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Negroponte On OLPC's New Path, Plans For XO 3

Posted by timothy on from the he-oughtta-know dept.

waderoush writes "After laying off staff and splitting the organization in two, Nicholas Negroponte and the One Laptop Per Child effort may be hitting their stride again. In an interview with Xconomy, Negroponte says he has a new model for getting XO laptops to kids in Gaza and Afghanistan — and reveals more ideas about the planned XO 3 tablet and the future of books. 'Paper books are really dead — they're gone. And they're not being killed by tablets, they're creating tablets,' he says."

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  1. delivery by cluster bomb by name_already_taken · · Score: 3, Funny

    Seriously, why doesn't paste work in this stupid box any more? (Google Chrome 6.0.472.63, btw)

    Anyway

    Negroponte says he has a new model for getting XO laptops to kids in Gaza and Afghanistan

    Now you see why the US didn't sign on to the treaty banning cluster bombs - they are planning to use them to deliver XO laptops.

    It's cheaper, faster, and much safer for the delivery person.

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  2. I used a book today by Mprx · · Score: 5, Funny

    First I had to get up and retrieve it from its special storage shelf. I was surprised at how heavy it was. It didn't have any search functionality, so I had to manually find the index, and then find my search term in the index. The pages didn't have any backlighting, so I had to move it to face the light so I could read it easily. The contrast ratio was rather poor. Most of the words in the book were not indexed at all, but luckily my search term was present. I couldn't click it, and I had to manually find the correct page again. There wasn't any highlighting either, so I had to manually search the page too. I read my information, and them put the book back onto its storage shelf where it uses a ridiculously huge amount of space.

    On the plus side, the resolution was high, but that's not enough to make up for all the other annoyances. Books are obsolete.

    1. Re:I used a book today by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      First I had to get up and retrieve it from its special storage shelf. I was surprised at how heavy it was. It didn't have any search functionality, so I had to manually find the index, and then find my search term in the index. The pages didn't have any backlighting, so I had to move it to face the light so I could read it easily. The contrast ratio was rather poor. Most of the words in the book were not indexed at all, but luckily my search term was present. I couldn't click it, and I had to manually find the correct page again. There wasn't any highlighting either, so I had to manually search the page too. I read my information, and them put the book back onto its storage shelf where it uses a ridiculously huge amount of space.

      On the plus side, the resolution was high, but that's not enough to make up for all the other annoyances. Books are obsolete.

      You mean your books don't instantaneously beam their knowledge directly into your conscious mind? If I were you, I'd demand a refund, clearly your books are in improper working order!

    2. Re:I used a book today by oldspewey · · Score: 5, Funny

      Another large annoyance with paper books: when Amazon goes out of business (or changes their T&C), they will send squads of armed goons into your home to rifle through your bookshelves and remove all the books you ever bought from them.

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  3. Irony by zooblethorpe · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm sure this prediction will work out like many of his other predictions and ambitions. About as vaprous and fragrant as what comes out my ass after eating a nice large beany burrito.

    You must eat a different kind of large beany burrito than I do, because the end result is usually much more liquid than vapor.

    Indeed, and liquid is not vaprous.

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  4. DNF by MrEricSir · · Score: 2, Funny

    I wonder if you can run Duke Nukem Forever on the XO.

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  5. Re:I like paper books by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Finally, depending on the paper quality, it has other uses too, which an e-book never will be able to help with.

    Shows what you know. I can rig my battery to ignite in no time.

    Oh wait, you mean that's not a FEATURE?

    Oh wait, that's not what you meant ANYHOW?