Writing data on the XO

2008-03-29 Thread Urko Fernandez
I have written an activity that is working ok in sugar-jhbuild but under QEMU I have problems with file permissions: as the activity is launched in isolation, I have to give full 777 permissions to the folder where I store the data, but I have to do it manually from the command line [I tried adding

Re: Writing data on the XO

2008-03-29 Thread Bert Freudenberg
On 29.03.2008, at 13:14, Urko Fernandez wrote: > I have written an activity that is working ok in sugar-jhbuild but > under > QEMU I have problems with file permissions: as the activity is > launched > in isolation, I have to give full 777 permissions to the folder > where I > store the data,

No disassemble #5

2008-03-29 Thread Martin Dengler
Does anybody have strong feelings about encouraging/discouraging disassembly? I was downloading the Disassembly page on the wiki to my XO in case I needed the instructions while disconnected (default library addendum idea?) and I noticed there were two very prominent (right under the title), somew

Re: No disassemble #5

2008-03-29 Thread Isaac Sutcliffe
I don't feel that disassembly should be strongly encouraged or discouraged, and therefore do not agree with either Bernie or Adrianne. Although they both provide good points. Not every kid (or big kid) that has an XO will have an interest in disassembling it. Every school, however, will have a few

Re: No disassemble #5

2008-03-29 Thread Walter Bender
For what it is worth, we are putting it in the default library for the Peru builds... -walter On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 11:14 AM, Isaac Sutcliffe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't feel that disassembly should be strongly encouraged or > discouraged, and therefore do not agree with either Bernie

OLPC News (2008-03-29)

2008-03-29 Thread Walter Bender
1. Peru: Carla Monroy Gomez is in Lima, helping with the final preparations for the second round of teacher preparation in Peru. This coming week, 600 teachers in four regional centers will use the XO Laptop to explore, express, and collaborate. The next phase of the preparation will be in 18 regio

Re: Writing data on the XO

2008-03-29 Thread Urko Fernandez
Using activity.get_activity_root() did the trick, I've bundled the activity and uploaded to the wiki: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Assimilate I've filled the application to host the project on the olpc git server a few days ago but didn't receive any response, shall I write another application or ju

Re: Mini-Conference Proposal: Frameworks for Collaboration

2008-03-29 Thread C. Scott Ananian
On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 1:47 AM, Benjamin M. Schwartz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We will have an open discussion of how to build a framework that will ease > the > creation of reliable collaborative activities. I will also outline a > proposal > for "Collisionless", a particular message-bas

Re: Writing data on the XO

2008-03-29 Thread Marco Pesenti Gritti
On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 6:02 PM, Urko Fernandez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've filled the application to host the project on the olpc git server a > few days ago but didn't receive any response, shall I write another > application or just wait? Cheers. I think it usually takes a few days for

Re: Writing data on the XO

2008-03-29 Thread Urko Fernandez
That's what I thought, but I first filled the application and then created the wiki page and uploaded the activity bundled. In case it helps, the page in the wiki is this: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Assimilate Urko > > I think it usually takes a few days for them to be processed... > > Marco __

Re: Mini-Conference Proposal: Frameworks for Collaboration

2008-03-29 Thread Benjamin M. Schwartz
C. Scott Ananian wrote: | On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 1:47 AM, Benjamin M. Schwartz | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: |> We will have an open discussion of how to build a framework that will ease the |> creation of reliable collaborative activities. I will also outline a proposal |> for "Collisionless",

Re: Mini-Conference Proposal: Frameworks for Collaboration

2008-03-29 Thread C. Scott Ananian
On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 3:05 PM, Benjamin M. Schwartz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That is a very interesting perspective. I will definitely think hard > about that and try to come up with a sensible comparison. > > Offhand, I think the Collisionless idea is like a design where each > person's

Re: Mini-Conference Proposal: Frameworks for Collaboration

2008-03-29 Thread Jameson "Chema" Quinn
On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 1:05 PM, Benjamin M. Schwartz < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > C. Scott Ananian wrote: > | On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 1:47 AM, Benjamin M. Schwartz > | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > |> We will have an open discussion of how to build a framework that will > ease the > |> creation

Re: No disassemble #5

2008-03-29 Thread Jeffrey Kesselman
This is supposed to be an open project. I say that should include hardware information. Its one of the things that distinguishes it from such cynical attempts to enter this market as the things intel pulled... JK On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 11:16 AM, Walter Bender <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For wh

Teachers and researchers (miniconference?)

2008-03-29 Thread Jameson "Chema" Quinn
Part of the allure of constructivism is that it supposedly reduces the role of the teacher and the bureaucrat, allowing a country where teaching jobs have been political handouts to the incompetent, to improve its education system "from the bottom up". There are many good arguments for constructivi