So, yesterday I had a scary bluescreen shut down incident, and then later IE randomly closed itself down. It seems to be working fine now. Is this the beginning of the end?
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Jesse - Mar 23, 2008 10:58:22 am PDT #5311 of 25501
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
le nubian - Mar 23, 2008 11:09:12 am PDT #5312 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
do a clean restart and see what happens.
beekaytee - Mar 23, 2008 11:15:01 am PDT #5313 of 25501
Compassionately intolerant
The "ssssing" is called sibilance. "P" sounds are called plosives.
Sean, you caught me not knowing how to spell sibilance, but I have to confess that I did not know about plosives. I just love saying that word out loud. Plosive. As in, "I was so stressed, I nearly went 'plosive!'
I will try the pantyhose (do I even have any?) option too. The scarf helped to a degree, but I think it contributed to the 'thickness' of the phone sounds.
Since I have the snowball coming, the one-person shows will be less of an issue. On the waiver I send to phone guests, I'll recommend the pantyhose!
Jesse - Mar 23, 2008 11:32:47 am PDT #5314 of 25501
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
do a clean restart and see what happens.
All appears well after restarting, so I'm not going to borrow trouble.
omnis_audis - Mar 23, 2008 1:25:37 pm PDT #5315 of 25501
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
omnis, I doubt you are around this morning, but if you are...genius!Aw shucks. You are making me blush.
I'm buying the snowball and wonder if you have an account with full compass, or in any way can get credit for the buyND beat me to it. I buy so seldom from them, that I don't have any great pull. ND is the power user in that case, and he's already hooked you up.
buffistas, by definition, rock.O ya. I agree with you on this one! Love this place!
Laga - Mar 23, 2008 1:55:26 pm PDT #5316 of 25501
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
All hail the hive mind!
§ ita § - Mar 23, 2008 1:58:29 pm PDT #5317 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
TB, I don't know how much useful information there is to be given here about buying phones in a market as different as Japan's.
Maria - Mar 23, 2008 5:58:09 pm PDT #5318 of 25501
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
Typo Boy, just an fyi, but GSM technology is not used in Japan. [link]
Most Japanese cell phones can only be used in Japan. Even though they use W-CDMA, they won't work in many other countries that use CDMA because the spectrum is different. And U.S. cell phones won't work there, unless they have Verizon Wireless, a special phone, and a lot of money.
If you read the entire page I linked to (a friend who lived in Japan says it's accurate), your friend is going to have to jump through some hoops to get a cell phone. IMHO, I'd get the cheapest phone possible since it will turn into a brick once he leaves the country.
Typo Boy - Mar 23, 2008 6:21:54 pm PDT #5319 of 25501
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
MFNlaw
OK so is he better off trying to get a phone here that will work in Japan? He has a work rather than tourist Visa in Japan, but that sounds like it won't be enough to let him get a prepaid phone.
Maria - Mar 23, 2008 6:40:15 pm PDT #5320 of 25501
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
OK so is he better off trying to get a phone here that will work in Japan?
They're very difficult to find here. It sounds like he'll have to get an alien registration card, so I'd just get one over there.
From here [link] :
All foreigners, who stay in Japan for more than 90 days, need to apply for an alien registration card within the first 90 days of their stay. Applications are to be made at the local municipal office (e.g. city hall). The alien registration card is an important document required for opening a bank account, obtaining a cell phone and similar activities. Foreign residents are required to carry their alien registration card with them at all times.