From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 16 17:45:14 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7BDAB16A408 for ; Mon, 16 Apr 2007 17:45:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lenzi.sergio@gmail.com) Received: from py-out-1112.google.com (py-out-1112.google.com [64.233.166.183]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 32D6713C46E for ; Mon, 16 Apr 2007 17:45:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lenzi.sergio@gmail.com) Received: by py-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id f31so1150768pyh for ; Mon, 16 Apr 2007 10:45:13 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:subject:from:to:in-reply-to:references:content-type:date:message-id:mime-version:x-mailer; b=IArOSio41+lR5Es4xN5bx98i4Im2WbmohT+PeT0SyyZURn3Nl5QunpOgSO1fJlEbMwNelmyFn+uTwV0sKTHboNvUIeB4L1CT0yOB5Jd5uhnCy6DoVEE0sy5GfUquAh00EgOAwvkF9fiQHE4RqZ68rsUFOaIxN6epuK4xIu3c//4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:subject:from:to:in-reply-to:references:content-type:date:message-id:mime-version:x-mailer; b=O8F2SGHL7WO/617heY1NKL5PK0qQ5VaNYP/9G/u+Vx/+Eo36IVVGXYLwp8ICEm+eK8MMNUXWFdllqcB6d7FlnKS/akrtWUGevQQRgAP6aoEKAljCns71eZ1fEWm/hUKV2rXZNZcS6O93Q5EXiNpDG/lRCu7eOwhbkX2nXtlcj5U= Received: by 10.65.54.9 with SMTP id g9mr12628585qbk.1176745513382; Mon, 16 Apr 2007 10:45:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?192.168.32.240? ( [200.208.76.130]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id e15sm2830323qba.2007.04.16.10.45.11; Mon, 16 Apr 2007 10:45:12 -0700 (PDT) From: Sergio Lenzi To: Gary Kline , questions In-Reply-To: <20070416034744.GA83862@thought.org> References: <17949.54850.460169.717849@whale.home-net> <1568562575.20070413025045@ghirai.com> <17951.8134.821939.357082@whale.home-net> <1176662623.13267.2.camel@localhost> <20070416034744.GA83862@thought.org> Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 14:40:42 -0300 Message-Id: <1176745242.2453.11.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.10.1 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: Re: The OX laptop... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 17:45:14 -0000 > > Comments pleaase???? > > > I heard/read that these will be "networked" by transceiver going > peer-to-peer. With a range of a few miles. The school or > university would serve at the link with the Internet. Yes? > If other, please explain. Yes they are networked using WI-FI in ibcss... really works... does not need any access point and can communicate at about 50 meters away each other... in a kind of "mersh" network... really simple and functional. > > I think this kind of universally affordable and endlessly > useful computer will give us countless thousands of wizards > and other scholars who would be wedged in a hopeless situation. > In a word:: Yes! > > gary > The point is that will start a new world where things will be "reinvented" in new ways. without proprietary software. With all open architeture will be able to make the "children" work together in preparing for a new world where the need of "group" working will be more and more important... Just imagine about 5 milion consumers... Here my nepheys are already in college and they now have to work and do all work using Linux at school and FreeBSD at home... That is a good point for the govern that by forcing them to use open source, makes them think and overcome problems that otherwise would be solved by pressing a button in the screen. Sergio