> It makes no sense for Intel to sell the OLPC laptop verses their own brand.
It does if you cast your mind back to why they joined the OLPC group in the first place.
> Negroponte is being unreasonable in expecting Intel to instruct its sales force to say "Oh, you are getting an OLPC, I will stop trying to sell my companies product."
Because Intel are a partner in the OLPC project, one would reasonably expect them not to actively work against the best interests of the OLPC project, i.e. by getting the contact info of OLPC customers and then trying to undercut the OLPC deal.
> Intel's best contribution to the project would be helping to design the 2nd generation machine.
I think Intel's best contribution is the one they have done, leave it. Next step : get out of the market.
> When all software out there is Open Source, leaks will be found and closed.
When all software is open source, there will be so much of it that the scope for virus infection is wider and products that monitor system calls and does intrusion detection will have more market.
McAffee's real problem is that Windows gets more and more locked down and fine grained capability permissions are being applied. The days of the blanket anti-virus product are numbered in the business world balanced against the rise of the dedicated software administrator.
My friend in Goa started his driving lessons and was awarded his driving license one hour later when he demonstrated his ability to propel the car forwards, turn round a corner and stop.
> But yeah, a small and cheap car is going to solve the problem.
What problem, road safety ? You're mad. Sitting inside a steel box does nothing to improve road safety over a scooter, except when being crushed by a truck.
This is a country where your taxi driver overtakes on a blind corner and when you look out of the window to distract yourself you see some *other* guy overtaking YOU!
Mumbai's roads are already almost full of taxis, at night they turn their lights out to "save the battery". They need to do this because they turn the engine off every time they stop.
Air pollution was 500mg/m^3 when I was there recently. WHO norms put an upper limit of 150 10 years ago it was 250 (though much of this isn't from cars).
In what way will more cars on the road improve this :
Google was started by a 50% European team. Nokia is European. Television was invented here. The Compact disc was invented here. The automobile, albeit slightly longer than your arbitrary 100 years. Digital computing.
One interesting feature of Mumbai life I recently witnessed is the pavement mobile phone fixing shop; soldering iron, some manuals, a few broken phones and it's a working handset from a box of scrap.
> But I know plenty of people smart, articulate reasons who understand the debate and have judged it more probable that creationism (not necessarily young-earth creationism) is the most-likely correct account of natural history.
You know, every time I sit in the hospital emergency room or in the hospital bed after surgery or in the doctor's waiting room or the dentist's chair or in the back of an ambulance or having my burning house dowsed with water or being rescued from the sea I think to myself "you know, this whole scenario would be much better if it was run for profit".
> Or perhaps you are saying that all parents who receive money from the government take care of their children? You probably missed the part where selfish men would deny their children in order to spend their wages in the pub. Child care benefit guarantees that the mother of a child gets *some* money. Not a lot but some.
I know that kind of collectivism is an anathema to some but we believe in it. Universal health care is one of our national treasures. Seems like you'd prefer the workhouse.
You forget that *we are* the government, even when our representatives try and subvert that responsibility. The will of the people is still strong here, you should try it some time.
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dude, think of the mountains !
> It makes no sense for Intel to sell the OLPC laptop verses their own brand.
It does if you cast your mind back to why they joined the OLPC group in the first place.
> Negroponte is being unreasonable in expecting Intel to instruct its sales force to say "Oh, you are getting an OLPC, I will stop trying to sell my companies product."
Because Intel are a partner in the OLPC project, one would reasonably expect them not to actively work against the best interests of the OLPC project, i.e. by getting the contact info of OLPC customers and then trying to undercut the OLPC deal.
> Intel's best contribution to the project would be helping to design the 2nd generation machine.
I think Intel's best contribution is the one they have done, leave it. Next step : get out of the market.
I liked it so much ...
> When all software out there is Open Source, leaks will be found and closed.
When all software is open source, there will be so much of it that the scope for virus infection is wider and products that monitor system calls and does intrusion detection will have more market.
