Hi. Recently saw an OLPC computer at Ontario Linux
Fest, courtesy of a great presentation by Michael C.
Fletcher. He suggested a brief self-intro as protocol
for joining the list, etc.
Here goes:
Canadian high school teacher, record can be found
here:
Language lurker here...
For those who might not be familiar with it, may I
mention having a look at the children's paint program,
Tuxpaint at tuxpaint.org. They have been developing
the program for several years, and it has been
translated into over 70 languages at the moment, using
the .pot
Ah, forgive me for butting in once again...;-)
I just gotta say I love these discussions you're
having.
Apparently the wikipedia clock/stopwatch articles
weren't enough...ok, try this for today's date and
time:
http://www.ecben.net/calendar.shtml
You both have valid points, there is no right or
Ah, forgive me for butting in once again...;-)
I just gotta say I love these discussions you're
having.
Apparently the wikipedia clock/stopwatch articles
weren't enough...ok, try this for today's date and
time:
http://www.ecben.net/calendar.shtml
You both have valid points, there is no right or
treating it as a thin client, to address those in
some countries
who may feel it is important to have children learn
ms office and windows
for employment purposes?
Schools should be teaching the concept of word
processing not a
specific
word processor but that is as far as I will go with
Just a couple of quick examples, if you care about
kids, and you care about their education, etc., then
supporting M$ in any way, shape, or form, is not the
way to go:
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-gatesx07jan07,0,6827615.story
[Same goes for C64 emulators... there are still
folks in chemistry
and
biology and physics who have useful code that
runs on the
Commodore
machines.. even at Big 10 universities. ;)]
I have found this to be an EXCELLENT commodore
machines emulator, which I've run on several linux
Fascinating, as Spock would say...:-)
I taught for two years in a small town called Haenam,
in South Korea, and two years in Japan on Jet program
(currently just wandering around Japan :-)), and
likewise studied a few languages in university, etc.,
having always been fascinated by them. (Kanji
Sorry for the dupe. I'm always forgetting to change
the subject...sigh...:-)
Just a quick suggestion/idea:
I note that Gcompris is being worked on, but I did not
see a reference to Childsplay anywhere, so I'd like to
throw this out there. I think all the Childsplay
activities could be ported
I'm wondering if there is a 'master'
archive/directory/list of ALL .xo packages? I've been
looking, and have found SOME on source code list,
others on a packaging list, etc. So, for example,
I've wandered amongst several lists/sites looking for
a tamtam.xo, but so far, all I have found is source
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Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 18:27:54 -0500
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(Note: most of this message isn't very useful
Having been a computer teacher for several years, I
set up a network printer for those teachers who
requested it, (but it was a CONSTANT hassle, from
paper jam problems, to misconfiguration, toner
cartridges, etc. I got around the problem by handing
off the problems to windows techs, which left
=164928
(Feel free to contact me or oct.ca to verify, etc.)
I.e., you really do need to know whom you are dealing
with.
I assume the U.S. has a similar system?
In any case, I'll be happy to volunteer to look after
a
teacher/developer whatever website in child security
issues, etc.
Sincerely,
Ed
Regarding the note about the 'paranoid' password
filtering, etc.
Changing passwords as root does not involve any of the
'too short', 'too similar', etc. problems mentioned.
Root, being god-like, can change any password to
anything. For regular users, it is an education about
password security!
Re: see quoted below, etc.
Ah, kids these days...young whippersnappers...;-)
How about doing some work on DSLinux? ;-)
(i.e. linux for the Nintendo DS...about 4 megs ram to
work with, etc.)
Now THERE'S a challenge! :-) You should be whipping
bits around at light speed with 256 megs
Came across this rather amazing item the other day,
and instantly thought this might be a very, very
useful power/recharging mechanism for the XO...
A lamp powered by gravity producing 40 watts over 4
hours...using gravity! :-) (Consider the XO using
about 2 watts...)
Not affected by
I'm wondering if the OLPC has become aware of a new
long-range wi-fi router, reported in MIT review.
Apparently, gives 6Mps for at least 60 miles!
Could be very useful in some remote areas.
http://www.technologyreview.com/Infotech/20432/
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