Re: New Zealand connection, was Fw: Re: [libreoffice-users] now can Purchase a NA-DVD

2012-07-27 Thread Steve Edmonds
On 26/07/12 12:51 AM, webmaster-Kracked_P_P wrote: On 07/24/2012 10:34 AM, James Knott wrote: Russell Wilson wrote: try starting with something like 1/4 population of New York, 1000 times its surface area, and 1/4 of 1% of its financial worth First off, I was thinking of the international

Re: New Zealand connection, was Fw: Re: [libreoffice-users] now can Purchase a NA-DVD

2012-07-25 Thread webmaster-Kracked_P_P
On 07/24/2012 10:34 AM, James Knott wrote: Russell Wilson wrote: try starting with something like 1/4 population of New York, 1000 times its surface area, and 1/4 of 1% of its financial worth First off, I was thinking of the international trunks. Analog systems are so obsolete that it

Re: New Zealand connection, was Fw: Re: [libreoffice-users] now can Purchase a NA-DVD

2012-07-25 Thread webmaster-Kracked_P_P
On 07/24/2012 09:43 PM, Brian Barker wrote: At 09:16 24/07/2012 -0400, Tim Lungstrom wrote: Also the lag time for satellite can be up to 15 seconds from ground station through a satellite to the ground station. Oh dear: the speed of light must have decreased by a factor of 63 since I was at

Re: New Zealand connection, was Fw: Re: [libreoffice-users] now can Purchase a NA-DVD

2012-07-25 Thread Kaya Saman
On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 2:10 PM, webmaster-Kracked_P_P webmas...@krackedpress.com wrote: On 07/24/2012 09:43 PM, Brian Barker wrote: At 09:16 24/07/2012 -0400, Tim Lungstrom wrote: Also the lag time for satellite can be up to 15 seconds from ground station through a satellite to the ground

Re: New Zealand connection, was Fw: Re: [libreoffice-users] now can Purchase a NA-DVD

2012-07-25 Thread James Knott
webmaster-Kracked_P_P wrote: On 07/24/2012 09:43 PM, Brian Barker wrote: At 09:16 24/07/2012 -0400, Tim Lungstrom wrote: Also the lag time for satellite can be up to 15 seconds from ground station through a satellite to the ground station. Oh dear: the speed of light must have decreased by a

Re: New Zealand connection, was Fw: Re: [libreoffice-users] now can Purchase a NA-DVD

2012-07-25 Thread anne-ology
The connection we use in the northern hemisphere is different from that in the southern hemisphere; using satellites up here came after the cables were installed. [laid by U.S.-Britain ca. '40s] - when Steve Jobs had the idea of connecting the world's

Re: New Zealand connection, was Fw: Re: [libreoffice-users] now can Purchase a NA-DVD

2012-07-25 Thread James Knott
anne-ology wrote: why there cannot be a satellite for the southern hemisphere which speaks with the northern one [??? - is the $64,000 question;-) ] Actually, most satellites used for communications are geostationary and sit over the equator. Whether they look north or south

Re: New Zealand connection, was Fw: Re: [libreoffice-users] now can Purchase a NA-DVD

2012-07-25 Thread Mirosław Zalewski
On 25/07/2012 at 20:22, anne-ology lagin...@gmail.com wrote: - when Steve Jobs had the idea of connecting the world's communication, he used the existing cables, etc. ... Are you trying to say that Steve Jobs had anything to do with current world communication system? Internet maybe?

New Zealand connection, was Fw: Re: [libreoffice-users] now can Purchase a NA-DVD

2012-07-24 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Weird.  I assumed it was all done by satellites and that was why the connection to the outside world had such limited bandwidth and was so slow.  I remember a few years ago a ship in the meditteranean accidentally ripped up THE single cable connecting Asia to the rest of the world!  or

Re: New Zealand connection, was Fw: Re: [libreoffice-users] now can Purchase a NA-DVD

2012-07-24 Thread webmaster-Kracked_P_P
Mostly it is fiber/copper for world-wide communication. That underwater cable network is used for both phone and Internet communication, since phone systems not seem to be converted to digital to go through the cables to give more lines of communication between countries, i.e. more phone

Re: New Zealand connection, was Fw: Re: [libreoffice-users] now can Purchase a NA-DVD

