Comments on: Power Boards http://bethesignal.org/blog/2008/07/25/power-boards/ where we're going, we don't need roads... Sat, 20 Feb 2010 06:58:05 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: S Page http://bethesignal.org/blog/2008/07/25/power-boards/#comment-3302 S Page Sun, 27 Jul 2008 23:25:31 +0000 http://bethesignal.org/?p=1078#comment-3302 Rather than a power strip for 6 wall warts, why not have one transformer that goes from 110V to the XO-1\'s 12 V DC and has six leads coming out of it? It would be slightly more efficient, and kids wouldn\'t have to bring their wall wart to school. Plus, fewer 110V sockets near kids\' fingers. Anyway, great to hear of another deployment. OLPC will soon be the most popular {Linux distribution|Fedora release|education project|laptop} on Earth, not bad for a project that armchair experts have pronounced a failure over and over. Rather than a power strip for 6 wall warts, why not have one transformer that goes from 110V to the XO-1's 12 V DC and has six leads coming out of it? It would be slightly more efficient, and kids wouldn't have to bring their wall wart to school. Plus, fewer 110V sockets near kids' fingers.

Anyway, great to hear of another deployment. OLPC will soon be the most popular {Linux distribution|Fedora release|education project|laptop} on Earth, not bad for a project that armchair experts have pronounced a failure over and over.

]]> By: ed http://bethesignal.org/blog/2008/07/25/power-boards/#comment-3278 ed Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:04:42 +0000 http://bethesignal.org/?p=1078#comment-3278 I watched Niue play in the rugby 7s in the Manchester Commonwealth games. Go Niue!!! Yellow and blue 4ever! I watched Niue play in the rugby 7s in the Manchester Commonwealth games. Go Niue!!! Yellow and blue 4ever!

]]> By: jdub http://bethesignal.org/blog/2008/07/25/power-boards/#comment-3273 jdub Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:18:15 +0000 http://bethesignal.org/?p=1078#comment-3273 You're likely to find that many things have different names all around the world. But thanks anyway. You’re likely to find that many things have different names all around the world. But thanks anyway.

]]> By: Jason Wendt http://bethesignal.org/blog/2008/07/25/power-boards/#comment-3272 Jason Wendt Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:58:54 +0000 http://bethesignal.org/?p=1078#comment-3272 They're called power strips. They’re called power strips.

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