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Just found out about Skype.com They have a free video calling website.
I downloaded it and connected up with HoekemanX over in the Netherlands.
Worked just fine. I have a webcam etc and it was easy to get everything going. If anyone wants to talk with me on that system my "name" is "randydance062449". The Skype service is free. They also have conference calling, up to a max of 5 at a time I think but have not used that feature yet.
Randy Tuttle
Skype is great tool... I have it on my PC, but I don't have the headset.
Nenad
Randy forgot to mention that I look like the proverbial "s$%t" at 5 am in the morning. (ly i is beta version 2.0 for the video option as well).
Theo, next time set the chat with Randy in 09.00 GMT, and see how he likes it!
Happy Holidays,
Nenad
I am guessing he would not mind and just have some extra coffee! :-)
Get that headset and webcam!
OK, I will bite... what time is that for me? I am in CST (Chicago)
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Originally Posted by superfly
CST difference from the Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) is -6 hrs. prty late :)
GMT is World Time and the basis of every world time zone which sets the time of day and is at the centre of the time zone map. GMT sets current time or official time around the globe. Most time changes are measured by GMT. Although GMT has been replaced by atomic time (UTC) it is still widely regarded as the correct time for every international time zone.
Nenad
Randy is already trying to prove you wrong Nenad. :-)
Randy, I've never used Skype with video. My use has been mainly in business to carry out conferences internationally.
Although this is certainly so, I carry on international telephone calls all the time and nobody thinks in terms of GMT. We simply say "my time" or "your time" or "Tokyo time" etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by superfly
Although GMT is pretty much of an absolute standard, using it just involves another step, converting to GMT. I'll just look up the other person's time on one of the available online sources and not worry about it. It takes into consideration such things as adjustments for day light savings etc., which would just complicate things.
Standard means just that, standard. There is no need converting to it. I just know that my time is GMT+1. I also know all major cities time zones, so it makes it easy to deal with. For example, I didn't know about CST until I found this forum, and saw Lynn's first chat invitation... Also, in the User CP panel at this forum, you adjust your time zone according to the GMT. Poor Russians, their country spans across 11 time zones! I also don't like USA markings AM and PM, although in verbal comunication we use them here too. After 12.00 we also say one-thirty... But in writen, we always use 24 hours.Quote:
Originally Posted by Joe Lerch
Nenad, 15.50 GMT
It's impossible for me to remember all the time zones I deal with, so if I agreed to call someone at 10am their time I would have to look up what that would be in GMT. With all due respect to the standard, I need convenience someone, and I'm not going to look up what 10am is in GMT (and worry about whether or not they have daylight savings) and then force the other guy to do the same. It's easier just to go directly between the two times.
It was really cool to put a voice and face to Theo (HoekemanX). Now he is a real person to me and he in turn can tell you how badly I need a haircut!:)
Next we have to make some low res videos for the new guys showing how we hone, strop and shave. Demonstrate lapping a hone and using a handheld microscope. How to whip up some lather and apply it, etc.
When I get my new video camera I will be having some fun with this stuff!:)
Thanks for the positive feedback, glad I left the lights off! :)
It seems like Randy is a gentle Nightcrawler as I am .....
Treatment for the other addiction will be obtaind today!
So fly and rob now have joined the illustrous skype community ... who is next? :D
How about some Hi-Rez vid's for the not so new guys :cry:Quote:
Originally Posted by randydance062449