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- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -56/+289"The first countries to sign up to buying the machine, which is officially dubbed XO, include Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Nigeria, Libya, Pakistan and Thailand."
I wouldn't mind the other countries, but Nigeria? So the kids can scam people from home? - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -9/+166One for you....one for me
One for you...one for me - ciram, on 10/12/2007, -12/+117Hrmm... what makes the components so affordable? Cheap labor in other developing nations?
Say it with me
"iiironyyyy" - solidhubris, on 10/12/2007, -48/+152As a Nigerian (born there moved to the states when I was young) the ignorance of saying things like "so the kids can scam people from home," is just sickening. Do you have any idea how it really is over there? That most of the population lives in poverty without a chance of ever owning a computer, let alone access to an internet connection, or that they are oblivious to the internet scams that are going on? What if you Americans were immediately associated with those annoying ***** filling in-boxes around the world with spam (because the US is the number 1 producer of spam).
What I'm saying is, you're a dumbass for even letting those e-mails bug you, a deserving moron of an idiot if you actually give them any of your money, and a pathetic soul to say something like that when millions of children in the region could benefit from this program. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -11/+89Imaging trying to fap in front of this piece of *****. You'll end up jerking off the crank and winding up your *****.
Pretty painful stuff o_O - thcobbs, on 10/12/2007, -9/+81I can see it now:
*Read... Read.... Read... Read....*
*crank crank crank*
*Read.... Read....*
"*****!"
*crank crank crank* - InsaneShow, on 10/12/2007, -4/+73@ilyaq
I think you are missing the point of the general public being able to buy a OLPC computer. It isn't about the system specs. It is about giving back to the world. It is a charity item in which you get to enjoy the computer as will someone else in the world. - felchdonkey, on 10/12/2007, -15/+66beachbabe22 is another name for diggfan, supportdigg, etc. Someone really needs to get this guy's personal info and put it up on Digg.
- Kale, on 10/12/2007, -6/+57This is an awesome idea. It's win-win!!! And all cheaper than the iPhone.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -31/+79It has a 366 MHz processor,128 MB of RAM, and no hard drive. I can't justify spending this much money on something like this. You can find far better, fully-functional computer gear in dumpsters behind office buildings.
- fastfood15, on 10/12/2007, -8/+50@solidhubris
im sorry he offended you, but thats life man. He made a JOKE. he wasn't calling u a spammer and he was simply applying a funny internet meme, to a group of people about to get access to the internet. It is only offensive you decide to take it that way. You should probably get use to it, or should be use to it, if you are living in the US, thats how we roll here. But of course your entitled to your opinion and your free to express it in (near) any medium.
and anyway, Free V14GrA FTW!! - SOAB, on 10/12/2007, -1/+30"am gonna look soooooo cooool cranking the handle on my OLPC in the subway. watch out ladies."
So are going to do this with your Trench coat open or closed ? ;-)
I'll buy one and enjoy the fact the other goes to a kid. :-) - polyGone, on 10/12/2007, -4/+32Why is that everyone on digg has to be an *****, all of a sudden?
For 100 bucks, it would be nice to know I am helping someone else to become educated. So yes, I would and you can go outside and play hide and go ***** yourself. - EmmSee, on 10/12/2007, -1/+28There's nothing wrong with this strategy... you can buy your kids first laptop and introduce them to charitable donations in the same day!
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -9/+34Perhaps if they go to Nigeria they will get online and learn about Birth control. Starving to death and having 15 children never made sense to me....
- captinherb, on 10/12/2007, -4/+29@pablomac
That's not true, spam is produced in Austin, Minnesota right here in the good 'ol USA ;)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPAM - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+24And thats different from most american inner suburb how?
- cyn0sure, on 10/12/2007, -0/+21Somewhere, someone will have a cluster of $100 laptops cracking RC5.
- ateoto, on 10/12/2007, -0/+20You'd be surprised. Nerds have good "cranking" arms...
- jessicah628, on 10/12/2007, -3/+23Actually, I'm sure that a lot of people will buy them to donate.
- rudy23, on 10/12/2007, -7/+27Am sure steve jobs is sweating now that this out.
am gonna look soooooo cooool cranking the handle on my OLPC in the subway. watch out ladies. - emorphien, on 10/12/2007, -2/+22No kidding. $200 isn't bad and if that means I can still play with one (assuming its useful and I actually want one) then this is a really great way to sell them to the general public.
- polyGone, on 10/12/2007, -4/+21I would buy one just to donate it.
- jessicah628, on 10/12/2007, -0/+15Way to miss the point! Who cares if it's technically charity or not, it's still a good cause.
- cooperwd, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13HappyScrappy, I think the definition of charity -- the providing of goods or money to those in need -- applies here. (http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/charity). Whether you give the goods or money directly or through an agency of some sort is, I think, beside the point.
- AdamWeeden, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12@dasaroth:
2 turtlenecks for Steve Jobs! - totorototoro, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12no it said they are selling for $100 even though the current cost is $150."
Uh, no, it doesn't say that. "The eventual aim is to sell the machine to developing countries for $100 but the current cost of the machine is about $150." Which means, they are selling it for $150, and eventually hope to be able to sell it for $100. - Grimdotdotdot, on 10/12/2007, -0/+113rd people :oD
- procopio, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11I live in Brazil! When do I get my free laptop?
