Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: [Skype] Domenica alle 7 di sera

Hi all,
I guess I've been bothering you about the Skype thing for too long now, but 
I've found a way to avoid writing messages of this kind every week and I'm 
working on it (it's still a secret, though ;-) ).
Anyway, next Sunday, as usual, Larry and I (and also some other users of the 
NG) are going to meet on Skype at about 19.00 (Italy time) in order to have 
a conversation in English. Should any of you desire to join us, you can add 
my contact (my nickname is enrico_il_pentolaio) to your list and ask to be 
added to the conference on the fixed day.
For those who still don't have Skype, the software can be dowloaded freely 
from 
www.skype.com
 .
Tschüss,
Enrico il Pentolaio.
P.S. All English native speakers are greatly welcome!
--
"There are only two kinds of people who really are fascinating - people who 
know absolutely everything, and people who know absolutely nothing." (Oscar 
Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray) 

 I'm working on it (it's still a secret, though ;-) ).
A proposito, quelli che hanno partecipato alle conferenze precedenti, se 
controllano la loro casella di posta, dovrebbero trovare qualcosa di nuovo.
;-))
Tschüss,
Enrico il Pentolaio.
P.S. Non sono riuscito a trovare l'indirizzo e-mail di tutti i vari 
partecipanti, percio' se  non ricevete alcun messaggio vi sarei grato se mi 
inviaste il vostro indirizzo di posta elettronica o comunicandomelo  tramite 
Skype o scrivendomi una e-mail (togliendo TOGLIQUESTO dal mio indirizzo).
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 P.S. All English native speakers are greatly welcome!
Can I come just to listen to you speaking??? I'm much too insecure about my 
ability to afford an "english conversation" but I would love to listen, so 
would you please accept my presence as a mere listener?
Claudia 

 I'm much too insecure about my ability to afford an "english conversation"
Don't think that we're all that fluent in English!
;-))
Tschüss,
Enrico il Pentolaio.
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Just a question: to use skype is necessary an adsl connection or an
analogic could function  as well?
                                               Lorenzo

 analogic could function  as well?
Se non hai l'ADSL la vedo dura fare una conferenza con più persone (abbiamo 
già provato).
Per parlare con una sola persona puo' pero' andare bene, così come per 
mandare messaggi istantanei.
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 ;-))
my nickname is "jesuisemma", thank you!
Claudia. 

Grazie mille, lo temevo.
                  Lorenzo

 my nickname is "jesuisemma", thank you!
Thank you for having joined the conversation!
;-)
Tschüss,
Enrico il Pentolaio.
P.S. Cacchio, stasera all'inizio ho fatto veramente fatica a parlare in 
inglese. Poi ci ho preso un po' la mano e non ho avuto più
 problemi, ma inizialmente non riuscivo nemmeno a dire una frase senza 
ingarbugliarmi. :-/
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 ingarbugliarmi. :-/
Ti sei emozionato perchč c'era Claudia, eh?! Vecchio romanticone!!! :-P
-- 
I'm a Dream!!!
-
"prendila vitella, perchč vacca diventa comunque" (da icling) 

 Ti sei emozionato perchè c'era Claudia, eh?! Vecchio romanticone!!! :-P
Sta zitto tu! :-PPPPPP
:-DDDDDD
Tschüss,
Enrico il Pentolaio.
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 ;-)
oh, grazie a te... è stato divertente!
Cla. 

 oh, grazie a te... è stato divertente!
Oddio, se per te quello era divertente... :DD
No, davvero, di solito ci si diverte di più. Ieri ci sono stati un po' di 
problemi con alcuni utenti, percio' eravamo rimasti solo io te e l'americano 
a parlare, ma di solito qualcuno in più c'è sempre.
;-)
Tschüss,
Enrico il Pentolaio.
P.S. E poi alla fine hai parlato pure! :P
La prossima volta faccio parlare anche il Massy, che fa troppo il furbetto 
ultimamente. :-))))))
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ACK!!! I missed it!
If this is a continous meeting I will be there next Sunday!
 
