<sigh>

I have since sent SMS messages of course, because I have two other kids =
who also don't know any better and assume I have my glasses with me at all
times.

Bloody kids.

:)

BTW... That story is 100% true. The message contents may not have been =
100% the same but they would be pretty close (there were probably more f's
at = the
time) and my thumbs still cramp up at the memory.=20

Cheers,

Bruce








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From: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
pfagan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, 17 April 2008 10:20 PM
To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: atw: Re: Great Mate vs Gr8 M8

Brian A Clarke wrote:

"You may think you can send unabbreviated SMSs, but some ISPs will =
truncate your sent message without advising you. You think your receiving
end has received all your transmitted message - but it hasn't. This leads to
frustration."


Brian there are character limits, but on a good interface like the one
Exetel offer, you can keep track of what they will send. When I have
typed:

Hi Brian thought I'd text ya dude

Counters below the text entry box read:

Characters used: 33.
Characters left: 579.

Exetel have a 612 character limit.

The IT consultant to my business has used and recommends net2mobile -
http://www.net2mobile.com.au/ - which has a similar character counting
mechanism but a lower limit of 160 char.

So it ain't that hard M8

From the Exetel FAQ:

How big is one SMS message?

One message is 160 characters in length.

What happens when I go over 160 characters?

The message shall still be sent through as one message but charges will = be
multiplied by each 160 set of characters.

What is the maximum amount of messages that I can send?

The maximum amount of messages that can be sent is 4 with a maximum of =
612
characters.


It is possible that a long message could get cropped by the receiving =
telco.
But in any case I would respectfully suggest that SMS was never intended =
for messages > 100 char - remember that SMS is an abbreviation of Short =
Message Service.

Peter Fagan
IntraDoc Pty Ltd


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