The Debian Jr. project has been around for quite a long time. Its aims are to package and maintain a collection of relevant applications for the younger generation within the Debian framework.
This is very much an active project which is working with some of the other organisations. I myself have experimented with some of the stuff it includes with my niece. As mentioned in the article tuxpaint seems to be very popular for the pre-school age group.
The growth of these "Custom Debian Distributions" (the contents of which can usually be used on a traditional Debian install) should help bring free software into lots more situations.
Although supplying misleading information on a census form in the UK is a criminal offence, interestingly there is an exemption for religion.
Enough people put Jedi on the 2001 and census to have it added to the list according to the BBC. However the information on how many will not be made publically available. However its presence on the list does not mean it is officially recognized. This article points out that it is all a hoax and that it wont be added to the list. Hhh, conflicting ideas from the same media source, i dont believe it =)
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Rob
Although, i marvel at the theory and innovative use of peer to peer technology to achieve exemplary aims. I have some concerns about the possibilities of abuse, AFAIK the submission system for spam, is not moderated in any way. In fact only the hash is sent to the server and not a copy of the spam, i am therefore concerned that the system could possibly be abused by someone submitting the hash of a legitimate mail to the system that would then result in this email from being recieved by the other hosts. This could be done to prevent the circulation of bugtaq items, my a malicous user for instance. And as everyone has different personal opinions about SPAM and what constitues it, i think a set of clear guidelines is required and when submissions are made a copy of the mail is associated with it and a human being moderates the hashes being submitted.
Although i have my doubts about the system, if these were put to rest i would have no hesistation in implementing a system like this.
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The Debian Jr. project has been around for quite a long time. Its aims are to package and maintain a collection of relevant applications for the younger generation within the Debian framework.
This is very much an active project which is working with some of the other organisations. I myself have experimented with some of the stuff it includes with my niece. As mentioned in the article tuxpaint seems to be very popular for the pre-school age group.
The growth of these "Custom Debian Distributions" (the contents of which can usually be used on a traditional Debian install) should help bring free software into lots more situations.
Although supplying misleading information on a census form in the UK is a criminal offence, interestingly there is an exemption for religion. Enough people put Jedi on the 2001 and census to have it added to the list according to the BBC. However the information on how many will not be made publically available. However its presence on the list does not mean it is officially recognized. This article points out that it is all a hoax and that it wont be added to the list. Hhh, conflicting ideas from the same media source, i dont believe it =) Cheers Rob
Personally i think that this kind of setup is the future. Here in the UK one company HomeChoice&l t;/a> is already offering STBs that do VoD using the BT ADSL technologies. The STBs also have a serial port providing net access (albeit at a rather limited speed).
There are already many VoIP technologies in place and some standards, the VoIP revolution is progressing quickly.
Of course the cost of supply individual houses with fiber would be very high, using ADSL or other DSL technologies over plain copper with only fiber at the exchange would be a much cheaper solution.
How much bandwidth would an MPEG2 stream use? Unbundling of the local loop and the increase in competition with provision of ADSL services needs to improve to be able to provide complete solutions but the technology is available.
Although, i marvel at the theory and innovative use of peer to peer technology to achieve exemplary aims. I have some concerns about the possibilities of abuse, AFAIK the submission system for spam, is not moderated in any way. In fact only the hash is sent to the server and not a copy of the spam, i am therefore concerned that the system could possibly be abused by someone submitting the hash of a legitimate mail to the system that would then result in this email from being recieved by the other hosts. This could be done to prevent the circulation of bugtaq items, my a malicous user for instance. And as everyone has different personal opinions about SPAM and what constitues it, i think a set of clear guidelines is required and when submissions are made a copy of the mail is associated with it and a human being moderates the hashes being submitted. Although i have my doubts about the system, if these were put to rest i would have no hesistation in implementing a system like this.