RE: One Laptop Per Child

2007-11-24 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jonathan McKeown Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 12:07 AM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: One Laptop Per Child [Ted Mittelstaedt's words, heavily edited for brevity. Ted, please shout

Re: One Laptop Per Child

2007-11-19 Thread Jonathan McKeown
[Ted Mittelstaedt's words, heavily edited for brevity. Ted, please shout if I haven't caught the sense of what you're saying] Well, I know it's been a week since this came up but I'll toss in my $0.02 here. I've been against this project since I heard about it. Fortunately, it appears to be

Re: One Laptop Per Child

2007-11-19 Thread Chuck Robey
Gee, I thought that this had gone away. PLEASE send this off to FreeBSD-chat, it has no business on FreeBSD-questions whatever. Jonathan McKeown wrote: [Ted Mittelstaedt's words, heavily edited for brevity. Ted, please shout if I haven't caught the sense of what you're saying]

RE: One Laptop Per Child

2007-11-18 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Beech Rintoul Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 12:40 AM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Olivier Nicole; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: One Laptop Per Child On Sunday 11 November 2007, Olivier

Re: One Laptop Per Child

2007-11-14 Thread Chad Perrin
On Tue, Nov 13, 2007 at 10:31:14AM -0500, Bart Silverstrim wrote: You're aware that by offering your opinion while chastising people for doing likewise, you're contributing to the topic you're chastising, right? Actually . . . I thought the points were made well. I think perhaps you have a

Re: One Laptop Per Child

2007-11-13 Thread Rob
I am usually not the one to bring up these things but I feel very strongly about this. Starting Monday, November 12 this website is offering a give one get one deal. I believe the money will be well invested. YMMV http://xogiving.org/ I have to agree with many posters, this project is the most

Re: One Laptop Per Child

2007-11-13 Thread Bart Silverstrim
Rob wrote: I am usually not the one to bring up these things but I feel very strongly about this. Starting Monday, November 12 this website is offering a give one get one deal. I believe the money will be well invested. YMMV http://xogiving.org/ I have to agree with many posters, this project

Re: One Laptop Per Child

2007-11-13 Thread usleepless
On Nov 13, 2007 2:52 PM, Rob [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am usually not the one to bring up these things but I feel very strongly about this. Starting Monday, November 12 this website is offering a give one get one deal. I believe the money will be well invested. YMMV http://xogiving.org/

Re: One Laptop Per Child

2007-11-13 Thread Bart Silverstrim
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Nov 13, 2007 2:52 PM, Rob [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am usually not the one to bring up these things but I feel very strongly about this. Starting Monday, November 12 this website is offering a give one get one deal. I believe the money will be well invested. YMMV

Re: One Laptop Per Child

2007-11-13 Thread Garrett Cooper
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Nov 13, 2007 2:52 PM, Rob [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am usually not the one to bring up these things but I feel very strongly about this. Starting Monday, November 12 this website is offering a give one get one deal. I believe the money will be well invested. YMMV

Re: One Laptop Per Child

2007-11-12 Thread Beech Rintoul
On Sunday 11 November 2007, Olivier Nicole said: I am usually not the one to bring up these things but I feel very strongly about this. Starting Monday, November 12 this website is offering a give one get one deal. I believe the money will be well invested. YMMV http://xogiving.org/

Re: One Laptop Per Child

2007-11-12 Thread Gary Kline
On Sun, Nov 11, 2007 at 07:55:01PM -1000, Robert Marella wrote: Aloha FreeBSD Users I am usually not the one to bring up these things but I feel very strongly about this. Starting Monday, November 12 this website is offering a give one get one deal. I believe the money will be well

Re: One Laptop Per Child

2007-11-12 Thread Robert Marella
On Mon, 12 Nov 2007 14:04:04 +0700 (ICT) Olivier Nicole [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am usually not the one to bring up these things but I feel very strongly about this. Starting Monday, November 12 this website is offering a give one get one deal. I believe the money will be well invested.

