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Does anyone use the sms payment method to buy upgrade? Does it work with Airtel?

Hi, playing the Asphalt nitro on my mobile phone recently I realised i could buy upgrades in Naira via some sort of sms payment. You click on what you wanna buy and its supposed to send you a 5 number code after deducting money from your credit. I did that but did not receive any 5 digit code. I use Airtel network. Has anyone tried this, does it work with Airtel?

awesomeJ:
I want to continue in this convo, but first if you're saying it wasn't my prayer that made me pass, then explain what you think the cause was.

Take your big bang guys for instance, they didn't just say "The universe has no creator" they at least made an attempt in explaining that there was a bang. The probability of that being true is zero anyways, but they at least tried.
So why not follow suit.
Why was I able to pass an exam that I did nothing but pray about, whereas several other folks in my class failed, and those who also passed, did so by their awesome efforts. Make a try bro.

First off you're making several assumptions in this write up. First I'm not saying its not your prayers that helped you pass. Secondly I don't know what you mean by my Big Bang guys since I never discussed the origin of planets with you. Lastly you conveniently forgot a group of people that pass exams without preparing well or praying, yes it happens.

What I'm saying is that you can't PROVE that the cause of you achieving a goal is because you prayed about it. For you to be able to PROVE it you would have to consistently get the specific requests you pray about. Other than that all you can say is that you believe your prayers bring results you can't prove it. Read my example of the possibilities that may result after a car accident, do you agree with them?

awesomeJ:
if you heat up a piece of metal in a furnace, and it melts, wouldn't it be silly of you to say, you need to find out why it melted. isn't it obvious that it was your heating it up that caused it to melt?

At some point you must have been a student, and you must have known that for some few students to have better grades than some others, something must have spelt the difference. If a student attended every class and read very very well for the exam, and that was all he did, wouldn't it be silly of you to argue with him when he says he got his success via hardwork? If I on the other hand didn't do any reading but merely asked someone to make me pass excellently, and yet as difficult as it could have been, I passed, isn't it silly for you to argue the fact that I said it was due to my request that I passed. Now don't just quote me with some long notes, tell me what in your own mind could have been the cause of my success.

An army Brigadier says to his battalion "Fire", and you're claiming " we can't conclude" that the reason why the army shot the ammunition was the Brigadier's instruction. You're just being over skeptical.

Tell me what you think could have wrought that instant healing I mentioned of Kenneth Hagin.

If you can't provide these two explanations I have demanded, or you'd want to say something like "I don't know, but it's not your letters" Then obviously, your comments wouldn't be deserving any response. So you may just decide against making them to save yourself some time.

Read my comments above, if I heat metal I can prove that I heated it, if I read for an exam I can prove that as well. Your issue seems to be that things that are hard to explain happen. Five people are in a car, one prayed to get to his destination safely. There is an accident and just that one guy survives without a scratch while all others die. Point is it can happen, stranger things have happened! Attributing his survival to his prayer is not automatic. He could as well have died, someone who did not pray at all could have survived. This incidents happen every day. People recovering from terminal diseases occur ask any doctor. Some pray, some dont, some believe in God, others don't. There is no way to ascertain that it was their prayer that was the cause of the recovery because there are also millions that prayed for their recovery and did not get it. So unless you saying God is simply choosing to answer some prayers and ignore some... which would lead back to my point that you cannot prove it. You may want to believe it but that's a far cry from proving it.

awesomeJ:
You probably didn't read the thread from the beginning.
In my foremost analogy,
I said I wrote a letter to my guy in New York, asking that he'd make me get an 'A' in MTS 415. In the end about 5 out of 90 of us in the class got 'As'
Asking the other guys how they made the grades, some would tell you it was their hard work, maybe another would mention his closeness to the course instructor as being the cause.

on my own part, I know all I did was write a letter, and I got the exact thing I requested for. So it shouldn't be difficult for you to agree when I say it's my letter to my New York guy that wrought my success.

Now ask yourself, why do people ask successful folks for the secrets of their success. It's basically because, we realize that the one who achieves a thing is the one in the best position to tell the means via which it was achieved.

Kenneth Hagin prayed, and got an instant healing. Tell me what you think the source of the healing was, if you think it wasn't prayer.

Again I say no. In fact your argument supports superstition perfectly. I can keep a rabbits foot in my pocket when going for an interview. I may be totally unprepared for the interview and still do well. That in no way or form concludes that the rabbit foot is the reason for my success! I stated earlier that it's lack of humility to say we know everything, things happen that we may find hard to explain. Attributing things you cannot explain to a supernatural cause is unnecessary and to some extent probably even lazy. Better to work at trying to understand when that happened.

awesomeJ:
Why do you guys make silly arguments like this now.

