Seriously, this is going overboard. If this starts happening on a large scale, I'm buying a bunch of microSD cards and storing everything important on those instead (easier to hide).
I think more than a few corporations will object to this, though, if only because sensitive data really shouldn't find its way into the hands of these people... who knows what might leak?
For me it's purely an availability issue. I can't find any easy way to buy J-pop music (even the iTunes Japan store is lacking in places, particularly in Sony Music stuff) online digitally (the other Japanese stores, like MOOCS and Mora, have IP restrictions, and I don't think routing things like credit card data through a proxy just to buy music is smart).
I suggest you free yourself from the US's limited selection. Get yourself a Sharp 904. Optical zoom, anti-shake, autofocus, it's all the point-and-shoot you'll need. You'll have a whole new outlook on cameraphones after that one.
They are. You get a "free communications allowance" which is a set fraction of your monthly fee. Calls/text/web is counted against that allowance. That's not the hard part. The hard part is figuring out which of the myriad discounts you qualify for (50% off for signing a 2-year contract, additional 5% off for each year you stay with the company, disability discounts, senior discounts, stuff like that). However, unlimited M2M is a plan of its own.
You're right. I wish T9 was capable of learning too- giving different word possibilities different priorities depending on what words you like to use and how often or in what context.
Total of 6 keypresses ("ta", down, right, click, "ta", "i")
It's hard the first time because Japanese predictive typing learns your word usage and patterns of texting. So after you do that a few times, you'll be able to hit "ta" just once and get "tachitai". Quite a bit easier than English T9 (I can hit "ha" and get "Ayumi Hamasaki"- not possible with T9).
It only goes to 97. There ARE versions of Word and Excel before that. I remember using Word 4.0 for Mac in elementary school to write stuff and still have the disks full of stuff I wrote back then. If not for my old SE/30 with Word 4.0 I wouldn't be able to open those documents anymore.
I don't really see any reason to keep pursuing copy protection. As it is it only hurts the legit customers, and if they keep going it's going to get to the point where nearly everyone will start pirating.
The "Apple Authorized Resellers" are the only shops apart from Best Buy selling Mac stuff where I live. I've had a different experience with them- "Hey, could I install Leopard on a normal PC?" "It'll take some work- bring in the computer and we'll tell you what will work and what won't." "Here it is." "The wireless won't work and that's it. If that's OK we'll sell you the disc and do it."
Of course, this is China. Such a thing could never happen in America because of Apple licensing.
I misread the post and forgot to preview- I thought he/she meant people posting their own (anything will make sense if you're not all that awake or... yeah).
But I agree with you on that- no one else should be posting your data. However, you should never be in a position where you do not trust whomever else has access to your financial/medical records or suspect that said people may post them online for revenge or for fun or whatever. Something's broken if that is the case, and probably the person that sticks private data on the internet like that isn't the only one that needs to be punished.
Never been through any of that before. Of course, looking the part helps (after all, if they don't know you're not Japanese, why would they check you?) which is hard to do if you're unmistakably non-Japanese.
But that bit about the xenophobia is true. I've noticed it. You'd think that they'd want to encourage immigration with their population declining and all that...
And why should any of that be illegal? And if people want to post their financial or medical records they can go ahead and do that- but they should be prepared for the consequences, especially with that medical record data...
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Me? I'm looking at Japan. Sure, I'm not Japanese, but I look close enough, and I've had a fascination with that country as long as I can remember.
Seriously, this is going overboard. If this starts happening on a large scale, I'm buying a bunch of microSD cards and storing everything important on those instead (easier to hide).
I think more than a few corporations will object to this, though, if only because sensitive data really shouldn't find its way into the hands of these people... who knows what might leak?
This blizzard also resulted in my school having its first ever snow day. Ah, the joys of Shanghai in the winter.
Thank you for reminding me why I learn Japanese instead.
Perhaps you should remove that radish from your rectum.
Worse than China? Hardly. At least Japan has health standards to be adhered to. In China, they're merely suggestions.
For me it's purely an availability issue. I can't find any easy way to buy J-pop music (even the iTunes Japan store is lacking in places, particularly in Sony Music stuff) online digitally (the other Japanese stores, like MOOCS and Mora, have IP restrictions, and I don't think routing things like credit card data through a proxy just to buy music is smart).
On my keyboard, ^ doesn't need the Shift key. ~, however, is Shift-^.
That's why you go to Don Quixote instead of the other big-name shops.
I suggest you free yourself from the US's limited selection. Get yourself a Sharp 904. Optical zoom, anti-shake, autofocus, it's all the point-and-shoot you'll need. You'll have a whole new outlook on cameraphones after that one.
I'd rather carry one cellphone than a bunch of stuff separately, to be honest. And at this point it's feasible- look at what DoCoMo's putting out.
They are. You get a "free communications allowance" which is a set fraction of your monthly fee. Calls/text/web is counted against that allowance. That's not the hard part. The hard part is figuring out which of the myriad discounts you qualify for (50% off for signing a 2-year contract, additional 5% off for each year you stay with the company, disability discounts, senior discounts, stuff like that). However, unlimited M2M is a plan of its own.
Japan leads the world in simplicity too.
You're right. I wish T9 was capable of learning too- giving different word possibilities different priorities depending on what words you like to use and how often or in what context.
Total of 6 keypresses ("ta", down, right, click, "ta", "i")
It's hard the first time because Japanese predictive typing learns your word usage and patterns of texting. So after you do that a few times, you'll be able to hit "ta" just once and get "tachitai". Quite a bit easier than English T9 (I can hit "ha" and get "Ayumi Hamasaki"- not possible with T9).
Tried it on my Toshiba 904. I hit "ta", get a prediction list. Pick "tachi", hit "ta" then "i". Why hit that key 4 times? "i" is on the 2 key anyways.
Three words- Come to China.
It only goes to 97. There ARE versions of Word and Excel before that. I remember using Word 4.0 for Mac in elementary school to write stuff and still have the disks full of stuff I wrote back then. If not for my old SE/30 with Word 4.0 I wouldn't be able to open those documents anymore.
I don't really see any reason to keep pursuing copy protection. As it is it only hurts the legit customers, and if they keep going it's going to get to the point where nearly everyone will start pirating.
"where we've mandated the use of either 1) Linux, or 2) A Mac"
Now that's somewhere I want to work for.
The "Apple Authorized Resellers" are the only shops apart from Best Buy selling Mac stuff where I live. I've had a different experience with them- "Hey, could I install Leopard on a normal PC?" "It'll take some work- bring in the computer and we'll tell you what will work and what won't." "Here it is." "The wireless won't work and that's it. If that's OK we'll sell you the disc and do it."
Of course, this is China. Such a thing could never happen in America because of Apple licensing.
I'm pretty sure that those "grubby leathers" aren't so much a fashion statement as they are for safety.
I misread the post and forgot to preview- I thought he/she meant people posting their own (anything will make sense if you're not all that awake or... yeah).
But I agree with you on that- no one else should be posting your data. However, you should never be in a position where you do not trust whomever else has access to your financial/medical records or suspect that said people may post them online for revenge or for fun or whatever. Something's broken if that is the case, and probably the person that sticks private data on the internet like that isn't the only one that needs to be punished.
Never been through any of that before. Of course, looking the part helps (after all, if they don't know you're not Japanese, why would they check you?) which is hard to do if you're unmistakably non-Japanese.
But that bit about the xenophobia is true. I've noticed it. You'd think that they'd want to encourage immigration with their population declining and all that...
And why should any of that be illegal? And if people want to post their financial or medical records they can go ahead and do that- but they should be prepared for the consequences, especially with that medical record data...