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 If this is a continous meeting I will be there next Sunday!
May I have your Skype nickname, then?
Tschüss,
Enrico il Pentolaio.
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 l'americano a parlare, ma di solito qualcuno in piů c'č sempre.
io ho avuto un po' di problemi con l'audio, a momenti sentivo assai 
chiaramente, altre volte non mi arrivava quasi nulla (ma sempre molto 
distintamente la chitarra!).
Cla. 

 (ma sempre molto distintamente la chitarra!).
Beh, mi sembra giusto.
:-)))))
Tschüss,
Enrico il Pentolaio.
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Unfortunately, Skype doesn't run on my Windows 98, so I can never
participate. :>(
The new Miss USA, also from Tennessee, has a brother in the US Navy
who is stationed in Naples, Italy (where I also spent a few years, but
in the Army). She said she might be visiting Italy to see him. Maybe
you could go along as her interpreter, and maybe even fill in for her
when she's busy visiting the city with her brother.  :>)
It seems to me that Claudia is under a lot of pressure if she's the
only female in these Skype sessions. I think she would be relieved to
hear another female voice. And I don't have to tell you what the
reaction of the guys would be.
Joe from Massachusetts

 participate. :>(
Move to Linux.
Grab a live distro iso (like Knoppix, Mepis, Ubuntu or Kubuntu, to name 
a few [1]), burn it onto a CD or DVD, boot your PC from CD and enter 
the brave new world of penguin lovers.
If you like what you see [2] you can install it on your hard disk [3], 
side by side with Windows (a boot manager [4] will let you choose the 
OS to boot at startup). Tre lines of code in a console window will 
install Skype for Linux.
Let me know if you need more infos [5].
Installing Linux has become so easy, it's almost no use bragging about 
it.
cheers,
Peltio
[1] 
www.distrowatch.com
[2] Here, take a peek: 
http://shots.osdir.com/
[3] You don't even need to wipe your hard disk and create a separate 
empty partition for it (although that would be advisable). Some distro 
allow installation into a windows folder.
[4] GRUB is nice. Mepis and knoppix will install it automatically 
before exiting the installation procedure.
[5] Google + "installing"+ $Linuxdistroname -> solution.
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Invalid address in reply-to. Crafty demunging required to mail me.
(Hint: use peltio at despammed dot com)

participate. :>(
Windows 98!? that is so.. 98 :) XP is miles better, but I guess if
you're still using that, you have an old machine. 

"jonny" <j...@jj.jj> wrote in message
news:i6dv42h1p6sotskan...@4ax.com...
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Old is not the word. P233, 256M Ram. Anything slower would not allow
me to view streaming video. It won't support a DVD burner. I will have
to change over to XP, since more and more new software won't run on
W98 (Adobe Acrobat, Symantec, M$ Office, etc.). I'd need a machine at
least twice as fast, with twice as much Ram. One of these days.
I remember how hard it was to say good-bye to my old 286 and 386
motherboards. I still have them in the basement, awaiting an
auspicious day for a proper burial.
You can't turn your motherboard out into the street, just because
she's old and no longer useful.    :>)
Joe from Massachusetts


actually Skype, or at least some versions of it, can run on W98.
I've got an old PC with W98 and Skype and runs, even if there are some minor 
problems (for example, the PC freezes for some 30 seconds when I start the 
program). Maybe you could give it a try.
Lorenzo

 wrote in message
news:e2ot87$s7p$1...@nnrp-beta.newsland.it...
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I know the latest version of Skype states that it doesn't run on W98.
Maybe I'll try to find an older version, and hope that it works.
Joe from Massachusetts

