15 computer science collegians looking for a project
NoiseEHC
NoiseEHC at freemail.hu
Mon May 5 14:38:14 EDT 2008
I have registered on said page but when I click to my projects it goes
to wiki.laptop.org and all I can see an empty page. Are those people
over viewing my application will decide by using that empty page? Since
I cannot see any change tracking feature on the wiki, I am not sure how
could people track/discuss new projects either.
One of the textboxes is not too clear to me on the new project page.
1. Description of your experience, both with hardware and software. - Am
I supposed to write about my work experience regarding the new project?
Why shall I define it again if I already did it on my registration form?
Or is it about something else? (I am not a native speaker.)
Kim Quirk wrote:
> If you have applied to the developer's program a few months ago,
> please check to see if your application was transferred into the new
> system:
>
> http://projectdb.olpc.at/
>
> If it is not there, I'm afraid you will have to apply again. The idea
> with this new system is that there is a community who will help
> evaluate the best uses for laptops. Please note that this program is
> for single or two laptop requests, not quantities, so if you request
> quantities of laptops, it will probably be refused.
>
> SJ, Aaron,
> Can you provide an overview of how the new system works? How
> applications get reviewed and how often ship orders will be sent out?
> How people get feedback on their request, etc?
>
> Thanks!
> Kim
>
>
> On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 11:36 AM, NoiseEHC <NoiseEHC at freemail.hu
> <mailto:NoiseEHC at freemail.hu>> wrote:
>
> The keyboard does not matter since I will have to use an external
> keyboard anyway (I have big hands). What is important is that I
> have to
> be able to reflash the machine to use English and it has to be at
> least
> a B3 or B4 (or G1G1 or whatever with the Geode LX). Shall I apply
> again?
>
> Jim Gettys wrote:
> > I checked this morning now that I'm functioning again; the
> developer's
> > program should be moving again, and volumes available should be much
> > higher than before mass production (particularly if you can
> tolerate the
> > Arabic keyboard, where we have stock that can be redirected
> right now).
> >
> > Sorry to be slow to respond; I came down sick with a nasty
> cold bug
> > last week on top of recovering from surgery. I'm only now wading
> > through 1200 back unread mail messages.
> > - Jim
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, 2008-04-29 at 07:04 -0400, Walter Bender wrote:
> >
> >> I was perhaps under the mistaken impression that OLPC was dumping
> >> machines to developers like candy again after a hiatus due to a
> >> logistical snafu. Hmm.
> >>
> >> -walter
> >>
> >> 2008/4/29 NoiseEHC <NoiseEHC at freemail.hu
> <mailto:NoiseEHC at freemail.hu>>:
> >>
> >>> Actually it is a funny proposal since without real XO machines
> it is a
> >>> little bit hard to profile programs and since it seems that it
> is quite
> >>> impossible nowadays to get a machine, they are out of luck.
> Exactly why
> >>> does not OLPC just dump machines to developers like candy?
> Even if only
> >>> 1% of people do something about performance, it could be more cost
> >>> effective than hiring 1 man for it (and the XO badly needs
> this work).
> >>>
> >>> BTW if you referring to this
> >>> http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/devel/2008-March/012033.html
> >>> or this
> >>> http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/sugar/2006-September/000439.html
> >>> then these are not easy and fast things either.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Walter Bender wrote:
> >>> > Any interest in the themes/topics Tomeu outlined in his
> email about
> >>> > Sugar performance? Lots of interesting things to explore
> that would be
> >>> > of real value to the project.
> >>> >
> >>> > -walter
> >>> >
> >>> > On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 1:38 PM, Patrick Jahenr
> >>> > <patrick.jahner at stud.fh-swf.de
> <mailto:patrick.jahner at stud.fh-swf.de>> wrote:
> >>> >
> >>> >> Hi there,
> >>> >>
> >>> >> We are a group of 15 collegians, studying 'Applied Computer
> Science'
> >>> >> at the University of Applied Sciences in Iserlohn (Germany)
> and we
> >>> >> are looking for a project for the OLPC within the scope of
> our subject
> >>> >> "Computer-Networks". Our professor (Prof. Martin Hühne) let
> us choose
> >>> >> our own topic, leading us directly to our first problem:
> What can
> >>> >> we do?
> >>> >>
> >>> >> We have to find a project fitting to this demand. We read
> the wiki
> >>> >> and realised, that most of our ideas we thought we could
> implement
> >>> >> are either finished software projects or simply not good
> enough to
> >>> >> keep on thinking about them, because they do not fit to the
> OLPC-
> >>> >> ideas. The wiki pages for Project ideas are nice, but you
> do not
> >>> >> know exactly whether there is already someone working on
> one of the
> >>> >> projects, or not. The Pages for Current Projects are quite
> nice too,
> >>> >> but there you do not know if the people working on it
> actually do
> >>> >> need help.
> >>> >>
> >>> >> That is why we post this little request to the readers of
> this mailing
> >>> >> list.
> >>> >>
> >>> >> We are looking for either a project we can take part on, or
> a not-
> >>> >> yet-implemented idea. It should not bee too big for us in
> order to
> >>> >> be finished within time; it should not be too small to have
> something
> >>> >> to do for 15 students. (Anyway, don't forget we need to sleep)
> >>> >> It would be nice, but not all necessary if the project
> could involve
> >>> >> some of the networking technologies of the XO, I mean, the
> subject
> >>> >> is "Computer-Networks"
> >>> >>
> >>> >> Furthermore, there is a time limit: We will have to end the
> project
> >>> >> until end of June, whereas there will be the same subject
> for another
> >>> >> group of students after our free period, which will have
> the same,
> >>> >> or a similar task. Probably, they will go on, on our
> project, if
> >>> >> its not finished.
> >>> >>
> >>> >> Our Knowledge Base:
> >>> >> We have good basic knowledge in C/C++, Java, some basic
> knowledge
> >>> >> in scripting languages (Perl, PHP and bash) and some of us
> have good
> >>> >> knowledge of Linux. A further subject called
> "Software-Engineering"
> >>> >> came along with us for one and a half year.
> >>> >> We started reading and working in Python and GTK, and saw,
> we can
> >>> >> cope that.
> >>> >>
> >>> >> We are open for all your suggestions, you can email me
> directly if
> >>> >> you have a project we can take part on, but you could also
> just answer
> >>> >> here, if you have a good idea which of the project ideas we
> could
> >>> >> implement.
> >>> >>
> >>> >> Thank you in advance,
> >>> >>
> >>> >>
> >>> >> Patrick
> >>> >>
> >>> >>
> >>> >> P.S. Please forgive me my English skills
> >>> >>
> >>> >>
> >>> >>
> >>> >>
> >>> >>
> >>> >>
> >>> >>
> >>> >>
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