Comments on: 100 Dollar Laptop Stunt http://emcons.net/blog/2007/04/12/100-dollar-laptop-stunt/ Christoph Burgdorfer's Weblog Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:34:22 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: bet365 http://emcons.net/blog/2007/04/12/100-dollar-laptop-stunt/comment-page-1/#comment-240063 bet365 Fri, 12 Nov 2010 17:19:17 +0000 http://emcons.net/blog/index.php/2007/04/12/100-dollar-laptop-stunt/#comment-240063 hi!This was a really fabulous website! I come from itlay, I was luck to discover your topic in baidu Also I obtain a lot in your Topics really thanks very much i will come later hi!This was a really fabulous website!
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]]> By: OSF http://emcons.net/blog/2007/04/12/100-dollar-laptop-stunt/comment-page-1/#comment-90161 OSF Thu, 29 May 2008 00:15:47 +0000 http://emcons.net/blog/index.php/2007/04/12/100-dollar-laptop-stunt/#comment-90161 I have used one of these pcs and they are no laughing matter they use very little power and they will at some point wind up. This is a humanitarian aid poject and education is the only way for these countries to pull themselves out of povert. Much of Africa has cell phone coverage and does not have land lines. I live in a place where there isn't cell phone coverage so in a very real sense they are farther ahead than some of the united states. Much of africa doesn't have power but does have internet. The OLPC also can connect to another of these units creating a mesh network. Only one pc needs to connect to the internet. One should always become informed before attacking a product or a group of people publicly. I have used one of these pcs and they are no laughing matter they use very little power and they will at some point wind up. This is a humanitarian aid poject and education is the only way for these countries to pull themselves out of povert. Much of Africa has cell phone coverage and does not have land lines. I live in a place where there isn’t cell phone coverage so in a very real sense they are farther ahead than some of the united states. Much of africa doesn’t have power but does have internet. The OLPC also can connect to another of these units creating a mesh network. Only one pc needs to connect to the internet. One should always become informed before attacking a product or a group of people publicly.

]]> By: One Laptop Per Child News http://emcons.net/blog/2007/04/12/100-dollar-laptop-stunt/comment-page-1/#comment-11898 One Laptop Per Child News Mon, 16 Apr 2007 21:45:15 +0000 http://emcons.net/blog/index.php/2007/04/12/100-dollar-laptop-stunt/#comment-11898 <strong>One Laptop Per One School's Nigerian Children</strong> Khaled Hassounah introducing OLPC X0 By now I am sure you've read the C|Net article about OLPC Nigeria where Khaled Hassounah is shown introducing the Children's Machine XO to eager students in a one-room school. Were you in awe of the accomplishmen... One Laptop Per One School’s Nigerian Children

Khaled Hassounah introducing OLPC X0
By now I am sure you’ve read the C|Net article about OLPC Nigeria where Khaled Hassounah is shown introducing the Children’s Machine XO to eager students in a one-room school.

Were you in awe of the accomplishmen…

]]> By: Wayan http://emcons.net/blog/2007/04/12/100-dollar-laptop-stunt/comment-page-1/#comment-11897 Wayan Mon, 16 Apr 2007 21:44:04 +0000 http://emcons.net/blog/index.php/2007/04/12/100-dollar-laptop-stunt/#comment-11897 Eas, What a good catch, you're right, that building isn't the school. And we can build a whole new school before we get detailed data out of OLPC. They like Open Source software, but aren't open source about much else. Eas,

What a good catch, you’re right, that building isn’t the school. And we can build a whole new school before we get detailed data out of OLPC. They like Open Source software, but aren’t open source about much else.

]]> By: eas http://emcons.net/blog/2007/04/12/100-dollar-laptop-stunt/comment-page-1/#comment-11869 eas Mon, 16 Apr 2007 17:05:25 +0000 http://emcons.net/blog/index.php/2007/04/12/100-dollar-laptop-stunt/#comment-11869 I've been waiting for some sort of substantive report from this deployment. I was surprised they didn't have daily videos. I suspect you are right that this was just a photo op. The laptops got packed back into the Landrover when the prada-belt dude left. I'm not sure you are right about the lack of electricity though. Go back and look at the photo essay again. The building in the first photo isn't the one where the laptops were deployed. The windows don't match up with the interior shots, and the construction differs from the building in the photo where they show the satellite antenna. Also, I think there may be the end of a bare florescent tube in the upper left of the second photo. I’ve been waiting for some sort of substantive report from this deployment. I was surprised they didn’t have daily videos. I suspect you are right that this was just a photo op. The laptops got packed back into the Landrover when the prada-belt dude left.

I’m not sure you are right about the lack of electricity though. Go back and look at the photo essay again. The building in the first photo isn’t the one where the laptops were deployed. The windows don’t match up with the interior shots, and the construction differs from the building in the photo where they show the satellite antenna. Also, I think there may be the end of a bare florescent tube in the upper left of the second photo.

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