My recipe:
1. Install linux (or another UNIX like OS)
2. Play with it.
3. Read the how-to's of things you don't know.
4. Set up a home network.
5. Configure your DNS , SMTP, IMAP, POP3, HTTP, FTP, Samba , and DHCP server.
6. Set up a firewall (use masquerading) and OS security (tripwire, tcp-wrappers, ssh).
7. Set up dial-up networking.
8. Set up fetchmail and leafnode.
9. Use your other PC as a client.
10. Be part of a computing project at your school and try to use the things you learned above.
Art is about human expression/imagination and it can not be bound to a medium, style, belief, etc. If I were you I will continue exploring this (and any other) medium as an art expression. In the past photography wasn't Art but it was accepted as time passed and the medium was explored and perfected. So be a pioneer and keep on working.
I think it is terrible that the effort and good will of the net community be used to stab us in the back, but I don't think we should say "Sharing is for losers". We got to realize that once we share something we don't control what other people do with it. And sharing is really what OpenSource is about. Never the less... Down with the RIAA! And I don't think this will stop us from sharing music. On the other hand we should be working to make a better and friendlier gnutella like system, because sooner or later Napster is going down.
I think that the best incentive to do a project is to know someone will use it. The students and the teachers should identify the needs for the school/community and from there you could assign projects to fulfill those needs. Also keep in mind that you don't have to go and start doing things from scratch, the students could enhance/improve existing projects, like Mozilla, etc. and the project doesn't have to be strictly on programming, the students could design/implement systems for the use of the school.
They should have two models, one for easy internet stuff and a hackable one for people who want to play with the thing. The hackable version should cost more but it won't have any ISP subscription attached. This device would make a good "Wirless X/Web Terminal". It would be great to have a Linux server and several I-oppeners as clients for sharing internet connections, printers, playing games, office work, etc.
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My recipe:
1. Install linux (or another UNIX like OS)
2. Play with it.
3. Read the how-to's of things you don't know.
4. Set up a home network.
5. Configure your DNS , SMTP, IMAP, POP3, HTTP, FTP, Samba , and DHCP server.
6. Set up a firewall (use masquerading) and OS security (tripwire, tcp-wrappers, ssh).
7. Set up dial-up networking.
8. Set up fetchmail and leafnode.
9. Use your other PC as a client.
10. Be part of a computing project at your school and try to use the things you learned above.
Art is about human expression/imagination and it can not be bound to a medium, style, belief, etc. If I were you I will continue exploring this (and any other) medium as an art expression. In the past photography wasn't Art but it was accepted as time passed and the medium was explored and perfected. So be a pioneer and keep on working.
I think it is terrible that the effort and good will of the net community be used to stab us in the back, but I don't think we should say "Sharing is for losers". We got to realize that once we share something we don't control what other people do with it. And sharing is really what OpenSource is about. Never the less... Down with the RIAA! And I don't think this will stop us from sharing music. On the other hand we should be working to make a better and friendlier gnutella like system, because sooner or later Napster is going down.
I think that the best incentive to do a project is to know someone will use it. The students and the teachers should identify the needs for the school/community and from there you could assign projects to fulfill those needs. Also keep in mind that you don't have to go and start doing things from scratch, the students could enhance/improve existing projects, like Mozilla, etc. and the project doesn't have to be strictly on programming, the students could design/implement systems for the use of the school.
They should have two models, one for easy internet stuff and a hackable one for people who want to play with the thing. The hackable version should cost more but it won't have any ISP subscription attached. This device would make a good "Wirless X/Web Terminal". It would be great to have a Linux server and several I-oppeners as clients for sharing internet connections, printers, playing games, office work, etc.