On Wed, 2003-10-29 at 11:37, Tom wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 29, 2003 at 08:44:55AM -0800, Paul Mackinney wrote:
> > As for me, without TV I've had the bliss of missing Star Search,
> > Survival, and lord only knows what else. As far as I can tell, the only
> > thing I'm missing is the Daily Show. And I _
On Wed, Oct 29, 2003 at 08:44:55AM -0800, Paul Mackinney wrote:
> As for me, without TV I've had the bliss of missing Star Search,
> Survival, and lord only knows what else. As far as I can tell, the only
> thing I'm missing is the Daily Show. And I _think_ I'm getting the BBC's
> best thanks to vi
klaus imgrund declaimed:
> On Sunday 05 October 2003 14:40, Andrew Perrin wrote:
> > On Sun, 5 Oct 2003, Bengt Thure'e wrote:
> >
> > > Thanks, but it sort of demands an internet connection. I hope I can use
> > > a very old laptop (Pentium 100), and no internet connection... Just to
> > > put her
Alan Thompson wrote:
I'm sure you've already thought of this, but it's probably worth
mentioning that laptop keyboards come apart very easily, and the little
pieces therein practically define "choking hazard". Supervision is
essential.
Thanks for the warning, we will defintely watch out for this.
On Sun, Oct 05, 2003 at 03:32:38PM +0900, Bengt Thure'e wrote:
> I am considering installing Debian on a very very vintage laptop
> (Pentium 120, 32MB Ram, 700M HD), and letting our daughter bang away on
> the keyboard.
I'm sure you've already thought of this, but it's probably worth
mentioning
On Mon, 2003-10-06 at 10:52, Jaldhar H. Vyas wrote:
> But I'd rather my daughter played with computers than watched TV. She is
> not even 2 but already has memorised many advertising jingles. I know we
> live in a consumer society but this is disgusting.
Solution. Ditch the TV (or remove it's ab
On Mon, 6 Oct 2003 01:10:41 +0100 Pigeon wrote:
> ...
> The television regulating authorities ought to legislate that the PDC
> code information should contain a flag to indicate whether the current
> material being transmitted is programme content, advertising or
> trailers. This could then be dec
On Mon, 6 Oct 2003, Pigeon wrote:
> When I were a lad my parents would only let me watch Play School or
> the test card, then later let me watch the other children's programmes
> that came between Play School and the news. It was quite an
> achievement to get them to let me watch Doctor Who. These
On Sun, Oct 05, 2003 at 05:52:12PM -0400, Jaldhar H. Vyas wrote:
> On Sun, 5 Oct 2003, klaus imgrund wrote:
>
> >
> > I know that this is probably flamebait - but is there any specific reason a
> > 1-2 year old child has to play with a computer?
> > I know that all the geeks have proof that this a
On Sun, Oct 05, 2003 at 03:30:36PM -0300, klaus imgrund wrote:
> On Sunday 05 October 2003 14:40, Andrew Perrin wrote:
> > On Sun, 5 Oct 2003, Bengt Thure'e wrote:
> >
> > > Thanks, but it sort of demands an internet connection. I hope I can use
> > > a very old laptop (Pentium 100), and no intern
At Sun, 5 Oct 2003 13:40:45 -0400 (EDT),
Andrew Perrin wrote:
>
> On Sun, 5 Oct 2003, Bengt Thure'e wrote:
>
> > Thanks, but it sort of demands an internet connection. I hope
> > I can use a very old laptop (Pentium 100), and no internet
> > connection... Just to put her somewhere and she can hac
Err, I'm with Klaus on this. I'm not gonna tell ya how to bring your kid
up, but I was in front of screens that young and I have myopia. When
kids're young they sit a few inchs away from a screen because their eyes
can at that age. The problem is when you get older and you
subconsciously force
On Sun, 5 Oct 2003, klaus imgrund wrote:
>
> I know that this is probably flamebait - but is there any specific reason a
> 1-2 year old child has to play with a computer?
> I know that all the geeks have proof that this actually improves social
> interaction but I am a little old fashioned.
>
Yes
What about games for 10 year old children?
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On Sunday 05 October 2003 14:40, Andrew Perrin wrote:
> On Sun, 5 Oct 2003, Bengt Thure'e wrote:
>
> > Thanks, but it sort of demands an internet connection. I hope I can use
> > a very old laptop (Pentium 100), and no internet connection... Just to
> > put her somewhere and she can hack and slash
On Sun, 5 Oct 2003, Bengt Thure'e wrote:
> Thanks, but it sort of demands an internet connection. I hope I can use
> a very old laptop (Pentium 100), and no internet connection... Just to
> put her somewhere and she can hack and slash at the keyboard... :-)
>
My son has loved emacs for just this
Ray wrote:
Most of the CBeebies website (http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/) runs fine in
e.g. Galeon, provided you install the relevant plugins, in particular the
Flash plugin.
Thanks, but it sort of demands an internet connection. I hope I can use
a very old laptop (Pentium 100), and no internet con
Check out the GCompris package. My children love this.
With the version in the unstable disributrion you can
edit the menu that the game provides, blocking access to the
area's you feel are for older kids. Some of the gcompris
modules depend on math or reading skills.
My son call's GCompris "woos
On Sun, Oct 05, 2003 at 15:32:38 +0900, Bengt Thure'e wrote:
> I have a small girl at home (1 year old) who is fascinating with a Pippi
> Longstocking game (with loads of various sound and visual effects) which
> she loves, but it is for Windows. The highlight in this program is the
> room with
Hej,
I have a small girl at home (1 year old) who is fascinating with a Pippi
Longstocking game (with loads of various sound and visual effects) which
she loves, but it is for Windows. The highlight in this program is the
room with people playing music and dancing.
I am wondering if there is s
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