hamburglar_
join:2002-04-29
Columbus, OH
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Re: I'll bet the $100 laptop doesn't have Intel CPU
...and infrastructure, maybe?
"are intended to bring computer access to areas that lack reliable electricity"
They are putting the cart before the horse. What good is a laptop if you barely even have shelter to keep it from getting wet in the rain? |
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dave
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join:2000-05-04
not in ohio
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| Re: I'll bet the $100 laptop doesn't have Intel CP
said by hamburglar_  :(..) if you barely even have shelter to keep it from getting wet in the rain? Where the hell did you get that from? |
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cdigioia
Premium
join:2005-06-08
korea, repub
·Korea Telecom
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Re: I'll bet the $100 laptop doesn't have Intel CP
said by dave :said by hamburglar_ :(..) if you barely even have shelter to keep it from getting wet in the rain? Where the hell did you get that from? They're just saying that 3rd world countries have much more basic/important things to take care of, long before laptops. |
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JesusHChrist
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Fucking moderators. Enjoy the left side of the asile 
Dave, if for some crazy reason this appears, it has nothing to do with you. Just some liberal tightass who can't stand to hear an opposing view. |
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Eat Me
join:2002-09-25
Sussex, NJ | reply to cdigioia
You've obviously never lived in a 3rd world country.
I'll forgive you. Most Americans figure anywhere outside of the USA, Europe and parts of Asia are uncivilized. |
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cdigioia
Premium
join:2005-06-08
korea, repub
·Korea Telecom
| Well using a subjective word like uncivilized, being snide, and making sweeping statements about Americans I don't think will particularly educate anyone.
I think it depends on which developing nation one is talking about. The nations mentioned as the 1st to receive this are quite well setup already, which is probably why they are the first, as they are the easiest in which to implement the idea.
But the nations that need assistance the most, (think much of Africa) often have very high HIV infection rates and very low levels of capital investment, including such basic things as paved roadways. As such, the nations that need assistance the most, are going to be the ones that can make the least use of such a laptop.
I would imagine it would be much more beneficial for many nations, African especially, to have for instance, US farm subsidies done away first, so that the farmers can better compete and better provide for a basic economy.
We're not talking about there being a problem shipping laptops to Mexico or Argentina. I think the point is that there won't be the infrastructure to support these laptops in the nations which need help the most. |
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