tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7712195.post113206054563325134..comments2008-12-12T02:31:57.974-05:00Philip Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15709596700848616677noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7712195.post-1132111449993728752005-11-15T22:24:00.000-05:002005-11-15T22:24:00.000-05:00

Education is well-known to be the key to breaking the cycle of poverty in the less-developed countries, as well as here in the US. Having said that, I think a $100 laptop is not going to solve any education needs, without the infrastructure to utilize that laptop, ie internet access. These laptops have to be bulletproof, and the OS has to be robust. Remember the target audience is the lowest

Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7712195.post-1132073071001976492005-11-15T11:44:00.000-05:002005-11-15T11:44:00.000-05:00

From the Macrumors forum:<BR/><BR/>[QUOTE=pizzach]I'm still cringing on seeing the work Redhat. They could have gone for a slightly less commercialized discribution...like Debian or Ubuntu...[/QUOTE]<BR/><BR/><BR/>Redhat, AMD, and MIT Professors realize there is money to be made ... when there are discussions about Linux; Red Hat gets 1st dibs ...<BR/><BR/>Let me say this: Even if red hat were

fixyourthinkinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15709596700848616677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7712195.post-1132072214369110252005-11-15T11:30:00.000-05:002005-11-15T11:30:00.000-05:00

I never really believed in scholars and schools anyhow. There mostly a bunch of bullshit and MIT is no exception. Perhaps once a million years ago it had its status but today any moron that pays well gets in. The proof: this brilliant dumb fucking decision these monkeys came up with. Yo MIT, do the world a favor, STAY OUT OF IT.

Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7712195.post-1132071709523205642005-11-15T11:21:00.000-05:002005-11-15T11:21:00.000-05:00

Regarding the poor and learning about computers, see this site for an example:<BR/><BR/>http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/mar2000/nf00302b.htm<BR/><BR/>A lot of assumptions about the poor are squashed with this article.

Kevin Cullishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08485382830007711431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7712195.post-1132070121029801892005-11-15T10:55:00.000-05:002005-11-15T10:55:00.000-05:00

Here's what I want to know from anonymous: HOW would a laptop change the lives of these children? Does anyone think that putting a laptop in their hands is going to be the magic solution to hope and prosperity for them? <BR/><BR/>Years ago, if someone had suggested putting an encyclopedia in every orphanage and village for these children to access and learn from for the same purpose they would

Middle-agedmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14893198102716837949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7712195.post-1132070024232043182005-11-15T10:53:00.000-05:002005-11-15T10:53:00.000-05:00

<I>You're right. The only poor children live in foreign countries. Just like the picture at the top of the page that should make the author ashamed.We have none in the US. I live down the street from a school of very unpriveledged children, that an $100 laptop would change their lives; regardless of what OS it runs. Please post your address, so I can mail you a dollar. Someone needs to buy a clue

blogdognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7712195.post-1132069763943902582005-11-15T10:49:00.000-05:002005-11-15T10:49:00.000-05:00

And you'd think that you'd know Safari has been updated as well as the Mac OS in 10.3.9 ... if you're using 10.3.4 ... I'm purposely blocking you ...lol.<BR/><BR/>You can donate a dollar to me in the sidebar ... thank you for your support.

fixyourthinkinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15709596700848616677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7712195.post-1132068897857512642005-11-15T10:34:00.000-05:002005-11-15T10:34:00.000-05:00

You're right. The only poor children live in foreign countries. Just like the picture at the top of the page that should make the author ashamed.We have none in the US. I live down the street from a school of very unpriveledged children, that an $100 laptop would change their lives; regardless of what OS it runs. Please post your address, so I can mail you a dollar. Someone needs to buy a clue.<

Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7712195.post-1132064754591187902005-11-15T09:25:00.000-05:002005-11-15T09:25:00.000-05:00

Here's a post I made to the macrumors forum in response to someone defending the idea to use Linux:<BR/><BR/>Are you expecting people to compile applications? I am a VERY technical person ... it took a few weeks for me to understand X11 and how to use GIMP (Photoshop for Linux)<BR/><BR/>Here's the crux to the issue ... most people do not know how to read or write in "these developing countries" -

fixyourthinkinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15709596700848616677noreply@blogger.com