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What is the status of the info in this page? User ramblings or OLPC page? |
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At first it seemed to fit the [[:Category:Hardware ideas]], but the use of ''XS'' |
At first it seemed to fit the [[:Category:Hardware ideas]], but the use of ''XS'' |
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Given that there are OLPC plans for the servers, this page should '''clearly''' state the origin of its content: community or OLPC. --[[User:Xavi|Xavi]] 09:34, 27 January 2007 (EST) |
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:This page (the XS_Server_* pages) are currently ramblings (hence not referenced from a higher level), which over time have some decent chance of becoming official. |
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:I'm new to these parts, can you explain why the origin of the information must be stated ? --[[User:wad|wad]] |
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::I was just wondering if my classification was 'correct'... :) I had heard 'rumors' about the server and its 'soon more info'... |
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::Thus the 'origin' question: 'idea' or 'fact'? Personally, I take 'ideas' pages as that, ideas--without any concrete implications. While non-ideas pages have a bit more 'weight' on the subject. But that's my PoV... and of course, material is not consistently edited :) --[[User:Xavi|Xavi]] 00:50, 28 January 2007 (EST) |
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:::All 'facts' begin as 'ideas'. You stumbled on a set of questions being posed, which I hope will blossom into 'facts'. The wiki is being used so that these questions can be discussed and edited by interested members of the community. --[[User:wad|wad]] 1/28/07 |
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The correct classification would also list it in Software ideas, as it is a system comprising both hardware and software.--[[User:Wad|Wad]] 00:03, 29 January 2007 (EST) |
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== Any old OLPC laptop is a server == |
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All of the OLPC laptops can act as servers. If one kid creates an activity bundle, then his laptop becomes a server. If one kid plugs in a USB thumb drive or USB CD Reader, then his laptop can serve content to others. |
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:Of course. But there are resources needed which aren't well served by ad-hoc presence. If your laptop is acting as a server, you can't just put it to sleep to save power, or close it up to take home! Right now, we use a variety of methods for transferring content from machine to machine (rsync, ftp, smb). We can also do this transfer using an intermediary (rsync,ftp,smb it to a machine which serves it up via http/ftp). The advantage of using the intermediary is that others (even you) can easily access it later. |
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:We ARE trying to build a system which is as distributed and scalable as possible (c.f. the choice of mDNS for service discovery). Perhaps the school server is just a laptop running a different set of software. At the end of the day, however, good engineering practice will probably suggest a slightly different combination of processor/memory/network than that optimum for a laptop, thus the discussion about school servers--[[User:Wad|Wad]] 00:49, 2 February 2007 (EST) |
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These pages seem to have been written by someone stuck in the US high-school IT environment mindset. |
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Free your mind if you want to contribute useful stuff to the OLPC project! Who would have thought of a screen which shifts to low resolution monochrome to save energy? Who would have thought of a wifi module which keeps on running after the computer is shut down? |
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:Please take your ad-hominem attacks elsewhere, they are not constructive... (And please identify yourself!) Constructive would be starting a separate page dedicated to explaining exactly how each of the services being proposed for the school server could be implemented in a fully distributed manner, and starting a real dialog on the pros and cons. Feel free to link to it from the School server page.--[[User:Wad|Wad]] 14:43, 1 February 2007 (EST) |
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:BTW, the network interface of XO is strongly reminiscent of the Monsoon project at the MIT AI lab. Separate network processors are not a new idea. |
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Revision as of 20:02, 7 June 2007
Status of this info
What is the status of the info in this page? User ramblings or OLPC page?
At first it seemed to fit the Category:Hardware ideas, but the use of XS