Well, according to TFA, the OLPC "will initially be loaded with about 100 copyright-free books" which is a heck of a lot. And of course they can download any free ones they find online. But I agree that laptop programs stateside haven't had that much of an effect.
I think an extension would be better. Firefox needs to try and stay platform agnostic. Camino is localized and uses Cocoa on OS X. That allows to be much more mac-like.
Computer scientists know what they need to do and how to do it, so long as they can express it in the language they're using. Experienced software developers often know incredible amounts of detail about programming languages, but not necessarily about advanced algorithms and data structures. So does that make Computer Scientists better? Or software developers? Which is more important, knowing advanced algorithms and data structures, or knowing the intricate details of a programming language so you can optimize that much more.
I'm just a lowly college student (EE) so I don't know the answer.
How about a system where the parents can have an account that is tied to their child's. So they can be notified about everything the child does on the site.
Some important things to note are that this is opt-in, so the kids could always work around it. It would be the parents job to police they're kids. If the kids have rich social networks, it would be hard to hide from the parents if the parents know who their child is friends with.
This isn't an ideal situation, but it is a heck of a lot better than mandatory registration as kids.
Yeah, I agree that it would be weird. But it seems like it would probably be easier than making ones that could block light. So early models may not block light so well.
It's even worse if you live in Hawaii, well kinda. You're only at cruising altitude for about 10 minutes. So as soon as you start using your electronics you have to put them away again. Of course the flight is only 30-40 minutes long in the first place...
The article says that there will be no mandatory meetings. That means there can still be meetings, but if you don't personally think they're productive or beneficial, you can leave.
Plus having lots of side quests makes it much easier to tailor the game to your preferences. Want a quicker game? don't do the side quests. Want a longer one? Do all the side quests, explore everywhere etc.
It's already easy to forward all your mail. It's in the settings, under Forwarding and POP. Simply put in your e-mail address and all your e-mail is now forwarded.
If they're only using a hardware based key logger, than you can do simple things. For instance, if your password is "Password" You could type "word" then use the mouse to go to the beginning and type "pass" I am not aware of any way that they would then be able to correlate the mouse clicks and the screen together with the typing all using hardware, because you would be providing your own software (linux).
"Free "books" and lectures would allow anyone anywhere, that just have access to the internet, to learn whatever he/she want."
OCW may be what you are looking for. Although I must admit that it is quite technical.
"I'd like to see some stuff like repair manuals for cars, exloded parts drawings, etc. That stuff can be hard to find sometimes, as its always copywrited. How would this work though, if they buy copywrited material is it just OK for them to post it up for free for everyone?"
They would be buying the copywrights, not juse a copywrighted work. Once they own the copywrights, then they control the work.
So then they can post it up in it's entirety for the rest of the world to enjoy and learn from.
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Thats so that there can be 165 signatures rather than 164
Well, according to TFA, the OLPC "will initially be loaded with about 100 copyright-free books" which is a heck of a lot. And of course they can download any free ones they find online. But I agree that laptop programs stateside haven't had that much of an effect.
I thought many video game stores don't offer employee discounts on big ticket items like consoles.
Makes me glad to live in Hawaii. I can still go to the beach or play tennis. Too bad I never leave my room...
yeah, xkcd says it well
I think an extension would be better. Firefox needs to try and stay platform agnostic. Camino is localized and uses Cocoa on OS X. That allows to be much more mac-like.
I'm just a lowly college student (EE) so I don't know the answer.
How about a system where the parents can have an account that is tied to their child's. So they can be notified about everything the child does on the site.
Some important things to note are that this is opt-in, so the kids could always work around it. It would be the parents job to police they're kids. If the kids have rich social networks, it would be hard to hide from the parents if the parents know who their child is friends with.
This isn't an ideal situation, but it is a heck of a lot better than mandatory registration as kids.
But if you pirate music you get plenty of choices of quality, and it'll play on any mp3 player, and it has no DRM!
Yeah, I agree that it would be weird. But it seems like it would probably be easier than making ones that could block light. So early models may not block light so well.
Interesting, but wouldn't you still be able to see through it? Or would active pixels block light from passing through?
It's even worse if you live in Hawaii, well kinda. You're only at cruising altitude for about 10 minutes. So as soon as you start using your electronics you have to put them away again. Of course the flight is only 30-40 minutes long in the first place...
But what about the criminals who don't want fingerprints!
Ebay isn't necessarily a good example because they need a critical mass of users much more than a video hosting site does.
The article says that there will be no mandatory meetings. That means there can still be meetings, but if you don't personally think they're productive or beneficial, you can leave.
Plus having lots of side quests makes it much easier to tailor the game to your preferences. Want a quicker game? don't do the side quests. Want a longer one? Do all the side quests, explore everywhere etc.
The parent post is in no way deserving of a -1 flamebait.
It's already easy to forward all your mail. It's in the settings, under Forwarding and POP. Simply put in your e-mail address and all your e-mail is now forwarded.
I think it would still be quite interesting to hear his take on it.
if you want a simplistic audio player, you could try http://www.un4seen.com/xmplay.html/
what is this "bird flu" you speak of?
If they're only using a hardware based key logger, than you can do simple things. For instance, if your password is "Password" You could type "word" then use the mouse to go to the beginning and type "pass" I am not aware of any way that they would then be able to correlate the mouse clicks and the screen together with the typing all using hardware, because you would be providing your own software (linux).
"Free "books" and lectures would allow anyone anywhere, that just have access to the internet, to learn whatever he/she want." OCW may be what you are looking for. Although I must admit that it is quite technical.
"I'd like to see some stuff like repair manuals for cars, exloded parts drawings, etc. That stuff can be hard to find sometimes, as its always copywrited. How would this work though, if they buy copywrited material is it just OK for them to post it up for free for everyone?" They would be buying the copywrights, not juse a copywrighted work. Once they own the copywrights, then they control the work. So then they can post it up in it's entirety for the rest of the world to enjoy and learn from.
Hey that sounds just like viruses! So are anti-DRM measures gonna evolve into super anti-DRM measures?