Chiyo
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Minneapolis, MN
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| What the hell?
Do these people when they write the rules do they think of everything that can possibly happen? Also if there is a nuke attack I don't think there will be cell phone towers around or any kind of broadband to connect to.
I think my phone breaking in a nuke attack is the last thing I'd care about if I survived the attack that is.
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Mizzat
Will post for thumbs
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join:2003-05-03
Atlanta, GA | Slow news day
First no Morning Broadband Bytes, now this? Must be a slow news day.  |
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NowVOIP
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join:2006-03-05
Round Lake, IL |  Somehow i think that would be the least of your worries!
Somehow, I think getting your cell phone replaced after a nuke attack would be the least of your worries. I think you ould be more concerned with how long you have left to live. |
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sgossard34
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Philadelphia, PA | hahhahahahaha
So when your skin is falling off make sure to accidentally drop your phone into a fire. |
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hayabusa3303
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Do you really need a cell phone if war is out?
The cell towers would be so jammed what difference would it make if you had one or not. Where sorry our system is BUSY CLICK. 
Nuclear breaks out where not going to be around anyway to want a replacement. |
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mAlfunkti0n
join:2003-12-16
Loveland, OH | reply to NowVOIP
Re: Somehow i think that would be the least of your worries!
Hey when I grow that third ear Ill need my phone! |
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manfmmd
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Re: What the hell?
said by Chiyo  :Do these people when they write the rules do they think of everything that can possibly happen? Also if there is a nuke attack I don't think there will be cell phone towers around or any kind of broadband to connect to. I think my phone breaking in a nuke attack is the last thing I'd care about if I survived the attack that is. They have to think of everything when dealing with a litigious society such as ours.
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donjuan2002
join:2002-10-06
Kearny, NJ | reply to hayabusa3303
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This sound like the Jericho series. The kid are playing baseball with cell phone because there were damage by nuclear atack and they dont work anymore. |
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Cheese
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Naples, FL
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Re: Slow news day
said by Mizzat :First no Morning Broadband Bytes, now this? Must be a slow news day. As Karl has pointed out before, if you don't like the news, feel free to submit your own! |
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kenn10
join:2003-09-10
Kennesaw, GA | reply to manfmmd
Re: What the hell?
Amen. |
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Agent_haito
join:2002-09-20
Winston Salem, NC
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Re: ......
We would get showered with EMP pulses from a High Altitude Blast first. The pulses would cook all solid state circuitry not shielded. So before the fireball blast over your forehead, all your electronics would fry. |
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captokita
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join:2005-02-22
Calabash, NC
| reply to mAlfunkti0n
Re: Somehow i think that would be the least of your worries!
Well, for some people, the phone would be FUSED to their head, so the problem is solved.  "We cannot guarantee the removal of said device....."  |
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hawk82
join:2001-04-26
Oakland, ME
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| Related to that terrorism insurance stuff
I think this is related to terrorism insurance stuff, as regular insurance plans will not cover any type of damage due to a terrorist attack.
I see the riders and paperwork in my business insurance mailings all the time, so I think that is what this is.
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Bobcat
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Bedminster, NJ
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| This is news?
Most insurance coverages state that they will not pay if the loss is due to an act of war, declared or not, or nuclear detonation, accidental or intentional.
Please bring us real news. |
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op
join:2005-07-16
Smyrna, DE
| reply to Agent_haito
Re: ......
said by Agent_haito :We would get showered with EMP pulses from a High Altitude Blast first. The pulses would cook all solid state circuitry not shielded. So before the fireball blast over your forehead, all your electronics would fry. Lol what you just said reminds me of Dark Angel. |
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PolarBear
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join:2005-01-03 | Lawyers
All I have to say is that they pay the lawyers that write their contracts way too much!
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kaila
join:2000-10-11
Lincolnshire, IL
clubs: | Long live the lonely ham operators.......
they'll be the only reliable communication links after a disaster. although there was a domain registrar in new orleans that somehow kept a blog w/pics updated through the post-katrina flooding. |
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TKJunkMail
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Re: ......
said by Agent_haito :We would get showered with EMP pulses from a High Altitude Blast first. The pulses would cook all solid state circuitry not shielded. So before the fireball blast over your forehead, all your electronics would fry. Keep a spare cellphone in a lead lined box in the basement. And a spare portable radio as well. They could survive, even if you don't.
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Gwailo
join:2000-07-16
Richardson, TX
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| Cellphones are just a tiny problem
Just detonate one of the right type at the right altitude far above Kansas City and bring down the whole electronics infrastructure from Wall Street to ATM's to the entire electrical grid. Who needs insurance then?
»www.fas.org/nuke/intro/nuke/emp.htm or
»en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_pulse
or even better »en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starfish_Prime |
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Techman21
join:2005-04-14
Richmond, VA
| Think a little deeper...
Did any of you read the blog and comments? Sure you would have more things to worry about in a straight up nuclear bomb attack, but we most likely won't have that happen at least anytime soon.
But...that doesn't mean we won't have something like a dirty bomb go off or an EMP. Neither of these means that everyone would die, even people able to see either one go off.
Sure its a small item to worry about in such a time, but eventually the need will crop up to replace the phone after such an event. Why should you have to pay a the full price for a new phone? Even with phone insurance you still pay a fee of $50 for a replacement phone. Not that the amount of $5.00 every month hasn't already equaled a new phone. I've had the lockline service for each of the Cingular phones I have gone thru. I've never had to use it, yet. From that amount alone (over 3yrs worth) I should have way more than enough for my particular account to pay for a new phone. Why should my money go towards another person's phone? That is how insurance policies are setup.
You pay so much money a month to insure whatever property it is you got insurance for. This money goes into the insurers bank. It is pooled and is used for the customers who do have to call upon their insurance. Now rather than pool this for each individual in private pools, its all put in the same pool. Gee this sounds flawed. What happens, if say, a hurricane comes along and wipes out half the homes in an area and everyone calls up their insurance company, which happens to be the same as everyone else's? Yeah that's what I thought.
The same goes for cell phones. But then again insurance companies are betting on that you won't need to use them. Which is why Health Insurance love healthy people. All the healthy people pay for the sick people. |
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