+1, totalmente de acuerdo. Si lo desean esa imagen se puede reutilizar
de manera libre CC by sa, el original en tinta negra es por supuesto del
artista Torres García, es de dominio público, y los colores los puse yo.
Sur fue en su momento la lista más activa a nivel mundial en nuestra
lengua en
A generally private-but-the-taxpayer-pays-expenses company in Uruguay,
Conex, is said to have charged the Electoral Court US$ 2 million for
software that was used in the recent primary elections in Uruguay.
Central to this was the use of XO laptops, locally knows as Ceibalitas
Now, in the middle
ever heard of this?
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Subject:How Does the New Haitian Sûrtab Tablet Measure Up?
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From: Inveneo j...@inveneo.org
Reply-To: us4-6589affec7-f2ed88c...@conversation01.mailchimpapp.com
To: Yamandu
I forwarded the latest to RMS (r...@gnu.org)
here is the automated answer, for your enjoyment:
I am not on vacation, but I am at the end of a long time delay. I am
located somewhere on Earth, but as far as responding to email is concerned,
I appear to be well outside the solar system.
After
+1
told you so! (or was it in another list? hmmm, maybe in Sur...)
On 08/25/2013 07:14 PM, James Simmons wrote:
My feeling on this is that religious instruction, presented as such,
is OK. Presented as something else it isn't. Sometimes there is a gray
area. For instance, hatha yoga can be
here it is
1) existe (?) traduccion al castellano de su primer módulo
2) esta organizacion está siendo investigada en USA por el IRS por
enriquecimiento ilicito, y se indica están cortando programas allí
3) su contenido es (era?) generado por una organización dedicada a
Cábala, y su expresión
Gonzalo,
do you think it were possible to somehow push into the server (and then
up to the Internet) suitably anonymous data that tells at least what
activities have been started (at least a count within a timeframe, say,
every week)?
As part of this cloud effort?
Reason: After all these
Thank you, Tony
Unreliable? IMO most definitely, if the goal is to figure out *actual* use
Alas, you are probably correct in that there is no better data from
other deployments either
The data displayed relies on opinions or hearsay. Thanks to this
document, we know that teachers or parents
IMHO networking security might gain from having an option to permanently
hide the password. I believe Linux is years ahead of Windows in this, as
we can choose to make the password visible or not, but it would add
security if passwords also could be hidden permanently, as a third
choice,
Thank you, David, Bert, all
On 12/04/2012 01:58 PM, David Corking wrote:
snip
Yama, will your users be permitted to log into the Gnome desktop on
their XOs or Classmates?
Either.
Uruguay:
I am told that
kids with Classmates have Ubuntu, and no sudo restriction, they will do
fine, I will
it when I heard about it)
thank you again!
On 12/02/2012 02:33 PM, Martin Dengler wrote:
On Sun, Dec 02, 2012 at 10:57:39AM -0600, Yama Ploskonka wrote:
On 12/02/2012 08:13 AM, Martin Dengler wrote:
On Sat, Dec 01, 2012 at 10:08:07PM -0600, Yama
School onwards, this sort of becomes a moot point.
On 12/03/2012 11:23 AM, Bert Freudenberg wrote:
On 2012-12-03, at 18:08, Yama Ploskonka yamap...@gmail.com wrote:
The main point
The main point is that you can write Sugar activities in any language that
suits you, as long as it can connect
, Dec 3, 2012 at 12:50 PM, Yama Ploskonka yamap...@gmail.com wrote:
You are right, Bert, sorry, got carried away. The main point was not
compiled vs. interpreted, that was just a point of theology.
The main point for me :-) is
1) stuff that currently lives as RPMs be usable by Uruguayan XO users
AM, Martin Dengler wrote:
On Sat, Dec 01, 2012 at 10:08:07PM -0600, Yama Ploskonka wrote:
If it is defunct, can we use binaries finally to optimize and speed
up operation
Using binaries is not what needs to be done. Rewriting each
activity (that you want to speed up) is what you're saying needs
Let me stand up and rejoice that nowadays you need several hands to
count XO alumni that went on to write code!
Photographic evidence in the link that Flavio shares
Flavio Danesse has been one of the game changers in this, mentoring a
few at first, and now many more.
Kids mostly use
Ploskonka wrote:
On 12/02/2012 08:13 AM, Martin Dengler wrote:
On Sat, Dec 01, 2012 at 10:08:07PM -0600, Yama Ploskonka wrote:
If it is defunct, can we use binaries finally to optimize and speed
up operation
Using binaries is not what needs to be done. Rewriting each
activity (that you want to speed
if they are accessing an HTML resource, the kid can have a cookie, or a
CGI hidden field that gets passed in the URL as they call the resource.
