Re: etoys now available in Debian's non-free repository

2008-06-27 Thread Gerard J. Cerchio
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: learning how the code works _could_ be done on generated C code (although not well). my Dad tought himself C by taking the KR book, typing in the examples and examining the resulting binaries, but he came from a mainframe systems background. most people won't go to

Re: on Sugar

2008-04-23 Thread Gerard J. Cerchio
enjoy working with a more directed and focused OLPC team. I was the software architect and implementor of the Jhai PC. You may see my credentials at www.CircleSoft.com Best Regards, Gerard J. Cerchio ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http

OLPC seeks a CEO -- who was your favorite CEO elsewhere?

2008-03-11 Thread Gerard J. Cerchio
John Gilmore wrote: http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/mar2008/tc2008035_429837.htm OLPC is looking for a CEO. Hey folks, John is looking for an organizer not another M$ free-for all! Tongue in cheek, I hear Vladmir Putin just lost his job, talk about someone that can make

Re: Suggestions for a development environment?

2008-02-21 Thread Gerard J. Cerchio
I prefer IDE's too, and have been using Eclipse: http://www.eclipse.org I am pretty sure Ubuntu has it packaged. Have you tried running your development environment in a virtual machine? Here are a few notes on OLPC development: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Gcerchio.diary

Re: Observing games

2008-02-06 Thread Gerard J. Cerchio
I previously asked for volunteers to work on Connect. Despite some interest, it hasn't progressed further, so I'll reiterate: Patches welcome! Regards Morgan Once I have more time, in say a month or two, I'll continue development on PlayGo again which is a direct descendant of

Re: Observing games

2008-02-06 Thread Gerard J. Cerchio
Edward Cherlin wrote: On Feb 6, 2008 8:46 AM, Gerard J. Cerchio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I previously asked for volunteers to work on Connect. Despite some interest, it hasn't progressed further, so I'll reiterate: Patches welcome! Regards Morgan Once I have more time, in say

Re: Updated API documentation for everything.

2007-12-31 Thread Gerard J. Cerchio
C. Scott Ananian wrote: The subject line of my previous message should have been 'updated API documentation', not 'updates API documentation', sigh. --scott Scott, Is this going to be a more or less permanent location? I am setting my link on my PlayGo activity page to the

3rd Fedora disk curdle

2007-12-27 Thread Gerard J. Cerchio
In the short time I have been working with olpc I have had my Fedora VMware machines curdle their ext3 disks 3 times. I have been running 2.4 and 2.6 Redhats and Debians for over a year with no such problems. Once the first Fedora 7 machine broke its disk I have been very careful to shutdown

Re: Community Support website for users

2007-12-27 Thread Gerard J. Cerchio
On Dec 27, 2007 10:37 AM, Gerard J. Cerchio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Michael Burns wrote: feel free to use the forum forum, web chat or the email list as a resource: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Other support information can be found at http://support.laptop.org

Re: Community Support website for users

2007-12-27 Thread Gerard J. Cerchio
Ivan Krstić wrote: On Dec 27, 2007, at 11:40 AM, Gerard J. Cerchio wrote: Did the media lab get the memo? ;; ANSWER SECTION: support.laptop.org.85028INCNAMEpedal.laptop.org. pedal.laptop.org.75072INA18.85.2.148 New DNS records can take some time

Re: 3rd Fedora disk curdle

2007-12-27 Thread Gerard J. Cerchio
M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote: Yeah, VMware can't deal very well with host-side platform problems. :) How sure are you that VMware Server 1.04 works on Windows XP 64 SP2? I'm running VMware Workstation *6* on my AMD64 box -- I haven't messed with the free server in a while and I've never tried

Re: Silly Question

2007-12-23 Thread Gerard J. Cerchio
Yuan Chao wrote: On Dec 24, 2007 2:21 AM, Jeffrey Kesselman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was plugged into a USB slot on thr ight not the left. Interestingly enough, on the current software, if you do that the journal will still see the usb stick but not be able to open it. That's

Update of activities over the web

2007-12-22 Thread Gerard J. Cerchio
I have noticed that PlayGo is listed as an activity on the Austria download site. I think this great, but I have one problem: Updating the activity. The browser called open routine that is connected to the open button does not update the activity to the latest version that is downloaded. In

Laptop debug

2007-12-20 Thread Gerard J. Cerchio
Hi All, Do the XO's ship with the serial/USB debug adapter? If not, how do I get one? -Gerard ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel

