That doesn't work (and I know this will be hard for you to understand) with 2.4GHz Spread Spectrum phones because - you see - they don't use a channel. They are...ummm...spread spectrum.
Having said that, my phone only really kills my Wifi about 60% of the time, and hitting the channel button a bunch of times can sometimes get you back online, but it is a pain in the bum, and there is no way to tell the phone to stick to a particular channel.
Unless you are unfortunate enough to live in North America, just make sure you get a DECT phone. These operate in the 1880-1900 MHz range, and are actually standards based.
From what I understand this frequency range is reserved in the US - so bad luck. You are stuck with stupid phones and the imperial system:-)
I made the mistake of getting a Panasonic 2.4GHz phone. Complete crap, and has about 60% chance of killing your (and your neighbors) wireless LAN dead when you call someone. I'm just in the process of moving to DECT/GAP myself.
More info: http://www.dect.org/toptech.html
Ironically, this wouldn't be a problem for me except my stupid IBM Thinkpads think they are in the US, and won't allow me to use the extra channels that we are given in Australia. My WAP will go all the way up to channel 13 if I tell it I live in Australia - which is well out of the range the phone uses - but the Thinkpads limit me to max channel 11.
And how f**king annoying is it...when everytime you set up a new printer and say yes to a test page it never comes out?
What's worse is you hold everyone elses print jobs up in the office because the printer is sitting there saying "Insert letter paper" until you hit the "Continue" button.
I've seen this several times now - someone referring to Australia as 'Aussie'.
What the fuck? An Aussie would be an Australian, not the fucking country.
Calm down Mr Coward. You are mostly correct. In this context the country would most likely be shortened even further to "Oz". As in "Aussies live in Oz" (along with many of us Kiwis)
Can America be referred to as Yankee?
No, because America is not a country (repeat after me). You may be thinking of "The United States of...", but I find it easier to just say "Yankee Land".
Can Britan be referred to as Brit? No for fuck's sake!
The most important point, IMO, is that there are cognitive costs associated with the decision about whether or not to make a purchase that don't go away as dollar amounts decrease.
I'm not sure that is true. I don't (for example) think about how much it will cost me in power each time I turn on my PC.
We've been told we're not allowed to officially sing Waltzing Matilda during the current Rugby World Cup (on here in Australia at the moment) as it's not our official anthem. So we will sing it twice as loud in protest!
Oh you devil you!
Why would I pay AUD $2.00 for a.wma format from bigpond when I can get a... Okay, I have to pay for the bandwidth because it's not free if I go outside bigpond...
Why would you use Bigpond when there are real ISP's out there, that will give you 16GB of international traffic for around the same price as Bigponds 1GB plan?
We don't *want* to use it, we *have* to use it if we want to talk to anyone using MSN
Yeah, and what's the deal with telephone companies? I don't *want* to use a telephone, I *have* to use it if I want to talk to anyone else using one.
Sigh. You can always count on someone to come up with an insane analogy.
Yes, I have a telephone - and I pay for it. If I wanted to call someone in the USA (unlikely I know) then I am not expected to also have an account with AT&T. If they want to call me, they don't have to have an account with Telstra Australia. This is essentially what the state of Instant messaging is at the moment.
Would you mind having a room full of telephones - one to call each different country? Or each different network?
The point is that if I want to communicate with someone using their medium of choice, then I have to deal with the costs. MSN doesn't have to do anything like setting up a server-to-server architecture because the problem is not them: it's the person you want to communicate with.
Again insane. There is no cost to use MSN - Microsoft provides it for free (because they are trying to screw AOL over). They just want you to use their client (and hence their OS). This is like AT&T only allowing you to use their phone (sort of).
Why don't you just get them to install a Jabber client and have them hook up to your $9.95/month Jabber server? By the way, hope you don't mind when another few million people start using your server, 'cause that's what's happening to MSN right now...
"They" can and do. There are millions of people all over the world connected to the Jabber network. Go here if you want a free one.
You are missing the point. This is a CLOSED, PROPRIERARY network. We don't *want* to use it, we *have* to use it if we want to talk to anyone using MSN (which seems to be most Windows users now that MS won't let you close the damn client if you are running Outlook Express).
What they should be doing, is setting up a server-to-server architecture so that us on the Jabber network can use our own servers, even if we want to talk to MSN users.
You don't think even Trillian users actually *want* to have to have their client connect to 5 or 6 servers simultaneously when one would do? This is why the bloody IM networks are so expensive to run - because of companies like Microsoft everyone is using 5 or 6 x the network resources.
Basically they have created an artificial demand, and are now trying to charge us for it.
