Via NewTeeVee -
http://newteevee.com/2009/02/05/mapping-the-world-of-piracy/ - Enjoy!
The folks at the Pirate Bay released a Google Maps mash-up Wednesday
that illustrates its worldwide user base, with exact percentages by
country. It’s a pretty fascinating project in that it helps to dispel
Seen this in my mailbox a few times today, sure you will all find this
interesting...
We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Make the primary
operating system used in state schools free and open source
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/nonMSschools/
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Just dug this out to have a quick look at it, and it seems that
api.welcomebackstage.com doesn't exist - any clues about where we could find
the data?
Thanks,
Martin
On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 5:05 PM, Ian Forrester ian.forres...@bbc.co.ukwrote:
Ok ok,
It does exist, the delay has mainly been on
Mm. Very interesting. If something as simple as a petition will make
Windows free and open source, why has no-one thought of it before?
Why do the idiots who start these petitions never have any kind of
grasp of grammar? Or proof reading?
Would you take anyone seriously who turned up on your
Seen this in my mailbox a few times today, sure you will all
find this interesting...
We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Make the
primary operating system used in state schools free and open source
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/nonMSschools/
I find this idea
He isn't advocating making Windows open source, the petition states that
the primary OS used in schools should be a free and open source
alternative to windows.
Not idiotic at all. I've signed up.
Phil
On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 4:05 PM, Richard Lockwood richard.lockw...@gmail.com
wrote:
Mm.
Chris, your points are very interesting, and I wonder if you've been in
touch with the team who are behind Open Labs: Learning?
http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/openlearning/
a
On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 4:12 PM, Christopher Woods
chris...@infinitus.co.ukwrote:
Seen this in my mailbox a few times
2009/2/9 Richard Lockwood richard.lockw...@gmail.com:
If something as simple as a petition will make
Windows free and open source, why has no-one thought of it before?
That is not what the petition is about! :-)
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Interesting that OLPC has just gone OS!
Also,:
www.opensourceschools.org.uk
http://www.osor.eu/news/uk-open-source-is-core-to-education
http://www.141.co.uk/?p=164
On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 4:17 PM, Dave Crossland d...@lab6.com wrote:
2009/2/9 Richard Lockwood richard.lockw...@gmail.com:
If
On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 4:12 PM, Christopher Woods chris...@infinitus.co.uk
Transforming a Windows school to an Ubuntu school is nigh on impossible to
achieve unless you provide a year's warning, gradually phase out use of all
Windows-only software over the course of the year, implement the
Transforming a Windows school to an Ubuntu school is nigh on
impossible to achieve unless you provide a year's warning,
gradually phase out use of all Windows-only software over the
course of the year, implement the massive overhaul and
platform transition during the holidays and then
Maybe I'm a poor deluded misguided fool who needs showing the error of my
ways?
Lorks, far from it! I think we'd need a lot of people like you if the
government does try and introduce open source into schools. These are really
important problems that mustn't be overlooked.
I'll assume for the
2009/2/9 Phil Whitehouse phil.whiteho...@gmail.com:
Maybe I'm a poor deluded misguided fool who needs showing the error of my
ways?
We're training our kids to give money to vendors for their entire lives.
And, more importantly IMO, to not consider the value of freedom in
relation to the parts
And yet they will end up on a newer Microsoft operating
system at some
point. ;-)
Right - if they really stayed put with what they have, then
they'd still be using Acorns. Which probably taught kids more
about computer science than the XP machines in use today ;-)
So, rather than
Although this rant is impassioned and detailed it's almost comically
misinformed. What's happening in education IT(C) is the imposition of a
£45bn corporate cash cow called Building Schools for the Future (BSF) -
through which the government is shamefully entering into yet more PFI
Apparently, there are complaints about how much air time
twitter is being given by the BBC:
http://thenextweb.com/2009/02/09/bbc-radio-listeners-kick-fuss-twitter-time-bbc-create-microblogging-service/
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On Monday 09 February 2009 17:32:58 Christopher Woods wrote:
The main sticking point for most schools is the can we help students
if... question.
This is part of the issue that some people forget when they put their personal
politics before the needs of children at school. If a tool undermines
On Mon, Feb 09, 2009 at 04:12:09PM -, Christopher Woods wrote:
Aside from the fact that the suite of *de facto* software the students would
use day in and day would need to be the same, in some cases the bloody
curriculum demanded that particular software be used, so your hands were
tied.
Although this rant is impassioned and detailed it's almost comically
misinformed. What's happening in education IT(C) is the imposition of a
£45bn corporate cash cow called Building Schools for the Future (BSF) -
through which the government is shamefully entering into yet more PFI
relationships.
On Mon, 2009-02-09 at 16:12 +, Christopher Woods wrote:
Given that many schools' IT infrastructure development was so organic and
self-funded throughout the 90s, they are now in the situation where it is
almost completely impractical to start from scratch with a FOSS OS and FOSS
software,
Sorry for those who can't quite figure out what I'm quoting and what I'm
saying myself in my previous email, when I converted to plaintext I forgot
to add in the appropriate quote marks.