I apply to Exxon for a job, I got the job, does it have to be that everyone who applies to a job at Exxon gets it before your own funny imagination actually gets convinced that Exxon exists to give people jobs.

And the fact that other people get jobs without applying to Exxon, in your own mind, that means Exxon doesn't exist to give jobs?

Really lame line of thought if you ask me.

Lol your argument would only stand if you could prove that it was God that gave the answer to your prayer. If Exxon gave me a job I can prove that Exxon wrote the acceptance letter to me. Can you prove that it was your concept of God that answered your prayer more so since people that don't even pray receive same blessings. Receiving a "blessing" does not acknowledge the source of the so called blessing. Does this make some sense to you?

awesomeJ:
You may just keep those cents bro.

Now about answered and unanswered prayers.

The fact is even if it's only one prayer that gets answered, it is enough to establish that a God exists who answers prayers. If a million other prayers don't get answered, it still doesn't change the fact.

Take an instance,
Somebody says "road crashes kill people"

If for every 100 people that die by road crashes. a thousand others don't, doesn't change the validity of the statement?

And about having several gods, and knowing which one is right, that's not the issue I have with atheists. The issue I have with them is that they emphatically claim out of their ignorance, that God, and by extension, the supernatural, doesn't exist.

So, it only makes sense to try enlightening them.

Naa praying and receiving and answer to your prayer is not proof of a God. The only way to prove there is a being that answers prayers is if everytime anyone prays to him he receives his prayer request. If there are cavaets like was he praying sincerely or did God also want what he wanted for himself then there is no way to prove the beings existence. Furthermore people receive this same "blessings" though not praying at all or praying to myriad, different concepts of God. Again I repeat one persons subjective appraisal of whether prayers are answered cannot be held proof of the existence of a God.

At times the simplest explanation is the right one. Over time man has always had the problem of having loads of unanswered questions. Like kids at a science fair we struggle to gleam bits and pieces of the universe we exist in. Science is the tool we have to try to understand the world we live in, it does not claim to know everything time but asserts to "know " something until the knowledge is refuted or improved on. If the is a creator or "God" science everyday gives a better understanding of the world he created. Most religions on the other hand make an incredible leap of faith saying that they know the exact nature of this "God"! This even though it has been shown several times that a so called believer can be completely wrong about a topic simply due to lack of knowledge e. g. the flatness of the earth. Its a serious lack of humility to assume we somehow already have all the answers. When people talk of "God" which one do they mean. There are loads of religion each with a different concept of God, every sect can claim theirs is the right one. I wonder who is then right. The simpler explanation is that different people of different tribes, culture, habitat have come up with their own concepts of God and religion has been more of a tool for social mores than anything. Perhaps it is time to get rid of this easily exploitable tool and focus on morals and principles instead. Lastly using your subjective experience to declare the existence of your own particular God is disingenuous. For every 1000 answered prayers there are another 1000 unanswered ones. Also people get "answered " prayers praying to different concepts of God. The fear of eternal damnation shouldn't be the impetuous for good behavior in humans. I believe the will to be good exists in us all. Just my two cents.

Scun: You can continue to bury your head in the sand. The business they did was for profit, not for charity.

Do doctors work for free? Do doctors pray for people to fall ill so they can make money? If undertakers don't exist will people still die or not? Do the families of deceased people not have the need to use undertakers? Kindly think about this questions.

5points: Hmmm, who is thinking what i am thinking?
Is it true that the dead were used for rituals?
Or why is it that the only Agagu's family member on board survived the crash?
I cover myself with the BLOOD OF JESUS. ALL WEAPONS FASHIONED AGAINST ME SHALL DIE!!!!
GOD FORGIVE ME TOO

My condolence to all families that may have lost a loved one on this flight. May God be your solace and peace in this hard times.

@ the poster above, I can't fathom comments like the one you made above. Accidents are rife in Nigeria. Road, air and sea accidents are common place. A lot must be done to regulate, and standardise things to reduce the risk of accidents and increase security and safety of travellers in the country. How in anyway is the survival of 2 persons on board the flight an indication of anything other than an accident? If accidents are to be attributed to some "evil" forces somewhere maybe we should just stop asking for better roads, better cars etc and all just go for prayers in our respective places of worship abi!? God save this country.

Scun: They made riches off other people's death, I can imagine how they constantly prayed for more people to die so that their business will grow. Now it's their turn.

I find such comments quite appalling. Undertakers are necessary all over the world to help families have a befitting burial for their loved ones. You believe undertakers pray for people to die so they can make money!? Like doctors who treat cancer patients pray for more people to have cancer so they can make more money abi? *smh*

Well I'm based in Ibadan. Don't know your location.

