What Are You Doing Right Now
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@scottalanmiller said:
So my iPhone went into a salt water lagoon today. It was in my pocket and I had no idea it was there nor that I was in so deep. So... yeah, it's dead. I sucked the water out pronto and have it in the rice now. But not much hope for it. So I'm phoneless for a while. I'm in Panama with no access to things like a TMobile or an Apple Store (they don't exist here.) So this is going to be quite a challenge.
That is a royal level of suck. I don't know the 'import' laws.. but could one be shipped to you from the states? Not a perfect solution,.. as I am unsure of the post time. Otherwise maybe UPS or Fedex as opposed to using the normal post system.
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@g.jacobse said:
That is a royal level of suck. I don't know the 'import' laws.. but could one be shipped to you from the states? Not a perfect solution,.. as I am unsure of the post time. Otherwise maybe UPS or Fedex as opposed to using the normal post system.
there is never a way to ship something from the US to another country when you 1) don't have months of time to deal with it and 2) don't have a permanent address with your name on it.
Those two things are always required for reliable delivery internationally.
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@mlnews said:
there is never a way to ship something from the US to another country when you 1) don't have months of time to deal with it and 2) don't have a permanent address with your name on it.
Those two things are always required for reliable delivery internationally.Having dealt with getting things to and from Japan even WITH fixed addreses, I can wholeheartedly agree with @scottalanmiller on this..
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Off topic note: I still f'n hate the quoting functionality of this thing..
I just had to remove the extra line between Scott's sentences so that it would not hide the crap..
This is on top of the fact that it only ever shows the TOP line and thus I had already removed the prior poster's text..
This is 2015, handling quoted text should NOT be an afterthought.
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No kidding, the quoting remains a completely disaster.
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Terrible Internet issues this morning. Everything is struggling to load. Websites take forever, HipChat can't load at all.
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@scottalanmiller This is why I like Google Voice... Even if my phone takes a swim, I can still be reached via calls and text... as long as I have a laptop near by.
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@dafyre said:
@scottalanmiller This is why I like Google Voice... Even if my phone takes a swim, I can still be reached via calls and text... as long as I have a laptop near by.
I still have that with normal calling. Call my house number (a local Upstate NY number) and it will always reach me. Don't need Google Voice for that feature. I had that before Google Voice was around
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The recent OwnCloud update fixed my webdav issues I had with Windows Explorer... except now I can't access the webdav interface via a web browser. The website still works fine though so really no functionality is lost.
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@scottalanmiller Call forwarding is such a 90's technology... 8-P
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Word done,....
On the road to Detroit... 6 hour drive.... -
@dafyre said:
@scottalanmiller Call forwarding is such a 90's technology... 8-P
I think he has a PBX that is hosted that routes to his computer via SIP or something.
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@dafyre said:
@scottalanmiller Call forwarding is such a 90's technology... 8-P
I agree, which is why I don't use Google Voice
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@g.jacobse said:
Word done,....
On the road to Detroit... 6 hour drive....Have fun with that.
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@coliver said:
@dafyre said:
@scottalanmiller Call forwarding is such a 90's technology... 8-P
I think he has a PBX that is hosted that routes to his computer via SIP or something.
Yup, hosted PBX. I get all the features of a big company including extensions for free for everyone in the family, four concurrent lines, can use it anywhere in the world but appear like I am still in the US, video calls, etc.
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Free?
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@scottalanmiller said:
@coliver said:
@dafyre said:
@scottalanmiller Call forwarding is such a 90's technology... 8-P
I think he has a PBX that is hosted that routes to his computer via SIP or something.
Yup, hosted PBX. I get all the features of a big company including extensions for free for everyone in the family, four concurrent lines, can use it anywhere in the world but appear like I am still in the US, video calls, etc.
Which PBX do you use?
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Right now, I am reeling at the fact that the receptionist here showed up at noon, hung around for 30-40 minutes, and is now currently at lunch. Whose {bleep} do you have to {bleep} to be able to show up late, look for other jobs on company computers, watch trash TV all day (on same said company computers), and still get an hour lunch when you arrive at noon???
