[DLC] COL on Linux?
Hal Wigoda
hwigoda at mindspring.com
Wed Jan 31 22:17:27 CST 2007
thank you.....
On Jan 31, 2007, at 10:13 PM, Samir Faci wrote:
> 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
>> > safaci2000 at gmail.com
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> Regards
> Samir Faci
> safaci2000 at gmail.com
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