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Kids use donated laptops to surf porn

gizmodo.com — What did they expect?

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  • ZephyrNinety, on 10/11/2007, -3/+148Wait, was there any other reason to give them laptops? I thought this whole One Laptop Per Child thing was so kids in third world countries could look at porn too.
    • Akaji, on 10/11/2007, -4/+38I don't get it. Why are people surprised at this?
    • JoCliMe, on 10/11/2007, -4/+14Exactly, isn't this "White Man's Burden"?
    • kmpr326, on 10/11/2007, -2/+31Seriously, poor third country kids deserve to have God-given right as human beings to surf porn. I am actually more appalled that they didn't have porn before. ***** food and water, porn and beer is what these kids need.
    • choppinbroccoli, on 10/11/2007, -4/+19As an added BONEus, this should help with that whole AIDS problem in some third world countries.
    • retawd, on 10/11/2007, -3/+34Well, as long as they're jerking off they're probably not making babies they can't feed or getting AIDS...
    • greenjohnsmith, on 10/11/2007, -13/+1No, No. You have it all wrong. It is so we can all receive more Nigerian scam emails, because that is what the Nigerians have shown they are good and capable at. Scamming westerners...kinda like they scammed them to get these laptops in the first place.
    • joefreeza, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1I just received a few scam e-mails and it seems like an 8 year old wrote it

      Good ol' Nigeria!
  • slayersharpe, on 10/11/2007, -5/+159The USA:
    Bringing boners to third world children all over the world
    • linkin1, on 10/11/2007, -77/+6always blaming america...typical of libs
      • sonaro, on 10/11/2007, -6/+64I'm pretty sure that was a joke. Go take your medicine.
        • linkin1, on 10/11/2007, -42/+3every joke has its root
          the first thing he thought of is how to take the piss out of america..
          • macweirdo42, on 10/11/2007, -3/+21Hey, who said it was a bad thing? Sounds like a noble cause to me.
          • slayersharpe, on 10/11/2007, -0/+13No, My first thought was, HAHAHA THEN it was how can I give CREDIT to the great USA for the wonderful humanitarian act of spreading porn all over the world one child at a time.
        • Bamborzled, on 10/11/2007, -3/+16Oh, get over it. Stop trying to justify your obvious lack of a sense of humour.
      • tehpwnrate, on 10/11/2007, -5/+12Yeah, I hate the "Blame America" crowd, but I thought this was funny... calm down, buddy.
  • whathappened, on 10/11/2007, -19/+11great, now the kids can jerk off while their parents try and scam us out of our savings.
  • TheNapalm, on 10/11/2007, -22/+3i was wondering why all these people were using their welfare checks, food stamps and WIC to buy Vaseline
    • CrumpetUp, on 10/11/2007, -1/+4wow... thats just a wee bit racist.
      they dont have welfare in nigeria you *****.
      • tech42er, on 10/11/2007, -2/+1Wow! A perfect libertarian society!

        /sarcasm
    • MewtwoReturns, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3*cue little black kid screaming THAT'S RACIST*
  • SpenceMasta, on 10/11/2007, -3/+79its a nice change of pace, give third world children boners instead of boning third world children
  • nymphetamine, on 10/11/2007, -1/+23DIRECT LINK: http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSL1966647020070720
  • httpgeek, on 10/11/2007, -8/+6well least we know they are not censored.
  • wildfire, on 10/11/2007, -11/+7Kids see boobies -- parents get Jack Thomson involved -- US-style hilarity (litigation) ensues.
    • wildfire, on 10/11/2007, -3/+9Perhaps I should donate some sarcasm glands.
  • Tolzmaniac, on 10/11/2007, -6/+54boys will be boys
    • billymumphrey, on 10/11/2007, -1/+4That's not always true. Sometimes boys will be girls, or something in between.
  • str3ama, on 10/11/2007, -5/+19Taken straight from the ARPA mission statement for the purposes of the Internet: "[sic].. the Internet is for porn"
  • recipher, on 10/11/2007, -4/+200These laptops were doomed anyway considering they can't run 3D Mailbox.
    • Aticper, on 10/11/2007, -0/+8Dear god please let this not turn into another meme.
      • thankyousir, on 10/11/2007, -1/+6FEED YOUR SPAM TO THE SHARKS!

