Heck if I know, I can't say that I use Konqueror all the time, but I don't use Firefox all the time either. Konqueror seems to be quite a capable browser to me. (esp. since I do not have Flash plugin for it).
pull any useful amount of information from this webpages? I started to read, but things were all about the place, started looking for a printer friendly page, and just gave up on the entire article. Geez.
"My boyfriend suffered a stroke which crippled his short-term memory....he was distracted by something and put the phone down, and I had to yell to get his attention and remind him that I was still on the line."
Would have sworn I saw this anecdote before.
So where do the children of these parents get the money? I think we can aggree that such games tend not to be cheap. They could pirate it, but then that means they have full access to the family computer, which again, the parents bought. They could go by a friend, but then, seems unfair to go that far and still blame the games. If they are doing such thigns by their friends, they will be just as lilely to be putting a bullet in their heads, with their friend's father's handgun.
I see your point, however, I suspect an American organisation will only be allowed to cause a finite amount of harm to the bottom line of said organisations.
The serious side of evil people are right there on the news everyday. The seriously evil people don't have need for darknets. Think of it logically. No, I do not consider the type of internet offenders to be serious evil.
When I read through the summary, all I could do was laugh. This is so sad it is laughable. It would be interesting to know how many of these guys have families, and after a hard day of work, screwing people up the ass, they come home and live a 'normal' life, maybe even go to church even. Just wow. At this point, one may consider hiring a hit man to take out an RIAA lawyer if they come after you, since it is has now been proved that your death isn't enough to shake them off you. And for all those who still side with the RIAA in any shape or form...it is just music...no a loan, not gambling debt, just music.
when comes to KDE at least. Since with enough effort, KDE can look like any of those. Not a Gnome user myself, but some screenshots of it would have been nice for comparison at least.
I admire your plan, however, there is one flaw: all major religions (I thin, don't quote me on this) expect what is going on to be going on. Especially the Christians. Yet, everyone acts so suprised, and instead of fighting it back, they accept it and believe everything they here. Muslims and Jews have been at war from centuries, and will forever be at war as long as they exist; I say leave them be, as long as they involve only their own people. Frankly, I do not believe any of this talk of religious extremists terrorist. I think people should look closer to their home for the puppeteers, lest they be consumed with focus on the puppets.
This article is refering to games. Not just games, video games which are by nature very easy to replicate. If a hurricane hit your home to the point where compact disks did not survive, you shouln't be worring about video games.
This is the exact truth. I will admit, when I just started out with Linux, I was quite smitten with the possilbities, and I did try to convert a few people. But I quickly realised that it just wasn't worth the effort. Now I use FC5 and I am pretty happy, everyone else can use whatever they so desire.
And I woudl say that your understanding is fair. However these people are intelligent enough to be bilingual. English is NOT their first langauge. Some languages do not contain the sounds of other languages. Bad example, but latin doesn't the letter K.
Even if we assume that the corruption which normally gets in the way of everything in countries such as this
And what perfect country are you from pray tell?
Computers require both infrastructure
And so the designers designed it to be self container, there for needing NO infrastucture.
previous basic education to make them worth anything
So you're saying that none of these countries can find 1 million children with said level of education?
Some people seem to think that computers somehow make people smarter and better-educated all of a sudden
Some people do think that, however this is not the driving premise of the OLPC project.
but real education can happen far cheaper with much more basic and traditional tools
I would like to hear your suggestions on this.
but I see zero evidence that computers in U.S. classrooms are making education better
I agree here. However you see computers as the failing parameter. I happen to think that in this case the average American is the failing parameter. If you don't believe me, go to a university with a good, but fairly priced Computer program and compare the ration of Americans to non-Americans. Then go to MySpace and do the same.Although the fact is computers are not a cure all. But one such laptop can potentially replace thousands of textbooks.
I see even less likelihood of it making education better in Nigeria
Why? If I had to guess I would say that the average Nigerian child has more raw potential than the average American child.
Since it runs Linux, most geeks think it's cool enough for them to want one
If you take a close look at Slashdot for example, you will notice that most geeks are still slaves to Windows and other shinny things. This $100 laptop fails to meet the more shallow "cool" requirements of the average "geek". Of coure real Linux geeks will truly be drooling for one.
so it MUST be good for impoverished kids in mud huts.
No one is saying that it MUST be good. A few of us just seem to think it is worth a shot. There are non impoverished kids outside of "the West" just as there are impoverished kids IN the "the West". Throwing the "mud huts" in there was simply ignorant and anal.
David, I agreed with you on this but I post but I can't agree with you here. Makes it seem like you've never stepped outside of Alabama.
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Heck if I know, I can't say that I use Konqueror all the time, but I don't use Firefox all the time either. Konqueror seems to be quite a capable browser to me. (esp. since I do not have Flash plugin for it).
pull any useful amount of information from this webpages? I started to read, but things were all about the place, started looking for a printer friendly page, and just gave up on the entire article. Geez.
No, however I get de ja vu often, but this didn't feel like it. I was a bit worried that Google didn't find the post though.
"My boyfriend suffered a stroke which crippled his short-term memory. ...he was distracted by something and put the phone down, and I had to yell to get his attention and remind him that I was still on the line."
Would have sworn I saw this anecdote before.
I am pretty sure that I wasn't the only one who knew the correct spelling, but didn't notice the mistake.
Why not? Why would you assume otherwise?
Doesn't work in SeaMonkey 1.0.4, though I suspect this is an oversight as they have Mozilla 1.6 in their compatability listing.
I would think the more they whin, the less likely the would be to receive a phone...from me at least.
So where do the children of these parents get the money? I think we can aggree that such games tend not to be cheap. They could pirate it, but then that means they have full access to the family computer, which again, the parents bought. They could go by a friend, but then, seems unfair to go that far and still blame the games. If they are doing such thigns by their friends, they will be just as lilely to be putting a bullet in their heads, with their friend's father's handgun.
I see your point, however, I suspect an American organisation will only be allowed to cause a finite amount of harm to the bottom line of said organisations.
The serious side of evil people are right there on the news everyday. The seriously evil people don't have need for darknets. Think of it logically. No, I do not consider the type of internet offenders to be serious evil.
why?
When I read through the summary, all I could do was laugh. This is so sad it is laughable. It would be interesting to know how many of these guys have families, and after a hard day of work, screwing people up the ass, they come home and live a 'normal' life, maybe even go to church even. Just wow. At this point, one may consider hiring a hit man to take out an RIAA lawyer if they come after you, since it is has now been proved that your death isn't enough to shake them off you. And for all those who still side with the RIAA in any shape or form...it is just music...no a loan, not gambling debt, just music.
when comes to KDE at least. Since with enough effort, KDE can look like any of those. Not a Gnome user myself, but some screenshots of it would have been nice for comparison at least.
I admire your plan, however, there is one flaw: all major religions (I thin, don't quote me on this) expect what is going on to be going on. Especially the Christians. Yet, everyone acts so suprised, and instead of fighting it back, they accept it and believe everything they here. Muslims and Jews have been at war from centuries, and will forever be at war as long as they exist; I say leave them be, as long as they involve only their own people. Frankly, I do not believe any of this talk of religious extremists terrorist. I think people should look closer to their home for the puppeteers, lest they be consumed with focus on the puppets.
Yah, what the hell is up with those head on commercails anyway?
This article is refering to games. Not just games, video games which are by nature very easy to replicate. If a hurricane hit your home to the point where compact disks did not survive, you shouln't be worring about video games.
This is the exact truth. I will admit, when I just started out with Linux, I was quite smitten with the possilbities, and I did try to convert a few people. But I quickly realised that it just wasn't worth the effort. Now I use FC5 and I am pretty happy, everyone else can use whatever they so desire.
Flash 7 on Linux is a barely working piece of software in my opinion. And frankly, I am often not sure whether or not that is a good or bad thing.
you could just install apt-get on all your machines.
How is yum not the default process of installation in Fedora?
seems like an easy fix. Also blocking *.om and *.cm
How is the post flame bait? I too will not be conciously buying any Sony products unless it is to save someone's life.
And I woudl say that your understanding is fair. However these people are intelligent enough to be bilingual. English is NOT their first langauge. Some languages do not contain the sounds of other languages. Bad example, but latin doesn't the letter K.
And what perfect country are you from pray tell?
And so the designers designed it to be self container, there for needing NO infrastucture.
So you're saying that none of these countries can find 1 million children with said level of education?
Some people do think that, however this is not the driving premise of the OLPC project.
I would like to hear your suggestions on this.
I agree here. However you see computers as the failing parameter. I happen to think that in this case the average American is the failing parameter. If you don't believe me, go to a university with a good, but fairly priced Computer program and compare the ration of Americans to non-Americans. Then go to MySpace and do the same.Although the fact is computers are not a cure all. But one such laptop can potentially replace thousands of textbooks.
Why? If I had to guess I would say that the average Nigerian child has more raw potential than the average American child.
If you take a close look at Slashdot for example, you will notice that most geeks are still slaves to Windows and other shinny things. This $100 laptop fails to meet the more shallow "cool" requirements of the average "geek". Of coure real Linux geeks will truly be drooling for one.
No one is saying that it MUST be good. A few of us just seem to think it is worth a shot. There are non impoverished kids outside of "the West" just as there are impoverished kids IN the "the West". Throwing the "mud huts" in there was simply ignorant and anal.
David, I agreed with you on this but I post but I can't agree with you here. Makes it seem like you've never stepped outside of Alabama.