Also, my Jabber server only costs me $9.95/month including the rest of my webhosting services. Maybe Microsoft should outsource to dreamhost.com.
Yabber is a client that is (being) co-written in Australia - unlike the one mentioned in the article which is written in Belgium (good old Age - their articles are as well researched as usual).
Well Marc is doing the coding from the UK, and our server is in the US, but it is about as Aussie as it gets right now:-)
It's not open source, but the aim is to produce a free Jabber client on Windows of sufficient quality to rival the likes of ICQ/AIM etc.
We should have a Beta out real-soon-now that is significantly more advanced than the alpha on the website, and will support SSL, XHTML, PGP, MUC, skins etc. Feedback welcome on the website.
Why can't there be a button or hotkey that links to an HTML tag that describes where the next logical page is if you are reading a website in a liner fashion? For example, when reading an article on the web, I don't want to have to search for the link to the next page, that should be a function of the browser (or a keyboard hotkey). Otherwise you have to search the page for the link, which I've noticed is never in the same place on different sites.
Argh! Why a joke? *more* domains == *better* Why don't people get that? It is suppost to be a tree structure. If everyone was going to use.co.nz, then there would be no point having the.co part! Argh!
Thanks for the links... Now I know where I can buy them from, but what I really want to know is how they work. All I can tell from the blurb is that they use ultrasonic somehow ("Following the principle of medical inhalators" in fact!)
Anyone know the science behind these? Or why they don't use this technique in place of dry-ice for stage shows/nightclubs etc?
Also are there any dangers associated with the ultrasound they produce? Is it going to bug the hell out of my cat?
For those that don't know, they are these little tacky fountains that you put on your desk, that have water running down rocks etc.
Here in Australia (at least) you can get ones that have a dry-ice effect - mist falling off the water onto your desk.
The thing is though, you don't need to refill them with dry-ice, or anything other than water. And they don't seem big enough to have a refrigeration unit.
Any ideas? Someone told me that there was a vibrating plate that cause the mist somehow...
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Decide == device?
That doesn't work (and I know this will be hard for you to understand) with 2.4GHz Spread Spectrum phones because - you see - they don't use a channel. They are...ummm...spread spectrum.
Having said that, my phone only really kills my Wifi about 60% of the time, and hitting the channel button a bunch of times can sometimes get you back online, but it is a pain in the bum, and there is no way to tell the phone to stick to a particular channel.
Zilch.
Unless you are unfortunate enough to live in North America, just make sure you get a DECT phone. These operate in the 1880-1900 MHz range, and are actually standards based.
:-)
From what I understand this frequency range is reserved in the US - so bad luck. You are stuck with stupid phones and the imperial system
I made the mistake of getting a Panasonic 2.4GHz phone. Complete crap, and has about 60% chance of killing your (and your neighbors) wireless LAN dead when you call someone. I'm just in the process of moving to DECT/GAP myself.
More info: http://www.dect.org/toptech.html
Ironically, this wouldn't be a problem for me except my stupid IBM Thinkpads think they are in the US, and won't allow me to use the extra channels that we are given in Australia. My WAP will go all the way up to channel 13 if I tell it I live in Australia - which is well out of the range the phone uses - but the Thinkpads limit me to max channel 11.
Zilch.
Ooohhhh! Is THAT how big it is?
Zilch
Yeah - because piracy and hackers didn't have a hand in making MP3 popular.
Zilch
And how f**king annoying is it...when everytime you set up a new printer and say yes to a test page it never comes out?
What's worse is you hold everyone elses print jobs up in the office because the printer is sitting there saying "Insert letter paper" until you hit the "Continue" button.
Argh!
Zilch
As a New Zealander I would have to agree.
And good use of inverted commas - although I think you need them around 'civilisations'.
Zilch
What the fuck? An Aussie would be an Australian, not the fucking country.
Calm down Mr Coward. You are mostly correct. In this context the country would most likely be shortened even further to "Oz". As in "Aussies live in Oz" (along with many of us Kiwis)
Can America be referred to as Yankee?
No, because America is not a country (repeat after me). You may be thinking of "The United States of...", but I find it easier to just say "Yankee Land".
Can Britan be referred to as Brit? No for fuck's sake!
No, but then most people can spell "Britian".
Zilch
>FAQ
>3. How old do I have to be to use Audio Lunchbox?
>
>13 years old.
Damn!
Zilch.
...and why would I need 16 of them?
Zilch
...what about those bloody little tiny jumpers that some hard drives come with?
Zilch
I'm not sure that is true. I don't (for example) think about how much it will cost me in power each time I turn on my PC.
Zilch
Oh you devil you!
