Re: NYC LOCAL: Saturday 23 February 2008 NYUFCC: OLPC Jam Session

[Hadron]

Moshe Goldfarb <brick.n.straw@gmail.com> writes:

> On 17 Feb 2008 14:07:13 -0500, secretary@lxny.org wrote:
>
>> <blockquote
>>   what="official NYU Free Culture Club announcement"
>>   edits="minor for layout, and one word ending changed"
>>   note="registration is required, see below"
>>   pointers="http://wiki.laptop.org";
>>            "http://olpcnyc.wordpress.com";
>>            
>> "http://dlweinreb.wordpress.com/2007/11/20/xo-the-next-lisp-machine";
>>            "http://bc.tech.coop/blog/080111.html";
>>            "http://www.wisdomandwonder.com";
>>            "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Lou_Jepsen";
>>            "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Kay";
>>            "http://vrinimi.org";
>>            "http://www.galebrewer.com";
>>            "http://council.nyc.gov/d6/html/members/home.shtml";
>>            "http://council.nyc.gov/html/committees/technology.shtml";
>>            "http://olpcnews.com";
>>            "http://www.eeeuser.com";
>>            "http://www.everex.com";>
>> 
>>  Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 12:13:35 -0500
>>  From: "Fred Benenson" <frederick@nyu.edu>
>>  To: "Free Culture @ NYU's list serv" <free-culture@lists.nyu.edu>
>>  Subject: [free-culture] Feb 23rd: OLPC Jam Session
>> 
>>  Free Culture @ NYU,
>> 
>>  A number of us have purchased OLPCs
>> 
>>  http://www.laptop.org
>> 
>>  in the give one get one program
>> 
>>  http://www.laptopgiving.org/en/index.php
>> 
>>  and are interested in building on it.
>> 
>>  So we've booked a room at ITP
>> 
>>  http://itp.nyu.edu/
>> 
>>  and are going to bring our laptops and have fun making new
>>  content for the little green machines. We're also going to talk
>>  about making the laptop more manageable as a machine to use
>>  everyday for adults -- you'll be able to learn how to hack your
>>  OLPC and install XFCE (a lightweight GUI), Ubuntu, and take
>>  advantage of its unique hardware configurations.
>> 
>>  This session will also be for those people who are interested in
>>  learning more about the OLPC in general, and what they can expect
>>  if they're expecting a special delivery. Come with a jump drive,
>>  and of course if you have one -- your OLPC.
>> 
>>  Here's the info for those of you who can't be bothered to read non bolded
>>  sentences:
>> 
>>  NYU OLPC Jam Session
>>  Saturday, February 23rd, 2008
>>  12pm-5pm
>>  721 Broadway, 4th Floor, Room 442
>>  New York, New York
>> 
>>  Please RSVP here (registration required):
>>  http://wiki.freeculture.org/NYU_OLPC_Jam_Session
>> 
>>  If you are not NYU and have not registered by Saturday AM, we
>>  will not be able to accommodate you.
>> 
>>  Having an OLPC is not a requirement but please come prepared to do work and
>>  learn.
>> 
>>  Thanks!
>> 
>>  Fred Benenson
>>  President, Free Culture @ NYU
>>   
>> </blockquote>
>> 
>> 
>> Distributed poC TINC:
>> 
>> Jay Sulzberger <secretary@lxny.org>
>> Corresponding Secretary LXNY
>> LXNY is New York's Free Computing Organization.
>> http://www.lxny.org
>
> Why do these weekly posts look like some badly formatted, difficult to
> read, article that floated around on some list server circa 1977?
>
> Are you guys trying feel like it's 1970 complete with green/orange screen
> and punched cards again?

I did wonder about that blockquote thing and assumed it was an
anti-linux troll trying to make Linux users look not only bad, but
thoroughly incompetent and unprofessional.

-- 
Murphy was an optimist.