An iPod For Every Kid In Michigan

mikesd81 writes "Over at C|Net there is an article about Michigan spending $38 million to distribute an iPod to every kid, for learning purposes. From the article: 'On Thursday, House Democrats delivered a spending bill that includes the idea of putting $38 million worth of public funds toward outfitting every student with a digital music player.' The plan included measures to tax soda and satellite TV services to pay for it, among other things, to raise funds. If you recall, Duke University tried something like this with mixed results. How financially strained will Michigan residents feel about paying higher taxes to buy someone else's kid an iPod?"

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Attn. Linux Users

[Anonymous Coward]

Q: Why does 'Open Source' software suck so bad?
A: Because the programmers can't see the screen

lol

Typical Linux User.

Oh, and FIRST POST, faggos.
GNAA 4 LYFE

Re:Good grief

[Scudsucker]

Yawn. Apple does offer significant discounts for bulk and education purposes. Especially when good, cheap publicity is involved. As for "more capable", they don't need radio tuners in school, and students also don't need to be walking around with voice recorders that will be used to record embarrassing conversations to post them on Myspace.