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- Could One Laptop Per Child be a bad thing?
- Or roadsOr how about roads so farmers can get there goods to the markets cheaper? The one laptop per kid is such a scam. Why should kids get cheap laptops overs small business owners. Who would be more productive. Um track sales, write, write e-mail, do books. I am so...
- Tags: One Laptop Per Child project
- Discussion threads 2009-09-10
- What happens if Google's Edu Apps aren't free anymore?
- There is no difference, Chris...With paid services, you always run the risk that they will suddenly start costing *more*.The price risk is therefore the same, with paid and free services alike. :-)RE: What happens if Google's Edu Apps aren't free anymore?I've moved completely to Open Office and haven't regretted...
- Tags: OpenOffice, Linux, OPEN SOURCE, Strategy, Word processors, price risk, Google Inc., Google Edu Apps, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-08-14
- Open source shrugs at EU liability plans
- Open source shrugs at EU liability plansI've said it beforeFOSS companies should not worry.Having liabilities for the free speach makes no sense and would violate the constitution.Only propietary companies need to worry about it.RE: Open source shrugs at EU liability plansI agree with Dana; the current "exemption" by many software...
- Tags: OSS Developer, liability plan, open source, precaution, OSS, F/OSS
- Discussion threads 2009-05-13
- Firefox gets emergency update to fix the last update
- Firefox gets emergency update to fix the last updateFixed ! Open Source in Action......Open Source fixed it...include the version # so good of you to include the version that was a problem. I thought info like that would be automatically provided by people at zdnet or wired. you guys are...
- Tags: Web browsers, Mozilla Firefox, emergency update, Mozilla Corp., FIREFOX IS, Microsoft Corp., Web browser
- Discussion threads 2009-04-28
- Our fancy Internet infrastructure operates on a wire and a prayer
- Our fancy Internet infrastructure operates on a wire and a prayerYou're missing the pointWe should not permit single point of failure networks to be built. Besides, there's over 80 million miles of fiber in the U.S. alone, and it simply is not possible to monitor all that cable, or...
- Tags: Network technology, WikiAnswers, cable, prayer, Internet-infrastructure
- Discussion threads 2009-04-10
- Bill Gates donates $12.5M to help poor spend their money
- Bill Gates donates $12.5M to help poor spend their moneyAnd the benefit is?...I don't understand what benefit there is to a "poor" person to have a bank account, other than to make it harder to steal than cash under a mattress or in a coffee can. The miracle of...
- Tags: Bill Gates, bank
- Discussion threads 2009-02-18
- Microsoft, In Search Of Itself
- Microsoft, In Search Of ItselfTo Microsoft, the future is yesterdayWith the addition of control by Microsoft..........I posted this on another talkback...but this just shows the lack of sincerity from MS. They can't even be straight forward with us. Their user want XP and not Vista. Until MS admits this and...
- Tags: Corporate governance, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Steve Ballmer
- Discussion threads 2008-07-29
- What putting off health care means
- What putting off health care meansPreventionI used to get severe headaches occasionally migraine whenever the weather changed. If a thunderstorm was coming, I would get a bad headache. When the weather was turning nice again, I would get a severe headache. I had a couple of dental...
- Tags: Vertical industries, health care, insurance
- Discussion threads 2008-06-30
- XP on XO: Negroponte has lost his bearings
- XP on XO: Negroponte has lost his bearingsWe need to see the XP offering.MS is involved now, and let's hope that the XP version is locked down (ROM only?), comes with a suite of software for the kids, and is usable. I'd like to see this suceed with it's...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Linux, OPEN SOURCE, Negroponte, One Laptop Per Child project, Microsoft Windows XP
- Discussion threads 2008-05-16
- Are mini-laptops worth deploying without Internet access?
- Are mini-laptops worth deploying without Internet access?The mesh network should negate some of the problems with lack of Internet.In addition to the advantage of just having the unconnected laptop, complete with textbooks, I would imagine the the collaboration allowed by the mesh network would be invaluable. Even if there isn't...
