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Network World tells the story of one guy who was affected by the recent Blackberry outage in a most unfortunate way. After having a fight with his girlfriend earlier in the day, she dumped him because she mistook the outage for him ignoring her e-mails. "Not knowing what else to say, I suggest that perhaps this situation might be covered by his BlackBerry service-level agreement," says writer Paul McNamara. "I'll call RIM and tell them to give me an upgrade on a new girlfriend," says the user.

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Camelot One
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Riiiiiiiiiight

Uhm, yeah let me know how that works out for you.
brianiscool

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Re: Riiiiiiiiiight

HaHA, this is funny

phattieg

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Re: Riiiiiiiiiight

OMFG!!!!!!! This is the greatest story out right now. The sad part about it is the fact that the dude probably really did call his provider and ask for "a little extra" on his bill. I don't see how a relationship would work if you depend THAT much on your phone, and e-mail. If a chick left me because she "thought" I was avoiding her e-mail, and never bothered to leave a voicemail, or call another friend to find me, etc, then she is too stupid, and immature to be around me anyway. There's a thing called "life", and either you have one, or ya don't. Even though I am TYPING THIS FROM MY PDA (Mototola Q), if this PDA died tomorrow, or the service, I wouldn't blame everything bad that happened as a result, on the provider. Sorry if you don't agree with this, but if you're that dependent upon a "Blackberry", then you should have a pre-paid piece of crap phone as a backup. Pffft, the "e-mail" was probably a BS reason to leave his butt that day, as she probably already had someone else.

Michieru2
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Re: Riiiiiiiiiight

Usually a girl that loves you will actually start getting worried if something happened to you that you are unable to answer the phone or saw you personally.

I think he wants his quickie more than his girlfriend.
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voice service didn't go out, only the data side. If she tried to call him, it would have still gone through.
brianiscool

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Re: Riiiiiiiiiight

I think the woman can't handle a relationship do to her immaturity. Most women are like this . What a shame

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Re: Riiiiiiiiiight

said by brianiscool See Profile :

I think the woman can't handle a relationship do to her immaturity. Most women are like this . What a shame
do to her immaturity
due

speaking of immaturity...

Michieru2
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Re: Riiiiiiiiiight

Relax Floridians the rate hikes might be hurting but we still are a group .
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Well, if you want to say someone is immature because of grammar issues, then thats cool. I say the chick was a stupid bimbo because she couldn't figure out how to call him. And I think the guy is just as stupid because he never calld her. Furthermore, judging by the info available, the chick probably wrote him a "Dear John" letter, and now his lame behind feels if his loser girlfriend would have been able to "E-Mail" his phone, like an immature coward, instead of calling him, and announcing in person that she was done with him, then we wouldn( be reading this stupid article. Sorry Karl, no offense directed towards you, you just sift thru the stupid news stories we submit, and try to pick the "least dumbest" ones that have SOMETHING comunications/electro-geek related in them. Good find on this one, but it is kinda stupid. WOW, what am I saying, I am contributing to this fools 15 minutes of fame.

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Re: Riiiiiiiiiight

said by phattieg See Profile :

Sorry Karl, no offense directed towards you, you just sift thru the stupid news stories we submit, and try to pick the "least dumbest" ones that have SOMETHING comunications/electro-geek related in them.
No, Karl rejects lots of news stories better than this. But if the story doesn't bash the government or a company, it rarely makes the cut.
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Re: Riiiiiiiiiight

If an idea lacks a defense for big business, it usually doesn't make it past your keyboard either.

You can't shoot someone down for being biased when you're biased in the other direction twofold.

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Re: Riiiiiiiiiight

said by thender2 See Profile :

If an idea lacks a defense for big business, it usually doesn't make it past your keyboard either.

You can't shoot someone down for being biased when you're biased in the other direction twofold.
But then I am not the editor of a web service that purports to provide "Broadband News" and instead provides "Anti-corporate News".
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said by thender2 See Profile :

You can't shoot someone down for being biased when you're biased in the other direction twofold.
It works for many News Shows and Fox

I do understand your point, tho.

Karl Bode
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Oh for christ's sake TCH, give it a rest. Go read press releases or a million other outlets that lack a shred of independent critical thought.

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said by blackflag See Profile :

said by brianiscool See Profile :

I think the woman can't handle a relationship do to her immaturity. Most women are like this . What a shame
do to her immaturity
due

speaking of immaturity...
I suppose pointing out simple mistakes is mature
BigVe

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Ha Ha.What people do to get in the spotlight

LiamJunket
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Same type of thing as dropped call cell phone ads

Isn't this just like those cell phone ads running on TV where the phone cuts out at just the wrong time and the person on one end assumes the silence means something bad in their relationship?
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Stewy85
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The real reason...

She dumped him BECAUSE he already had a girlfriend...The Blackberry.

FiL
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Re: The real reason...

haha. True. His girl is the BB, not the broad. No leg to stand on...
Gilitar

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lol

"Girlfriend upgrade"

Please allow 2-3 weeks for delivery.

en102
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Re: lol

They both need a life... The general phone service would still work, even if the data was behind.

He needs to listen to this guy... »www.blowmeuptom.com

cableties
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Re: lol

yeah. Anything to get your story on the intertubes! "L" is for l0s3r.

Corehhi

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Re: lol

Oh no I believe a women would do that. They are phone terrorist, if you don't answer your simply banging someone else and you need to go.

en102
Canadian, eh?

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Re: lol

I never answer... let vm pick it up. I know some that can't the phone go to voice mail as if it will kill them to miss a call.

Jason Levine
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Other problems

If his girlfriend dumped him because he didn't return e-mails in a timely fashion, then his relationship had other issues unrelated to the Blackberry outage. (And it did as they had a fight earlier in the day.)