2012-07-24 Thread Jay Lozier
of the cost of installing fiber cable. From: James Knott james.kn...@rogers.com To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Wednesday, 25 July 2012 1:57 AM Subject: Re: New Zealand connection, was Fw: Re: [libreoffice-users] now can Purchase a NA-DVD Tom Davies wrote

Re: New Zealand connection, was Fw: Re: [libreoffice-users] now can Purchase a NA-DVD

2012-07-24 Thread webmaster-Kracked_P_P
On 07/24/2012 10:02 AM, James Knott wrote: webmaster-Kracked_P_P wrote: That underwater cable network is used for both phone and Internet communication, since phone systems not seem to be converted to digital to go through the cables to give more lines of communication between countries

Re: New Zealand connection, was Fw: Re: [libreoffice-users] now can Purchase a NA-DVD

2012-07-24 Thread Tom Davies
...@krackedpress.com Subject: Re: New Zealand connection, was Fw: Re: [libreoffice-users] now can Purchase a NA-DVD To: users@global.libreoffice.org Date: Tuesday, 24 July, 2012, 15:35 On 07/24/2012 10:02 AM, James Knott wrote: webmaster-Kracked_P_P wrote: That underwater cable network is used for both phone

Re: New Zealand connection, was Fw: Re: [libreoffice-users] now can Purchase a NA-DVD

2012-07-24 Thread James Knott
webmaster-Kracked_P_P wrote: On 07/24/2012 10:02 AM, James Knott wrote: webmaster-Kracked_P_P wrote: That underwater cable network is used for both phone and Internet communication, since phone systems not seem to be converted to digital to go through the cables to give more lines of

Re: New Zealand connection, was Fw: Re: [libreoffice-users] now can Purchase a NA-DVD

2012-07-24 Thread Kaya Saman
On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 3:35 PM, webmaster-Kracked_P_P webmas...@krackedpress.com wrote: On 07/24/2012 10:02 AM, James Knott wrote: webmaster-Kracked_P_P wrote: That underwater cable network is used for both phone and Internet communication, since phone systems not seem to be converted to

Re: New Zealand connection, was Fw: Re: [libreoffice-users] now can Purchase a NA-DVD

2012-07-24 Thread James Knott
Tom Davies wrote: I think the distance between Australia and New Zealand is surprisingly large. Nothing like as close as i keep thinking it is. If Sarah Palin lived in NZ, she could see Australia from her home. ;-) -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to:

Re: New Zealand connection, was Fw: Re: [libreoffice-users] now can Purchase a NA-DVD

2012-07-24 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Going 'off-topic' in a thread like this is not a problem.  We are not trying to fix a set problem for a specific op.  It's just a chat.  I broke it out of the original question by forwarding it back to the list and i changed the subject-line so that people could filter it out quickly and

Re: New Zealand connection,was Fw: Re: [libreoffice-users] now can Purchase a NA-DVD

2012-07-24 Thread Anthony Easthope
:) --- On Tue, 24/7/12, Russell Wilson russwilso...@yahoo.com.au wrote: From: Russell Wilson russwilso...@yahoo.com.au Subject: Re: New Zealand connection, was Fw: Re: [libreoffice-users] now can Purchase a NA-DVD To: users@global.libreoffice.org users@global.libreoffice.org Date: Tuesday

Re: New Zealand connection, was Fw: Re: [libreoffice-users] now can Purchase a NA-DVD

2012-07-24 Thread Brian Barker
At 09:16 24/07/2012 -0400, Tim Lungstrom wrote: Also the lag time for satellite can be up to 15 seconds from ground station through a satellite to the ground station. Oh dear: the speed of light must have decreased by a factor of 63 since I was at school! Has someone told the scientific

Re: New Zealand connection, was Fw: Re: [libreoffice-users] now can Purchase a NA-DVD

2012-07-24 Thread James Knott
Brian Barker wrote: Also the lag time for satellite can be up to 15 seconds from ground station through a satellite to the ground station. Oh dear: the speed of light must have decreased by a factor of 63 since I was at school! Has someone told the scientific community? Probably some

Re: New Zealand connection, was Fw: Re: [libreoffice-users] now can Purchase a NA-DVD

2012-07-24 Thread Tom Davies
have gotten lazy over the years!  Lol Regards from Tom :)  --- On Wed, 25/7/12, James Knott james.kn...@rogers.com wrote: From: James Knott james.kn...@rogers.com Subject: Re: New Zealand connection, was Fw: Re: [libreoffice-users] now can Purchase a NA-DVD To: users@global.libreoffice.org Date