O/T- for the 'technically enhanced'
Submitted: Wednesday, Feb 20, 2008 at 08:52
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Member -Signman
About 10 years ago I could walk thru a Harvey Norman store- or read a techo. magazine and had a fair handle as to what was going on..
Lately, however, it's all just going thru to the keeper..I just can't seem to get into the 21 century..
A few terminologies someone might help me with !!
Skype??
Podcast??
Bluetooth??
BlueRay??
Blackberry??
Blog??
If you could keep it to single syllable for a simple person like me.
There may even be others out there who may not be up to speed with the new speak- like me- to add to the list??
Thanks in advance
Reply By: Footloose - Wednesday, Feb 20, 2008 at 09:07
Wednesday, Feb 20, 2008 at 09:07
Blog...a personal load of codswallop on a web page
Podcast...same but via a downloadable file
Bluetooth...method of transferring data between not connected devices
Blackberry..kinda like a mini laptop without the hard bits
Bluetooth...all fierce pirates have at least one .
Hey, I obviously have "small" gaps in my techo knowledge :)
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Follow Up By: Member -Signman - Wednesday, Feb 20, 2008 at 09:11
Wednesday, Feb 20, 2008 at 09:11
I'm still 'dipping the valves' in the Kenwood 520 !!
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Follow Up By: Footloose - Wednesday, Feb 20, 2008 at 09:23
Wednesday, Feb 20, 2008 at 09:23
Everyone told me that Valves and Morse Code were dead. Now I hear more Morse, and people have found that valves are still good in linears and audio amps.
When will some
bright tech company work out the old saying about throwing the baby out with the bathwater?
How the heck was I to know that modern phones use fingernail technology for heavens sake? (that's after I put my glasses on to find it !)
Still, most kids behind the counter get a shock to hear that I've been using puters longer than they've been alive :))
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Reply By: _gmd_pps - Wednesday, Feb 20, 2008 at 10:07
Wednesday, Feb 20, 2008 at 10:07
You guys forgot BlueRay
BlueRay is a new high density DVD standard from Sony for high definition video recording/distribution and higher capacity data recording. One Blueray disc has roughly 50GB capacity.
Panasonic has developed a competing system
here is a link
http://panasonic.com.au/products/information.cfm?detailsID=283&contextID=3511
Blackberry is a telephone made for roaming and email exchange and is quite old (not so in Australia) ..
Bluetoth is a wireless data transmission protocoll for short distances and low power transmitters (mouse to laptop, phone to headphone etc etc )
the others were explained already a bit better
have fun
gmd
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Follow Up By: Member -Signman - Wednesday, Feb 20, 2008 at 10:55
Wednesday, Feb 20, 2008 at 10:55
Thanks mate
Does Bluetooth have a 'frequency' as such ??
Would a bluetooth set up in (say) my car have any interference or impact on a bluetooth set up in a car next to me??
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Follow Up By: hl - Wednesday, Feb 20, 2008 at 11:59
Wednesday, Feb 20, 2008 at 11:59
Works on 2.4Ghz, very low power. Devices are "paired" before they talk to each other. Does have some security features so people can't connect at random. Works quite
well. It is amazing how many devices use the 2.4Ghz spectrum now... From Microwave ovens to Wireless networking, Bluetooth, even Radio Control models.......
Cheers
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Follow Up By: Member - Pedro the One (QLD) - Wednesday, Feb 20, 2008 at 12:41
Wednesday, Feb 20, 2008 at 12:41
>It is amazing how many devices use the 2.4Ghz spectrum now... From Microwave ovens to Wireless networking, Bluetooth, <
Does that mean that I can ring up my Microwave on my nextG phone ???
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Follow Up By: hl - Wednesday, Feb 20, 2008 at 13:14
Wednesday, Feb 20, 2008 at 13:14
not as such
(phones are not at 2.4Ghz)
But you can surely stop a lot of these gadgets working when you turn on your Microwave oven, especially if it's an older, slightly leaky one.
Cheers
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Follow Up By: Member - Dunworkin (WA) - Wednesday, Feb 20, 2008 at 14:01
Wednesday, Feb 20, 2008 at 14:01
"But you can surely stop a lot of these gadgets working when you turn on your Microwave oven, especially if it's an older, slightly leaky one".
Or if the gadgets are actually in the Microwave and you hit the button...LOL
Cheers
D
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Follow Up By: Mike Harding - Wednesday, Feb 20, 2008 at 17:53
Wednesday, Feb 20, 2008 at 17:53
>Or if the gadgets are actually in the Microwave and you hit the button...LOL
Try that with a light globe :)
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Follow Up By: Member - Dunworkin (WA) - Wednesday, Feb 20, 2008 at 18:05
Wednesday, Feb 20, 2008 at 18:05
Hi Mike, Know some-one who actually hid the car keys in their Microwave and forgot about them, wasn't looking when later putting babies bottle in there to heaten up, hit the button and guess what, car keys kaput LOL
Cheers
D
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Follow Up By: Member - Mike DID - Wednesday, Feb 20, 2008 at 18:12
Wednesday, Feb 20, 2008 at 18:12
All these digital modes on 2.4GHz use spread-spectrum coding which allows multiple signals to share the same bandwidth.
My laptop is accessing the Internet Router in my house using WiFi while it's sync'ing my PDA using Bluetooth and I'm talking on my Cordless Phone.
All three devices are operating on 2.4GHz - isn't digital coding wonderful - when it works !
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