I live in Australia (where the format is PAL) and virtually every TV can support NTSC or at least PAL60. (PAL's refresh is 50Hz whereas NTSC is 60Hz. PAL60 is PAL with 60Hz refresh)
My (cheap Sharp) VCR can play NTSC output as PAL60. I'm sure DVD players are better in this respect.
Australia isn't too bad when it comes to language:) Triple J (Youth National radio station, run by ABC [our version of the BBC]) often has 'bad words' in songs, like "Every Fucking City" by Paul Kelly, and "You Shit Me to Tears" by The Tenants.
We were trying to buy wireless network cards from overseas, apparently one can get 20 for ~$160 (AU) each. Anyway, since its over $400 or something we have to pay GST at customs, as well as other duties etc.
If an Australia company exports, there is no GST, even to Norfolk Island etc. (It even has a postcode, 2899. Also 6798, 6799, 7151 are GST-free, according to the Post bit of paper here)
In Australia remember that 199 was callback? It is now 12722199 with the advent of 8 digit phone numbers and you can get the number of the line with 12722123. There are probably more 12722xxx numbers.
BTW How could they cover 321233322236632123332321 which is Mary had a Little Lamb. The flash thing just claims a match to everything, even when entering non-numbers.
I work at Domino's Pizza (yeah delivery driver, I'm a university student!) and the whole store runs on a P120 running 10 dumb terminals, with "OpenServer" as the OS; the tech guy said the new stores are getting Linux, there being virtually no difference. Hows this for "running Linux on the desktop"?
...but everything including and below 2400 baud used one symbol per bit, so in those cases baud=bps. Higher modem speeds still run at 2400 baud...
close.
2400bps modems ran at 600 baud, with QAM encoding 4 bits to a baud (V.22bis). (Remember a baud is a [possible change in] signal) 9600bps modems ran at 2400 baud (V.32). They had those tricky phase shifting back in the 600 baud days:)
This is true up to 33.6k (getting more complicated as speeds increased), and with 56k modems its different again, treating the PSTN more like ISDN.
The power lines will be worse for this, but the phone line generally has at least a slight twist, which cancels most radio waves out.
I have a TV with a coat hanger plugged into the antenna socket, which virtually sits on top of the ADSL modem. The reception is clearer than ever. (There is line-of-sight to the transmission towers on the other side of the wide valley though).
ADSL is running as fast as Telstra will allow.
My parents house is too far away from the city to use ADSL (too far from exchange plus it doesn't support it anyway). I wonder if powerlines will allow them to get faster than 50k? The street has the 11kV (or whatever) lines, with the stepdown transformer. The 240V line is isolated. (Australia has 240V power)
I would like fast internet there!
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Yeah, but in my city Optus aren't available, and according to a response on Whirlpool, it's not coming. (Unless they can get XYZed ADSL going)
At least you guys can run servers off your line. Telstra ADSL in Australia all ports appear to be blocked. Try this or even this! Apache is listening on both of those ports.
Add to that the 3G transfer limit, it is not very good. Telstra are monopolistic, since they are the only ones who can provide "broadband internet" for much of the population.
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internode flatrate good for me :-)
They were not telling a lie!
Hmm that's right. Slashdot doesn't support Whirlcode...
BAH! Stupid waiting!
[" Anyone have a yacht and 13 miles of CAT5?"]
I have a pair of WL200's and I'm not afraid to use them!
Windows is all Smoke and Mirrors
Toowoomba Wireless. But then you already knew that.
I live in Australia (where the format is PAL) and virtually every TV can support NTSC or at least PAL60. (PAL's refresh is 50Hz whereas NTSC is 60Hz. PAL60 is PAL with 60Hz refresh)
My (cheap Sharp) VCR can play NTSC output as PAL60. I'm sure DVD players are better in this respect.
i work at a pizza place. cook at 275C for 8 minutes. (conveyor belt oven)
100 degrees! that would melt it terribly. you dont want it over 50.
