The DE&T pays for the licience and every DE&T employee is covered by the licience. Schools only have to pay $7 for the CDs and that's it. No other fees are paid.
a prebuilt proxy/wireless authentication box, "Edupass", is being sent to all schools, complete with documentation.
If you truly had extensive experience with Victorian Schools, then you'd know they almost every TSSP in the state hate the EduPaSS server and it's creator.
The school I'm based at is moving towards running Linux web and file servers in the next few days, with a new mail server being brought online at the end of the year.
One of the bigger problems is that CASES21 only runs on Windows, so the Admin networks can't run Linux at all.
There are inroads being made with OSS to Victorian Schools, but on the client side, nothing will happen until schools are willing to undertake PD with staff on how to use Linux, and there is sufficient educational software available.
I doubt this will happen any time in the near future. Teachers are paranoid enough as it is, with the disaster that is the WiNS initiave and the latest notebook image fiasco.. Throwing a new OS into the mix would be a horrible idea..
While running Linux on the curriculum network would make TSSP lives a lot easier, teachers would be the hardest to convert.
The RoboCup Junior competition is also on at the momemnt. The current team representing Australia is from my school and their robots are impressive.
I've witnessed the bith of RoboCup Junior and have assisted with it since then. This is a great way to teach students about robotics and programming. One of the robots built at my school is programmed in ASM, which is a pretty good feat.
I remember the early days of RoboCup junior where is was Lego alround and my team won the national championships in the first year...
Games arn't the only reason.. Sure they might be a big factor, but another is like the reason we download mp3's off iTunes.. The ammount of crap on TV channels nowdays is amazing..
If they put on some quality shows at the right times, you may lure back some gamers.. But not all...
This would be useful to prove that code is under the GPL, but this could be simply gotten around by just looking at the code, then rewriting it yourself.
But, of course this will take time and money, something the big business hate to spend.. But the technology is useful.
Australias IT industry is forecast to suffer losses. These are because of the Govournments lack of intrest in the area. All our policies were dictated by the Minister of xyz and IT and no one tried to stop them.
We need a better Government so we can improve, and for once, People outside of the big cities might get ADSL..
I'd use this as a method to pass those long add breaks in the middle of programs. But unless the games become slightly more advanced, they wont find a market in the serious gamer. Most of the people playing would be the non gamer who's bored infront of the TV
Atlantic Records has an opportunity with this because this technology is not copyable, it's not downloadable, it's not swappable.
No one can say this unless they never, ever release a piece of software and only use it themselves. Eventualy it'll be copied and then spread across the p2p networks.
They've just issued a challenge to the people. I give it 2-3 weeks.
they applied this to the real world. Now imagine this.
You go to a class, you plug a CAT6 cable into your body and download the whole class info directly to your brain! No study required, no boring lectures, and the ammount of pr0n and warez you can store in your brain would be impressive.
Hell, screw the cable, go wireless with DNA hd storage... The walking computer.
Would the bloody american companies Sod off and die? Australians dont want our laws and copywrite acts tampered with, just because the Americans say so.
This really makes me want to take over the world... Then i can lord over America..
This has happened before, Nintendo released the game "Terranenigma" in Australia and Europe, yet it was never released in America. Although this is good for us Australians, I'm sick of getting games last in line.
If i ran a Console Dev company, i'd release in Australia first, Japan second and america last... See how you like it.
This move doesn't surprise me, but if this goes through, it will certainly mean small businesses like mine will die because many cannot afford the cost.
Come on Australia! Rally and fight this patent!
Hell, why dont Nintendo but the classic Mario, Metroid and Zelda games on the same DVD disk.. I'm sure they all fit.. As all the roms would be about 100-150 mb.. That would make me go out and buy a GameCube...
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The DE&T pays for the licience and every DE&T employee is covered by the licience. Schools only have to pay $7 for the CDs and that's it. No other fees are paid.
a prebuilt proxy/wireless authentication box, "Edupass", is being sent to all schools, complete with documentation.
If you truly had extensive experience with Victorian Schools, then you'd know they almost every TSSP in the state hate the EduPaSS server and it's creator.
The school I'm based at is moving towards running Linux web and file servers in the next few days, with a new mail server being brought online at the end of the year.
