LHR security...What the ?!%!$#!
Feb 4, 2010 | 3:45 am
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No. It's valid in the US but only on GSM cellphones and it's certainly not global.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_telephone_number - scan down to 'Emergency numbers'.
Gosh, not even 'global' in North America. The USA and Canada have 911 and Mexico has 066, 060, or 080.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_telephone_number - scan down to 'Emergency numbers'.
Gosh, not even 'global' in North America. The USA and Canada have 911 and Mexico has 066, 060, or 080.
Feb 4, 2010 | 1:30 pm
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No. It's valid in the US but only on GSM cellphones and it's certainly not global.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_telephone_number - scan down to 'Emergency numbers'.
Gosh, not even 'global' in North America. The USA and Canada have 911 and Mexico has 066, 060, or 080.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_telephone_number - scan down to 'Emergency numbers'.
Gosh, not even 'global' in North America. The USA and Canada have 911 and Mexico has 066, 060, or 080.
Feb 4, 2010 | 1:46 pm
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GSM (which stands for GLOBAL Spec for Mobile or something like that) is global, including the USA, as you note. I'm not sure how you can say it's "certainly not global," -- when was the last time you went somewhere where there was no GSM coverage? Given that you can find GSM coverage here, here, and here, amongst many other places, I think its fairly accurate to refer to GSM as "global".
Feb 4, 2010 | 5:04 pm
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Sounds like someone needed a 20ft Ethernet cable at home...
Feb 4, 2010 | 6:27 pm
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GSM (which stands for GLOBAL Spec for Mobile or something like that) is global, including the USA, as you note. I'm not sure how you can say it's "certainly not global," -- when was the last time you went somewhere where there was no GSM coverage? Given that you can find GSM coverage here, here, and here, amongst many other places, I think its fairly accurate to refer to GSM as "global".
And to answer your question
Japan?
Feb 5, 2010 | 3:12 pm
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Whatever they take from you at the security checks, always make sure that it can not be used anymore afterwards by the thief of the moment. 
A bottle of booze: open it before throwing it in the trash can; a cable: find something to cut it in pieces. But I'm not so sure about what I would do with the previously mentioned Gillette cartridges... 
A bottle of booze: open it before throwing it in the trash can; a cable: find something to cut it in pieces. But I'm not so sure about what I would do with the previously mentioned Gillette cartridges...
Feb 5, 2010 | 3:19 pm
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Whatever they take from you at the security checks, always make sure that it can not be used anymore afterwards by the thief of the moment. A bottle of booze: open it before throwing it in the trash can; a cable: find something to cut it in pieces. But I'm not so sure about what I would do with the previously mentioned Gillette cartridges...
A bottle of booze: open it before throwing it in the trash can; a cable: find something to cut it in pieces. But I'm not so sure about what I would do with the previously mentioned Gillette cartridges...