The people I was staying with worked for a Telecom company so they set it up for me. Ended up costing $100 or $200 but it was well worth it for the opporunities it unlocked and the train timetable thingy:) Granted I did get stung a bit by the cancellation fee and some other stupid fees but, compared to a friend who brought a prepaid phone which barely did anything (I think you could make calls and send SMS) I think I did pretty well. Short term isn't so good, but if you are on a long(ish) term contract you don't get ripped off too much (and, as mentioned, it's definitely worth it for the social aspects etc it opens up)
In Japan you send emails to each other on your phone - no one uses SMS. I didn't have a look into plans much because I was only there for a month or two, but I think I was only paying about 1 cent per email.
They should so like, seperate the carbon and oxygen, turn the carbon into diamonds, and then sell the oxygen at an oxygen bar. They they would make like, infinity million dollars!
It always amazes me that it takes extreme cases before people act (or don't act... I can recall several big shootings at schools in the last few years, and still no action). Why can't more people see that something like this is possible, and act to prevent it? The same deal goes for several other major problems - climate change and third world countries. The sooner we act on both, the better. Not to detract from the tragedy of the shootings, but if you have a look at things like third world countries, there are vastly more people dying needlessly, yet as they are on the other side of the world, they are not out problem. Coincidentally, the stopgap measures that have been used in certain situations sometimes make things worse or could be much more effective - biofuels ironically destroying rainforest to make way for cash crops, or the use of corn driving up prices, making it even the situation in Africa etc even worse. Another example is shipping grain from a developed nation to a famine, instead of purchasing from a struggling nation to help them off their feet. Basically what I'm trying to say is, many issues require comprehensive solutions and rather than just talking about them (ala what I have just done:P), people should get up and act (but not me!:>)
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The people I was staying with worked for a Telecom company so they set it up for me. Ended up costing $100 or $200 but it was well worth it for the opporunities it unlocked and the train timetable thingy :) Granted I did get stung a bit by the cancellation fee and some other stupid fees but, compared to a friend who brought a prepaid phone which barely did anything (I think you could make calls and send SMS) I think I did pretty well. Short term isn't so good, but if you are on a long(ish) term contract you don't get ripped off too much (and, as mentioned, it's definitely worth it for the social aspects etc it opens up)
In Japan you send emails to each other on your phone - no one uses SMS. I didn't have a look into plans much because I was only there for a month or two, but I think I was only paying about 1 cent per email.
They should so like, seperate the carbon and oxygen, turn the carbon into diamonds, and then sell the oxygen at an oxygen bar. They they would make like, infinity million dollars!
It always amazes me that it takes extreme cases before people act (or don't act... I can recall several big shootings at schools in the last few years, and still no action). Why can't more people see that something like this is possible, and act to prevent it? The same deal goes for several other major problems - climate change and third world countries. The sooner we act on both, the better. Not to detract from the tragedy of the shootings, but if you have a look at things like third world countries, there are vastly more people dying needlessly, yet as they are on the other side of the world, they are not out problem. Coincidentally, the stopgap measures that have been used in certain situations sometimes make things worse or could be much more effective - biofuels ironically destroying rainforest to make way for cash crops, or the use of corn driving up prices, making it even the situation in Africa etc even worse. Another example is shipping grain from a developed nation to a famine, instead of purchasing from a struggling nation to help them off their feet. Basically what I'm trying to say is, many issues require comprehensive solutions and rather than just talking about them (ala what I have just done :P), people should get up and act (but not me! :>)