Re: OPLC purchase period extended

2007-11-28 Thread Richie Hindle
[Aahz] > I'm sure that some people would be willing to serve as middleware... I would *love* to have one of these for my kids, if anyone here would be prepared to forward one to the UK for me. I can pay you the postage by PalPal, Amazon voucher, whatever suits. The XO reminds me of the computer

Re: OPLC purchase period extended

2007-11-25 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2007-11-26, Damjan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> It is fairly nice for that. It's especially cool that the screen >> works outdoors (reflective). I don't know why regular laptops don't >> do that any more. > > I think because they can't reproduce colors correctly with > reflective light. It'

Re: OPLC purchase period extended

2007-11-25 Thread Damjan
> It is fairly nice for that. It's especially cool that the screen > works outdoors (reflective). I don't know why regular laptops don't > do that any more. I think because they can't reproduce colors correctly with reflective light. The OLPC is black&white (and grey) when in the reflective outd

Re: OPLC purchase period extended

2007-11-25 Thread Paul Rubin
Grant Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > It's not going to be a full-time computer. It's mostly going > to be something to play with -- though using it in tablet mode > as an e-book reader sounds like it might work. It is fairly nice for that. It's especially cool that the screen works outdoo

Re: OPLC purchase period extended

2007-11-25 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2007-11-25, Paul Rubin wrote: > You've got to remember that the OLPC was made for little kids, > and as such, the keyboard is quite small. Also, because of > its expected physical environment, the keyboard is water > resistant (membrane cover). These two things make the OLPC > difficult enou

Re: OPLC purchase period extended

2007-11-25 Thread Paul Rubin
Grant Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The most imporant thing is that the "control" key is to the > left of the "A" keay where god intened. Not too surprising > when you realized the design was headed by folks from the media > lab at MIT. MIT requires everybody to use Emacs, right? You've

Re: OPLC purchase period extended

2007-11-25 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2007-11-25, Aahz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > Grant Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>The most imporant thing is that the "control" key is to the left of the >>"A" keay where god intened. Not too surprising when you realized the >>design was headed by fo

Re: OPLC purchase period extended

2007-11-25 Thread GHUM
> > [http://laptopgiving.org/en/terms-and-conditions.php] > > I'm sure that some people would be willing to serve as middleware... So, which US-Pythoneer is willing to serve as middleware for my buying of the XO? Please contact me. Harald -- GHUM Harald Massa persuadere et programmare Harald A

Re: OPLC purchase period extended

2007-11-24 Thread Aahz
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, David Boddie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Sat Nov 24 19:30:03 CET 2007, Grant Edwards wrote: >> >> The XO laptop comes with a built-in Python IDE, so everybody on >> c.l.p ought to have one... > >A nice idea in theory, but... > > 2. XO laptops will be shipped onl

Re: OPLC purchase period extended

2007-11-24 Thread Aahz
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Grant Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >The most imporant thing is that the "control" key is to the left of the >"A" keay where god intened. Not too surprising when you realized the >design was headed by folks from the media lab at MIT. MIT requires >everybody

Re: OPLC purchase period extended

2007-11-24 Thread David Boddie
On Sat Nov 24 19:30:03 CET 2007, Grant Edwards wrote: > The XO laptop comes with a built-in Python IDE, so everybody on > c.l.p ought to have one... A nice idea in theory, but... 2. XO laptops will be shipped only to G1G1 participants and only to the street addresses they provide for themsel

Re: OPLC purchase period extended

2007-11-24 Thread Grant Edwards
>>I've ordered mine, but I still haven't gotten an answer on how to sign >>up for the year of free T-Mobile WiFi access that's included in the >>offer. The T-Mobile site says you need a PIN from your "confirmation >>letter". I never I've gotten neither a confirmation letter nor a >>response to th

Re: OPLC purchase period extended

2007-11-24 Thread Aahz
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Grant Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >I've ordered mine, but I still haven't gotten an answer on how to sign >up for the year of free T-Mobile WiFi access that's included in the >offer. The T-Mobile site says you need a PIN from your "confirmation >letter".

Re: OPLC purchase period extended

2007-11-24 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2007-11-24, Aahz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Apparently demand has been such that you can buy an OLPC > through the end of the year: > > http://www.laptopgiving.org/en/index.php I've ordered mine, but I still haven't gotten an answer on how to sign up for the year of free T-Mobile WiFi access

OPLC purchase period extended

2007-11-24 Thread Aahz
Apparently demand has been such that you can buy an OLPC through the end of the year: http://www.laptopgiving.org/en/index.php -- Fortune cookie: "Focus on the color purple this week to bring you luck" -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list