| dumb1224 | Hi, how can I suspend when using a WM like openbox? without root passwd? uPower? | 12:12 |
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| airurando | evening | 22:54 |
| moylan | you're in late | 22:56 |
| airurando | hey moylan | 23:00 |
| airurando | worked mon tue | 23:00 |
| airurando | off wed thurs :) | 23:00 |
| airurando | how are you moylan? | 23:00 |
| moylan | time to put on the combat boots and crimbo shop? :-D | 23:00 |
| moylan | getting by. did you see xtravisions android for €100? | 23:01 |
| * airurando shudders at the thought :( | 23:01 | |
| airurando | not the android | 23:01 |
| airurando | more the crimbo shopping | 23:01 |
| airurando | and no i didn't | 23:02 |
| moylan | http://www.xtravision.ie/electronic/Archos-A7-eReader | 23:03 |
| moylan | only negative i can see is no mention of market place. might be locked down as archos has a history of that | 23:03 |
| airurando | very interesting | 23:05 |
| moylan | just that a few months ago a lot of stories around the hp tablet were focused on android tablets would only suceed when £200 tablets were common and here we are with 100 versions around | 23:05 |
| airurando | aye | 23:06 |
| moylan | apple will keep the high end but their dominance in this market is over. | 23:06 |
| airurando | indeed | 23:07 |
| moylan | for the price of their cheapest you can carry 5 7" tablets. that's 50 hours of battery life if toy wanted... | 23:08 |
| moylan | though you'd look a bit silly with 5 tablets | 23:08 |
| airurando | but android will always suffer/benefit from maannnnyyyyy hardware variants. | 23:08 |
| airurando | 7" min | 23:08 |
| moylan | i'd rather schools bought android than ipads for students | 23:09 |
| airurando | yeah | 23:09 |
| moylan | one is a open and encourages creative minds and the other is an ipad | 23:10 |
| airurando | yes | 23:10 |
| airurando | my daughter is involved with a north/south project called dissolving boundries | 23:11 |
| moylan | neat! | 23:11 |
| moylan | now if we can only get past the dublin accents! :-D | 23:11 |
| airurando | a wiki is involved | 23:11 |
| airurando | my daughter Orla doesn't have a dub accent! | 23:12 |
| airurando | ding pics to the wiki was interesting | 23:12 |
| airurando | *uploading | 23:12 |
| airurando | loads of licensing options | 23:12 |
| airurando | including all the cc | 23:13 |
| * airurando haad a very interesting discussion with orla about the licensing options | 23:13 | |
| moylan | well she can learn a valuable lesson today. even zuckerburgs private images were leaked. what goes on the internet stays on the internet. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3318652 | 23:15 |
| airurando | I chatted with her about http://creativecommons.org/licenses/ | 23:19 |
| airurando | made some heradway | 23:19 |
| airurando | brought it to the attention of her teacher | 23:20 |
| airurando | was met by a blank face.... | 23:20 |
| moylan | now THAT is useful. if the teacher listens that is... | 23:20 |
| airurando | sent a hardcopy of the page to the teacher | 23:20 |
| airurando | but fear it was ignored | 23:21 |
| airurando | the project is run through NUI maynooth | 23:21 |
| moylan | there was great article recently about an american school that saved a few thousand dollars by creating its own school books. | 23:21 |
| airurando | yeah? | 23:22 |
| moylan | well the price of school books is silly. and they are changed minutely every 2-3 years so that used ones lose their resale value | 23:23 |
| airurando | 2-3 years? 2-3 mins in my opinion | 23:23 |
| airurando | I hear ya | 23:23 |
| moylan | and stick an electronic version on a €100 ebook reader with e-ink and save the kids a hernia | 23:24 |
| airurando | you speak logic | 23:26 |
| airurando | but logic currently does not prevail | 23:26 |
| moylan | the problem is they are using logic to fix a human problem. they need to use bribery. ie. any budget saved on books goes to teachers resources in class. | 23:28 |
| moylan | make a teachers job easier and they are motivated to try | 23:28 |
| airurando | if only it were that simple | 23:29 |
| airurando | it is | 23:29 |
| airurando | but if only (riddled with sarcasm) | 23:30 |
| moylan | http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2011/11/06/anoka-hennepin-teachers-write-online-textbook/ | 23:36 |
| airurando | moylan: you are preaching to the converted | 23:41 |
| airurando | how can this achyieve critical mass? | 23:41 |
| airurando | *achieve | 23:42 |
| airurando | that appears to be the perenial problem. | 23:43 |
| moylan | well with the recession more and more parents will struggle to pay for school materials. this is the opportunity to reach them if it saves them money with little effot | 23:44 |
| moylan | *effort | 23:44 |
| airurando | lol. I know the effects of the recession. | 23:45 |
| airurando | for the first time in 6 years I've talked to my wife about returning to work | 23:45 |
| airurando | moylan; how do you fignt against the norm? | 23:46 |
| airurando | eventhough the norm is wrong. | 23:47 |
| moylan | humour is the best weapon, for me. example: http://twitter.com/#!/angryearthling/status/144201042077302785/photo/1 | 23:47 |
| airurando | without even looking at it i agree. | 23:47 |
| airurando | humour is a great weapon! | 23:48 |
| airurando | dahm we are at level 4??????? | 23:49 |
| moylan | i would have put us above italy myself | 23:49 |
| airurando | we have " the referendum" | 23:50 |
| airurando | I'd place us at the top tier! | 23:50 |
| moylan | oh yes, lets get rid of the seanad. that will help. then the politicians will have no one looking over their shoulders | 23:50 |
| airurando | not a chance any REFERENDUM will pass | 23:51 |
| airurando | SEANAD WILL NOT GO | 23:51 |
| moylan | they can always manourvre a few crises or scandals before it to help. also a release of how much it costs won't help the seanad | 23:52 |
| airurando | checks and balances | 23:52 |
| moylan | that's the whole point of the seanad | 23:52 |
| airurando | s3eanad will not go IMO | 23:52 |
| airurando | *seanad | 23:53 |
| * airurando must go to bed as there are kids to be dealt with in the morning | 23:55 | |
| airurando | great kids btw..... | 23:56 |
| airurando | nn | 23:56 |
| moylan | cya | 23:56 |
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