NDRU said:

Skype has always looked terrible to me.

You might as well be looking at a still picture of the person you're talking to.

I agree. I may delete it before tonight's over. I NEVER liked it. My brother convinced me to use it but if I need to communicate with him and other family members, I got Facebook for that.

Timmy84 said:

Serious said:

Timmy84 said:

I agree. I may delete it before tonight's over. I NEVER liked it. My brother convinced me to use it but if I need to communicate with him and other family members, I got Facebook for that.

You mean the fb chat? I never liked that one at all. And you can only type and not talk or am I missing anything?

Oh I never go on no Facebook chat...least I haven't in a while and I only chatted with three folks, none of them family members.

Timmy84 said:

Serious said:

Timmy84 said:

Oh I never go on no Facebook chat...least I haven't in a while and I only chatted with three folks, none of them family members.

So how do you communicate on fb? By reading the status updates and commenting on them?

Basically.

Timmy84 said:

Serious said:

Timmy84 said:

Basically.

But that is totally different to talking with Skype .

Why would I wanna go on Skype anyway? It's hard to load up and it eats up memory so I hardly use it. When I had it as part of the Start Menu, it slowed things up on my computer as far as starting it up.

Timmy84 said:

Serious said:

Timmy84 said:

Why would I wanna go on Skype anyway? It's hard to load up and it eats up memory so I hardly use it. When I had it as part of the Start Menu, it slowed things up on my computer as far as starting it up.

I use it to talk for free with friends instead of paying for hours of phonecalls .

It's a great idea, it just seems the video part of it is useless.

Serious said:

Timmy84 said:

Why would I wanna go on Skype anyway? It's hard to load up and it eats up memory so I hardly use it. When I had it as part of the Start Menu, it slowed things up on my computer as far as starting it up.

I use it to talk for free with friends instead of paying for hours of phonecalls .

In addition, Skype is a great way for professional organizations to conduct interviews and other business over long distances. For instance, some academic associations such as the Modern Language Assoc or the American Philosophical Assoc hold annual conferences which feature "job fairs" of sorts where most of the job interviews for the entire respective profession are conducted. These conferences draw thousands of people, most of whom will travel to the conference by air. Air travel is destroying our planet. Skype is an excellent alternative.

Take a look at this: http://rabble.ca/news/201...ing-planet

Something to keep in mind if you are in the habit of jetsetting around the country to see Prince (or for any other nonessential reason). I certainly have misgivings about flying to Germany this summer.

NDRU said:

strmn said:

NDRU said:

Serious said:

Timmy84 said: I use it to talk for free with friends instead of paying for hours of phonecalls .

It's a great idea, it just seems the video part of it is useless.

I agree. Plus we still call on the phone lol

Joyinrepatition said:

Enough of this talk of mutual tugging... i find skype is a fantastic way to keep in touch with your family when your working away from home, especially when you've got small kids..time to find something else me thinks!....

10 Best Skype Alternatives

Exactly. Skype is also useful for international calls, which is THE only thing that some people cannot do on my cellphone in the USA.

OnlyNDaUsa said:

Plantation?

I am sorry I am not liking the comparison of MS to slavery. It is pretty insensitive to the men and woman that lived that life and to the millions of people currently living as slaves around the world.

Oh really? Well, too bad!

I'm a proud Linux user and I make absolutely no apologies for calling the Microsoft Corporation for what they have become from a business standpoint: a freaking plantation! And quite frankly, I've been fed up with way Microsoft overprice their softwares (especially Vista) without even bother to make sure it's stable. And if William Gates & Microsoft thinks that some people are going to remain loyal slaves.......oops, I mean loyal customers because they think there are no proper alternatives to Microsoft Windows then they are sadly mistaken.

Some of the Linux distros (especially Ubuntu & Linux Mint) are more user-friendly then ever. As long as more people are willing to educate themselves about Linux, they can also turn their backs on Windows as well. Just wait and see.

As for Skype, Microsoft only wanted to buy that company out just so they can create their own commercial Skype-clone and then the real Skype will no longer exist. The whole process is nothing but a war on freewares, plain and simple.

TonyVanDam said:

OnlyNDaUsa said:

Plantation?

I am sorry I am not liking the comparison of MS to slavery. It is pretty insensitive to the men and woman that lived that life and to the millions of people currently living as slaves around the world.

Oh really? Well, too bad!

Timmy84 said:

Serious said:

Timmy84 said: But that is totally different to talking with Skype .

Why would I wanna go on Skype anyway? It's hard to load up and it eats up memory so I hardly use it. When I had it as part of the Start Menu, it slowed things up on my computer as far as starting it up.

i've never experienced it slowing down my pc

maybe you have too little memory installed

you can stop any program from running when your pc is booting

by typing msconfig in the search command line . then click on 'startup' and uncheck the box behind it

i use skype for international calls and i think it's great

[Edited 5/12/11 2:53am]

Serious said:

Dewrede said:

so ?

what's wrong with microsoft ?

just the fact that they're a multinational ?

who says it won't remain freeware

[Edited 5/11/11 8:13am]

I hope it does.

me too

strmn said:

Serious said:

Timmy84 said: I use it to talk for free with friends instead of paying for hours of phonecalls .

In addition, Skype is a great way for professional organizations to conduct interviews and other business over long distances. For instance, some academic associations such as the Modern Language Assoc or the American Philosophical Assoc hold annual conferences which feature "job fairs" of sorts where most of the job interviews for the entire respective profession are conducted. These conferences draw thousands of people, most of whom will travel to the conference by air. Air travel is destroying our planet. Skype is an excellent alternative.

Take a look at this: http://rabble.ca/news/201...ing-planet

Something to keep in mind if you are in the habit of jetsetting around the country to see Prince (or for any other nonessential reason). I certainly have misgivings about flying to Germany this summer.

climate change hoax

http://www.infowars.com/c...e-century/

[Edited 5/12/11 3:00am]

Dewrede said:

strmn said:

Take a look at this: http://rabble.ca/news/201...ing-planet

Something to keep in mind if you are in the habit of jetsetting around the country to see Prince (or for any other nonessential reason). I certainly have misgivings about flying to Germany this summer.

climate change hoax

http://www.infowars.com/c...e-century/

[Edited 5/12/11 3:00am]

Deniers of climate change are on a par with deniers of evolution (i.e. creationists).

strmn said:

Dewrede said:

climate change hoax

http://www.infowars.com/c...e-century/

[Edited 5/12/11 3:00am]

Deniers of climate change are on a par with deniers of evolution (i.e. creationists).

climate change seems to be true, it is the man made part that is the hoax. And there is NOTHING at all contradictory with evolution as we know it and some form of creationism.

OnlyNDaUsa said:

strmn said:

Deniers of climate change are on a par with deniers of evolution (i.e. creationists).

climate change seems to be true, it is the man made part that is the hoax. And there is NOTHING at all contradictory with evolution as we know it and some form of creationism.

There is almost universal agreement in the scientific community that the climate change that is now upon us and whose effects (hurricanes, tornadoes, tsunamis, extinction of species, and so on) we now face is human made.

Two things don't need to be contradictory for one of them to be false.

This site sure knows how to venture off topic.

Anyways some folks think the move was a good one.

I think there was talk earlier this year that Skype and Microsoft were in deals to have Microsoft own it. Reminds me of when MySpace bought IMEEM lol

Dewrede said:

Serious said:

Dewrede said: I hope it does.

me too

If Microsoft don't suddenly go into "you gotta pay to update your service", then it won't. However, I read somewhere that when you do VIDEOS, you may get ads on the right of the Skype box (like Yahoo).

NDRU said:

Skype has always looked terrible to me.

You might as well be looking at a still picture of the person you're talking to.

I've never had a problem with it freezing on me.

JustErin said:

NDRU said:

Skype has always looked terrible to me.

You might as well be looking at a still picture of the person you're talking to.

I've never had a problem with it freezing on me.

You must have a really good computer. I think it freezes on XP (Luckily the few times I did video chats, it didn't freeze but it was slow a little bit) sometimes IDK.

strmn said:

Dewrede said:

climate change hoax

http://www.infowars.com/c...e-century/

[Edited 5/12/11 3:00am]

Deniers of climate change are on a par with deniers of evolution (i.e. creationists).

google 'climate change hoax' and you'll find thousands of hits

there's many scientists that despute the manmade climate change theory

the earth's temperature has been rising throughout the centuries

to assume the latests century's climate change is manmade is naive and pompous

there's tons of money made with those lies too

'climate change' sells

but it appears so many of you are willing to believe anything that's forced down your throats

despite evidence that desputes all that crap they're feeding you

there's really no comparison whatsoever with the creatonalist theory

anyone who believes an imaginitive superior being created mankind like how it's been described in the bible is mentally challenged

[Edited 5/12/11 9:51am]

OnlyNDaUsa said:

strmn said:

Deniers of climate change are on a par with deniers of evolution (i.e. creationists).

climate change seems to be true, it is the man made part that is the hoax. And there is NOTHING at all contradictory with evolution as we know it and some form of creationism.

exactly

Timmy84 said:

Dewrede said:

me too

If Microsoft don't suddenly go into "you gotta pay to update your service", then it won't. However, I read somewhere that when you do VIDEOS, you may get ads on the right of the Skype box (like Yahoo).

i'll never pay for it

i haven't tried video chat with skype yet , i use msn or yahoo msg for video chatting

i'm curious to know if it'll freeze up my pc

i'll try it out

Dewrede said:

Timmy84 said:

If Microsoft don't suddenly go into "you gotta pay to update your service", then it won't. However, I read somewhere that when you do VIDEOS, you may get ads on the right of the Skype box (like Yahoo).

i'll never pay for it

i haven't tried video chat with skype yet , i use msn or yahoo msg for video chatting

i'm curious to know if it'll freeze up my pc

i'll try it out

If you wonder about it freezing up, don't do it lol