 And I don't have to tell you what the reaction of the guys would be.
Eh!
:-)))
Tschüss,
Enrico il Pentolaio.
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"Lorents" ha scritto nel messaggio:
[CUT]
Are you still interested to attend our conferences?
I think you added me to your contacts some time ago, but we never really 
talked.
Let me know!
Tschüss,
Enrico il Pentolaio.
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 Old is not the word. P233, 256M Ram.
Ok.
Next Sunday we'll start collecting some money for your new computer.
:-))))
Tschüss,
Enrico il Pentolaio.
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Don't forget, it has to be a laptop, 17" screen, Intel Centrino CPU  >
1.5Ghz, Soundblaster-compatible sound, ATI Mobility X1800 graphics,
512M Ram, RJ45 and wireless G capability, DVD burner, and a modem in
case I have to use a dial-up. Of course I'll need XP Pro, Adobe
Acrobat 7.0 Pro, NIS 2006, MS Office 2003, and a few others I'll let
you know about later.
Joe from Massachusetts

 you know about later.
Well, I guess by 2010 we will have collected enough money. If you have 
patience, you'll certainly be given your laptop.
:-))))
Anyway, as for your present computer, I've found a couple of links on Skype 
forum you might be interested to have a look at:
http://snipurl.com/pqxa
http://snipurl.com/pqxc
You can try and dowload version 1.4 in order to see if it works.
Tschüss,
Enrico il Pentolaio.
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wrote:
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Let's start the ball rolling, I'll chip in the screws! 

 :-))))
That reminds me of some of the larger cafés I used to frequent in
downtown Naples. In a bar where you would expect one or possibly two
bartenders at most, there would be four or five bartenders. On the bar
would be a huge glass jar, containing hundreds of 10-lira coins and
other small coins. You paid the cashier when you ordered, and you got
a receipt, which you placed on the bar, with a 5-, 10-, or 20-lire
coin placed on top of it. It was protocol that you had to put some
kind of coin down as a tip. Service was quick, and most of the
customers were in and out in a few minutes. The bartenders depended to
a large extent on the tips in that huge glass jar, and the customers
realized that. In the very large cafés probably 500 to 1000 people
stopped in for a quick coffee during the day, and that can add up. It
wasn't a lot of money, but better than not working at all.
So, if everyone would just put a "diecina" aside in a glass jar every
time they log onto their email, we might be able to meet that 2010
deadline.
Porca miseria, avevo dimenticato, non c'è più la lira. Allora come
facciamo?  :>)
Joe from Massachusetts

 facciamo?  :>)
Eh già.
Le soluzioni sono due:
1) Usiamo centesimi di euro, evitando le monetine da 1,2,5 centesimi, che 
tanto non le usa nessuno ormai perchè i prezzi sono quasi tutti "tondi" 
(5.50, 5.90 e non 5.63, 6.98 come invece si divertono a fare in Gran 
Bretagna)
2) Votiamo in massa il comitato anti euro, che era in lista anche alle 
ultime elezioni politiche, sperando che torni la lira (?????).
Anyway, did you manage to install Skype on your computer? You shouldn't have 
problems with version 1.4, as I told you yesterday.
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 I guess I've been bothering you about the Skype thing for too long now...
La conferenza c'è anche questa domenica alla stessa ora, ovviamente. Non c'è 
bisogno di aprire un nuovo thread ogni volta, dato che ormai chi è 
interessato a partecipare sa già tutto. Al massimo scrivero' un topic nuovo 
ogni due settimane.
;-)
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 coin placed on top of it.
Really?
Here those jars, which were quite common till a few years ago,
contained
coins meant to be given to poor people or destined to some scientific
research against incurable illnesses. I haven't seen them around for a
while, so I guess they're no longer in use.  I always doubted, though,
whether that money would really be donated to charity and not to the
employees of the shop.
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The jars, which might more accurately be described as huge brandy
snifters, were not intended as repositories for money for charitable
organizations, nor were they represented as such. In Naples, jobs were
scarce, and the proprietor of the bar hired more bartenders than he
needed, with the understanding that most of their pay would have to
come from tips. The local customers, mostly working people, also knew
that every time they laid a "diecina" on the bar, which was
immediately tossed into the container by the bartender, they were
helping to pay the meagre salaries of the bartenders.
Joe from Massachusetts

 Let me know!
yes, yes, I'm still interested! The only thing is that every time you had a 
meeting either I was busy or I had forgotten it... :-((
Maybe next time I'll make it.
Lorenzo

 Maybe next time I'll make it.
Ok, allora nel caso domenica sera ti trovassi online, ti chiamo o ti mando 
un messaggio.
Era giusto per sapere se eri ancora interessato o meno.
;-)
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