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shadow boxershadow boxer The Finger Painter & Master Ranter
in Zocalo v2.0
I bought a headset ~ $10

I went to IRC, harassed a couple people.

Got into a conference call ~

Biggles - New Zealand
Boshaus - TX USA
Me - Australia

totally free and so easy to do.

click>click> talk...

Mightily impressed with Skype.

my nick is ~~>

Saeble6

gimme a call sometime peeps and if you wish, put your Skype nick here and lets see how many FO's we can get yakkin at once

[url]http://www.skype.com/[/url]

free download, free to use 'Skype to Skype' user, only 18c per minute to to the rest of the world, to landlines.

yay for teh intarhnet ! :D

Comments

  • BigglesBiggles <font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
    And it works perfectly fine on dial up speeds of 56kbps, too.
  • SanfamSanfam I like clocks.
    Unless you're croxis, in which case it becomes funny.
  • ShadowDancerShadowDancer When I say, "Why aye, gadgie," in my heart I say, "Och aye, laddie." London, UK
    my nick is jamiea777

    not on it an aweful lot as it means i have to go down the back of the computer and fiddle with the wires to get the headset to work ;)
  • AlaricAlaric Damn kids! Get off my island!
    I use it a lot to video call my brother in UK. quality is superb compared to old s/w I used to use.


    id=Dezerach (incidentally that was my original id on firstones too)
  • croxiscroxis I am the walrus
    Yah yah yah, jab the poor college student who shares the dial up connection with THREE other people ;)

    I've download both win a linux versions. So you all HUSH
  • BigglesBiggles <font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
    [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Sanfam [/i]
    [B]Unless you're croxis, in which case it becomes funny. [/B][/QUOTE]

    Not croxis. Tyvar.
  • ShadowDancerShadowDancer When I say, "Why aye, gadgie," in my heart I say, "Och aye, laddie." London, UK
    Im gonna be away from home over the weekend, so it'll be next week before im back near a skype headset
  • AlaricAlaric Damn kids! Get off my island!
    [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by croxis [/i]
    [B]
    I've download both win a linux versions. So you all HUSH [/B][/QUOTE]

    me too, shame the linux version is audio only at the moment
  • Data CrystalData Crystal Pencil Artist
    As far as one-on-one conversations go, Skype is a lot of fun. However, when more ppl are involved over the 'net in a simultaneous conversation, I've found that Teamspeak servers are a better choice.

    Sure, someone needs to put up a server for it and give people the IP to connect to it, but it uses less bandwith (and if my hucnch is correct on this one, less processing power as well) than skype and works great overall. And yes, it doesn't look as dangly as Skype does, but it works damn well. :) Easy to set up, easy to use.
  • croxiscroxis I am the walrus
    I miss the good ol days of grunting and smoke signals.
  • SanfamSanfam I like clocks.
    thye nice thing about skype is the ability to connect both real-world and skype-world folks in one conference call, along with the FAR higher quality. Teamspeak is good, but skype's quality is far superior. However, skype can't use my Microsoft GameVoice as an external interface. If they could ever get that ancient niche product to work...

    (It has a series of buttons which would be perfect for one-touch dialing)
  • BigglesBiggles <font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
    Skype is quicker and easier when you just want to talk. It's designed for talking like a phone, not for speaking while playing a game, and for that it works brilliantly.
  • Random ChaosRandom Chaos Actually Carefully-selected Order in disguise
    At least it does for those of you with microphones :p
  • Alpha-1Alpha-1 Elite Ranger Germany
    my nickname is alpha-1
  • croxiscroxis I am the walrus
    Mine is... croxis

    ;)
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