One of the bigger problems is that CASES21 only runs on Windows, so the Admin networks can't run Linux at all.
There are inroads being made with OSS to Victorian Schools, but on the client side, nothing will happen until schools are willing to undertake PD with staff on how to use Linux, and there is sufficient educational software available.
I doubt this will happen any time in the near future. Teachers are paranoid enough as it is, with the disaster that is the WiNS initiave and the latest notebook image fiasco.. Throwing a new OS into the mix would be a horrible idea..
While running Linux on the curriculum network would make TSSP lives a lot easier, teachers would be the hardest to convert.
I had downloaded and seen the full season of Stargate: Atlantis a whole 3 months before Channel Seven decided to screen it.
I'm doing it now with the new Doctor Who and CSI as well, as the free to air TV channels are all filled with repeats.. Pay TV is only slightly better.
We get shows years after they have screened in the US. That's if we get shows at all.
Stargate SG1 is only up to the last episodes of season 6 by my last count..
Firefly was shown at 2:30am in the morning and other good shows are pulled off air after 3 episodes to make way for shitty reality or lifestyle shows.
Thank god for Foxtel and with Foxtel's new PVR being released soon, I wont have to download TV Episodes again.
The RoboCup Junior competition is also on at the momemnt. The current team representing Australia is from my school and their robots are impressive. I've witnessed the bith of RoboCup Junior and have assisted with it since then. This is a great way to teach students about robotics and programming. One of the robots built at my school is programmed in ASM, which is a pretty good feat. I remember the early days of RoboCup junior where is was Lego alround and my team won the national championships in the first year...
The above link is a 404.... Just to warn you all..
Games arn't the only reason.. Sure they might be a big factor, but another is like the reason we download mp3's off iTunes.. The ammount of crap on TV channels nowdays is amazing.. If they put on some quality shows at the right times, you may lure back some gamers.. But not all...
This would be useful to prove that code is under the GPL, but this could be simply gotten around by just looking at the code, then rewriting it yourself. But, of course this will take time and money, something the big business hate to spend.. But the technology is useful.
Australias IT industry is forecast to suffer losses. These are because of the Govournments lack of intrest in the area. All our policies were dictated by the Minister of xyz and IT and no one tried to stop them. We need a better Government so we can improve, and for once, People outside of the big cities might get ADSL..
I'd use this as a method to pass those long add breaks in the middle of programs. But unless the games become slightly more advanced, they wont find a market in the serious gamer. Most of the people playing would be the non gamer who's bored infront of the TV
This is a good place to showcase a developers talents. It's also a good place for the major dev houses to go head hunting.
I doubt this game would be successful in the US market. But I agree that this is very well suited to the Japanese market!
Atlantic Records has an opportunity with this because this technology is not copyable, it's not downloadable, it's not swappable. No one can say this unless they never, ever release a piece of software and only use it themselves. Eventualy it'll be copied and then spread across the p2p networks. They've just issued a challenge to the people. I give it 2-3 weeks.
they applied this to the real world. Now imagine this. You go to a class, you plug a CAT6 cable into your body and download the whole class info directly to your brain! No study required, no boring lectures, and the ammount of pr0n and warez you can store in your brain would be impressive. Hell, screw the cable, go wireless with DNA hd storage... The walking computer.
I, for one, welcome our new Slackware 9.1 using overlords.
Would the bloody american companies Sod off and die? Australians dont want our laws and copywrite acts tampered with, just because the Americans say so. This really makes me want to take over the world... Then i can lord over America..
This has happened before, Nintendo released the game "Terranenigma" in Australia and Europe, yet it was never released in America. Although this is good for us Australians, I'm sick of getting games last in line. If i ran a Console Dev company, i'd release in Australia first, Japan second and america last... See how you like it.
This move doesn't surprise me, but if this goes through, it will certainly mean small businesses like mine will die because many cannot afford the cost. Come on Australia! Rally and fight this patent!
While your letter was indeed intended to be insulting, i find it rather amused me...
Hell, why dont Nintendo but the classic Mario, Metroid and Zelda games on the same DVD disk.. I'm sure they all fit.. As all the roms would be about 100-150 mb.. That would make me go out and buy a GameCube...