You're all worrying too much about it. I noticed some things while living in Germany for 13 years. There are some things that are just easier in the old measures. Soda still comes in 12 oz cans but are marked in ml. Soda also comes in 2 liter bottles. Wine bottles are 750 ml but are basically the old wine bottles. The US requires all goods to be marked in SI units but I don't think that the gallon milk will change mass. Things get even worse in building standards. Canada has a mix of 16" and cm standards. One thing that always amused me in Germany was the metric pound which is 500 g. There was also a law at some point outlawing 17" TVs in advertising. They wanted to force the use of cm even though everyone liked the 17" measure. (" in german is Zoll and the pund in german was Pfund.)
I'm american and a fan of the metric system but people will use what's convenient for them.
Not sure about the forest kids, but my daughter did go to a montessori school in germany. she learned which end of a paring knife cuts and how to keep birds and cook breakfast. I was there when "normal" kindergarten teachers came for a demonstration. They were horrified. I do think that schools there prepare their kids better for life in general. I do like the Montessori way of raising kids.
Personally I like OpenSuse, but don't want to argue distros here.
One think I would suggest is to try out the Live CD's first and settle yourself on one and then distribute that one across the board. It's a lot easier to diagnose things if you have the same distro and version.
I do have to disagree with the gamer comments above. I think that the poster has "clients" like mine that just want to surf, email and write the occasional word and excel documents. Open office is fine for this. most people i do this fine are fine with the games that come with linux like solitaire and frozen bubble.
One thing to really look at is the desktop. even though people argue about distros the real difference is the desktop. Personally I prefer KDE to gnome but that's my preference.
In my case the main reason to do this is updating an older pc that windows is getting slower and slower on. The reason I love linux is the fact that it doesn't suffer from windows registry rot. The linux machines i've installed are all still running. The windows machines all seem to get slower after the first shareware and games get installed. (Not to mention installing anti-virus software which is really necessary but an overhead on some already ancient machines.
Just my 2 cents.
You might want to check out twitter.com. It has low bandwidth and works using mail and sms messages. You'll have to pare down on photos but it would be good to send snapshots and links to where you currently are.
Chances are the 100 minutes are for usig their PCs. (You might not get WLAN or laptop access for your machine. There's probably a business center where you'll have to do everything.
That being said do take a vacation from the net. If this is a good cruise you'll be too busy for sending hourly updates to the blog.:0
I have to agree with the others that two is too young for this sort of thing. Three is a more appropriate age. That being said you might want to look at Leapster they have a bunch of good stuff that might be of interest. I like the posts that suggest older hardware but would recommend sticking to a lcd screen and getting extension cables on the keyboard and mouse. Children are apt to try and drag everything especially keyboards and mice off the table. having the extra cord and connectors to break away without fraggin the connections on the motherboard would be a good thing. You can also get a kiddy keyboard with bigger letters and shapes for younger typists.:)
Do keep in mind that you'll have to watch Jr. like a hawk. Kids are more capable than most people think, but leaving them alone with a laptop is actually pretty dangerous. If you're up to the challenge google the Montessori. There are tons of schools and websites out there that go into treating little people like big people. (Yes a three year old can cook their own eggs on a minature but functional stove.) They're probably really against the computers for kids this small but you never know. By the way my daughter is about ten now.
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Like OZ1999? I can't wait for the movie.
Actually I was thinking of OZ1999. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt00...
do black holes blend?
You're all worrying too much about it. I noticed some things while living in Germany for 13 years. There are some things that are just easier in the old measures. Soda still comes in 12 oz cans but are marked in ml. Soda also comes in 2 liter bottles. Wine bottles are 750 ml but are basically the old wine bottles. The US requires all goods to be marked in SI units but I don't think that the gallon milk will change mass. Things get even worse in building standards. Canada has a mix of 16" and cm standards. One thing that always amused me in Germany was the metric pound which is 500 g. There was also a law at some point outlawing 17" TVs in advertising. They wanted to force the use of cm even though everyone liked the 17" measure. (" in german is Zoll and the pund in german was Pfund.) I'm american and a fan of the metric system but people will use what's convenient for them.
Not sure about the forest kids, but my daughter did go to a montessori school in germany. she learned which end of a paring knife cuts and how to keep birds and cook breakfast. I was there when "normal" kindergarten teachers came for a demonstration. They were horrified. I do think that schools there prepare their kids better for life in general. I do like the Montessori way of raising kids.
One question: Which software are they using? I'm using truecrypt on an old windows rig. Would this meet their spec?
Personally I like OpenSuse, but don't want to argue distros here. One think I would suggest is to try out the Live CD's first and settle yourself on one and then distribute that one across the board. It's a lot easier to diagnose things if you have the same distro and version. I do have to disagree with the gamer comments above. I think that the poster has "clients" like mine that just want to surf, email and write the occasional word and excel documents. Open office is fine for this. most people i do this fine are fine with the games that come with linux like solitaire and frozen bubble. One thing to really look at is the desktop. even though people argue about distros the real difference is the desktop. Personally I prefer KDE to gnome but that's my preference. In my case the main reason to do this is updating an older pc that windows is getting slower and slower on. The reason I love linux is the fact that it doesn't suffer from windows registry rot. The linux machines i've installed are all still running. The windows machines all seem to get slower after the first shareware and games get installed. (Not to mention installing anti-virus software which is really necessary but an overhead on some already ancient machines. Just my 2 cents.
You might want to check out twitter.com. It has low bandwidth and works using mail and sms messages. You'll have to pare down on photos but it would be good to send snapshots and links to where you currently are. Chances are the 100 minutes are for usig their PCs. (You might not get WLAN or laptop access for your machine. There's probably a business center where you'll have to do everything. That being said do take a vacation from the net. If this is a good cruise you'll be too busy for sending hourly updates to the blog. :0
I have to agree with the others that two is too young for this sort of thing. Three is a more appropriate age. That being said you might want to look at Leapster they have a bunch of good stuff that might be of interest. I like the posts that suggest older hardware but would recommend sticking to a lcd screen and getting extension cables on the keyboard and mouse. Children are apt to try and drag everything especially keyboards and mice off the table. having the extra cord and connectors to break away without fraggin the connections on the motherboard would be a good thing. You can also get a kiddy keyboard with bigger letters and shapes for younger typists. :)
Do keep in mind that you'll have to watch Jr. like a hawk. Kids are more capable than most people think, but leaving them alone with a laptop is actually pretty dangerous. If you're up to the challenge google the Montessori. There are tons of schools and websites out there that go into treating little people like big people. (Yes a three year old can cook their own eggs on a minature but functional stove.) They're probably really against the computers for kids this small but you never know. By the way my daughter is about ten now.
Hi All,
He made it. Remember that this guy is a commercial/jet fighter pilot as well as an accomlished parachutist. Children don't try this at home.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/09/26/rocket.man.english.channel.ap/index.html