Hey! LV Philosophy Club! Request for conversation.

LeonMire · Post by **LeonMire** » December 23rd, 2007, 10:32 am

I'm in Central Standard Time.

ductapeguy · Post by **ductapeguy** » December 23rd, 2007, 11:50 am

D.E. Have you considered a Skypecast? Then you can have more people than 9 in on the conversation, and you have some moderator controls-- You can control who can talk at any given time.

jimmowatt · Post by **jimmowatt** » December 23rd, 2007, 11:58 am

Robert Scott wrote:dtg ......

I downloaded and installed skype but in testing the audio quality ... it is choppy and distorted ....
Any tweaks you can recommend ?
Linux FC7 OS and a Samson condenser mic

It's a huge resource hog so one thing that helps is to close down as many other applications as possible.
Also, its quality is quite variable.
Try it another time and it'll be completely different.

d.e.wittkower · Post by **d.e.wittkower** » January 3rd, 2008, 10:37 am

Ok, here's the list:

1. Hugh

2. Gesine

3. Kirsten

4. Leon

5. Robert Scott

6. CarlManchester

7. ductapeguy

8. TTM

9. Jim Mowatt

Please let me know if you might be free

tomorrow, Jan. 4th, sometime or other between 16:00 and 19:00 GMT
or
Sunday, Jan. 6th, sometime or other between 16:00 and 19:00 GMT

If either of those works for most of us, we'll just go for it, and I'll talk individually with those unable to call in. If neither of those works for most of us, I guess we'll try for next weekend.

Please also feel free to give me a call to test your sound and do a bit of pre-chat chat! I'm on Skype as "D.E. Wittkower" or "d.e.wittkower" (not sure which, possibly both).

Gesine · Post by **Gesine** » January 3rd, 2008, 11:00 am

I can do both dates.

jimmowatt · Post by **jimmowatt** » January 3rd, 2008, 4:34 pm

I can almost certainly do both dates

CarlManchester · Post by **CarlManchester** » January 3rd, 2008, 4:41 pm

Can't do tomorrow, but could prob do Sunday.

Cheers,
Carl.

d.e.wittkower · Post by **d.e.wittkower** » January 4th, 2008, 8:54 am

Ok, I think we'll shoot for later on, on Sunday. Hoping still to hear from the rest of y'all!

LeonMire · Post by **LeonMire** » January 4th, 2008, 10:09 am

There's a slight chance that I could do it on Sunday, but I wouldn't count on it. Sorry!

d.e.wittkower · Post by **d.e.wittkower** » January 5th, 2008, 1:36 pm

Ok. I guess lets try tomorrow at GMT 20:00. Maybe at least a few of us will be able to talk together.

As for the rest of us, if you've got a moment, try to catch me on Skype sometime over the next week. I'd like to speak with each of you whenever it's convenient for you, if you feel like it. I'll try to stay on Skype for most of the day over most of the next week.

Robert -- I don't have a way to record from Skype in podcast-quality. Also, I'd really like these conversations to be very informal and speaking "on the record" makes me, at least, a bit self-conscious. I'd like to help, but I don't think this particular conference call will be available for use. If you can make it for the call tomorrow, we can talk about the community podcast then! If not, drop me a line sometime over the week.

Gesine · Post by **Gesine** » January 6th, 2008, 12:11 pm

Oops, I think I got the time wrong - I'm an hour too late and nobody's online. Silly as my Skype is usually on, but for some reason not today.

Sorry! Happy to try another day.