Comment Re:Oblig.... (Score 1) 271
Of-course someone might argue that needing the shift key is really another keypress, but they're probably emacs users...
Of-course someone might argue that needing the shift key is really another keypress, but they're probably emacs users...
even with multiple arduinos, there's only so much you can do.
What about Arduino plus a propellor? http://www.xgamestation.com/view_product.php?id=51
Looks fun - wish there was more time to the day to play with these things...
You'd need to do some port-forwarding in each router (UDP 5060 + the RTP ports) and 'dial' the other site by IP address - it's not hard on the GXV phones and it saves setting up proxys/sip servers/asterisk, etc. If you set each phone to auto-answer then it's not hard to re-establish the link if it fails for whatever reason.
Failing that, if you want to be PC/Laptop based - look for Ekiga...
I use a combination of GXV3000 video phones, Ekiga and my Nokia N900 to make/take video calls from my family and in-laws, although I use an Asterisk server to co-ordinate everything and we don't stream 24/7!
Example of a bit of email they sent me:
Once again I am very sorry that you feel that I haven't been of service to you and that you feel really angry, upset and disappointed.
What I sent them: You haven't been of service to me and now I'm really angry, upset and dissapointed.
In response to their: Thank you for allowing us to be of service to you.
BTcare - what a joke.
A quick google finds this 50 million texts an hour sent in the UK:
The real contention starts when BT wholesale pass feed it into the retail ISPs - such as BT retail who have a grossly overloaded network.
But you get what you pay for. I pay for a business service and get 8Mb in and 800Kb out 24/7.
BT are many companies - BT retail - the ISP in this case is just one of over 100 ISPs who use the BT Wholesale network.
The BT wholesale network is actually relatively good - it's when BTW hand the data over to the retail ISP that things go wrong. BT retail in this case are a very large ISP, therefore have a lot of clout. They also have a grossly overloaded network.
So just pick another ISP that uses the BT wholesale network and you'll get an almost instantly better service.
In my case, I'm using software and configurations I first used in the early 90's - the underlying hardware has changed, buy my desktop still looks the same, email client is the same and so on... Sure, updated versions of them as the years have gone on, but it's essentially the same computer as far as I'm concerned.
Just like my great grandfathers axe - passed down the generations - over the years it's had a new shaft and head, but it's still my great grandfathers old axe...
I prefer imperial units. I know metric units are more simple and logical, but... "A pint's a pound the world around."
Pints are 20 oz where I am. Pounds are 16. Remind me to never order a pint of beer in your country.
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