- dasaroth, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10What happens when you buy an ipod??
- schloren, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10Nothing new here: when you buy Vista, you buy a house for Bill Gates
- pathy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10I'd love one.
It'd make an excellent thing to carry around, for classes etc, to take notes, and it can be used as a pretty nifty eReader, not to mention it's being made as a durable device, so it can take a few knocks.
Along with that, you can crank the damn thing if it ever runs out of power, which means you can safely sit outside and not have to retreat to the inner buildings to power it up. Sure, cranking it is a bit impractical - But the machine is also very power efficient, so you shouldn't have to do it a whole lot. - Roger, on 10/12/2007, -5/+15Cool. Hopefully this'll be the eBook reader I've been waiting so long for.
- TVarmy, on 10/12/2007, -2/+11For those who complain it's underpowered, think about how great this will be for travel. It's small, lightweight, has good battery life, a somewhat large color screen, full keyboard, can be recharged without an outlet, has wifi, and it's cheap. If you just want to surf the web, check email, and write some text documents while you're away, this thing means you don't need to worry about losing or being burgled a $1,500 desktop replacement in a faraway place. Plus, if you do lose it, you don't even need to feel that bad about having to spend another $200, because that means another disadvantaged kid is getting a new lappy. And maybe the thief will go legit with the programming skills his new laptop give him :P.
- EmmSee, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10"Having a company taking your money and giving it to someone else isn't charity. Giving willingly is charity.
Look it up."
Umm... isn't that how every charity works? You give to them and they give to those in need (minus a few % of your contribution for their costs). - Karyyk, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10Well, that's how much they're charging the 3rd world countries. You, I'm thinking $150, so, presumably, $250 for the pair.
- robweber, on 10/12/2007, -3/+11no it said they are selling for $100 even though the current cost is $150.
- RandomSkratch, on 10/12/2007, -7/+15@compaqnigg
Is that you Mr.Jobs? - simpleid, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7@Ultimata
It's just not the same though... I want one for the crank, and to hack. : ] If nerds can make these babies dangerous, just wait what's in store for the US.
Crank Machine Terrorist Group - EXreaction, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8"Public can purchase $100 laptop"
*Goes off to look for one that I can buy*
"The backers of the One Laptop Per Child project plan to release the machine on general sale *next year*."
Oh great, thanks for getting my hopes up and smashing them to the ground. I guess I will just have to wait...another...year...or probably more. :( - ray901, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Q - What is the third world? Do we refer to people who chose to live by outdated customs& Traditions the third world?
A - It's generally called the Developing World and has nothing whatsoever to do with customs or tradition.
"Third world status is really by choice or through the act of an oppressor."
- Maybe the other option is that your country is just assigned that status by outsides who don't know what the hell they are talking about. e.g. many of the people commenting on this thread.
"Not many places without dial up, or High speed"
Only about 15% of the world has internet access ( http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/worldwide_inter.php ). The world is bigger than your neighbourhood. I would suggest you actually make use of the internet to educate yourself. - albatross5000, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7I think they're powered by a manual crank, or at least that was once the design (ie, 3rd people in 3rd world countries don't often have wall outlets to power up things like laptops). If that's still the case, then that's pretty cool.
- tuzziel, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6"they're powered by a manual crank" hey, anybody got the idea of a little third world boy with arm like Hellboy?
- digjedi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Can't wait to see eBay flooded with these.
I don't blame anyone. If my yearly salary was less than a $100 and someone gave me a computer worth that amount... how tempted would you be to sell that thing in 2 seconds? - ifoundgodot, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7While this is not the point of the OLPC at all, how is it a bad thing? It would get the word out on poverty and hunger to the younger generation of America using MySpace, straight from the source.
- rudy23, on 10/12/2007, -4/+10@PJBonoVox
thanks for the laugh man.
I can see a website coming up similar to the wii accidents. www.olpcwoundupmycock.com - bane221, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6I can't imagine why our school wouldn't by sets of these. Many schools would certainly get on board and guy quite a few. Easily a class set for many schools, already 25-30 of these, probably more.
- thcobbs, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7Heh, now that might be worth while gift for my daughter when she gets a bit older.
And I get to help someone else in the process. Cool. - Mylonite, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Happy, do you really think it's unethical to allow the public to purchase something that would normally require *huge* minimums, so long as you are making an equally substantial purchase that actually *does* offer quality education and a leg up for the next generation in places where they aren't as lucky as digg posters. Don't want to call it a donation because you're hung up on semantics? Fine - call it a $200 purchase, and it's still a FANTASTIC thing to get a youngster instead of the latest game. Maybe you'd rather it be like the pharms, who balance out the cheap international markets with overly inflated prices here. I'd like to see the math - I bet you we 'donate' the same amount to corporate interests on a number of essential products. I'd be happy to think that I'm doing the same here, and I'm grateful that one of this corporations' interests is education.
I swear up and down that I thought of this last month - I guess that makes me biased when I say this is awesome. - sfgeek, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6uttles is an idiot. People that would have the compuction to buy one of these things are the same kind of people that would be happy to know that the 2nd one goes to the developing world. Also, this isn't going to be the primary computer for really anybody, so most people that buy it have more than a few hundred to spare.
If I bought one I would think it's GREAT that I get to send one to the developing world as well. When I'm done with it, I hope to see it 'recycled' and it too sent to the developing world. -
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