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    • natehateN
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      how does a canadian text a english number?

      don't you know there ain't no devil? only god when he's drunk!

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      • SeulS
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        Slowly (ey)…

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        • GilesG
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          Let me see if I can find anything oot aboot that question…

          "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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          • thomasnunnallyT
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            @Seul:

            Slowly (ey)…

            Haha!

            Nate, I don't think you have to do anything special…..maybe put the country code (1) before the number.  There can't be much to it.

            Out with the new! In with the old!

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            • GilesG
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              Nope, you need to do +44 then the number without the leading zero….

              So my mobile is 07740706464

              You would text:

              +44 7740706464
              or 0044 7740706464

              "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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              • thomasnunnallyT
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                @Giles:

                Nope, you need to do +44 then the number without the leading zero….

                So my mobile is 07740706464

                You would text:

                +44 7740706464
                or 0044 7740706464

                So why do you brits have that leading 0 then?  Otherwise it makes sense.  Also, whats the logic on these country codes….never thought about it before.

                Out with the new! In with the old!

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                • SeulS
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                  Same for Belgium… My digits are 0485 XX XX XX, if you'd wanna text me it'd be 0032485 XX XX XX..

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                  • natehateN
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                    okay new problem
                    im receiving texts but cant respond?

                    don't you know there ain't no devil? only god when he's drunk!

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                    • J
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                      Thomas,

                      I don't see how it's any different here in the States, you dial 1+ area code to dial anything that isn't local. Now add a country code, which they would need as well calling us, ours happens to be a extra 1. Do you see how the numbers then fall into place?

                      Bourbon: because living in Kentucky just makes you want to drink

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                      • natehateN
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                        never mind i got it

                        don't you know there ain't no devil? only god when he's drunk!

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                        • thomasnunnallyT
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                          @jdl1279:

                          Thomas,

                          I don't see how it's any different here in the States, you dial 1+ area code to dial anything that isn't local. Now add a country code, which they would need as well calling us, ours happens to be a extra 1. Do you see how the numbers then fall into place?

                          I never have to use a country code within the US.  But, I have a feeling that is already built in, which is logical.  I don't get the extra zeros that Giles mentioned

                          If you look online, not all countries use that prefix.  Also, why is Uzbekistan 998, UK 44 and US, 1?

                          The question isn't important at all, but I couldn't extract the reasoning from wikipedia, so just wondering what the logic is.

                          Out with the new! In with the old!

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                          • GilesG
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                            @Seul:

                            Same for Belgium… My digits are 0485 XX XX XX, if you'd wanna text me it'd be 0032485 XX XX XX..

                            @thomasnunnally:

                            @Giles:

                            Nope, you need to do +44 then the number without the leading zero….

                            So my mobile is 07740706464

                            You would text:

                            +44 7740706464
                            or 0044 7740706464

                            So why do you brits have that leading 0 then?  Otherwise it makes sense.  Also, whats the logic on these country codes….never thought about it before.

                            Virtually every country has a leading zero in their phone number.

                            Read this:

                            http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telephone_numbering_plan

                            and this:

                            http://wikitravel.org/en/List_of_country_calling_codes

                            "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                            • GilesG
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                              The 00 or + is to indicate to the country that you are dialling from that you want to dial outside the country.

                              "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                              • GilesG
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                                And here is a "fascinating" read….

                                http://www.itu.int/dms_pub/itu-t/opb/sp/T-SP-E.164D-2009-PDF-E.pdf

                                "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                • QinhanQ
                                  Qinhan
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                                  Shame on me for actually opening that and expecting to see something interesting.

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                                  • ArabitA
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                                    Whats the maximum amount of PM's you can store

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                                    • ChrisC
                                      Chris
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                                      I'm not sure there's a limit.  I think Giles mentioned once that he has over five thousand.

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                                      • emceeQE
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                                        Computer savy folk,  my roommates and I seem to have lost the ability to access flickr.com from within my home network.  Anyone have any idea what may be causing this?  I've been puzzling through it and tried a few things, but to no avail…

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                                        • S
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                                          ^let's do cray cray internet trouble shoot'n

                                          If you're a mac, open "terminal" (click magnifying glass). If PC, Start>Run>Cmd(then enter), If PC Win 8, hit Start type Cmd (then enter)

                                          Mac (1 per line);
                                          dig flickr.com
                                          dig flickr.com @8.8.8.8
                                          ping flickr.com

                                          PC (1 per line);
                                          nslookup flickr.com
                                          nslookup
                                          server=8.8.8.8
                                          flickr.com
                                          quit
                                          ping flickr.com

                                          That should help resolve it. Flickr has shitty quality issues with it's ad server, my money is that..

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                                          • emceeQE
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                                            These were the results of the digs, and the ping went along just fine…

                                            ; <<>> DiG 9.8.5-P1 <<>> flickr.com
                                            ;; global options: +cmd
                                            ;; Got answer:
                                            ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 35669
                                            ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 13, ADDITIONAL: 0
                                            
                                            ;; QUESTION SECTION:
                                            ;flickr.com.			IN	A
                                            
                                            ;; ANSWER SECTION:
                                            flickr.com.		92	IN	A	98.139.240.139
                                            
                                            ;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
                                            com.			51089	IN	NS	a.gtld-servers.net.
                                            com.			51089	IN	NS	b.gtld-servers.net.
                                            com.			51089	IN	NS	c.gtld-servers.net.
                                            com.			51089	IN	NS	d.gtld-servers.net.
                                            com.			51089	IN	NS	e.gtld-servers.net.
                                            com.			51089	IN	NS	f.gtld-servers.net.
                                            com.			51089	IN	NS	g.gtld-servers.net.
                                            com.			51089	IN	NS	h.gtld-servers.net.
                                            com.			51089	IN	NS	i.gtld-servers.net.
                                            com.			51089	IN	NS	j.gtld-servers.net.
                                            com.			51089	IN	NS	k.gtld-servers.net.
                                            com.			51089	IN	NS	l.gtld-servers.net.
                                            com.			51089	IN	NS	m.gtld-servers.net.
                                            
                                            ;; Query time: 4 msec
                                            ;; SERVER: 192.168.4.1#53(192.168.4.1)
                                            ;; WHEN: Tue Jan 28 10:55:51 EST 2014
                                            ;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 268
                                            
                                            ; <<>> DiG 9.8.5-P1 <<>> flickr.com @8.8.8.8
                                            ;; global options: +cmd
                                            ;; Got answer:
                                            ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 2242
                                            ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0
                                            
                                            ;; QUESTION SECTION:
                                            ;flickr.com.			IN	A
                                            
                                            ;; ANSWER SECTION:
                                            flickr.com.		410	IN	A	98.139.240.139
                                            
                                            ;; Query time: 170 msec
                                            ;; SERVER: 8.8.8.8#53(8.8.8.8)
                                            ;; WHEN: Tue Jan 28 10:55:51 EST 2014
                                            ;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 44
                                            
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