Why would I pay AUD $2.00 for a .wma format from bigpond when I can get a ... Okay, I have to pay for the bandwidth because it's not free if I go outside bigpond...
Why would you use Bigpond when there are real ISP's out there, that will give you 16GB of international traffic for around the same price as Bigponds 1GB plan?
Zilch
Mel Gibson was born in the USA. Nicole Kidman was born in Hawaii. Russel Crow was born in New Zealand.
Zilch.
Yeah, and what's the deal with telephone companies? I don't *want* to use a telephone, I *have* to use it if I want to talk to anyone else using one.
Sigh. You can always count on someone to come up with an insane analogy.
Yes, I have a telephone - and I pay for it. If I wanted to call someone in the USA (unlikely I know) then I am not expected to also have an account with AT&T. If they want to call me, they don't have to have an account with Telstra Australia. This is essentially what the state of Instant messaging is at the moment.
Would you mind having a room full of telephones - one to call each different country? Or each different network?
The point is that if I want to communicate with someone using their medium of choice, then I have to deal with the costs. MSN doesn't have to do anything like setting up a server-to-server architecture because the problem is not them: it's the person you want to communicate with.
Again insane. There is no cost to use MSN - Microsoft provides it for free (because they are trying to screw AOL over). They just want you to use their client (and hence their OS). This is like AT&T only allowing you to use their phone (sort of).
Why don't you just get them to install a Jabber client and have them hook up to your $9.95/month Jabber server? By the way, hope you don't mind when another few million people start using your server, 'cause that's what's happening to MSN right now...
"They" can and do. There are millions of people all over the world connected to the Jabber network. Go here if you want a free one.
Zilch
You are missing the point. This is a CLOSED, PROPRIERARY network. We don't *want* to use it, we *have* to use it if we want to talk to anyone using MSN (which seems to be most Windows users now that MS won't let you close the damn client if you are running Outlook Express).
What they should be doing, is setting up a server-to-server architecture so that us on the Jabber network can use our own servers, even if we want to talk to MSN users.
You don't think even Trillian users actually *want* to have to have their client connect to 5 or 6 servers simultaneously when one would do? This is why the bloody IM networks are so expensive to run - because of companies like Microsoft everyone is using 5 or 6 x the network resources.
Basically they have created an artificial demand, and are now trying to charge us for it.
Also, my Jabber server only costs me $9.95/month including the rest of my webhosting services. Maybe Microsoft should outsource to dreamhost.com.
Zilch
Great software - hope it's back soon...
Zilch
Really? Because when I was there I lived in Canterbury.
(I like your sig by the way)
Zilch
Really? Mine was 8001 when I lived there. Maybe you should give your local post office a call.
Oh...and we drive on the left. Be careful. Driving on the right can get you killed.
Zilch
Well Marc is doing the coding from the UK, and our server is in the US, but it is about as Aussie as it gets right now :-)
It's not open source, but the aim is to produce a free Jabber client on Windows of sufficient quality to rival the likes of ICQ/AIM etc.
We should have a Beta out real-soon-now that is significantly more advanced than the alpha on the website, and will support SSL, XHTML, PGP, MUC, skins etc. Feedback welcome on the website.
Zilch
Why can't there be a button or hotkey that links to an HTML tag that describes where the next logical page is if you are reading a website in a liner fashion? For example, when reading an article on the web, I don't want to have to search for the link to the next page, that should be a function of the browser (or a keyboard hotkey). Otherwise you have to search the page for the link, which I've noticed is never in the same place on different sites.
Zilch
Argh! Why a joke? *more* domains == *better* Why don't people get that? It is suppost to be a tree structure. If everyone was going to use .co.nz, then there would be no point having the .co part! Argh!
Zilch
Go read another website then. At least the article was somewhat shorter than your whining reply.
.us domain? (I'm going to make a leap here and assume you are a Yank)
Did you post the same drivel whenever slashdot has run an article on the
Zilch.
I would settle for them just getting enough bloody ADSL ports in my exchange. Telstra - Grrr....
Zilch
Anyone know the science behind these? Or why they don't use this technique in place of dry-ice for stage shows/nightclubs etc?
Also are there any dangers associated with the ultrasound they produce? Is it going to bug the hell out of my cat?
Zilch
Can anyone tell me how these work?
For those that don't know, they are these little tacky fountains that you put on your desk, that have water running down rocks etc.
Here in Australia (at least) you can get ones that have a dry-ice effect - mist falling off the water onto your desk.
The thing is though, you don't need to refill them with dry-ice, or anything other than water. And they don't seem big enough to have a refrigeration unit.
Any ideas? Someone told me that there was a vibrating plate that cause the mist somehow...
Zilch