        3D mailbox > numa numa guy + chuck norris jokes
    • billymumphrey, on 10/11/2007, -2/+3I, for one, welcome our new 3D Mailbox overlords.
  • busby2, on 10/11/2007, -8/+1What else are they going to do with them?
  • jaderobbins, on 10/11/2007, -3/+114Ahhhhh, there ARE parts of the world where i can surprise people with goatse and tubgirl!
  • sqzz, on 10/11/2007, -3/+10Can you honestly say you're surprised?
  • jabberwolf, on 10/11/2007, -6/+5Hmm to view porn.. those kids, watching porn, doing what horny kids do and typing on the keyboard...
    I really wouldn't want those laptops back, would you?!?!
  • nodonoug, on 10/11/2007, -3/+78Is there a "Bury -> No *****" option?
  • wishninja, on 10/11/2007, -3/+30Kids like porn too. I always did.
  • civperc, on 10/11/2007, -13/+2LOL @ 3D mailbox comment
  • 3drage, on 10/11/2007, -5/+40They also noted an increase in Nigerian letter scams.
    • Bamborzled, on 10/11/2007, -1/+29What scams? On another note, I just received an email from a wealthy prince whose family died tragically in a skiing accident in the Alps and needs to smuggle out the millions of dollars worth of insurance money, but he needs $2000 for a plane ticket. Wow, I didn't know planes in Nigeria cost so much. I'll be expecting my millions soon enough!
      • tech42er, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Of course. Not too many people fly in Nigeria, so if the demand is low, the price has to be high. Good luck on your millions Bamborzled. Don't forget all us lowly Diggers when you become rich. ;)
  • edgeofreason, on 10/11/2007, -8/+1Ok i'll bite, why does the laptop have horns?
    • merreborn, on 10/11/2007, -3/+2First off, the flaps obviously protect the systems ports from getting crap in 'em while not in use.

      I'd guess that they may also double as wifi antennas.
    • tech42er, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Because they're horny!
  • UCFartstudntJON, on 10/11/2007, -8/+4That reminds me, I have to go do that other thing I do on my computer, besides complain about Bush/ lame users of caps/people who digg things for no good reason/religion/Bush/Ron Paul/Bush, on Digg.
  • ShatteredBlade, on 10/11/2007, -2/+21What did you expect them to do? Porn or educational sites. Not a hard choice.
    • ivosilva, on 10/11/2007, -4/+3Not a hard choise, but with hard results!
    • tech42er, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Porn sites aren't educational?
      • loganarcher, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Sex Education just doesn't do it for me...
  • Spyscience, on 10/11/2007, -3/+15libs? funny to blame liberals for blaming America for blaming boobs for blaming porn for blaming nigerians for wait, what? take your dumb politics out of this hilarious topic!
  • AlphaSoulja, on 10/11/2007, -2/+18When will they learn? The Internet is for Porn!
  • Gugel, on 10/11/2007, -1/+11I blame all the worlds problems on sexual tension. Plan for Iraqi withdrawal: distribute lots of cheap laptops loaded with porn. Problem solved. Gugel for president.
  • RussellDovey, on 10/11/2007, -1/+23Victory for porn yet again! First it drove the expansion of media tech, then network tech and now it will save third world children from poverty!

