<article>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#article09_11_03_1427210</id>
	<title>Negroponte Hints At Paper-Like Design For XO-3</title>
	<author>timothy</author>
	<datestamp>1257259200000</datestamp>
	<htmltext>waderoush writes <i>"In May 2008, Nicholas Negroponte, chairman of the One Laptop Per Child Foundation, unveiled an <a href="http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/08/05/20/1621214/2nd-Generation-100-Laptop-Will-Be-an-E-Book-Reader?art\_pos=8">e-book like design for the second-generation XO Laptop</a>, consisting of a pair of facing touchscreens. In a new e-mail interview, Negroponte says that design has been thrown out, and that instead the foundation is working on version '1.75' of the existing green-and-white laptop with a more powerful processor, as well as a '3.0' version that would look '<a href="http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2009/11/02/negroponte-outlines-the-future-of-olpc-hints-at-paperlike-design-for-third-generation-laptop/">more like a sheet of paper</a>.'  Negroponte also addressed a range of other questions about the OLPC project, including the significance of the project to <a href="http://news.slashdot.org/story/09/10/24/2049231/Internet-Archive-Puts-16M-E-Books-On-OLPC-Laptops?art\_pos=1">make 1.6 million e-books readable on the XO laptop</a> and the organization's push to reach more children in Latin America, Africa, Afghanistan, and Pakistan."</i></htmltext>
<tokenext>waderoush writes " In May 2008 , Nicholas Negroponte , chairman of the One Laptop Per Child Foundation , unveiled an e-book like design for the second-generation XO Laptop , consisting of a pair of facing touchscreens .
In a new e-mail interview , Negroponte says that design has been thrown out , and that instead the foundation is working on version '1.75 ' of the existing green-and-white laptop with a more powerful processor , as well as a '3.0 ' version that would look 'more like a sheet of paper .
' Negroponte also addressed a range of other questions about the OLPC project , including the significance of the project to make 1.6 million e-books readable on the XO laptop and the organization 's push to reach more children in Latin America , Africa , Afghanistan , and Pakistan .
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<sentencetext>waderoush writes "In May 2008, Nicholas Negroponte, chairman of the One Laptop Per Child Foundation, unveiled an e-book like design for the second-generation XO Laptop, consisting of a pair of facing touchscreens.
In a new e-mail interview, Negroponte says that design has been thrown out, and that instead the foundation is working on version '1.75' of the existing green-and-white laptop with a more powerful processor, as well as a '3.0' version that would look 'more like a sheet of paper.
'  Negroponte also addressed a range of other questions about the OLPC project, including the significance of the project to make 1.6 million e-books readable on the XO laptop and the organization's push to reach more children in Latin America, Africa, Afghanistan, and Pakistan.
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_03_1427210.29967172</id>
	<title>Re:Priorities</title>
	<author>ClosedSource</author>
	<datestamp>1257281340000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>What exactly are plumbing's best practices as applied to an old well a few miles away?</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>What exactly are plumbing 's best practices as applied to an old well a few miles away ?</tokentext>
<sentencetext>What exactly are plumbing's best practices as applied to an old well a few miles away?</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_03_1427210.29964326</parent>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_03_1427210.29963372</id>
	<title>OLPC</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1257263280000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Troll</modclass>
	<modscore>-1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Seriously, who is funding this shit? Some people have WAY too much money and need to learn about a little thing we Republicans like to call "objectivism" (Ayn Rand, look it up<nobr> <wbr></nobr>/. libs)</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Seriously , who is funding this shit ?
Some people have WAY too much money and need to learn about a little thing we Republicans like to call " objectivism " ( Ayn Rand , look it up / .
libs )</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Seriously, who is funding this shit?
Some people have WAY too much money and need to learn about a little thing we Republicans like to call "objectivism" (Ayn Rand, look it up /.
libs)</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_03_1427210.29964264</id>
	<title>Re:Priorities</title>
	<author>Overzeetop</author>
	<datestamp>1257267540000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>When you're a computer scientist, your most effective path to help others is to leverage your computer science knowledge. Attempting to fix the world hunger problem without the appropriate background would be a foolish waste of time.</p><p>Then again OLPC has been a foolish waste of time so far, so it may not have mattered either way.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>When you 're a computer scientist , your most effective path to help others is to leverage your computer science knowledge .
Attempting to fix the world hunger problem without the appropriate background would be a foolish waste of time.Then again OLPC has been a foolish waste of time so far , so it may not have mattered either way .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>When you're a computer scientist, your most effective path to help others is to leverage your computer science knowledge.