Re: Laptop debug

2007-12-20 Thread Gerard J. Cerchio
Rafael, I saw that page, you mean if I want one I build it from the PDF's?? Rafael Enrique Ortiz Guerrero wrote: On Dec 20, 2007 12:16 PM, Gerard J. Cerchio [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All, Do the XO's ship with the serial/USB debug adapter

Re: Hippo Canvas

2007-12-20 Thread Gerard J. Cerchio
Benjamin M. Schwartz wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Gerard J. Cerchio wrote: Sorry to say that I am having a terrifically hard time trying to use the hippo canvas. hippocanvas is sort of deprecated. Initially, hippocanvas was to be the basic building

Activity Icon design question

2007-12-15 Thread Gerard J. Cerchio
Hi all, I am thinking about using 9 different icons for the PlayGo Activity. The icon will reflect the number of handicap stones that the black player starts with. The icon will have from 1 to 9 black dots on the board star points. This could be used to offer people games in the neighborhood

Re: Active activities as Widgets

2007-11-30 Thread Gerard J. Cerchio
Ties Stuij wrote: I must admit I didn't check your code but i found playing on a 19x19 board in Hikaru no go on a GBA quite doable. And that has a 240x160 screen!! I strongly suggest offering a 19x19 option, even if it is a bit less clear. The game gets a lot more interesting with the

Re: Active activities as Widgets

2007-11-30 Thread Gerard J. Cerchio
Eben Eliason wrote: There are some activities where the chat is an integral part of the participants' experience. In my case, chatter during the Go game may be nonexistent to multiple lines of interactive tutorial per move to razzing and praise from any of the observers. This is why I plan to

Re: Active activities as Widgets

2007-11-30 Thread Gerard J. Cerchio
Yoshiki Ohshima wrote: Well, I know that I can make a user document with a running movie clip, real time view-finder of camera, spectrum analysis of audio input, and a user-scripted simulation going at the same time on B4 (4-5 fps is not so great though). These widgets are running in

Re: Active activities as Widgets

2007-11-29 Thread Gerard J. Cerchio
Marco Pesenti Gritti wrote: On Nov 29, 2007 9:30 AM, Bert Freudenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Nov 29, 2007, at 9:15 , Morgan Collett wrote: Sugar will gain a feature called overlay chat, once we've got higher priority collaboration stuff completed, which will automagically add

Re: [spam] Re: Active activities as Widgets

2007-11-29 Thread Gerard J. Cerchio
Eben Eliason wrote: Can you elaborate on the inadequacies you see in this design? It would be useful as we move forward with considerations for the ubiquitous chat interface. Unless specifically necessary to the activity in some fashion, we'd prefer to depend on this interface, preventing

OLPC's ready for delivery

2007-11-28 Thread Gerard J. Cerchio
I just got the email announcing that the G1G1 will arrive before XMAS eve. Is it possible that the technically adept could get a machine sooner so I can participate in the release debug? ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org

Re: Patent infringement lawsuit against OLPC in Nigeria

2007-11-27 Thread Gerard J. Cerchio
Call me too wary, but discussing these things in the open on the developer's list may provide information that lawyers may further find as fodder. nick knouf wrote: On Nov 27, 2007, at 4:49 PM, Richard Dobson wrote: José Antonio wrote: There is no intelectual property. Patents

Re: Consistent sound

2007-11-24 Thread Gerard J. Cerchio
Mike, This looks like 1000% more than what I was suggesting and I am all for it. I would like to make a implementation suggestion. To keep this all simple I suggest the student use a naming convention either directly to the sound files or as symbolic links to the sound files in a single sound

Vexed with an Eclipse PyDev problem

2007-11-24 Thread Gerard J. Cerchio
appreciated, my O'Reily Python library does not arrive till next week. Gerard J. Cerchio ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel

Re: Vexed with an Eclipse PyDev problem

2007-11-24 Thread Gerard J. Cerchio
Gerard J. Cerchio wrote: Are the any Eclipse Pydev users in the house? I have a problem with the Pydev not recognizing parts of the Python objects. As per the usual, public announcements of ignorance, immediately followed by RTFM discovery :( http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Gcerchio.diary

wwj

2007-11-24 Thread Gerard J. Cerchio
I thought today's Wall Street Journal article was brutal, does Murdock already have control? ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel

Consistent sound

2007-11-19 Thread Gerard J. Cerchio
Hi, I am just beginning to get involved with the OLPC so please forgive me if this topic is already covered. I am also new to python so my learning curve is somewhat steep. I am attempting to build a go game activity starting with the connect_activity. I would like to produce sounds for