We don't value education any more in this society. Why not drop out of college? Businesses dont' give a shit about degrees any more unless it's an M.D. or a Law Degree. Drop out and crank those tunes while working weekends at Wal-Mart!
Skepticism and criticism of bad ideas are the epitome of being constructive
No they aren't. They're just a way for people to make themselves feel important and shout down the other guy. Skeptics can always tell you how "it'll never work" and when it does work they can never explain why.
Last I checked, books were still required for reading classes.
So take the computers away from the poor people and we can all congratulate ourselves about how much we value books.
Not everything in the world is On The Internets(tm)
Sounds generally anti-technology and anti-computers. I support books just as much as anyone else, but there is no reason to DEPRIVE people of computers in the interests of furthering literacy. A computer can be used to teach someone to read and write just as easily as books can.
We throw tons of money at education, put computers in classrooms, yet have problems with getting kids to read.
Because nobody teaches them to read. It has nothing whatsoever to do with computers.
Literacy has nothing to do with technology.
So let's take all the computers away from the poor people. Happy now?
You have a very weird notion of what a "skeptic" is.
Being a "skeptic" in modern media-hyped society and greed-infested business means to question new ideas until those ideas are rejected, bankrupted or destroyed. Skeptics usually find their way into middle management where they personally frustrate the progress of humanity in order to maintain their inflated and unearned paychecks.
Skeptics have zero interest in truth. It's about the tall dollars.
Seriously. There is no way you're passing people continously for 150 miles.
F150 assmunch is. They use the passing lane as an excuse to be a championship-quality asshole. If anyone stays in the passing lane for more than 2 miles, this fuck is on their ass, regardless of speed, highbeams fading their paint.
The rules of the road are practical.
And it wasn't until a few months ago that everyone started bitching and griping about the passing lane. If a bunch of dumbasses wants to swerve through freeway traffic to prove what hot shit they are, they can be as stupid as they want. I don't go near it.
And you still have'nt pulled into the cruising lane?
You could be doing Mach 3 and there would still be some "I'm more important" assmunch following at a range of eight feet with their "mall parking lot searchlight" highbeams pulling 500 amps from the backup battery.
I don't get within 50 yards of the asshole lane. I'd rather not sail over a flood control channel with Captain SUV and four other cars in a fireball that would be visible from 30,000 feet. Thanks.
How about the asshole in the F150000000000000000000 super-duper-uber-wow-duty my jeans would chafe the asphalt off Interstate 15-my truck has more chrome than your truck has paint-5-ton aircraft landing lights on highbeam clamp-riveted to your ass for 150 miles in the passing lane who, instead of taking 30 seconds to change lanes, has decided that no driver has a sufficient cruising speed?
After that, we can deal with Miss "my kids are more important than everyone on this planet" who rockets through grocery store parking lots at 40 MPH in a 28 foot SUV terrifying everyone within 75 yards so she can pick up her dry cleaning 90 seconds earlier.
That would be an excellent way to raise money for the project, of course: sell the laptop for $250-$299 over here, and bang, every sale over here is one more laptop you can give to the poorer countries.
That's one amazing idea. "For every $299 notebook sold with OS X through this program, we donate a $100 one." That would provide a lot of donations.
Computer skills are useless. Teaching advanced techniques in agriculture will help far greater than any laptop.
So take the computer away from them. Right?
How can you associate the ability to speak English and a better education with computers?
There are so many things wrong with that question that answering it would require a thesis.
Do you think that people didn't learn anything fifty years ago?
Yeah, they were learning how to build computers so we could type "agriculture" into a search engine and have access to almost the entire recorded knowledge of the human race on the subject in less than a second.
We know books are better, so we'll take their computers away from them. And then we'll all sit here and pat ourselves on the back and congratulate each other on how smart we are. Meanwhile the poor people go without.
You rail against "skeptics" (despite the fact that there is nothing wrong with being one or for them to speak out)
All of humanity's advances have occurred moments after the skeptics left. Skeptics are anathema to everything good in the world. They should be driven from public discourse until they have something constructive to offer. Skeptics are repulsive, hateful and worthless.
make a silly and utterly useless comment about why Microsoft didn't return calls for comment
But you know it was accurate.
and say anybody who doesn't agree with him (and you by extension) should be ashamed of themselves.
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If you accept it unquestioningly, then that means you concede that skeptics are not always wrong.
Someone who disagrees is not a skeptic.
Someone who ALWAYS disagrees (usually to promote their own inaccurate ego-driven agenda) is a skeptic.
Post hoc ergo propter hoc is a logical fallacy.
Thanks for playing.
We don't value education any more in this society. Why not drop out of college? Businesses dont' give a shit about degrees any more unless it's an M.D. or a Law Degree. Drop out and crank those tunes while working weekends at Wal-Mart!
Wew hew!
Skepticism and criticism of bad ideas are the epitome of being constructive
No they aren't. They're just a way for people to make themselves feel important and shout down the other guy. Skeptics can always tell you how "it'll never work" and when it does work they can never explain why.
Skeptics are always wrong. Always.
There is only so much money, supplies, and compassion to go around
Nonsense. Charity is not zero-sum.
Last I checked, books were still required for reading classes.
So take the computers away from the poor people and we can all congratulate ourselves about how much we value books.
Not everything in the world is On The Internets(tm)
Sounds generally anti-technology and anti-computers. I support books just as much as anyone else, but there is no reason to DEPRIVE people of computers in the interests of furthering literacy. A computer can be used to teach someone to read and write just as easily as books can.
