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Laga - Mar 23, 2008 1:55:26 pm PDT #5316 of 25501
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
§ 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.
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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.
Typo Boy - Mar 26, 2008 11:14:17 am PDT #5321 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.
Loaded skype on laptop. when skype loaded (whether signed on or not) beeps continously. stops when signed out. If microphone muted most of beeping disapears, rest with line-in muted. But you cant use skype with mic muted.
Tom Scola - Mar 26, 2008 11:18:30 am PDT #5322 of 25501
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
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Typo Boy - Mar 26, 2008 11:24:50 am PDT #5323 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.
Maybe. I think there is static that turns into beeping when skype is loaded. Anything I can do about it?
Juliebird - Mar 26, 2008 2:10:18 pm PDT #5324 of 25501
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
is there a way to bypass the DRM on Amazon Unbox video? Either to remove or bypass. Nebbermind, i had the "audio only" checked off in Tunebite.
-t - Mar 26, 2008 2:54:54 pm PDT #5325 of 25501
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Does anybody know if there's an open source or freeware alternative to Final Draft?
Jane Espenson just mentioned Zhura on her blog, some kind of web-based alternative to Final Draft. [link]