That would work like logging in into any webpage as we are used to do,
hopefully done only once, and then kept as a cookie field. That would
require
question,
what is the status of users developing Python stuff on XOs?
is it totally given up and defunct, or someone is trying to keep that
alive?
for example, the source hand button, right of the alt gr key?
If it is defunct, can we use binaries finally to optimize and speed up
operation,
questions:
1) Are there Release 13 files for testing on XO-1 I can try?
As is of record, I am most concerned on how the msp430 toolkit will build.
Significant issues with os 12 repositories...
http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/OLPC_XO-1
2) What is the role of these 31012 builds? are they
PM, Yama Ploskonka yamap...@gmail.com wrote:
questions:
1) Are there Release 13 files for testing on XO-1 I can try?
I apologize if I was not clear. The 13.1 series is still under
development. It is not a stable release and will only load on machines
that have developer keys.
There are builds
:47 PM, Yama Ploskonka wrote:
Thank you again!
maybe I got this wrong. what happens is that I do not understand the
nature of the
os## folder names, and, bottom line, how can I help most to get the
repositories right this time for the msp430 toolchain.
I can test with XO-1 with dev key.
If I
I tend to second this, now :-)
On 11/30/2012 12:22 PM, Alan Jhonn Aguiar Schwyn wrote:
If you use the parent directory, you can browse all files..
http://build.laptop.org/13.1.0/
And think that the latest it's the annunced:
http://build.laptop.org/13.1.0/os15/
I'm wrong?
Regards!
Alan
it soon
Thank you again!
On 11/30/2012 01:27 PM, Daniel Drake wrote:
On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 12:07 PM, Yama Ploskonka yamap...@gmail.com wrote:
2) What is the role of these 31012 builds? are they meant as an official
update? are they undergoing further testing? In short, should I point people
James,
impressive work! congrats!
On 11/28/2012 04:19 PM, James Simmons wrote:
snip
http://www.flossmanuals.net/e-book-enlightenment/
eate books too. Just as we have students writing Sugar Activities and
even contributing code to Sugar itself we will also soon have students
writing and
Teen Wows M.I.T. - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOLOLrUBRBYnoredirect=1
14-Year-old is America's Top Young Scientist: Her Solar-Powered Jug
Purifies Water - YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71c95-LoBok
On 11/28/2012 07:52 PM, S. Daniel Francis wrote:
Hi Yama,
2012/11/28 Yama
,
This is really great. And thanks for updating the wiki (sorry about
the cold, though).
Can you provide specifics on the hardware/frame for the robot?
Thanks.
Gerald
On Sat, Nov 24, 2012 at 9:20 PM, Yama Ploskonka yamap...@gmail.com
mailto:yamap...@gmail.com wrote:
Bouncy robot powered
Bouncy robot powered by mspgcc+olpc/Sugar+msp430
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-jrNkWtavM
So far mspdebug Linux tools work in OLPC's XO computer using the
directions in
http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/OLPC_XO-1 (major overhaul today,
courtesy of a cold/flu)
1) I beg mspdebug
Reposting, sent to my address
On 11/09/2012 08:47 AM, Alfonso Bellorin wrote:
Hello!
I am taking this opportunity to ask for some guidance as to work with
the XOs. Specificity, I really need help with the server XS and how to
run it, including the applications that will handle the pulling of
Sure! anyone in server-devel who wants to forward this on? alas, I am
not on that one.
Thank you!
On 11/09/2012 11:58 AM, Chris Leonard wrote:
Yama,
server-devel might be a better list for reposting this message, just a thought.
cjl
On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 10:16 AM, Yama Ploskonka yamap
Funny how things happen to happen...
As I was driving home this evening from class, very tired, I was
reflecting on how pretty much all the effort I have put into Bolivia
OLPC, OLE and whatever has gone mostly to waste. As I am considering
further work and effort there in 2013, I was
=e_ephYMS16Qfeature=g-crec-f
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0ySESQ5Oc4feature=g-crec-f
Mike
On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 9:35 PM, Yama Ploskonka yamap...@gmail.com
mailto:yamap...@gmail.com wrote:
From a research standpoint, this decision by the Ethiopian gov is
great!
Doing this in English
Hackaday reports on teacher-less deployment. Hadn't heard this was
already out there, my apologies to all who knew this was an old thing.