We throw tons of money at education, put computers in classrooms, yet have problems with getting kids to read.
Because nobody teaches them to read. It has nothing whatsoever to do with computers.
Literacy has nothing to do with technology.
So let's take all the computers away from the poor people. Happy now?
You got something to counter that?
Yeah. Still trying to figure out what this has to do with literacy.
You have a very weird notion of what a "skeptic" is.
Being a "skeptic" in modern media-hyped society and greed-infested business means to question new ideas until those ideas are rejected, bankrupted or destroyed. Skeptics usually find their way into middle management where they personally frustrate the progress of humanity in order to maintain their inflated and unearned paychecks.
Skeptics have zero interest in truth. It's about the tall dollars.
the passing lane is meant for temporary usage, not travelling.
Tell that to the fucktard who tailgates everyone that uses that lane for more than 500 feet.
Seriously. There is no way you're passing people continously for 150 miles.
F150 assmunch is. They use the passing lane as an excuse to be a championship-quality asshole. If anyone stays in the passing lane for more than 2 miles, this fuck is on their ass, regardless of speed, highbeams fading their paint.
The rules of the road are practical.
And it wasn't until a few months ago that everyone started bitching and griping about the passing lane. If a bunch of dumbasses wants to swerve through freeway traffic to prove what hot shit they are, they can be as stupid as they want. I don't go near it.
It doesn't matter if you're going Mach 7. If you're in the passing lane and somebody behind you wants to go faster than you
Hey if Captain Assmunch wants to go faster than Mach 7 in a steel truck, at least he won't need his fucktard highbeams for light.
and quite frankly, have done quite well without computers for millennia
Yep. Did quite well without refrigeration too, but it sure is nice to be able to preserve food for more than two hours.
I put it to you that computers have done _little_ to advance literacy
Prove it.
Look at the humongous literacy problems we have today in _AMERICA_ _with_ computers in school!
That's because the U.S. doesn't value education any more.
And you still have'nt pulled into the cruising lane?
You could be doing Mach 3 and there would still be some "I'm more important" assmunch following at a range of eight feet with their "mall parking lot searchlight" highbeams pulling 500 amps from the backup battery.
I don't get within 50 yards of the asshole lane. I'd rather not sail over a flood control channel with Captain SUV and four other cars in a fireball that would be visible from 30,000 feet. Thanks.
How about the asshole in the F150000000000000000000 super-duper-uber-wow-duty my jeans would chafe the asphalt off Interstate 15-my truck has more chrome than your truck has paint-5-ton aircraft landing lights on highbeam clamp-riveted to your ass for 150 miles in the passing lane who, instead of taking 30 seconds to change lanes, has decided that no driver has a sufficient cruising speed?
After that, we can deal with Miss "my kids are more important than everyone on this planet" who rockets through grocery store parking lots at 40 MPH in a 28 foot SUV terrifying everyone within 75 yards so she can pick up her dry cleaning 90 seconds earlier.
*sniff* I think I'm going to cry...
Nice troll. I'll give it a 3.
That would be an excellent way to raise money for the project, of course: sell the laptop for $250-$299 over here, and bang, every sale over here is one more laptop you can give to the poorer countries.
That's one amazing idea. "For every $299 notebook sold with OS X through this program, we donate a $100 one." That would provide a lot of donations.
That explains why they are not helping him, but it does not explain why they are opposing him. And they are opposing him.
Thank you.
Negroponte has one of the largest egos out there and he is feeding both it and his wallet
So let's take the computers away from the poor people.
Computer skills are useless. Teaching advanced techniques in agriculture will help far greater than any laptop.
So take the computer away from them. Right?
How can you associate the ability to speak English and a better education with computers?
There are so many things wrong with that question that answering it would require a thesis.
Do you think that people didn't learn anything fifty years ago?
Yeah, they were learning how to build computers so we could type "agriculture" into a search engine and have access to almost the entire recorded knowledge of the human race on the subject in less than a second.
We have people here in our country that cant afford a computer. I guess they dont count?
Perhaps I missed it, but the article didn't seem to limit these computers to any particular country.
These people don't need computers, they need security, clean water and medicine.
So take the computers away from them. Right?
Computers are unnecessary in 99% of jobs.
We know books are better, so we'll take their computers away from them. And then we'll all sit here and pat ourselves on the back and congratulate each other on how smart we are. Meanwhile the poor people go without.
Wow, we're so FUCKIN' SMART.
Yes reading is important but comprehending what you read is of an even greater importance.
Let's start with learning to read.
Have you heard of books by any chance?
Let's start with learning to read.
Books are what people used to read in the last millennium and the millennium before it.
Let's start with learning to read.
Believe it or not, not everything is a good idea.
But this is.
I'm sorry, but I can't stand people who think that doing something is intrinsically good in itself, whether or not that something is actually useful.
Well boo...
fuckin'
hoo.
Was there anything worthwhile in your post?
Yep. I think you quoted it.
You rail against "skeptics" (despite the fact that there is nothing wrong with being one or for them to speak out)
All of humanity's advances have occurred moments after the skeptics left. Skeptics are anathema to everything good in the world. They should be driven from public discourse until they have something constructive to offer. Skeptics are repulsive, hateful and worthless.
make a silly and utterly useless comment about why Microsoft didn't return calls for comment
But you know it was accurate.
and say anybody who doesn't agree with him (and you by extension) should be ashamed of themselves.
They should.