December 8, 2006 at 10:17 pm
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I have spent a frustrating amount of time trying softphones for use with SIP.
There are not many SIP resources available because it is still not widely used. Skype is the main competitor to SIP and Skype is roaring away (thanks to its ability to get around firewalls and an excellent marketing team). If you want to use SIP, here is a list of softphones. If you know of a softphone not on this list, please contact me.
The features of the programs vary considerably.
There are many services which tie you to using their SIP service. These include:
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December 3, 2006 at 7:10 pm
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I don't know where I found this list many years ago, but it just resurfaced from the depths of my hard drive. It shows the frequency of letters from the Roman Alphabet used in the English language. How somebody came up with this list, I do not know. It may have come from a list of every single word in the English language or it may have come from the analysis of a book such as the Encyclopaedia Britannica.
No surprise that the vowels put in a strong showing. I was disappointed with the performance of the letter J in 25th place.
List of most frequently used letters:
| Letter |
Frequency |
Rank |
| E |
11.16% |
1 |
| A |
8.50% |
2 |
| R |
7.58% |
3 |
| I |
7.54% |
4 |
| O |
7.16% |
5 |
| T |
6.95% |
6 |
| N |
6.65% |
7 |
| S |
5.74% |
8 |
| L |
5.49% |
9 |
| C |
4.54% |
10 |
| U |
3.63% |
11 |
| D |
3.38% |
12 |
| P |
3.17% |
13 |
| M |
3.01% |
14 |
| H |
3.00% |
15 |
| G |
2.47% |
16 |
| B |
2.07% |
17 |
| F |
1.81% |
18 |
| Y |
1.78% |
19 |
| W |
1.29% |
20 |
| K |
1.10% |
21 |
| V |
1.01% |
22 |
| X |
0.29% |
23 |
| Z |
0.27% |
24 |
| J |
0.20% |
25 |
| Q |
0.20% |
26 |
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November 8, 2006 at 11:56 pm
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Some interesting city population trivia for those pub quizzes.
| 1 |
Tokyo |
35,197,000 |
| 2 |
Seoul |
22,770,000 |
| 3 |
Mexico City |
19,411,000 |
| 4 |
New York |
18,747,320 |
| 5 |
São Paulo |
18,333,000 |
| 6 |
Mumbai |
18,196,000 |
| 7 |
Delhi |
15,048,000 |
| 8 |
Shanghai |
14,503,000 |
| 9 |
Calcutta |
14,277,000 |
| 10 |
Moscow |
13,750,000 |
I had a list from the WHO but then I found what looks like a more detailed list on Wikipedia so this top ten data comes from there.
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November 6, 2006 at 11:39 am
· Filed under Lists, Miscellany
This site is well worth a visit. It tells you how wealthy you are compared to the other 6 billion people on earth. You may find the results surprising.
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May 10, 2006 at 4:50 pm
· Filed under Environment, Lists
Looking for a gift? Do something positive. This is a list of products that might make suitable gifts. They are all made from recycled products. Clever, hey?
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May 6, 2006 at 7:28 pm
· Filed under Lists, Miscellany
I am about to buy a portable hard drive so I can carry my work (and photos, music and movies) with me. Hard drives that are powered via USB (or Firewire) do not require mains electricity and a power adapter. All you have is a slim hard drive (in a case) and USB cable. Plug it in to any computer and it should recognise it. Fantastic.
If you are also looking for a portable hard drive, this list of external USB portable hard drives should save you some time. My personal requirement is for storage space of at least 120GB and preferably 320GB. Unfortunately, once you go beyond 160GB, the physical dimensions of the drives start to get a bit large and would not fit in a pocket easily. New technology will change this. To the list…
- Lacie 30GB, 40GB, 60GB, 80GB, 100GB, 120GB, 160GB, 200GB, 320GB, (wide range to choose from)
- Freecom Toughdrive 40GB, 80GB, 100GB, 120GB
- Seagate Portable Hard Drive 40GB, 60GB, 80GB, 100GB, 120GB, 160GB
- Western Digital WD Passport 40GB, 60GB, 80GB, 120GB
- Iomega Portable Hard Drive 60GB, 80GB, 100GB, 120GB
- Maxtor Onetouch III Mini Edition 60GB, 120GB
- Kanguru Portable 80GB, 160GB, 250GB (from the photo, it looks large)
- Edge DiskGO! 20GB, 40GB, 80GB, 100GB, 120GB
Be careful that the drive you are buying is truly powerless - there are many external drives available that require mains power. They are a lot cheaper but they are more cumbersome and not convenient. (I have just been travelling with one for 4 months!).
'Portable hard drives' seem also to be referred to as 'mobile drives' or 'pocket drives' and are often listed on electronics websites under 'external drives'.
I decided to buy the Seagate 160GB (I would have preferred a slimmer drive like the Iomega or Western Digital but 120GB was not quite large enough).
If you discover a portable hard drive not on the list above, please let me know and I will add it to the list.
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