    Porn! Is There Anything It Can't Do???
  • Nick22, on 10/11/2007, -1/+24No childhood is complete without a healthy dose of porn. Let them have their fun
  • flashingcurser, on 10/11/2007, -7/+0Content proxy filter anyone?
  • CaptShmo, on 10/11/2007, -1/+9good for them!
  • Johnagain, on 10/11/2007, -2/+171) Duh.
    2) Anywhere but the US, boobies are not dirty pictures. Does the foreign press give a crap?
    3) Snorg Tees Girls - that is what they are surfing.
    • MewtwoReturns, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2On topic reply: I WANT TO PORK THE SNORG TEES CHICK IN THE POOPER
    • MikedaSnipe, on 10/11/2007, -0/+04. Best way to prevent boners from boobies - exposure. Boobs are closer to ankles in how they're attractive then genitals.
      5. Adding filters is a bad idea, how about giving the computer to someone else rather then spend more and more money on the perv? More reasons not to filter as well.
      6. New name - crank and yank =p.
  • NiX0n, on 10/11/2007, -4/+2Aren't they using Linux? If they are, who cares?
  • u8myfoood, on 10/11/2007, -1/+9Where do they get the internet service from if the kids cant even afford their own computers?
  • norman619, on 10/11/2007, -4/+5It's amazing how we try to push our moral views on the people we are supposedly trying to help. Looks to me like a repeat of the europeans helping the natives here in the americas just with a porn twist.
  • dgh1973, on 10/11/2007, -1/+25Hell I'm 33 years old and if someone gave me a computer I'd be surfing for pr0n with it to.
    • Wildren, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1That doesn't actually mean anything though...
  • roberto_deneero, on 10/11/2007, -3/+3They should have come with adult bookmarks already installed. We all know that's what's going to wind up on there anyway. Cut to the chase.
  • wdehner, on 10/11/2007, -1/+7I like the title of the article.... "The Porn". :)
  • urbandistrict, on 10/11/2007, -1/+18*GASP* You mean kids in other countries are normal? WHOA!!!

    Now watch the influx of web designers coming out of those countries. :)
  • ruddy, on 10/11/2007, -4/+2put them on windows and see if they surf porn
  • phishtree, on 10/11/2007, -3/+1I am really amazed that they didn't think of this when distributing computer to little kids. I mean, what did they think they were going to do with these computers, research for fun?
  • MiDri, on 10/11/2007, -2/+3@wildfire - there is nothing funny about litigation son, nothing.
    • ruddy, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1theres nothing funny about not using the reply button
  • CannedMango, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3I feel better knowing we've already improved their lives. Next I'm going to email them and tell them about a great investment opportunity in an Albertan Oil preserve that I am *this* close to having enough funds to start drilling in....
  • resplence, on 10/11/2007, -1/+10Make blisters on your fingers, not civil war.
  • 8270369, on 10/11/2007, -4/+8Turning that into front page news is so off-the-scale in terms of tabloid journalism it's almost worthy of some kind of sleezebag journalism award. The message here seems to be don't give financial support to provide Nigerians or others in developing nations with computers as all they'll do is look at net porn and whack off -- which is really insulting and racist; yeah, some might, just like some do here. So what? Grow the ***** up, that's life. They're also going to do school work.
    • mporcheron, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2In all fairness, the title doesn't say "All kids", it doesn't mention any race in the title, and the article is based on a story with a comment from the Nigerian government on Nigerian children. That's not racism by my standards.

      Besides which, this article is simply Gizmodo taking someone elses article (Specifically Reuters - you know, that massive worldwide news agency) and publishing parts of it themselves for ad revenue.
  • bytecolor, on 10/11/2007, -1/+9This is gonna make a great cartoon. A couple of 10 year old boys sitting in the hot savanna sun. First kid: "I wonder what Umkima's boobies look like? She's pretty." His friend: "Here, turn this crank for me..."
    • TheMidnight, on 10/11/2007, -2/+12His friend: "That's not the crank...but don't stop."
  • compgeek, on 10/11/2007, -1/+4like this is any big surprise. the internet is like 75+% dominated by porn or pop ups of porn etc so the fact they were exposed to it is no surprise and yea if it's boys then of course they will want pics of the naked american chicks they can't get
  • cricoste90, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1This article made me laugh when I saw the damn title....
  • kirk1978, on 10/11/2007, -1/+7sample links or it didn't happen :p
  • ADDHITMAN, on 10/11/2007, -4/+6this is all more ***** censorship, we can turn on the tv to any chanel and watch someone get shot, shoot someone, or just bleeding to death. why isnt that blurred out, but god forbid we see som ***** on the nightly news oh no!!
  • nicheplayer, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1This guy has figured out a way around this problem:

    http://www.widernet.org/digitallibrary/

    It's like the Internet, without all the traffic.
  • jennamarquez, on 10/11/2007, -2/+3of COURSE they're gonna look at porn.. I don't really quite get what somebody's ethnicity or geographical location has to do with their sexual appetite?? they should check out peekamo.com while they're at it...
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