Re: [FRIAM] scratch - multimedia toolkit

2007-05-16 Thread Stephen Guerin
If folks are interested to play with Scratch in an ABM context, try out Starlogo TNG which Eric Klopfer presented at FRIAM last month: http://education.mit.edu/starlogo-tng/ From the TNG FAQ: What is the difference between Scratch and StarLogo TNG? Both Scratch and StarLogo TNG share a

[FRIAM] Microsoft claims that free software violates 235 of its patents

2007-05-16 Thread Alfredo
Microsoft takes on the free world Microsoft claims that free software like Linux, which runs a big chunk of corporate America, violates 235 of its patents. May 14 2007: 9:35 AM EDT http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/05/28/100033867/ Linus Torvalds Responds To

[FRIAM] Guilin anyone

2007-05-16 Thread Belinda Wong-Swanson
Greetings from Hong Kong. Had I known this conference was coming up, I would have scheduled my trip a month later. International Workshop on Complex Systems and Networks 2007, July 19-21, 2007, Guilin, China http://csn2007.eie.polyu.edu.hk/Home.html Regards, Belinda Wong-Swanson, Principal

Re: [FRIAM] Guilin anyone

2007-05-16 Thread Pamela McCorduck
They were certainly discreet about it. Guilin is a wonderful place to visit. On May 16, 2007, at 8:20 PM, Belinda Wong-Swanson wrote: Greetings from Hong Kong. Had I known this conference was coming up, I would have scheduled my trip a month later. International Workshop on Complex