Developing Nations To Test New $150 Laptops

New Scientist ^ | 2-13-2007

[avg_freeper]

I wonder what they taste like.

[PBRSTREETGANG]

The ones with the exploding batteries?

[randog]

...reading electronic books, shooting digital video, creating music and chatting with classmates online.

Uhhm, right.

[BigBobber]

I guess I'm paranoid. I see thousands of these ending up controlling IEDs and killer drone planes.

[Maceman]

From Brazil to Pakistan, some of the world's poorest children will peer across the digital divide this month – reading electronic books, shooting digital video, creating music and chatting with classmates online.

Since the world's poorest children live in the world's most despotic and brutal hell holes, I doubt they will be allowed by the governments to do much peering across the digital divide -- except perhaps among Muslim extremists who will encourage the children to learn how to make bombs online.

Assuming of course, that there is connectivity, which I'm sure is lacking where these children live.

[steel_resolve]

Will these new laptops allow the posting of Al Quaeda snuff flicks? If so then expect the developing world to be snapping them up.

[I see my hands]

Wampum for trade.

[reagan_fanatic]

Here it is.

[3dognight]

I see lots of kids freeping.

[tcrlaf]

I was just thinking the same thing...

[Deguello]

They will make their money on the lap tops by selling 2 year Internet contracts.

[ASOC]

Cool stuff


Hummmm-
3 years late
50% over projected cost
forced to run Linux


Must be an IT project.

[Thrownatbirth]

I guess the men there will be nostalgic for days when there was prOn-in-the-jungle.

[1Old Pro]

wireless connectivity

how???

[miliantnutcase]

jungle pr0n lol..

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

door stops?

[cinives]

LOL I had the Compaq "sewing machine" variety a while ago ... quite a while ago ... gee I'm so old I forget when ... :)

[cinives]

You might say that they at least have a reliable OS.

[miliantnutcase]

I thought they would be better off teaching these people new techniques for growing crops, creating irrigation, basically how to feed themselves. I guess that was stupid all these people want is their direct tv, and internet pr0n.