Retired Formula One world champion Michael Schumacher has ruled out any chance of winning when he takes part in his first competitive motorbike race in Italy on Sunday.
The 39-year-old German, whose seven titles and 91 Grand Prix wins make him Formula One’s most successful driver, said he would be happy just to make the starting grid for the KTM minor series race at the Misano circuit on Italy’s Adriatic coast.
“Here it will be impossible to win, there are real and well-prepared riders, practically professional. I will just be happy to qualify,” the ex-Ferrari driver told Saturday’s Gazzetta dello Sport newspaper.
Schumacher, who has tested a Ducati MotoGP bike since retiring from Formula One at the end of 2006, will ride a 990cc KTM Super Duke in the 10-lap KTM Trophy race at the challenging circuit.
Misano also hosts a round of both the MotoGP and world superbike championships later in the year.
“This is just for enjoyment, no one is obliging me to do it. Maybe I will stop here,” said Schumacher.
The German, an advisor and occasional test driver for Formula One champions Ferrari, has some experience of racing on two wheels but said Sunday was for real with 400 riders gathering for a weekend of competition.
“A week ago in Hungary and the other day in Barcelona were only non-competitive races,” he said.
“In Spain there were some boys on motorbikes and I asked to do a little race. I finished in front but they were young boys. This instead will be a real race, the first official one I’ve done on a bike.”
Let me blog about basic information about VoIP and call it VoIP 101.
VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) is simply the transmission of voice traffic over IP-based networks.
The Internet Protocol (IP) was originally designed for data networking. The success of IP in becoming a world standard for data networking has led to its adaption to voice networking.
The Economics of VoIP
VoIP has become popular largely because of the cost advantages to consumers over traditional telepone networks. Most Americans pay a flat monthly fee for local telephone calls and a per-minute charge for long-distance calls.
VoIP calls can be placed across the Internet. Most Internet connections are charged using a flat monthly fee structure.
Using the Internet connection for both data traffic and voice calls can allow consumers to get rid of one monthly payment. In addition, VoIP plans do not charge a per-minute fee for long distance.
For International calling, the monetary savings to the consumer from switching to VoIP technology can be enormous.
VoIP Telephones
There are three methods of connecting to a VoIP network:
Using a VoIP telephone
Using a “normal” telephone with a VoIP adapter
Using a computer with speakers and a microphone
Types of VoIP calls
VoIP telephone calls can be placed either to other VoIP devices, or to normal telephones on the PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network) like landlines
Calls from a VoIP device to a PSTN device are commonly called “PC-to-Phone” calls, even though the VoIP device may not be a PC and can be a regular telephone attached to ATA (Analog Telephone Adapter). Most VoIP providers like Onesuite can be use with ATA device so the user doesn’t need a PC for making calls. There’s a few providers that can not be use with ATA like Skype which has it’s own “phone apparatus” that most people find it as a drawback. People who wants to switch to Skype needs to buy another set of phone device which means additional cost to them unlike when switching to other providers like Vonage, Viatalk or Onesuite.
Calls from a VoIP device to another VoIP device are commonly called “PC-to-PC” calls, even though neither device may be a PC. An example of this is Yahoo Messenger to Yahoo Messenger “call”. Pc to Pc calls is always free.
Retired Formula One world champion Michael Schumacher has ruled out any chance of winning when he takes part in his first competitive motorbike race in Italy on Sunday.