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riVeRraT
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Message 16 of 20 (424544)
09-27-2007 11:50 AM
Reply to: Message 5 by Jaderis
02-22-2007 8:13 PM


Its kinda like that saying "Give a man a fish and he can feed his family for a day. Teach a man to fish and he can feed his family for life."
I agree with Brenna too, and I was going to say this same thing you just said.
I only hope that it does indeed work, and they don't start using the laptops as Frisbees or something.

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riVeRraT
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Message 17 of 20 (424546)
09-27-2007 11:53 AM
Reply to: Message 11 by RAZD
04-29-2007 1:31 PM


Re: Make that $175 ...
That is why the XO's desktop page shows a graphic map of WiFi signals up to 2 kilometers away, allowing all the XO laptops in a village to share drawings, notes, photographs, and musical compositions. The mesh of laptops could also share a single Internet connection, allowing them to use a distant ISP or a single schoolhouse server.
Having some minor experience in dealing with third world countries and starving children, I fear that the drug lords, and rebels that run these places, would not like this idea, and would be inclined to do damage and stop something like this.

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Message 18 of 20 (424682)
09-28-2007 4:29 AM
Reply to: Message 17 by riVeRraT
09-27-2007 11:53 AM


Re: Make that $175 ...
Having some minor experience in dealing with third world countries and starving children, I fear that the drug lords, and rebels that run these places, would not like this idea, and would be inclined to do damage and stop something like this.
The problem is that people approach this too much from the extremes. There are different degrees of poverty, different degrees of (under)development. This laptop is obviously not the technology that is (initially) going to be deployed in some emergency refugee camp, in warlord scenarios or somewhere in the middle of the bush. I imagine it will start in stable regios with at least SOME infrastructure available already.

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riVeRraT
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Message 19 of 20 (424826)
09-28-2007 8:16 PM
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09-28-2007 4:29 AM


Re: Make that $175 ...
I understand, but its hard to get an image out of my head of some kid who lives in a jungle with bare feet, straw hut, and banging away on the keyboard.......our next great debater here at EVC!

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Message 20 of 20 (490642)
12-06-2008 4:53 PM


Looking for a Christmas Gift Idea?
For $199 you can give a laptop to the "one laptop per child" program
For $399 you can give one and get one ... who knows, you may "meet" the person your gift went to on the internet.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/mpd/permalink/m2CPA07NOY6S1R
Enjoy.

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