Re: OT: Linux - Stop holding our kids back

2008-12-10 Thread Josef Lowder
Behalf Of James Mcphee > Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 2:30 PM > To: Main PLUG discussion list > Subject: Re: OT: Linux - Stop holding our kids back > > > Hmm... Whether or not the story is real doesn't really affect us one way or > the other. I believe we can all agree th

Re: OT: Linux - Stop holding our kids back

2008-12-10 Thread Stephen P Rufle
inux.com > > > *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of > *James Mcphee > *Sent:* Wednesday, December 10, 2008 2:30 PM > *To:* Main PLUG discussion list > *Subject:* Re: OT: Li

RE: OT: Linux - Stop holding our kids back

2008-12-10 Thread Bob Elzer
How about Im-a-pc-and-I-run-linux.com _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of James Mcphee Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 2:30 PM To: Main PLUG discussion list Subject: Re: OT: Linux - Stop holding our kids back Hmm... Whether or not the story is real

Re: OT: Linux - Stop holding our kids back

2008-12-10 Thread Joshua Zeidner
site > that can be referenced to ejumacate folks? > > On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 1:55 PM, Joshua Zeidner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 1:48 PM, Lisa Kachold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >> > >> >> Date: Wed, 1

Re: OT: Linux - Stop holding our kids back

2008-12-10 Thread James Mcphee
olks? On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 1:55 PM, Joshua Zeidner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 1:48 PM, Lisa Kachold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > >> Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 12:31:27 -0700 > >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> To: plu

Re: OT: Linux - Stop holding our kids back

2008-12-10 Thread Alan Dayley
On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 1:48 PM, Lisa Kachold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yes it's an urban anti-technology myth, cleverly posted here by trolls! While it would not surprise me if the story turns out to be fake, I still find it believable. Over the years I have encountered real-life people in

Re: OT: Linux - Stop holding our kids back

2008-12-10 Thread Joshua Zeidner
On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 1:48 PM, Lisa Kachold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 12:31:27 -0700 >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> Subject: Re: OT: Linux - Stop holding our kids back >> >>

RE: OT: Linux - Stop holding our kids back

2008-12-10 Thread Lisa Kachold
> Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 12:31:27 -0700 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > Subject: Re: OT: Linux - Stop holding our kids back > > On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 12:22 PM, Alex Dean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Dec 1

RE: OT: Linux - Stop holding our kids back

2008-12-10 Thread Bob Elzer
: Re: OT: Linux - Stop holding our kids back On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 12:22 PM, Alex Dean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Dec 10, 2008, at 11:16 AM, Joshua Zeidner wrote: > >> On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 10:47 AM, Mike Hoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> >>>

RE: OT: Linux - Stop holding our kids back

2008-12-10 Thread Bob Elzer
to be TAUGHT A LESSON. LOL -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alex Dean Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 7:48 AM To: Main PLUG discussion list Subject: Re: OT: Linux - Stop holding our kids back On Dec 9, 2008, at 12:59 PM, Stephen P

Re: OT: Linux - Stop holding our kids back

2008-12-10 Thread Joshua Zeidner
On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 12:22 PM, Alex Dean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Dec 10, 2008, at 11:16 AM, Joshua Zeidner wrote: > >> On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 10:47 AM, Mike Hoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Personally I believe that this blog is false. I think it was made up just to spar

Re: OT: Linux - Stop holding our kids back

2008-12-10 Thread James Finstrom
Now I have only been out of public schools for about a decade but I was in school when computers were a novelty and not a normality. In Junior High and High school I creatively reallocated the schools network to my own liking which brought on a "technology policy" so the schools are typically a few

Re: OT: Linux - Stop holding our kids back

2008-12-10 Thread Alex Dean
On Dec 10, 2008, at 11:16 AM, Joshua Zeidner wrote: On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 10:47 AM, Mike Hoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Personally I believe that this blog is false. I think it was made up just to spark a FOSS/MS debate, just like this one we're having now! :) Just smells a little fis

Re: OT: Linux - Stop holding our kids back

2008-12-10 Thread Joshua Zeidner
On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 10:47 AM, Mike Hoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Personally I believe that this blog is false. I think it was made up just >> to spark a FOSS/MS debate, just like this one we're having now! :) Just >> smells a little fishy to me... > > I was thinking the exact same thi

Re: OT: Linux - Stop holding our kids back

2008-12-10 Thread Mike Hoy
> Personally I believe that this blog is false. I think it was made up just to > spark a FOSS/MS debate, just like this one we're having now! :) Just > smells a little fishy to me... I was thinking the exact same thing. --- PLUG-discuss mailing

Re: OT: Linux - Stop holding our kids back

2008-12-10 Thread dorian . monroe
like this one we're having now! :) Just smells a little fishy to me... Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -Original Message- From: Alex Dean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 07:48:06 To: Main PLUG discussion list Subject: Re: OT: Linux - Stop holdi

Re: OT: Linux - Stop holding our kids back

2008-12-10 Thread Alex Dean
On Dec 10, 2008, at 8:41 AM, Judd Pickell wrote: In a country in which children's information is held (or is supposed to be held) so secretive, can we really trust a fully FOSS setup, or would it make more sense to have a small set of subprograms that handled such sensitive data not be FOS

Re: OT: Linux - Stop holding our kids back

2008-12-10 Thread Judd Pickell
I agree, the poster was a bit more negative than positive in regards to getting his point across. However there were two comments in his thread that would be wonderful for him to take to the Superintendent's office during the conference. Once was the information from the Finland school district tha

Re: OT: Linux - Stop holding our kids back

2008-12-10 Thread Josef Lowder
Good thoughts, Alex. Yours is a much better response. I regret that my own response was far less constructive. Joe On 12/10/08, Alex Dean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Dec 9, 2008, at 12:59 PM, Stephen P Rufle wrote: > > http://digg.com/linux_unix/Linux_Stop_holding_our_kids_back > > > > Inter

Re: OT: Linux - Stop holding our kids back

2008-12-10 Thread Alex Dean
On Dec 9, 2008, at 12:59 PM, Stephen P Rufle wrote: http://digg.com/linux_unix/Linux_Stop_holding_our_kids_back Interesting article about how a teacher took away Linux disks from a kid who was passing them out. I think the poster took the wrong tone with his reply to that teacher. Thin

Re: OT: Linux - Stop holding our kids back

2008-12-09 Thread Nadim Hoque
David Huerta wrote: >> Interesting article about how a teacher took away Linux disks from a kid >> who was passing them out. >> >> > > I'm speechless. I think this pretty much sums it up though: > > http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v171/backinblack1979/picard_facepalm.jpg > > > funny thin

Re: OT: Linux - Stop holding our kids back

2008-12-09 Thread David Huerta
> Interesting article about how a teacher took away Linux disks from a kid > who was passing them out. > I'm speechless. I think this pretty much sums it up though: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v171/backinblack1979/picard_facepalm.jpg -- david [.dh] huerta delugphx.org --

Re: OT: Linux - Stop holding our kids back

2008-12-09 Thread Alexander Henry
and this is very much on-topic. --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss

Re: OT: Linux - Stop holding our kids back

2008-12-09 Thread Alexander Henry
This makes my blood boil. --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss

OT: Linux - Stop holding our kids back

2008-12-09 Thread Stephen P Rufle
http://digg.com/linux_unix/Linux_Stop_holding_our_kids_back Interesting article about how a teacher took away Linux disks from a kid who was passing them out. --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsub