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OUFF! Broken links :-/ - Macavity - 2004-11-17
Hey Guys :-D
I'd really like to see the pictures of this.. but the links are broken.. or is the server just down?
~Macavity
Re: OUFF! Broken links :-/ - Anonymous - 2004-11-17
The server is just down.
Re: OUFF! Broken links :-/ - Fabrice Mous - 2004-11-17
an up again ...
Admin dealt with it quickly.
Thank you.
Fab
Wish I had been there :-D - Macavity - 2004-11-17
MAN I'd have loved to see that presentation that Ian gave... I hope that there will be something like this in Denmark soon, so oh-so-poor little me can afford to go too :-D
Cheers & Beers
~Macavity
This is great! - John Edu Freak - 2004-11-17
"Duncan showing Mr. Potato (the most popular Linux app of the Expo) to a kid"
I posted before about this application. It's a shame it is so abandoned, the 1st module (mr. potato) is much lower quality then the other two, there could be some modules with Konqui, Kate, etc. Why not provide some tutorials/specifications of the modules/images and create a special section in KDE-look for those, maybe start with a contest to motivate people.
Best wishes to the whole KDE-Edu team!!
Re: This is great! - annma - 2004-11-17
yes, a section for edu apps artwork in kde-look would be cool. KEduca asked for icons and got positive answers. It's just a matter of letting know what we need. If you have any idea about how doing this you can send me a mail.
Incidentally, Mr Potato is in kdegames as it existed prior KDE-Edu.
It's great to read the report and see the kids using Suse. Kids don't mind what OS they use. Kids are open!
Signs - AC - 2004-11-17
There's lots of English-looking signs for a Mexican school...
Re: Signs - Ian Monroe - 2004-11-17
The only English sign I saw was 'kids at work'.
Re: Signs - Duncan Mac-Vicar - 2004-11-17
Actually, all signs were in english. It was a private school and even the classes were spoken in english.
Re: Signs - Ian Monroe - 2004-11-17
Guess that explains how you were both able to answer questions.
Re: Signs - tetabiate - 2004-11-17
In Mexico private schools and colleges are considered a lot better than their
public equivalents. However, that's not the truth. There are well know
private schools affiliated to international institutions with good reputation,
that are really better that public schools but expensive, less than 5% of
students go to these kind of schools. However, some people wanting to make easy
money had the idea of exploiting the reputation of good private schools and
opened centers all over the country that are supposed to offer education of
"international or european quality". Some parents that cannot afford the high
price of the best private schools send their children to these fake schools,
paying large amounts of money, that cultivates the ego of the students but has
nothing to do with education, or at least with the concept of education one has
in USA or in the EU. In Mexico you will find a lot of people that went to
these fake schools and think of themselves as being well educated. Sometimes
we joke at the fact that the "Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores
de Monterrey" (ITESM), a center of quality but extremely expensive, has a
fake copy, the "MIT", that stands for "Monterrey Institute of Technology".
- Jose Luis
It´s Great.... - Vantage - 2004-11-18
Marvelous, is the only word for this,...Soy de Monterrey y es grandioso este tipo de eventos en especial por la solución KDE aunque, toda la promoción a Linux en si se ha venido tomando en cuenta aqui en México y esperamos siga creciendo más , aunque se tengan algunos tropiezos.
Saludos
Re: It´s Great.... - Duncan Mac-Vicar - 2004-11-18
LOL. That picture is the street where jpablo practiced suicidal games crossing it running. Ian then realized crossing streets its Mexico's population control system. While thery crossed, Ian and me awaited like cowards in the other side, waiting for the traffic flow to decrease.
Re: It´s Great.... - Wow - 2004-11-18
Is that a CGI render scene using Mayo?
It look so real! Better than all the CGI scene i've seen so far.
Re: It´s Great.... - Duncan Mac-Vicar - 2004-11-18
Mayo (spanish) = May (english)
=> picture taken in May 2002
or was it </funny> ?
Re: It´s Great.... - joe - 2004-11-19
I think you're thinking of Maya, Mayo is a kind of dressing and means may in spanish. But it is the most realistic CGI scene i've ever seen! :-D
Missing Pics - More Photos - 2004-11-23
You forgot to mention about your 5 minutes of rock star-like fame!
<p>
<a href="http://www.opensys.com.mx/~fcoromo/kde/Fran_101804_002.JPG"> Signing autographs</a><br>
<a href="http://www.opensys.com.mx/~fcoromo/kde/Fran_101804_003.JPG"> The fans!, ohh the madness!!!"</a><br>
<a href="http://www.opensys.com.mx/~fcoromo/kde/Fran_101804_004.JPG"> Even more autographs from "the famous people" as said by some of the children there.</a>
Re: Missing Pics - More Photos - 2004-11-23
can someone fix that html ?
