I have to say when I first heard of the OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) Project I didn’t really see how this was a great idea. I can understand the whole teach them so they can do more there lives, but when you are in need of food and clothes and a place to live… Well a laptop might just not been what you really want. Anyway it was done a while back and the final design looked rather odd, but it was under $100 and seemed pretty good for the price range they where looking at.

The FAQ on there wiki talks about “class room servers” and that “The laptop is cheaper than two or three ordinary textbooks, but gives access to the entire wealth of information on the Internet”. All great points.. But do you really think they are going to have a internet connection at most schools in developing nations where the cost of three textbooks is to high?

Well at least they can use the hand crank and play Doom. If they thought it corrupted the minds of people that grew up with ninja fighting turtles and Pee-Wee Herman, I can’t wait to see what it does to someone who has never even watched tv before.

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