but since there has been some interest here in the OLPC project... A report on the talk by Negroponte at the recent annual meeting of the AAAS: http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/02/negroponte-olpc.html regards cgm

... Subject: [free-culture] Feb 23rd: OLPC Jam Session Free Culture @ NYU,... number of us have purchased OLPCs http://www.laptop.org in...learn how to hack your OLPC and install XFCE (a lightweight...if you have one -- your OLPC. Here's the info for...read non bolded sentences: NYU OLPC Jam Session Saturday, February 23rd...to accommodate you. Having an OLPC is not a requirement but...

... the boards to whoever writes the best/most driver(s) during the conference. Maybe they are not top of the line anymore, but they were worth quite a bit more than $99. I also can also bring an OLPC XO if anyone is interested in working further on the Inferno/Plan 9 ports. Peace and best wishes uriel P.S.: I think they still read 9fans, but I'm bcc-ing them just in case. On Fri,...

... the concept of "File" is not as central as the concept of "buffer". It is not a question of being modern or not. In the 1980's the notion of "file" already existed, and today, projects like OLPC are putting it aside. (global-set-key (kbd "C-w") 'kill-this-buffer) ; close Please don't suggest this. `C-w' is for `kill-region' which is fundamental - see the manual ...

... Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 17:19, <xraysmalevich@gmail.com> wrote: The problem there, is that Alt-F4 is Windows only, and Emacs is not a windows-only program. There is no Alt-F4 on the Mac, or on the OLPC XO (it's reserved by the OS for something else). But in Emacs, on all of them, there is C-x C-c. Yes. And the point is? I don't think anyone is proposing to switch to Alt-F4... ...

... to type Alt-F4 than C-x C-c. Juanma The problem there, is that Alt-F4 is Windows only, and Emacs is not a windows-only program. There is no Alt-F4 on the Mac, or on the OLPC XO (it's reserved by the OS for something else). But in Emacs, on all of them, there is C-x C-c. That of course might make Alt-F4 much harder to type on those other system, but it does not ...

... more effort and less convenient to move your hands of the "home keys" to get to F4. I find much easier to type Alt-F4 than C-x C-c. Juanma The problem there, is that Alt-F4 is Windows only, and Emacs is not a windows-only program. There is no Alt-F4 on the Mac, or on the OLPC XO (it's reserved by the OS for something else). But in Emacs, on all of them, there is C-x C-c.

"Juanma Barranquero" <lekktu@gmail.com> writes: Exaggerating a bit (OK, a *lot*), that's like saying that solving the world famines is not useful because it is hard. :) I'm just testing Emacs on my XO (from OLPC) and the XO says: "I don't need no education!" "I don't need no modernization!" -- Bastien

... the concept of "File" is not as central as the concept of "buffer". It is not a question of being modern or not. In the 1980's the notion of "file" already existed, and today, projects like OLPC are putting it aside. (global-set-key (kbd "C-w") 'kill-this-buffer) ; close Please don't suggest this. `C-w' is for `kill-region' which is fundamental - see the manual (info "(...

... 1.4 TDI 80PS Ecomotive emits just 99g/km. For an average mileage of 8900 miles per annum that comes to 1.4 tonens of CO2 per annum compared to 1.2 tonnes pa for a computer with a 500W PSU operating at an average 200W consumption for 16 hours/day Oh dear. Duhg obviously needs to get hold of one of the OLPCs that run off a wind-up charger. Or he should STFU. Mike P