The way RIAA, MPAA, and their international sister organizations throws money and lawyers around, there cannot exist too many who have no affiliation with them...
I just received an OLPC, and having played with the machine for less than a day, i also must applaud the Sugar dev crew. It is intuitive, and invites to further exploration. Only thing i really miss is a progress bar of some sort, or maybe a hourglass pointer, or something. It is a slow machine, and sometimes it is difficult to see why the machine stops up.
Cool machine, though, and refreshing to not have to relate to the xerox/mac desktop paradigm that everyone else uses.
Actually, I deliberately do this slowly, and unorganized. I detest the FUD that these checkpoints create, and want everybody to be annoyed enough to protest.
Please, send your reasons for why this is crazy to 'Charlie.Mc-Creevy@ec.europa.eu', and hope that EU is not as completely in bed with the record industry as the USA is.
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in spite of all the evidence, im still optimistic...
Ive just ordered one, and cant wait to recieve it. It is weak, and slow, but that is totally besides the point.The small size, the unconventional design, and least but not last, the near total rethink on how a computer should work makes this the coolest ebook reader, and portable browser!
Oh, and it is a good cause! Go Negroponte!!!
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The way RIAA, MPAA, and their international sister organizations throws money and lawyers around, there cannot exist too many who have no affiliation with them...
Good to see that the European Parlament is in tune with what the pirate bay generation already know; that there is a change in the rules of the game.
I just received an OLPC, and having played with the machine for less than a day, i also must applaud the Sugar dev crew. It is intuitive, and invites to further exploration. Only thing i really miss is a progress bar of some sort, or maybe a hourglass pointer, or something. It is a slow machine, and sometimes it is difficult to see why the machine stops up. Cool machine, though, and refreshing to not have to relate to the xerox/mac desktop paradigm that everyone else uses.
Actually, I deliberately do this slowly, and unorganized. I detest the FUD that these checkpoints create, and want everybody to be annoyed enough to protest.
Please, send your reasons for why this is crazy to 'Charlie.Mc-Creevy@ec.europa.eu', and hope that EU is not as completely in bed with the record industry as the USA is. _________________________ in spite of all the evidence, im still optimistic...
Ive just ordered one, and cant wait to recieve it. It is weak, and slow, but that is totally besides the point.The small size, the unconventional design, and least but not last, the near total rethink on how a computer should work makes this the coolest ebook reader, and portable browser! Oh, and it is a good cause! Go Negroponte!!!