Australia isn't too bad when it comes to language :) Triple J (Youth National radio station, run by ABC [our version of the BBC]) often has 'bad words' in songs, like "Every Fucking City" by Paul Kelly, and "You Shit Me to Tears" by The Tenants.
We were trying to buy wireless network cards from overseas, apparently one can get 20 for ~$160 (AU) each. Anyway, since its over $400 or something we have to pay GST at customs, as well as other duties etc.
If an Australia company exports, there is no GST, even to Norfolk Island etc. (It even has a postcode, 2899. Also 6798, 6799, 7151 are GST-free, according to the Post bit of paper here)
We had many an hour playing NetMaze. Its a top-down game where you drive your tank around shooting laser or rockets at your teammates.
:(
There are even different skins available.
Only needs 486 (possibly less)
Total size less than a meg
The skins are actually a PCX file (sort of like winamp skins)
Written in Turbo Pascal and uses IPX.
This is all from memory; the last big game was Easter 2000. Nobody seems to want to play now we all have 500+MHz computers with 3D acceleration.
Anyway, its better than Microsoft Hearts, but thats not hard.
See www.sma.gov.au/legal/licence/class/spread.htm.
Mod the parent up!
:)
I used to be on the SURVPC mailing list, and this seemed to be the most used distro, since it was developed "by one of our own".
Of course, most of the people on the SURVPC list favoured DOS, as I was leaving there was a great shift toward linux.
There is info still at http://survpc.virtualave.net/ Don't worry about the ads; they are for the webhoster.
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.
I'd say that was NT 5.1. :)
>Look at cars: power of cars should be expressed
>in kW, but nobody does this. They say, "my car
>has 255HP" instead of "my car has 166kW".
Wow, everyone I've talked to about cars talks in kilowatts. "That Holden V8 only has 66kW!! HAHAHA!"
I took it as, you might be able to get 1.1km (or more) out of it, but usually less than one.
Nope. :)
In Australia remember that 199 was callback? It is now 12722199 with the advent of 8 digit phone numbers and you can get the number of the line with 12722123. There are probably more 12722xxx numbers.
BTW How could they cover 321233322236632123332321 which is Mary had a Little Lamb. The flash thing just claims a match to everything, even when entering non-numbers.
I work at Domino's Pizza (yeah delivery driver, I'm a university student!) and the whole store runs on a P120 running 10 dumb terminals, with "OpenServer" as the OS; the tech guy said the new stores are getting Linux, there being virtually no difference. Hows this for "running Linux on the desktop"?
close. :)
2400bps modems ran at 600 baud, with QAM encoding 4 bits to a baud (V.22bis). (Remember a baud is a [possible change in] signal) 9600bps modems ran at 2400 baud (V.32). They had those tricky phase shifting back in the 600 baud days
This is true up to 33.6k (getting more complicated as speeds increased), and with 56k modems its different again, treating the PSTN more like ISDN.
The power lines will be worse for this, but the phone line generally has at least a slight twist, which cancels most radio waves out.
I have a TV with a coat hanger plugged into the antenna socket, which virtually sits on top of the ADSL modem. The reception is clearer than ever. (There is line-of-sight to the transmission towers on the other side of the wide valley though).
ADSL is running as fast as Telstra will allow.
My parents house is too far away from the city to use ADSL (too far from exchange plus it doesn't support it anyway). I wonder if powerlines will allow them to get faster than 50k? The street has the 11kV (or whatever) lines, with the stepdown transformer. The 240V line is isolated. (Australia has 240V power)
I would like fast internet there!
Yeah, but in my city Optus aren't available, and according to a response on Whirlpool, it's not coming. (Unless they can get XYZed ADSL going)
Add to that the 3G transfer limit, it is not very good. Telstra are monopolistic, since they are the only ones who can provide "broadband internet" for much of the population.
An English swallow or an African one?
:)
(Not completely off topic is it? We want a sense of humour
$5/gig would be great, since in Australia with Telstra overuse is about 18.9c/MB!
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