The counter-argument to your statement is that the very act of wanting to sell chips|software for the purpose of selling chips/software is contrary to the aims of the OLPC project. It undermines the educational objectives that lie at the heart of Negroponte's original sales pitch.
So even there is no overt conspiracy to destroy the OLPC ( Just like politicos do not really want to undo democracy ) , the tactics that Microsoft/Intel use implicitly aim to damage it.
Living in a third world nation, I want to convey that it is not difficult to come across a computer. However, It is next to impossible to find one that acts as anything but an impenetrable black box.
I have a question. While I think ID is silly, there is a problem with evolution or the simple theory we learned in school?
Why are we so complex? Shouldn't evolution have, by the process of natural selection,distilled life to its simplest formsuited for survival
In the UAE, where I have lived for the past 11 years,
1. we do not have Sultans. We have Sheikhs
2. There are many private newspapers. se4arch for Khaleej Times, Gulf News and most editions of Indian regional language papers have a set up there.
3. It is true that there are no elections, but the fact that the Govt. and the Courts are just and fair and reasonably progressive make it one of the better places in the Gulf to be. The Police are prompt and polite.
4. There are a number of private TV channels. CNN,BBC even FOX are aired in the UAE
5. This is just a tool to control traffic. Not the population
So Mod the parent DOWN
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We can pick a topic (C++ STL,C++ boost, Eclipse, Electioneering, etc) and then post the many clever/stupid tricks we have learnt.
You don't seem to hate linux, you have merely grown indifferent.
The counter-argument to your statement is that the very act of wanting to sell chips|software for the purpose of selling chips/software is contrary to the aims of the OLPC project. It undermines the educational objectives that lie at the heart of Negroponte's original sales pitch.
So even there is no overt conspiracy to destroy the OLPC ( Just like politicos do not really want to undo democracy ) , the tactics that Microsoft/Intel use implicitly aim to damage it.
Living in a third world nation, I want to convey that it is not difficult to come across a computer. However, It is next to impossible to find one that acts as anything but an impenetrable black box.
I have a question. While I think ID is silly, there is a problem with evolution or the simple theory we learned in school? Why are we so complex? Shouldn't evolution have, by the process of natural selection ,distilled life to its simplest formsuited for survival
In the UAE, where I have lived for the past 11 years, 1. we do not have Sultans. We have Sheikhs 2. There are many private newspapers. se4arch for Khaleej Times, Gulf News and most editions of Indian regional language papers have a set up there. 3. It is true that there are no elections, but the fact that the Govt. and the Courts are just and fair and reasonably progressive make it one of the better places in the Gulf to be. The Police are prompt and polite. 4. There are a number of private TV channels. CNN,BBC even FOX are aired in the UAE 5. This is just a tool to control traffic. Not the population So Mod the parent DOWN
Why on earth don't you try to get some technocrats into your government. I thought that Gore made a good choice
Duke's next engine change?