Subaru
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Re: Other problems

lol I swear people get stupider ever day.
dave
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Re: Other problems

What, like the people that read a humorous comment and assume it was meant seriously?

Ebolla

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I agree "stupider" by the day...

postssometimes

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Re: Other problems

"Stupider" is technically correct as stupid is a two syllable word. That means you can use either infinitive form.

juicelee
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Yeah no kidding. He should consider himself lucky that he got dumped. I can't imagine the kind of nightmare the girl was.
chemaupr

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Poor communication skills in a over developed communication society. With all the tools we have to communicate this days is amazingly stupid for this couple to end the relationship like this (well,,, they would have ended anyways,,,). Like the fr***ing Blackberry is the only way to communicate today.
NYC Girl
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Uhhhhh, yeaaahhhhhh.

fatmanskinny
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Shallow Hal, Part 2

One word: Lame.

In other BBR news.......

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said by fatmanskinny See Profile :

In other BBR news.......
Vonage announces free girlfriend for new subscribers!!

LOL!!!

Now back to you fatmanskinny
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Re: Shallow Hal, Part 2

I don't know why, but I actually found this comment to be quite humorous!
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E-Mails

I got an e-mail (spam BTW) that was titled "I had a great time last night" The subject was something about "Visit my website, blah blah." I wonder how many non-techie boy/girlfriend and wives/husbands out there believed an e-mail like this was legitimately sent to their significant other and they were cheating.

Chiyo
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Re: E-Mails

I've thought the same thing I don't let other's read my e-mail but still you never know

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Re: E-Mails

My wife and I know each others passwords to everything and share all our personal stuff; bank accounts, etc.

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Re: E-Mails

Awesome

FiL
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Re: E-Mails

recipe for....

haha. Well, whatever floats your boats. Just remember bout those 2 nuts you got; might wanna use em for really personal info sharing .

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Piece of cake...

Easy problem to fix



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Maccawolf
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Which one?

Ok, now which one in this article is more stupid? the girl for dumping her BF cos he didn't reply to emails, or the guy who thinks he can win with Blackberry?
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Re: Which one?

said by Maccawolf See Profile :

Ok, now which one in this article is more stupid? the girl for dumping her BF cos he didn't reply to emails, or the guy who thinks he can win with Blackberry?
Neither. It's the reader with no sense of humour.

Maccawolf
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Re: Which one?

Surely you jest.....

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Not Blackberry's Fault

If she broke up with him for these reasons, then he should be happy. She was probably too much of a pain to deal with, if she truly thought there was deceit behind his silence. If the situations were reversed - and he broke up with her for the same reason - then I'd tell her to go enjoy her life without the psycho boyfriend.

If a lawyer actually believes this has merit and decides to take it to court, he should be disbarred.
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Re: Not Blackberry's Fault

Yeah, sounds like a drama queen to me. IMHO, he should send RIM a thank you letter.

Any woman that is so high maintenance that she would dump you over an unanswered email is bad news.
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Ugh

She isn't worth it if she dumps him over this. I bet she used this as an excuse to get out of the relationship. Is he so busy she has to email him everything. Hope he doesn't sleep with his Blackberry..
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blackberry owes all users SOMETHING


for such an important service, blackberry seems to have more than its share of outages and problems.

who the hell is running this outfit?

the blame is blackberrys.

Greg_Z
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Re: blackberry owes all users SOMETHING

Blackberry is the device. RIM (Research In Motion) is who had the meltdown. Even though the Voice network side of the actual provider (Verizon, AlTel, T-Mobile, Cingular, Sprint, etc.) was still up and running. RIM processes the data side.
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What's a matter? Cat got your tongue? EARL got you tongue?

Hehe...just like the commercial.

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said by bogey780 See Profile :

What's a matter? Cat got your tongue? EARL got you tongue?

Hehe...just like the commercial.
That is a funny commercial!

ninjatutle
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Offer 3 months of Match.com??

I say thats fair.

Vertickle

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End of the world?

Not if he has at least one hand...
j_on_fire

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Re: End of the world?

HAHAHAHAHAHA

What a lousy excuse to dump someone! What if he just had a relative who just died? You think first thing he is going to do is check his email? There are so many what if's... For example: what if the blackberry service went dow... oh.

Good bye high maintaince!

blackflag

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You've got to be F'ing kidding me.

How about a phone? Cellphone? What the hell is wrong with people today?

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Re: You've got to be F'ing kidding me.

said by blackflag See Profile :

How about a phone? Cellphone? What the hell is wrong with people today?
EXACTLY! DUH! Call her ya moron!
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Ehhh

I've been banging her and she's not that good...she ain't worth the effort.

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Re: Ehhh

that wasn't her you've been banging. that's that pile of tin can's i've been meaning to recycle.

Vertickle

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Re: Ehhh

heh

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Same difference....her, tins cans, your moms....ehhh

Corehhi

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That sounds right

And that is the reason I don't own a cell phone. Women simply use them to oppress men.
MrBentor

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This guy owes Blackberry a beer.

This guy owes Blackberry a beer. In this case it sound like they got him of of a bear trap. If she flips out because of a few missed emails then she sounds awfully controlling and possibly is a shrew.

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Re: This guy owes Blackberry a beer.

Agreed. Sounds to me like Blackberry saved him a lot of money. If he would have married her then got a divorce, it would have cost him much more.

Heck, I'd bill him an extra month of service being the breakup messenger

Thrudd

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Beer all around and make it a Sleemans XD
.... as for her ....
I would hazard to guess she was more of a sociopath than your garden variety shrew. *nods*

[been there etc et al ]

Trinijoy
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Done

All girls in the world are like that, she cheatd on your forget it. Done.
Andromeda451

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Queen Creek, AZ

next...

Waaaaaahhhh ...
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