[DLC] COL on Linux?
Samir Faci
sfaci at cs.uic.edu
Wed Jan 31 22:13:57 CST 2007
That was the link I sent earlier...
http://ocw.mit.edu/index.html
pick a department, a class... and then find the semester you want
(most of them have one or two semesters). Some have video, some have
just audio, lecture notes.. but either ways.. it's a free publically
available resource to use.
I end up using a lot of this material to compliment the material
covered in my own classes. (Bad prof, okay.. find one who knows what
he's talking about...and read up on it.... it's pretty slick)
--
Samir
On 1/31/07, Hal Wigoda <hwigoda at mindspring.com> wrote:
> how can you look at mit lectures?
>
>
> On Jan 31, 2007, at 7:48 PM, Samir Faci wrote:
>
> > I made that comment more as far as... hey you don't need to DRM the
> > hell out of your lectures and make it througly impossible to use it on
> > 2/3 of the Operatating Systems out there.
> >
> > Look at MIT. I can look at their lectures from Windows, Mac and
> > *gasp* Linux. I highly doubt it hurt their attendance or their
> > revenue.
> >
> > Why not provide tools and classroom tools that are more open.
> > Besides, let's say someone does get a hold of the content of a
> > course.. so what? They still haven't earned a degree from Depaul,
> > MIT, *insert School name*
> >
> > That was the point I was trying to make.. in a round -about way.
> >
> > --
> > Samir
> > On 1/31/07, Larry Garfield <larry at garfieldtech.com> wrote:
> >> Be that as it may, the question is how to get credit at DePaul (so
> >> that you DO
> >> get the degree) without having to run Windows. So OpenCourseware
> >> is really
> >> beside the point, unless one wanted to nudge DePaul toward using
> >> their
> >> technology for COL instead, which would be awesome but very very
> >> unlikely. :-)
> >>
> >> On Wednesday 31 January 2007 2:37 pm, Samir Faci wrote:
> >> > well... as far as online resources.. no offense to Depaul students,
> >> > but I would think
> >> >
> >> > Mit's open courseware is a far more attractive options then
> >> Depaul's
> >> > bootleg content (no pirating needed)
> >> >
> >> > http://ocw.mit.edu/index.html
> >> >
> >> > I don't see a problem with universities releasing their
> >> lectures.. the
> >> > most important thing (the degree) is not acquired.
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > Samir
> >> >
> >> > On 1/31/07, Matthew Lechleider <matthew at lechleider.com> wrote:
> >> > > "I have a degree in Computer Science from the Pirate Bay"
> >> > >
> >> > > zing !
> >> > >
> >> > > --
> >> > > Matthew Lechleider
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > > --------- Original Message --------
> >> > > From: DePaul Linux Community <dlc at mailman.depaul.edu>
> >> > > To: DePaul Linux Community <dlc at mailman.depaul.edu>
> >> > > Subject: Re: [DLC] COL on Linux?
> >> > > Date: 31/01/07 11:57
> >> > >
> >> > > > Since, as far as I know, it requires Windows Media DRM, it
> >> can never be
> >> > >
> >> > > truly supported on anything other than Windows. Brilliant
> >> > > right? I'm sure DePaul was worried people would put
> >> their
> >> > > Algorithms 101 class up on bittorrent and they'd lose 50%
> >> of their
> >> > > enrollment.
> >> > >
> >> > > > "I have a degree in Computer Science from the Pirate
> >> > >
> >> > > Bay"Anyway...The short answer is not really, but perhaps
> >> the group
> >> > > could reverse engineer COL and write a better player.A few
> >> years ago I
> >> > > was able to grab the Jar and get a version of COL that pulled
> >> content
> >> > > from the local disk to run in Linux. It only pulled the
> >> white board
> >> > > information so any video stuff needed to be played in another
> >> > > application.
> >> > >
> >> > > > I would grab the COL Jar from the site and pull it apart and
> >> start
> >> > > > poking
> >> > >
> >> > > around. See what you can find out. Good luck,EJOn 1/31/07,
> >> > >
> >> > > > Brett Clark <morningbrett at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >> > > > Is there any way that the Course OnLine application can be
> >> run on a
> >> > > > Linux
> >> > >
> >> > > build? I'd like to make the switch, but as a DL
> >> student in
> >> > > California, I need the COL player to function, and the COL
> >> folks tell me
> >> > > it only works in Windows. Grrrr...
> >> > >
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Thanks for any help!
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Brett Clark
> >> > > >
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Food fight? Enjoy some healthy debatein the
> >> > > > Yahoo! Answers Food & Drink Q&A.
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> > Samir Faci
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Samir Faci
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overweight protestants, today it's open to anybody who owns hideous
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