Apparently 6 months already?
Anybody here connected with this deployment?
On 10/31/2012 03:02 PM, Hack a Day wrote:
WordPress.com
Mike Szczys posted: We
Thank you, from the links it seems possible.
Has this been used, do we know at least a bit, *what are kids using
XO/Sugar for*?
Can you kindly point us to that data? (high granularity especially welcome)
Thanks!
(Ethiopia, I covet your data also!)
On 10/31/2012 08:20 PM, Walter Bender
From a research standpoint, this decision by the Ethiopian gov is great!
Doing this in English avoids all sort of noise from family, etc., who
might help outside of the research.
In the back of my brain I recall someone doing some research here using
Klingon, for this very reason.
The
I'd like to send some microcontrollers, ICs and assorted such junk to UY
for one of our collaborators there. Have not had the happiest
experiences with the mail. Is there a way I could send it to someone at
San Francisco, and then taken home by some returning Uruguayan?
Dr. Kim's videos are CC-by
Great! (the terms of use are not as liberal, but this is a good beginning)
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Radioshack sells pack of 5 for $1.19, often available in stores
http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2062322
100 for $3.50
http://www.goldmine-elec-products.com/prodinfo.asp?number=G452R
their minimum is $10, and minimum shipping is $3.50, so it makes sense
to add some other
reposted from
Re: [Amazonas XO] Realizado durenate la Capacitaccion de Robotica...
Amazonas XO is a Peru teacher's group in Facebook
Apparently this actual project was done during some training course in
the Chachapoyas region
On 10/15/2012 09:22 AM, Eriberto Jaime Agüero Ricapa wrote:
oh, this seems to be just on par with my Python experience in general,
maybe the nature of the beast.
Many different paths possible, documentation sort of random. Confusing!
The good of it is that it indeed seems to be an environment where
anything is possible.
As to bugginess, I do not
I must have missed it if there was any comment on it, but Claudia Urrea
has been working on sensors for many years already -
She was kind enough to show me a box with several ready to use sensors
the time I was in OLPC headquarters in Boston, like 3 years ago?
As the head of the education dept
I must apologize about my lack of faith :-)
This is indeed very impressive. The fact that someone was able to
reproduce the experience is the real success in educational design -
manage to become independent and able, as we want students to be.
On 09/29/2012 01:07 AM, Andres Aguirre wrote:
1) I wouldn't say better... rather, complementary, and certainly
cheaper. Visiting the Butiá pages, the only picture I see showing an MCU
http://www.fing.edu.uy/inco/proyectos/butia/images/pistaButia.jpg is
showing an Arduino. Add a motor driver, and we are well above $30, plus
shipping. The
I'd add a reflection:
think on your market.
Even underperforming economies have access to gobs of money to be able
to pay for anything, they really do not care much about costs, and they
seem to care even less about performance.
What I am focusing on is Yama Ploskonka at 11 years old
on to them. I have been
working with the Arduino, but these boards are pretty neat.
Have you been able to use them in robotics? Is your work documented somewhere.
Thanks.
Gerald
On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 9:34 PM, Yama Ploskonka yamap...@gmail.com wrote:
in Terminal:
sudo yum install mspdebug msp430-libc
worse, Paolo.
To call it as it *is* is really not welcome in the world of pink glasses.
evidence of Sugar success:
*using Sugar* people (of all ages) are, massively, part of a new
culture of learning and communication
fact: some anecdotes here and there, very sweet each one, but not
the problem with the let them learn by making mistakes is that they
may not know *WHAT* mistake they made, and how to fix it.
Random chance events need eons, billions of years, to get to an advanced
civilization. Good design needs only a few millenia!
The standard response to
(Sur: este mensaje en inglés, en referencia a los cursos de Stanford -
copio a esta lista ya que hubo interes allí, aparte de la discusión en
IAEP y SG)
On 09/11/2012 12:39 PM, Samuel Klein wrote:
Yama - please tell us more about that class and your project and team!
And what did the teacher
my apologies, that didn t work. Ill see in my other computer
2011/4/20, Yama Ploskonka yamap...@gmail.com:
A, Walter, plz google sugar uruguay gpl compliant
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On 6/13/10, Walter Bender walter.ben...@gmail.com wrote:
snip
I think Cathcart and Klein also have a term for your debate technique:
characterzing an opponent's position as one that is distorting the
truth through the poor use of statistics by engaging in an equally
poor use of statistics.
I wonder what name is given in rhetoric to assuming out of a few
disconnected and exceptional examples that the whole operates in a
certain way. I would want to name what I often see among those who
assume anecdotes mean the whole OLPC / Sugar project works.
Mark's biggest sin was not to qualify
Not that it probably matters, but JIC let me support Ed's candidacy in his
volunteering to be the Document tram coordinator, a role which in some ways
he has been covering already
On Sun, May 23, 2010 at 6:52 PM, Edward Cherlin echer...@gmail.com wrote:
Clearly I should offer to take this one
Sebastian Silva and his rolling circus is about to embark in an amazing
trek getting to some amazing places. http://somosazucar.org/
Can we figure out how to mesh?
Those old enough may recall Maya Quest, even Oregon Trail as early
computer-based learning activities that connected classrooms
Panama? No mention of Haiti itself, alas.
On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 2:05 PM, Sean DALY sdaly...@gmail.com wrote:
http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2010/03/137832.htm
http://www.eweekeurope.co.uk/news/negroponte-low-cost-laptops-combating-afghan-indoctrination-5848
IMHO it should be Salas Pilco, S. Z.
or maybe
Salas Pilco, S.
Double last names are common usage over here, double first names less so.
Zobeida and Sdenka are first names.
Dowsett Johnston, A., Dwyer, M. (2003, November 17). Ranking
Canadian universities. Maclean's, 116, 40-41.
NOTE - This
I am grateful to finally find the link for the Spanish version, a while back
when I was looking I couldn't find that.
Yet, is Sugarlabs is down? Anyway, that links doesn't look right...
Thanks. Help appreciated, I'd like to access this document for use in
Bolivia.
Yama
On Wed, Nov 18, 2009
sorry to keep the off-topic on topic, :-), but in my experience the
possibility to access stuff in English is one of the biggest calls for Sugar
use, especially maybe in non-English places.
On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 9:53 AM, Carlo Falciola cfalci...@yahoo.it wrote:
Sebastian,
really have
I personally find the Kindle such a fad with short legs... Sorry, I will be
called a troll again ;-)
Anyway, a couple weeks ago USA Today had an article about some fancy school
that was giving up its (paper) book library because of pathetic low use, and
going for Kindles instead. Like refusing
Elonex One clones are available right now for about $75 USD in
quantities over 100. They were released original well after the XO 1,
and have about similar hardware. Originally they sold for about $300.
The XO seems to be about the only one defying Moore's :-)
While the (heavily subsidized)
I apologize. As a member of PlayPower, I will have to help them see
what is happening in Uruguay, that 400 K computers have been
delivered, albeit the issue of content useful for the classroom is not
yet solved there either.
On 11/8/09, Martin Langhoff martin.langh...@gmail.com wrote:
On Thu,
Your question was to Claudia, but one of the many ways that endear people to
me is how quickly I barge in others' conversations :-)
One suggestion: if they want to connect, don't stop them! let them connect,
please!
There's a few semi-defunct email lists in English, for example Educators
Nice renaming of the subject line
On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 1:37 PM, Martin Dengler mar...@martindengler.comwrote:
Does a taxonomy of lesson plans exist on Curriki or elsewhere?
Not that I know of, but it's a great-minds-alike concept.
AT OLE we are trying to put something like that together,
Some sweet old brother already pulled me over once for basically agreeing to
somebody's post, but I will risk that again.
Martin is so very right here, painfully so considering that with XOs and
Sugar we are trying some very different options to work. We are assuming
that we can use technology
Gerald,
I've seen your postings and I am getting curioser by the minute. Do you have
any idea on how to get the teachers themselves involved in some level of
discussion?
Yes, I know they are completely utterly overworked already, but then, how to
get to communicate with teachers and especially,
wow wow wow, this is a way cool concept. Local updates that would be truly
local automagically. I really would want to know how this ends up working
for the large deploys , esp. Uruguay. I have been told that some servers
are quite overstressed already as it seems (correct me here please) that
...@sugarlabs.orgwrote:
On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 10:56 AM, Yama Ploskonka yamap...@gmail.com
wrote:
wow wow wow, this is a way cool concept. Local updates that would be
truly
local automagically. I really would want to know how this ends up
working
for the large deploys , esp. Uruguay. I have
OK guys. The mystery is still on, but the whatever was not working is
working now.
Today I spent way too much time loading 6 different builds in as many XOs
and testing each one as to
1) capture a video using Record
2) upload to youtube
The usability of Sugar/XO was atrocious.
I mean, I am a
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