beats my start by 4 years... but my data was trying to force me to learn C so i balked till that old... On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 1:54 PM, Dazed_75 wrote: > I think you should have der Hans give her his OLPC machine.  Then she could > learn to use it and teach the rest of us.  Maybe we could even get her to do > a demo.  Obviously she is a very smart almost one year old. > > On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 12:59 PM, Bryan O'Neal > wrote: >> >> I have decided to give my daughter (who is not quite a year old) her own >> laptop (an old Sony I have in the garage). I am doing this because >> 1) I am tired of her sneak attaching me when I am working on my computers >> and think if she had her own it would help quell this. So far this has >> worked for books, magazines, etc. >> 2) I am tired of working with her with flash cards and would like some >> applications designed by educational professionals. >> 3) I want her to be interested in computers as something other >> then those forbidden objects that take all of daddy's time.  Thus I want >> something a young child could learn how to use over the next few years. >> Any suggestions for distribution and applications.  - Please only >> serious suggestions - Slackware need not apply >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > -- > Dazed_75 a.k.a. Larry > > The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, > that I wish it always to be kept alive. >  - Thomas Jefferson > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss