OK you are right.
Charge them
something then.
I've been to some god-forgotten places in China. People don't have computers at home (heck, they don't have toothbrushes) but the kids go to 'Internet cafes' and play network games and connect to the Internet from 486 with 14'' flickering shitty screens. A laptop will be much more useful there than any book.
Books are not good enough. You know why? Because they cost nothing. If the parent pays 100$ (or even given a 100$ laptop for free) they will respect it and use it.
Books they would probably use as burning material during the cold winter.
In Poland, everyone is a secret agent.
BTW, do you know that the Polish invented the toilet?
Yes, it is true! (only some years later the Americans invented the hole in the toilet, though)
They don't even need ads. Just like with gmail, the connection between users (who sends email/calls who, how often)
and the data mining they could do on this meta-data could be worth a fortune.
Since we are dealing with China, it is not a question we can neglect.
Do they really intend to bring their guys back home? Or maybe this is a new scheme to reduce Chinese population (over 1.3G nowadays)...
BTW I've been to China a year ago and I can safely say that Chinese people would line up even if the deal is one way. They love heros, they praise them.
The three greatest heroes in China (as of beg. 2004) are:
1) Yao Ming - the NBA player
2) The Chinese rocket that they sent to space beg. 2004 (You don't have to be human to be a hero in China)
3) The olympic games in 2008 (You don't have to be in order to be a hero in China)
In some Muslim countries, convicted theifs lose their right arm!
How about spammers losing their typing finger?...
No, not in America, the land of freedom (to screw other people and get away with it)
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Yeah, but try goggle.com (be sure to put your browser in max security mode!)
OK you are right. Charge them something then. I've been to some god-forgotten places in China. People don't have computers at home (heck, they don't have toothbrushes) but the kids go to 'Internet cafes' and play network games and connect to the Internet from 486 with 14'' flickering shitty screens. A laptop will be much more useful there than any book.
Books are not good enough. You know why? Because they cost nothing. If the parent pays 100$ (or even given a 100$ laptop for free) they will respect it and use it. Books they would probably use as burning material during the cold winter.
Maybe it will find the NASA Mars lander before it finds any water. (And correct its software bug? :-)
BTW, did you know that the Polish invented the toilet? Yes, it is true! (only some years later the Americans invented the hole in the toilet, though)
In Poland, everyone is a secret agent. BTW, do you know that the Polish invented the toilet? Yes, it is true! (only some years later the Americans invented the hole in the toilet, though)
They don't even need ads. Just like with gmail, the connection between users (who sends email/calls who, how often) and the data mining they could do on this meta-data could be worth a fortune.
1) Yao Ming - the NBA player
2) The Chinese rocket that they sent to space beg. 2004 (You don't have to be human to be a hero in China)
3) The olympic games in 2008 (You don't have to be in order to be a hero in China)
In some Muslim countries, convicted theifs lose their right arm! How about spammers losing their typing finger?... No, not in America, the land of freedom (to screw other people and get away with it)
Shnell, Shnell!! (99% of scenes from German-speaking porn movies)
(of course not, this is an intelligent discussion)