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Venezuela Purchases a Million Intel Classmates

Posted by timothy on from the olpc-opened-the-way dept.

An anonymous reader submits news of the million-laptop order from Venezuela of Intel's version of the kid-friendly laptop. The computers are produced in Portugal. "The machines, rebranded 'Magellan,' will also come with Linux pre-installed as opposed to Windows XP. This order alone is 50% bigger than the entire OLPC project has managed to sell worldwide."

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  1. quick, bomb them by jacquesm · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    obviously they'll be used to simulate Venezuela's nuclear bomb...

    And they have oil to boot!

    What's holding you back ?

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  2. Re:Magellan computers make me sick by edsousa · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Me too... Yesterday I was arguing with my dad telling him: "IT IS NOT the computers that will make kids smart!"
    You probably don't know, but the current government offers these computers to kids in elementary school (those from low income families) as also some other conventional laptops (read: 500USD laptops) to kids in medium and high school.
    But the truth is that year after year, kids get more stupid.

  3. Re:Depends on the intelligence of the kid by Collapsing+Empire · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    You do realize that The Bell Curve was co-written by a Jew, correct?

    The Bell Curve is a justification for promoting intelligent people to higher places in society, not a pattern for mass murder and genocide.