McAffee's real problem is that Windows gets more and more locked down and fine grained capability permissions are being applied. The days of the blanket anti-virus product are numbered in the business world balanced against the rise of the dedicated software administrator.
You mean except for that tunnel we recently dug to re-join the two ?
You do know that DHCP can assign a fixed IP don't you?
"Get IP address automatically" has nothing to do with dynamic / fixed assignment.
What the Thirld World needs is for Europe to grow its own food, then they can go back to eating theirs.
It was a Negroponte project, what did you expect.
No you've got an educational laptop, you can find out what a quantum leap is.
your ignorance is amusing
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=402110&cid=21865056
s/neglected/non-existent/
My friend in Goa started his driving lessons and was awarded his driving license one hour later when he demonstrated his ability to propel the car forwards, turn round a corner and stop.
> But yeah, a small and cheap car is going to solve the problem.
What problem, road safety ? You're mad. Sitting inside a steel box does nothing to improve road safety over a scooter, except when being crushed by a truck.
This is a country where your taxi driver overtakes on a blind corner and when you look out of the window to distract yourself you see some *other* guy overtaking YOU!
Mumbai's roads are already almost full of taxis, at night they turn their lights out to "save the battery". They need to do this because they turn the engine off every time they stop.
Air pollution was 500mg/m^3 when I was there recently. WHO norms put an upper limit of 150
10 years ago it was 250 (though much of this isn't from cars).
In what way will more cars on the road improve this :
http://www.mu-tours.de/reise/indien_pict1.html
http://adsoftheworld.com/media/print/mumbai_traffic_police_long_copy?size=_original
http://trak.in/tags/business/2007/06/12/equation-to-calculate-the-time-required-to-travel-in-legendary-mumbai-traffic/
They already have 2,000,000 passengers per day on the metro !
http://www.edie.net/news/news_story.asp?id=12679&channel=0
I'm more in favour of the compressed air car or the electric scooter.
Sound's like Darl & ESR have the same advisor
Google was started by a 50% European team.
Nokia is European.
Television was invented here.
The Compact disc was invented here.
The automobile, albeit slightly longer than your arbitrary 100 years.
Digital computing.
I shan't go on.
You're going to buy a HDV camera without XLR audio input ? crazy
He's an interesting fellow.
One interesting feature of Mumbai life I recently witnessed is the pavement mobile phone fixing shop; soldering iron, some manuals, a few broken phones and it's a working handset from a box of scrap.
He'll eat until the fish run out, then wonder what he can do now he's destroyed the ecosystem, that's if he hasn't died of mercury poisoning first.
Directing the beam to an offshore platform cabled to the grid ought to cover it.
> But I know plenty of people smart, articulate reasons who understand the debate and have judged it more probable that creationism (not necessarily young-earth creationism) is the most-likely correct account of natural history.
You need to call them a doctor, they are ill.
tbh I prefer bhuddabot
One should mention that just because they have patented it, doesn't mean that they are necessarily using it.
Are poor people a minority now ? I didn't notice that happen.
Unless it was -1 delusional
You know, every time I sit in the hospital emergency room or in the hospital bed after surgery or in the doctor's waiting room or the dentist's chair or in the back of an ambulance or having my burning house dowsed with water or being rescued from the sea I think to myself "you know, this whole scenario would be much better if it was run for profit".
> Or perhaps you are saying that all parents who receive money from the government take care of their children?
You probably missed the part where selfish men would deny their children in order to spend their wages in the pub. Child care benefit guarantees that the mother of a child gets *some* money. Not a lot but some.
I know that kind of collectivism is an anathema to some but we believe in it. Universal health care is one of our national treasures. Seems like you'd prefer the workhouse.
You forget that *we are* the government, even when our representatives try and subvert that responsibility. The will of the people is still strong here, you should try it some time.
If the client is compromised then NO-ONE knows if the user clicked anything at all!!