Re: [fonc] Re: [squeak-dev] [ANN] Alan Kay to talk about Next steps for qualitatively improving programming at HPI in Potsdam

2011-07-23 Thread BGB
On 7/22/2011 6:41 PM, Casey Ransberger wrote: I did this dance too... Hmm... Seems the Mac installer comes with some kind of translation tool that's advertised to be able to output MPEG, maybe we can use that to save others the trouble of installing the Real client. yeah... even on

Re: [fonc] Re: [squeak-dev] [ANN] Alan Kay to talk about Next steps for qualitatively improving programming at HPI in Potsdam

2011-07-23 Thread BGB
On 7/23/2011 2:10 PM, Casey Ransberger wrote: Drat. Tried to convert this, but I just get a dialog that says convert only works from a local file. I don't see an option to pull the actual video file down, and IIRC .ram files are like trackers that point at a stream rather than being the actual

[fonc] Making use of Fundamental New Computing Technologies

2011-07-23 Thread Brad Fuller
Hi, I have a simple question: Is this work usable within 3-9 months to create an experimental interactive teaching system for sound at the college level? I'm predicting that your answer is it depends. If so, let me briefly explain what I want to do. I'm replying to grant solicitations from both

Re: [fonc] Re: [squeak-dev] [ANN] Alan Kay to talk about Next steps for qualitatively improving programming at HPI in Potsdam

2011-07-23 Thread Juan Vuletich
Leo Richard Comerford wrote: You can just download the individual items (lo and behold, RealPlayer allows you to download the videos if you open them individually), put them together in a folder with the SMIL file, and edit the SMIL to point to the local copies. (This was the subject of my email

Re: [fonc] Making use of Fundamental New Computing Technologies

2011-07-23 Thread Alan Kay
Hi Brad, The Nile language of Dan Amelang -- which STEPS uses for graphics -- should be both powerful and revealing to students for making acoustic models and processes of many kinds. We haven't gotten around to playing with sound om Nile yet. Thanks to Alex Warth and Bert Freudenberg, there