Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: Oh boy!!

I've just spoken to Jonny with Skype. I must say it's a very very good
programme: the sound quality is excellent as far as I'm concerned, and with
an adsl line there's only a little of delay. Well, the quality of the
conversation itself was rather poor, but it was my fault. By the way, I've
just found out that my "wha' !!" is rather "sharp". You know, yesterday I
watched "The Cheap Detective", and Lou Peckinpaugh says "wha'?" when
answering the phone. Besides, it was the first rather long conversation
with a native speaker ever, so I couldn't find the words, not that I'm so
talkative in my mother tongue. 
I think we should talk sometimes. Three or four at a time. Why not?
Bye, FB
-- 
"May I come with you to the station?"
"Please, do. I like to go off in style."
(Cold Comfort Farm, the film)

 I think we should talk sometimes. Three or four at a time. Why not?
I don't know whether multiples conversations are supported by skype.


From what I know about Skype, it only  works on Win XP, Win 2000, Mac
OSX, and
Linux. If this is true, then it leaves out a lot of people, including
myself, with my Win 98SE.
Joe from Massachusetts

 myself, with my Win 98SE.
Too bad. How can you stand Win98, by the way?
Bye, FB
-- 
"Is this Miss Prism a female of repellent aspect, remotely connected with
education?" "She is the most cultivated of ladies, and the very picture of
respectability" "It is obviously the same person".
("The Importance of Being Earnest", Oscar Wilde)

 myself, with my Win 98SE.
I'm downloading right now paltalk, it's a skype-like program.
I used to talk online with that, for further information about its
compatibility (I'm sorry
but I don't know much about it):
http://www.paltalk.com/PalTalkSite/

I think we should talk sometimes. Three or four at a time. Why not?
Well, If you ever want to do it again.. perhaps we can talk about
something more stimulating next time, like Catherine Zeta Jones or
Kate Beckinsale ;)) and I'll have a go in Italian.

 Kate Beckinsale ;)) and I'll have a go in Italian.
Don't forget to call me too, lol

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we should definitely give paltalk a go, multiple users rooms are available,
I just checked.


It's not me, it's my antique PC, which has reached it's limit with
Win98SE (233 Mhz processor not upgradeable, only 128M Ram,
not expandable).  Anything slower and I wouldn't be able to watch
streaming Raiclick. It is so slow I can't record video from the TV or
VCR. I take that back, I can record, but only about 50% of the
frames, which makes for a rather jerky picture.
I worked at a desk where I used two PC's every day, one a Mac and one
Win NT.
The company had 90% Mac, 10% Wintel.
They switched to 99% Wintel, and kept a few Macs for legacy work.
Many schools have Macs. (They got them for free).
The schools which buy PC's buy Wintel.
Most companies have switched from Mac to Wintel, for obvious economic
reasons, but also as Intel has increased speeds, there is nothing a
Mac can do that a PC costing much less can't do. Graphics and
Publlishing, and CAD, once the domain of the Mac, is now
done just as well by Wintel machines.
My next move will be, in order of probability, to XP, Linux, Opus Dei,
Scientology, or OSX. :>)
But since my most-used program, Adobe Acrobat, doesn't run on
Linux, the list is narrowed down even more.
A possible alternative to Skype for those who don't meet the system
requirements of Skype (Win XP, Win 2000, Mac OSX, Linux) is
Net2phone (which runs on Windows 95, 98, 2000, ME, NT, XP,
but doesn't run on OSX or Linux), but the company doesn't mention
anything about free PC>PC calling on the Italian-language portion
of its web site. Even after downloading the software (which is in
English), it would be difficult to find out that the free PC>PC option
exists, and only by using the English-language version of the
website can you find out anything about free PC>PC telephony.
Net2phone Italian:
http://web.net2phone.com/home_intit.asp
The English-language version mentions PC>PC calling.
Net2phone English
http://web.net2phone.com/consumer/commcenter/helppccall.asp
Joe from Massachusetts

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It doesn't work on macintosh, so that would rule me out (I write from my
pc; I speak from my mac). Actually I think Skype does allow conferences,
since there's a button which says... "conference", but Joe couldn't join
anyway. It's a mess!! (smiling face)
Bye, FB
-- 
"Are you sure an embryo parson should have a plane?"
"Everyone should have a plane!"
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 anyway. It's a mess!! (smiling face)
We'll try next time... what's your username on skype by the way?

 (I write from my pc; I speak from my mac)
Do you also listen from a third computer?
:-))))))
Tschuess,
Enrico il Pentolaio.

 I've just spoken to Jonny with Skype.
Next time tell us when you start a new conversation, so that we can
join you!
:-))
Anyway, I'd have to buy a new microphone because the one I own is
definitely broken.
ROTFL, dieci giorni fa ho visto in inglese "Rain Man" e ora non riesco
ad evitare di ridere quando scrivo/leggo "definitely".
:-DDD
Tschuess,
Enrico il Pentolaio.

 We'll try next time... what's your username on skype by the way?
fb83se I think. If it isn't, you'll get to know somebody else...
Bye, FB
-- 
"Golden orb... The golden orb... The golden orb..."
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 join you!
I wouldn't wish to arouse too many expectations, though. It would be nice
if the Italian people always spoke English, so that we'd all have to deal
with something new, at least. 
Bye, FB
-- 
"Come, dear, we have already missed five, if not six, trains. To miss any
more might expose us to comment on the platform."
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 ROTFL, dieci giorni fa ho visto in inglese "Rain Man" e ora non
riesco
Quantas never crashed.
Joe from Massachusetts

 pc; I speak from my mac).
Sounds like a blessing for us Windows users.  :>)
Joe from Massachusetts

 couldn't hear anything in your accent that gave you away
Really? I though I was "sbracando completamente". Can anybody translate?
[...]
Bye, FB
-- 
"The doctors found out that Bunbury could not live, that is what I mean—so
Bunbury died."
"He seems to have had great confidence in the opinion of his physicians."
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 total of 5 people)
but we are generally more than five on this newsgroup (not that it happens
everyday to be all connected  at the same time...)

