[Ldsoss] One Laptop Per Child

[Thomas Haws]

Good thoughts, Steven.  I have been following the laptop project very
closely through the months and years.

I was very pleased yesterday to finally see what appears to be the design
for a feasible generator for the XO (the laptop).  It is a pull-string thing
that I suppose works similar to a See-N-Say or a Woody the Cowboy, with a
high-tension pull that loads a spring to generate power.  I guess you strap
it to a desk chair leg or rung and work it with your leg or foot while you
compute. http://www.gizmag.com/go/6639/ or
http://www.olpcnews.com/hardware/power_supply/negroponte_unveils_s.html

Yesterday there was also an announcement of another country, Rwanda,
committing to buy the minimum order of hundreds of thousands of laptops
(tens of millions of dollars).

When I lived in Chile someone invited me to dinner and was proud to serve me
> American Cheese.  I asked them where they got it and they said that the
> government (Chilean) was selling it at a good price.  Reading the package, I
> read something to the effect of 'Provided by the People of the United
> States' and (I quote) "not for sale".  Given that single data point (you'll
> probably have others) it will be interesting to see how this laptop is
> delivered to the people it's intended to serve.
>

-- 
Tom Haws
Have a beautiful day.
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