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Thu Jan-27-11 07:19 PM
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Was just ICQing with three friends of mine in Egypt |
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One by one they stopped responding and their accounts timed out.
That was very chilling and I'm worried now. Twitter is going absolutely crazy with everyone saying nobody can connect to anyone in Egypt; even reports of landlines getting cut. Rumor flies fast on Twitter, sure, but I do feel confident saying something big (and probably not good) is in the works for after prayers tomorrow.
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Thu Jan-27-11 07:55 PM
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1. I haven't heard from my friends in Egypt except for a Facebook |
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post this morning. They are in Cairo.
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Thu Jan-27-11 07:57 PM
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2. HuffPo is reporting that the internet's gone down there. |
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Edited on Thu Jan-27-11 07:57 PM by blondeatlast
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Thu Jan-27-11 07:58 PM
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3. ICQ is still around? wow that's a relic from the early days nt |
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Thu Jan-27-11 08:03 PM
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6. It's big in Russia and the Middle East still |
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Though MSN is much more popular in Egypt.
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Thu Jan-27-11 08:04 PM
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Fri Jan-28-11 09:43 AM
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8. It's now just a subset of AIM |
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AOL bought them back when both were still somewhat relevant.
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Thu Jan-27-11 07:59 PM
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4. What was going on with them before you lost contact? |
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Hope everything is ok...
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Thu Jan-27-11 08:02 PM
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5. They were all fine so far |
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Just some tear gas and nothing much more; they're in Alexandria where they're saying it's quieter than Cairo but very very tense.
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