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Answer» Price not given. ...Story from MobileBurn.comHow will handing out laptops to children help the world? If anything, it'd create more little addicted carefree monsters.I well understand your point. My WIFE and I nave spent over 16years in third-world countries directly involved in teaching the common people how to read and understand what they read. Computers, if we had them back then, would have been only a distraction. What does help is simple Audio-Visual equipment, which has been available for decades. But who would pay for it? We found the most cost-effective tool was printed page. Books and pamphlets can be produced for less that one cent per page. But that is norther story. Back to topic. The One Laptop Per Child thing fell on its face. But it did not die. They now want to do the tablet thing. Some governments want to get into this. They seem ton THINK it will work. In one place they think child education will led to better government. So, in effect, they say that high-tech education of children is more attainable than just making the government clean. No, it is just more visible for a ruling system that does not want to cleanse itself. End of Rant.I like your style.But.... Wait! Android is based on Linux! That changes everything! Here are the steps: 1. Let starving kids COMPILE their own OS. 2. ? 3. Year of the Linux desktop! It all makes perfect sense! RMS would be proud. He might even share his toe jam. One Tablet per Child... Maybe we should scale back our intentions and do one cell phone per child... Better yet One textbook per child.The person named as "RMS" in the post by BC_Programmer - is founder of the GNU PROJECT, which is copyleft. Quote Richard Matthew Stallman (born March 16, 1953), often shortened to RMS[1] is an American software freedom activist and computer programmer. In September 1983, he launched the GNU Project[2] to create a free Unix-like operating system, and he has been the project's lead architect and organizer. With the launch of the GNU Project, he initiated the free software movement; in October 1985[3] he founded the Free Software Foundation. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_StallmanAnyone who thinks just handing something to someone that will better Society or humankind to solve the worlds ills is mis-guided... Of course this is only my opinion and as it's teetering on the political side of things i will just leave it at that.Quote from: patio on January 11, 2012, 06:18:18 PM Anyone who thinks just handing something to someone that will better Society or humankind to solve the worlds ills is mis-guided...On that we can agree. And yes, it does border on political issues. The men om in power tend to look to technology to resolve old problems. Not always a bad idea. Technology might help. But it has to be used in the most effective WAY. Just giving away tools the do not serve a great need results in disappointment. I can recall examples, but I will stop short. If they want to make a $35 touch tablet, let then. But I hope I do not have to pay for it. Wonder it they will show up on eBay? Sorry, that Ebay remark just reminded me of Paul Christoforo. |
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