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The really cool kids are on both right?
Surely it's the same as when Radio presenters couldn't help but chat about
there Myspace pages all the time? Every bar I go into now a days, there's talk
about Youtube, Facebook and sometimes Twitter anyway.
Cheers,
Ian Forrester
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We're changing the urls of a lot of things and expect to have it launched this
month.
Sorry for the delay
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2009/2/9 Ian Forrester ian.forres...@bbc.co.uk:
The really cool kids are on both right?
Given that identi.ca can now supply Twitter and Facebook with messages
automatically itself - just pop in your login details - this isn't as
cool as it sounds. ;p
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Ian Forrester wrote:
The really cool kids are on both right?
I refer the honourable gentleman to the smiley I appended at the
conclusion of my previous statement. ;-) I think Twitter has the more
famous people on it.
Surely it's the same as when Radio presenters couldn't help but chat about
2009/2/9 Richard Smedley r...@m6-it.org:
curriculum areas - this can easily be delivered through
500 - 600 web apps. The whole curriculum. A small investment from
government (less than 1% of the UK's annual school IT spend) would get all
of these apps written. Released under the GNU GPL,
On Mon, 2009-02-09 at 19:15 +, Dave Crossland wrote:
2009/2/9 Richard Smedley r...@m6-it.org:
curriculum areas - this can easily be delivered through
500 - 600 web apps. The whole curriculum. A small investment from
government (less than 1% of the UK's annual school IT spend) would get
Who cares if
MS is de facto in the school setting if it serves its purpose?=20
Its purpose (as someone else pointed out quite eloquently) is to teach
kids. I don't know how well MS software teaches anything other than how
to use the previous version of MS software, a skill that at best
Actually a lot of tweeters complain about the likes of Chris Moyles et al
moving into twitter!
Soulla :)
2009/2/9 Rob Myers r...@robmyers.org
Ian Forrester wrote:
The really cool kids are on both right?
I refer the honourable gentleman to the smiley I appended at the
conclusion of my
I have to admit that I generally don't see the point of twitter. Having
said that though, this recent spell of cold weather has actually made me
like it, mostly because the university I go to have been updating us on
whether the uni is closed via twitter (http://twitter.com/UniofBath), and
also
Duncan Barclay wrote:
I have to admit that I generally don't see the point of twitter.
You could have fitted that into a twitter message and reached a much
wider audience. ;-)
- Rob.
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I allege that the advantages of switching to Free
Software *can* outweigh the costs (sic) of support, teaching, and third
party staff upgrading their skills to more open, flexible and studiable
systems. ;-)
I like the use of the word allege. Can you demonstrate it?
Cheers,
Rich.
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2009/2/9 Richard Smedley r...@m6-it.org:
Good point. Although I had in mind putting the apps on the school's
intranet server, in which case GPL would be adequate. However there would
doubtless be a market for remote delivery.
Affero is still important for intranets; The plain GPL does not
Richard Lockwood wrote:
I allege that the advantages of switching to Free
Software *can* outweigh the costs (sic) of support, teaching, and third
party staff upgrading their skills to more open, flexible and studiable
systems. ;-)
I like the use of the word allege. Can you demonstrate it?
It goes deeper than this; currently there is no place in the national
curriculum to teach kids to touch type. So even though they will most
likely spend a large part of their time on a keyboard no one thinks it
appropriate to teach them an effective way to do that.
Rupert Watson
+44 7787554801
for me I have made some excellent connections via twitter both for work
purposes and for personal. I now have a modest number of followers and I
follower an equal number of people. I have connected on a social level with
Greeks/Cypriots around the globe who are interested in Web 2.0, twitterers
in
How as a FOSS company are you going to maintain a
well-staffed callout
team and helpdesk if the software you are providing is essentially
free?
Why is that a problem? My companies have never had a problem
charging for support for Free Software. All software needs support.
You
Richard Lockwood wrote:
I allege that the advantages of switching to Free
Software *can* outweigh the costs (sic) of support, teaching, and third
party staff upgrading their skills to more open, flexible and studiable
systems. ;-)
I like the use of the word allege. Can you demonstrate
bits and bobs snipped
Note I'm not affiliated with these groups, nor am I a
teacher, just showing that working, LEA-or-bigger SaaS *is*
being delivered because of that better resourcing.
It warms the cockles of my very being to hear that some organisations can
get it right :) I wonder how
Feel strongly that the BBC should use something else instead of Twitter,
how about voting or offering your support here.
http://ideas.welcomebackstage.com/ideatorrent/idea/16/
Cheers,
Ian
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Dave Crossland wrote:
2009/2/9 Ian Forrester ian.forres...@bbc.co.uk:
The really cool kids are on both right?
Given that identi.ca can now supply Twitter and Facebook with messages
automatically itself - just pop in your login details - this isn't as
cool as it sounds. ;p
Yeah. Because
I must admit I took one look at identi.ca and came straight out again. It
just looks messy compared to twitter. Perhaps I should take a second glance.
Saying that my twitter feeds my facebook page and I generally don't go into
facebook anymore although when I do I get a number of messages from
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