- Tags: INTERNET, mini-laptops worth, mesh networking, Internet access, network, laptop computer
- Discussion threads 2008-03-28
- Ubuntu 8.04 "Hardy Heron" beta - making life easier for Windows users
- Ubuntu 8.04 "Hardy Heron" beta - making life easier for Windows usersNice and easy, but.....Not for me. This way, Windows (and all it's security risks) can influence (damage?) my beautiful shiny clean Ubuntu.That thought makes me uneasy.I want Windows completely quarantined.But I agree: for beginnners with Linux, this is a...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Ubuntu, Ubuntu 8.04, Linux, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2008-03-24
- Global Warming (GW)? The spin cycle is on high.
- Global Warming GW? The spin cycle is on high.Message has been deleted.RE: Global Warming GW? The spin cycle is on high.This article falsely claimss that the Roanoke Weather article states that excess snow cover is evidence of a cooling trend. Actually if you read it, the article...
- Tags: socialist, global warming, spin cycle
- Discussion threads 2008-03-02
- Amazon 'Kindled' thoughts: Should Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 be renamed to Fahrenheit 1981?
- Amazon 'Kindled' thoughts: Should Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 be renamed to Fahrenheit 1981?DRM the real problemDRM and endless copyright are the real problem. The books at Project Gutenberg will never go out of print. They have already bee dublicated on hundreds of web sites and thousands, if not millions of devices.Only...
- Tags: Digital media, environmentalism, Fahrenheit 451, Bradbury, Amazon.com Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-12-03
- OLPC to offer two-packs to jump start sales
- OLPC to offer two-packs to jump start salesOLPC ProductionI don;t think OLPC is ready for the massive amounts of pent-up American demand for XO laptops. Not with XO production delayed yet again: http://www.olpcnews.com/hardware/production/xo_laptop_production_delay.htmlRE: OLPC to offer two-packs to jump start salesSo instead of 2 recycled XP notebooks eBay running...
- Tags: OLPC XO, sales, One Laptop Per Child project
- Discussion threads 2007-09-23
- Thoughts on Web 2.0, etc.
- Thoughts on Web 2.0, etc.what are you babbling about?Your incoherent article is the worst PR M$ put forward in a long time.Stick to the hard facts: it's about OSS versus proprietary software!Pitty the "community"?John,Must you always go on with your "Daddy knows best" routine?I find it laughable how you always...
- Tags: Government, Web, leadership, Web 2.0
- Discussion threads 2007-08-15
- Thoughts on Web 2.0, etc.
- Web 2.0, among other things, would include a more advanced client side development model than the current HTML / CSS / Javascript approach. Traditional web programming technologies, though powerful, were not designed for the kinds of applications we build today, and hence, can be complicated to create.The problem with new...
- Tags: U.S., Web, Web 2.0, Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft Corp., Technology, John Carroll
- Blog posts 2007-08-15
- Police arrest French teen over Potter translation
- Police arrest French teen over Potter translationAntiCounterfeiting Police?Give me a freakin break... A hundred thousand terrorists walking the face of this earth threatening to kill infidels... but the French have time and money to organize this bull crap?overwhelming stupiditySo the entire world has been hyped for months about the...
- Tags: Piracy, Recruitment & Selection, French Bakery, French Language
- Discussion threads 2007-08-09
- Google lobbies for 'open' wireless networks
- Google lobbies for 'open' wireless networksGoogle lobbies for 'open' wireless networksDon't trust it. The only reason Google would want this is so they can drive around the streets of metro areas with a wireless sniffer to scan your data. This data is yours, NOT Google's. Google will...
- Tags: Wi-Fi, Microsoft Corp., network, Google Inc., spectrum, TV, wireless network, wireless
- Discussion threads 2007-06-14
- Where are your laptops today?
- Where are your laptops today?Right next to me at the moment...Have had mine for at least 3 years now, it's not that hard to keep tabs on it. And if FBI is losing laptops... I would really have to question this nations security more than I already do! ]:)Heads should...
- Tags: Thin clients, Notebooks, Advertising & Promotion, net connection, thin client, mobile, hard drive, laptop computer
- Discussion threads 2007-02-12
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