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

       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
communication, he used the existing cables, etc. ...
            why there cannot be a satellite for the southern hemisphere
which speaks with the northern one  [??? - is the $64,000 question  ;-) ]

       BUT those in the southern hemisphere should be better off than us up
here if either (1) these hackers are able to somehow knock out the
satellite and/or if (2) some asteroid [or whatever] knocks it out.



On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 7:44 AM, Tom Davies <tomdavies04@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

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 Mediterranean accidentally ripped
> up THE single cable connecting Asia to the rest of the world!  or least the
> middle-east(ish) part of Asia.  Tons of people were having serious problems
> with speed chess (less than 5min for an entire game).
>
> Regards from
> Tom :)
>
>
>
>
> From: Anthony Easthope <antisocky@myopera.com>
> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] now can Purchase a NA-DVD
> To: users@global.libreoffice.org
> Date: Tuesday, 24 July, 2012, 10:38
>
> I was doing some reading about New Zealand's connection to the world and
> it turns out we down under tap into some underwater fiber cable and that
> the Government for some reason hires it from the US government, anyway
> somewhere in the agreement it mentions that NZ can't exceed a certain
> limit otherwise it would cook the service or something like that, anyway
> I am writing this in a hurry as some one else wants the Mac so ill see
> if i can post the link at a later date!
>
> On Sun, 22 Jul 2012, at 02:06 PM, Tom Davies wrote:
> > Hi again (sorry for the double-posting)  :)
> >
> > The issue about New Zealand's connection to the rest of the world cropped
> > up years ago in Ubuntu.  I think either Universities there or the
> > authorities or someone ran a big hosting site to mirror "the essentials"
> > and somehow Ubuntu managed to get mirrored on that.  Server-to-server
> > 'up'-loading (or is it downloading or cross-loading?) should be far
> > faster than going through a domestic route!
> >
> > I think the Ubuntu crowd discussed posting physical media to get the bulk
> > done more easily.
> > Regards from
> > Tom :)
> >
> >
> >
> > From: webmaster-Kracked_P_P <webmaster@krackedpress.com>
> > Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] now can Purchase a NA-DVD
> > To: users@global.libreoffice.org
> > Date: Saturday, 21 July, 2012, 23:18
> >
> >
> > DO you have a broadband Internet connection?  The .iso file is listed
> > here.
> > http://www.libreoffice.org/download/?type=box&version=3.5.5
> > If you do not have broadband connection, there should be a way for you to
> > get a copy from some source.  I have shipped one to Malta from the USA,
> > but do not like to spend my own money on shipping, most of the time.
> >
> > ----------
> >
> > Here is a link to the Online version of the DVD. [actually to the Install
> > page]
> > http://libreoffice-na.us/English-3.5-installs/install.html
> >
> > Browse this site and you will find all of the files and such on the DVD.
> > The online site tends to get updated more often than the physical media
> > or the .iso file does, but still it will give you a look at the DVD.
> >
> > Right now, the only real updates to the online version [same as the
> > physical one really] is the fact that there are 2 more chapters in Draw
> > online than the one that can be bought or the .iso file to be downloaded.
> >
> > Mostly there are the documentation, the 180+ dictionaries, the
> > extensions, templates, artwork, the extra free packages, etc., etc..  I
> > did not fee that a DVD should contain only the basic install files for
> > LibreOffice.  That would be a waste of a DVD. So it got filled with a lot
> > of things that I [and others] thought a user might want to have with
> > him/her on a DVD so that they did not have to go looking for it
> > elsewhere.  I must have 99% of the dictionaries that can work with
> > LibreOffice, unless you get them via any language packages, like you need
> > for a Linux install.
> >
> > <http://www.libreoffice.org/download/?type=box&version=3.5.5>
> > On 07/21/2012 05:44 PM, Anthony Easthope wrote:
> > > I am curious as to what the 2gb of extras contain! I am considering
> > > purchasing a dvd but not sure if it is able to be shipped to New
> Zealand
> > > if it could that would be great!
> > >
> > > On Sat, 21 Jul 2012, at 04:07 AM, Fabian Rodriguez wrote:
> > > > On 07/20/2012 10:08 AM, webmaster-Kracked_P_P wrote:
> > > > > Thanks to Drew, we now have a service that will "print-on-demand" a
> > > > > copy of the LibreOffice North American Community DVD - version 3.5.5.
> > > > >
> > > > > Here is a link for a direct retail page:
> > > > > http://kunaki.com/sales.asp?PID=PX00B1FF2L
> > > > > **Kunaki handles all the payment collection.**
> > > > [...]
> > > >
> > > > Well done, Drew! I had been researching manufacturers, this is the
> same
> > > > used by Raphael Hertzog to distribute his Debian remix:
> > > > http://raphaelhertzog.com/products/debian-cd-dvd/
> > > >
> > > > I had that in my personal ToDo for a while
> > > > (http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/User:MagicFab/LibODVD#ToDo), glad
> > > > you're validating it. If/when you have a sample of what they ship,
> it'd
> > > > be important to have pictures. I'll order one to carry it and use as a
> > > > demo. I plan to finish my local design and use the same ship by
> > > > september.
> > > >
> > > > Cheers,
> > > >
> > > > Fabian Rodriguez
> > > > http://libreoffice.magicfab.ca

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