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One Laptop Per Child (and you)
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We have a somewhat similar 'deal' over here...sign up with A.O.L at 'Carphone Warehouse' and you will be 'Given' a new laptop!..
I believe you have to sign for a 18month contract tho!
I believe you have to sign for a 18month contract tho!
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No one really benefits from that though apart from the mobile company issuing the contracts – would be good if they donated an equivalent laptop to the one you choose though…..
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A smart bomb is only as clever as the idiot that tells it what to do
What do you mean it ONLY runs Linux?
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"But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness." - 2 Timothy 2:16 (KJV) <- ->
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tsk tsk tsk tim. go read the links, the info's all there!
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One man sees things and says "why?" - but I dream things that never were and I say "why not?"
Is Linux so worthless to you that you deride it?
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"But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness." - 2 Timothy 2:16 (KJV) <- ->
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try to stay on topic - at least when it's a serious one such as this.
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A smart bomb is only as clever as the idiot that tells it what to do
I was gonna come off with sumpin' weird 'n' wild, but, Uncle Phil seems pretty intense so I digress...
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Why do the pictures come out square when the lens is round?? Picture Purrrfect .
You sure don't get anything for your hard-earned $200.00 anymore...Hell, with a ProMac, you don't get much for your hard-earned $3,000.00...either...
What ever happened to the "free lunch"...especially when you're shopped out?
What ever happened to the "free lunch"...especially when you're shopped out?
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"Let us forever cherish and hold sacred these moments...for it is our undoing ...should we forget..." -William Shakespeare ... Visit Jhihmoac's Gallery
And this laptop will cost $200."
This is a program that I've watched with some interest since I first became aware of it. The basic premise: That a cheap virtually indestructible computer could be created for sale in disadvantaged nations. While originally they were hoping for a target price of $100 per, they've had to settle for $199. Still it's an amazing achievement, and while missing a few things that most of us consider necessary (cd/dvd drive, hard drive, and only runs Linux), it's got everything necessary to give a classroom of students a step up.
They've created some impressive technological and software advances also which hopefully will spill over into the rest of the pc world - and they've decided to briefly open it to the industrialized world in a "Get 1, Give 1" program - you pay $400, receive laptop and tax credit, and a student in a poor country receives the other one. CNet.com article for more background and info.