Hi 3ds max lovers, been using 3ds max for architectural interiors for quite a while. Will post some basic models I did a while back. Anyone in Ibadan who is also into 3ds max, vray etc or willing to learn feel free to pm me.

Hi 3ds max lovers, been using 3ds max for architectural interiors for quite a while. Will post some basic models I did a while back. Anyone in Ibadan who is also into 3ds max, vray etc or willing to learn feel free to pm me.

Hi, all 3ds max enthusiasts in the room. I do quite a bit of work modelling 3ds max architectural interiors using vray mainly for rendering. Posting one or two of the simpler models I've done here. Anyone in Ibadan using 3ds max actively too or wishing to learn, feel free to pm me. Cheers.

This was done with help of video tutorials again using 3ds max and vray.

Cool, would love to learn from the "Profs" in this field.

Its a pretty basic interior model but fine to teach the rudiments of modeling, texturing, lighting, use of HDRI etc.

Been using 3ds max for quite a while to produce realistic interior architectural models. Not sure if this is very popular here in Nigeria. Would love to discuss with anyone doing similar work or anyone interested in taking lessons on this topic. Will post a sample of something I did recently.

Just wanna get some information from someone that has successfully upgraded a samsung galaxy s2 to ICS in Nigeria. Which version of ICS will work in Nigeria since there are so many versions being bandied about? A download link for the firmware? A page explaining the full process for upgrading. Thanks

p.s. know I can google this stuff but wanna make sure someone here has got it working ok and not brick my phone

Had the 32gig playbook for a while now. Fairly good speeds with the bb bridge using my bold 4. Got quite a few apps as well from the app world and now some andriod apps are being ported over to the playbook. Not all android apps with work on the playbook for now but that is a continous process. Main issue is getting a good wifi connection to download apps and games. You can't download with the blackberry bridge app. Even setting up the playbook initially requires a good wifi connection and you may need to download a file of about 400 mb. If the connection fails along the line you may need to start it all over again.

I have a samsung galaxy s2 and for some strange reason the wifi hotspot on this does not work with the playbook. The bold 4 doesn't have the new os 7 that enables the wifi hotspot on a blackberry mobile so I can't use my bb.

All said its a great tablet and since I can browse with the bridge on my bb and thus avoid an extra 5-8k monthly bill for browsing I'm quite happy with it. Cheers.

p.s. My Nigerian experience with the pb, don't know about the issues overseas but I'm sure it should be easier to use there with all the available wifi hotspots.

Really? Didn't think our naija master cards will work on their site.

Anyone know how to pay for andriod apps with paypal? The default andriod market on the samsung phones does not accept paypal.

Hi everyone, does anyone know if its possible to buy andriod apps with paypal. Thanks

moshoodn:
@ITbomb,
just replied our friend muskeeto.
@ Tasma
Do you believe i can call a person, see him in a mirror, stab him through the mirror and he dies in reality?
Anything can happen in naija!

No I don't believe you can call a person, see him in a mirror, stab him through the mirror and he dies in reality. Ok?

moshoodn:
@rhymz
don't talk about psychology to a guy who has a master degree in psychology from South Hampton university. . .

You know almost nothing bout it bro. .
Anywhich way, na naija you dey. . . Shine your eye and keep a tab on rumors.

Just be careful!

Interesting you have a "masters" degree in psychology from South Hampton University. Right then let me suggest something to you, try to analyse your thought processes. Look into the effects of cultural beliefs in a society on the mindset of individuals brought up in that society. Is it likely that a masters graduate born and bred in UK would believe in voodoo? How come such "magical" things like killer phone numbers are prevalent in underdeveloped largely illiterate countries. The purpose of an education is to open your mind to ask critical questions and analyse things logically. Please read up on what I suggested and let me know what you find out.

It's alarming how many threads were opened here discussing this supposed killer number. Now this is even in the technology section where the average person would hopefully be very savvy tech wise. How exactly do we intend to move forward when our so called tech "geeks" in Naija believe people can die from recieving a phone call. Very disappointing and a big pity.

moshoodn:
I laugh in Hausa!

Many senseless comments!

Stone age my foot!
Educated my foot!

If the number calls you, you can pick it up bro, but at least you were told!

Don't you know that an average Nigerian is fetish and will do anything. . . I mean anything to make life better for himself!
But at least you have been warned!

The ball is in your court!

Don't let us be too civilised to forget our roots, how bad and fetish our roots can be!

As for me, i'd rather not pick.
I submit.

Oga I can assure you it's totally impossible to die from picking a phone call. You must struggle to break from old mindsets and try to read more about stuff.

So what happens to those of us already on the 3k monthly plan. Do we get an extension on our time? Seems only fair.