 Quantas never crashed.
Yeah, definitely.
:-DDDDD
Tschuess,
Enrico il Pentolaio.

 200 users at the same time, with video too, is that enough? :-)
that's too much for me :)

 visual clues to organize the conversation rounds..
I could hush everyone with my "whaaat!!".
Ciao, FB
-- 
Marcel: Gentlemen, may I present Miss Betty DeBoop from the Islands?
Colonel Schlissel: Caribbean or Virgin?
Betty DeBoop: Well, let's just say I came back a Caribbean.
(The Cheap Detective)

 with something new, at least.
That's the point.
Anyway, if I used Skype to talk only in Italian to an Italian guy who
is in this NG, I would be a fool.
Tschuess,
Enrico il Pentolaio.
P.S. I've managed to find a microphone which works.

 connected and also what to discuss, of course.
What if we wrote at the foot of our messages something like "On Skype for
the next 30 min." or something like that? It would be a good start. 
P.S. Besides, yesterday Jonny detected my connecting surprisingly fast.
[...]
Bye, FB
-- 
Locked from the inside. That can only mean one thing, and I don't know what
it is.
(Murder by Death)


when you connect to skype, you are visibile to any of your contact already 
connected immediately.
It's up to you to be visible, invisible, busy, non available etc.
And when one of your contact is on line you can see them immediately and 
it's up to you if you want to be informed by a message or no
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bè ci ho provato a rispondervi in inglese ...
mo divertitevi a puntualizzare gli errori
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Ciao
Elena 

 P.S. Besides, yesterday Jonny detected my connecting surprisingly fast.
Speravo di trovarlo in linea alla stessa ora della vostra chiacchierata
di ieri, ma oggi pomeriggio Jonny ha altro da fare.
:-))
A proposito, come ti chiami su Skpe?
Tschuess,
Enrico il Pentolaio.
P.S. su Skype continuo a chiamarmi come nel NG.

 it's up to you if you want to be informed by a message or no
...or not...
Tschuess,
Enrico il Pentolaio.

 it's up to you if you want to be informed by a message or no
...or not...
scappata tastiera
grazie
temevo peggio
Cioa
Elena 

 Cioa
ciao!
Tschuess,
Enrico il Pentolaio.

 P.S. su Skype continuo a chiamarmi come nel NG.
I see.
Ciao, FB
-- 
No point in crying over spilt husband.
(The Cheap Detective)

 I see.
Cosa succede quando si viene chiamati? Si sente dalle casse del
computer uno scampanellio cosicchè se chiudessi (non spegnessi, eh) il
pc portatile che sto adesso usando me ne accorgerei?
:-)
Tschuess,
Enrico il Pentolaio.

 :-)
Prezackly! (smiling face) It's only right, in my opinion.
Bye, FB
-- 
"Enjoying yourself, Elfine?"
"It's going to be such fun!"
"No, it's going to be amusing or diverting, not such fun, darling."
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 Prezackly! (smiling face) It's only right, in my opinion.
By the way, Jonny is online.
I'm afraid you're not.
:-/
Tschuess,
Enrico il Pentolaio.
News dell'ultimo minuto:
Orca boia, non me n'ero mica accorto che jonny mi aveva chiamato. Non
sono molto pratico con sto Skypo. :-)))
Anyway, now Jonnny is not online anylonger.

 non me n'ero mica accorto che jonny mi aveva chiamato.
Vabbe', ormai ho capito che è molto improbabile trovarsi
reciprocamente online per caso.
Che ne dite di fissare un orario per una prossima chiacchierata?
Domani pomeriggio, anche se è sabato, dovrei essere a casa.
Va bene per le 4.00 pm?
Tschuess,
Enrico il Pentolaio.

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It's fine for me. I'll be around anyway.
Bye, FB
-- 
"It sounds appalling!"
"Interesting and appalling. The others just sound appalling!"
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 Anyway, now Jonnny is not online anylonger.
It was a skypo...
Bye, FB
-- 
Nasalization is just a part of life.
(Joey DoWop Dee on it.cultura.linguistica.inglese)

 It's fine for me. I'll be around anyway.
Anyone else?
Jonny, can you join us at 4.00 pm?
Tschuess,
Enrico il Pentolaio.

 200 users at the same time,
Really?  OTAN, one of the agencies I work, for is planning to use it
for conference calls instead of the 800 number and they told me that
you can call four people.  That's what I alos read in the instructions.
 Scroll down to Conference Calls:
http://www.skype.com/products/
What's the 200 deal that you were taling about?  Maybe that's something
else.
bye
ari

Did you give us your ID?  Mine is gfcarrera.  Unfortuantely, I do not
have a microphone at this time.

 Jonny, can you join us at 4.00 pm?
As you live in Great Britain, your time would be 3.00 p.m.
Is that ok with you?
Tschuess,
Enrico il Pentolaio.
P.S. Any other from this NG is welcome.

this? What shall I say??". (smiling face)
I believe you greeted me with a whistle <g>

Is that ok with you?
Should be! I've a couple of jobs on but hopefully I'll be back by
then.

 then.
Bene, allora ti aspettiamo!
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I didn't remember, but yes, I did! I think I wasn't that confident that
you'd be hearing me.
Bye, FB
-- 
Una volta ho comprato un salmone all'Ikea.
Sono arrivato a casa.
Era da montare.
(citato da Alessandro "Il Patriarca" Valli su
it.cultura.linguistica.italiano)