From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 17 20:51:09 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 B13A816A407 for ; Tue, 17 Apr 2007 20:51:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: from tao.thought.org (dsl231-043-140.sea1.dsl.speakeasy.net [216.231.43.140]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 55F6C13C48A for ; Tue, 17 Apr 2007 20:51:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: from tao.thought.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by tao.thought.org (8.13.8/8.13.1) with ESMTP id l3HKqqbC098867; Tue, 17 Apr 2007 13:52:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: (from kline@localhost) by tao.thought.org (8.13.8/8.13.1/Submit) id l3HKqpVG098866; Tue, 17 Apr 2007 13:52:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline) Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 13:52:51 -0700 From: Gary Kline To: Sergio Lenzi Message-ID: <20070417205251.GA98701@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> <1176745242.2453.11.camel@localhost> <20070416205150.GA90612@thought.org> <1176827594.1178.10.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1176827594.1178.10.camel@localhost> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: Observing twenty years of service to the Unix community Cc: Gary Kline , questions 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: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 20:51:09 -0000 On Tue, Apr 17, 2007 at 01:33:14PM -0300, Sergio Lenzi wrote: > > > > > > > > 50 m isn't that much. I was guessing more in the range of > > one to five km. (Maybe with an outside antenna??) > > the idea is a child to communicate with another than with another... in > a school during normal > hour, ther will be about 500 computers XO on and online... so the all > children will have > a way to communicate to each other, share files, produce documents... > when they leave > the school they eventually will go offline... Ok. In the earlier versions I read of, the students would be able to tap into the net or school (or classmates) from their homes. Well, this ought to encourage longer, happier school days! gary -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public Service Unix