Re: One Laptop Per Child

2007-11-12 Thread Chuck Robey
Olivier Nicole wrote: I am usually not the one to bring up these things but I feel very strongly about this. Starting Monday, November 12 this website is offering a give one get one deal. I believe the money will be well invested. YMMV http://xogiving.org/ That is a difficult issue, while

[OFFTOPIC] Re: One Laptop Per Child

2007-11-12 Thread Pollywog
On Monday 12 November 2007 19:06:28 Chuck Robey wrote: I wish it wasn't this way. Maybe it's just in the schools I visited? If so, anyone have a better experience? Until I hear of some, I won't contribute to any computers for kids deal, because it only benefits big computer companies, who

Re: One Laptop Per Child

2007-11-12 Thread Kevin Kinsey
Chuck Robey wrote: I am usually not the one to bring up these things but I feel very strongly about this. Starting Monday, November 12 this website is offering a give one get one deal. I believe the money will be well invested. YMMV http://xogiving.org/ That is a difficult issue, while this

Re: One Laptop Per Child

2007-11-12 Thread Bahman M.
On 2007-11-12 Olivier Nicole wrote: I am usually not the one to bring up these things but I feel very strongly about this. Starting Monday, November 12 this website is offering a give one get one deal. I believe the money will be well invested. YMMV http://xogiving.org/ That is a

Re: [OFFTOPIC] Re: One Laptop Per Child

2007-11-12 Thread Bill Campbell
On Mon, Nov 12, 2007, Pollywog wrote: On Monday 12 November 2007 19:06:28 Chuck Robey wrote: I wish it wasn't this way. Maybe it's just in the schools I visited? If so, anyone have a better experience? Until I hear of some, I won't contribute to any computers for kids deal, because it only

Re: [OFFTOPIC] Re: One Laptop Per Child

2007-11-12 Thread Chuck Robey
Pollywog wrote: On Monday 12 November 2007 19:06:28 Chuck Robey wrote: I wish it wasn't this way. Maybe it's just in the schools I visited? If so, anyone have a better experience? Until I hear of some, I won't contribute to any computers for kids deal, because it only benefits big computer

Re: One Laptop Per Child

2007-11-12 Thread Robert Huff
Bahman M. writes: On 2007-11-12 Olivier Nicole wrote: That is a difficult issue, while this is an opportunity, I doubt this is the most needed thing to provide education. We are talking giving laptop to people who do not even have electricity in some cases... I second the idea.

Re: One Laptop Per Child

2007-11-12 Thread Robert Marella
On Mon, 12 Nov 2007 15:56:34 -0500 Robert Huff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The problem I have always had with this is computer use does not exist in a vacuum; it changes, and is changed by, the society in which it happens. If I look at the countries of the first world, I see places

Re: One Laptop Per Child

2007-11-12 Thread Garrett Cooper
Kevin Kinsey wrote: Chuck Robey wrote: I am usually not the one to bring up these things but I feel very strongly about this. Starting Monday, November 12 this website is offering a give one get one deal. I believe the money will be well invested. YMMV http://xogiving.org/ That is a

Re: One Laptop Per Child

2007-11-12 Thread Bill Vermillion
The door open and in walked trouble - disguised as our our old nemesis [EMAIL PROTECTED], who uttered, at Mon, Nov 12, 2007 at 21:37 : Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 13:30:46 -0600 From: Kevin Kinsey [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: One Laptop Per Child To: Chuck Robey [EMAIL PROTECTED] [edited

Subject: Re: One Laptop Per Child

2007-11-12 Thread Graham Bentley
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One Laptop Per Child

2007-11-11 Thread Robert Marella
Aloha FreeBSD Users I am usually not the one to bring up these things but I feel very strongly about this. Starting Monday, November 12 this website is offering a give one get one deal. I believe the money will be well invested. YMMV http://xogiving.org/ Have a very good day Robert

Re: One Laptop Per Child

2007-11-11 Thread Olivier Nicole
I am usually not the one to bring up these things but I feel very strongly about this. Starting Monday, November 12 this website is offering a give one get one deal. I believe the money will be well invested. YMMV http://xogiving.org/ That is a difficult issue, while this is an

Re: One Laptop Per Child

2007-11-11 Thread Donovan R. Palmer
I know this is off topic... That is a difficult issue, while this is an opportunity, I doubt this is the most needed thing to provide education. You are correct sometimes it isn't the most important thing. However, in many, many cases it is. As with any aid project, it needs to form part of