Attempting to fix the world hunger problem without the appropriate background would be a foolish waste of time.Then again OLPC has been a foolish waste of time so far, so it may not have mattered either way.</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_03_1427210.29963876</parent>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_03_1427210.29963876</id>
	<title>Priorities</title>
	<author>daveime</author>
	<datestamp>1257265980000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Troll</modclass>
	<modscore>-1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>I'd have thought One Meal Per Day Per Child might be slightly more important, but hell, at least it's something for Negroponte and his ilk to ponder over brandy and cigars at the Gentlemens Club.</p><p>I just can't help thinking that sorting out such basic problems as hunger and poverty should be slightly higher on the list than whether they can play Facebook and post on Twitter.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>I 'd have thought One Meal Per Day Per Child might be slightly more important , but hell , at least it 's something for Negroponte and his ilk to ponder over brandy and cigars at the Gentlemens Club.I just ca n't help thinking that sorting out such basic problems as hunger and poverty should be slightly higher on the list than whether they can play Facebook and post on Twitter .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I'd have thought One Meal Per Day Per Child might be slightly more important, but hell, at least it's something for Negroponte and his ilk to ponder over brandy and cigars at the Gentlemens Club.I just can't help thinking that sorting out such basic problems as hunger and poverty should be slightly higher on the list than whether they can play Facebook and post on Twitter.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_03_1427210.29963512</id>
	<title>Epic Sales 101 failure.  EPIC.</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1257264180000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Insightful</modclass>
	<modscore>2</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>What's that you say?  You have a better version coming next year?  Well, thanks for being so honest - we'll put our checkbook back in our pocket rather than giving you money for the obsolescent model now.

</p><p>Oh, what?  There'll be an <em>another</em> new version soon after that?  Well, that's just great!  Give us a call back if and when it's ever available - we'll do lunch.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>What 's that you say ?
You have a better version coming next year ?
Well , thanks for being so honest - we 'll put our checkbook back in our pocket rather than giving you money for the obsolescent model now .
Oh , what ?
There 'll be an another new version soon after that ?
Well , that 's just great !
Give us a call back if and when it 's ever available - we 'll do lunch .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>What's that you say?
You have a better version coming next year?
Well, thanks for being so honest - we'll put our checkbook back in our pocket rather than giving you money for the obsolescent model now.
Oh, what?
There'll be an another new version soon after that?
Well, that's just great!
Give us a call back if and when it's ever available - we'll do lunch.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_03_1427210.29964640</id>
	<title>Re:Priorities</title>
	<author>znu</author>
	<datestamp>1257269100000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Informativ</modclass>
	<modscore>2</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Seriously? I thought the world had gotten past the notion that computers were frivolous toys or first-world luxuries.</p><p>The truth is, food aid doesn't really work, at least by itself. You feed the current population, don't solve any of the systemic problems that led to the hunger, and you end up with another generation of hungry people.</p><p>What the developing world needs is development and mass empowerment. And that means, among other things, education. If you know of a tool that packs more educational potential into a less expensive package than  a $100 networked computer system that's resistant to the elements, requires little or no supporting infrastructure, and can be preloaded with large quantities of information relevant to the populations it's given to, please name it.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Seriously ?
I thought the world had gotten past the notion that computers were frivolous toys or first-world luxuries.The truth is , food aid does n't really work , at least by itself .
You feed the current population , do n't solve any of the systemic problems that led to the hunger , and you end up with another generation of hungry people.What the developing world needs is development and mass empowerment .
And that means , among other things , education .
If you know of a tool that packs more educational potential into a less expensive package than a $ 100 networked computer system that 's resistant to the elements , requires little or no supporting infrastructure , and can be preloaded with large quantities of information relevant to the populations it 's given to , please name it .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Seriously?
I thought the world had gotten past the notion that computers were frivolous toys or first-world luxuries.The truth is, food aid doesn't really work, at least by itself.
You feed the current population, don't solve any of the systemic problems that led to the hunger, and you end up with another generation of hungry people.What the developing world needs is development and mass empowerment.
And that means, among other things, education.
If you know of a tool that packs more educational potential into a less expensive package than  a $100 networked computer system that's resistant to the elements, requires little or no supporting infrastructure, and can be preloaded with large quantities of information relevant to the populations it's given to, please name it.</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_03_1427210.29963876</parent>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_03_1427210.29963554</id>
	<title>Re:Great vision, but is technology the answer?</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1257264360000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>The peasants have no BSD TCP/IP stack.</p><p>Let them use Trumpet Winsock.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>The peasants have no BSD TCP/IP stack.Let them use Trumpet Winsock .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>The peasants have no BSD TCP/IP stack.Let them use Trumpet Winsock.</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_03_1427210.29963362</parent>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_03_1427210.29965730</id>
	<title>Re:Priorities</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1257273780000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Insightful</modclass>
	<modscore>3</modscore>
	<htmltext><p><div class="quote"><p>I just can't help thinking that sorting out such basic problems as hunger and poverty...</p></div><p>The only real solution to these problems is education. Everything else is just a temporary fix.</p></div>
	</htmltext>
<tokenext>I just ca n't help thinking that sorting out such basic problems as hunger and poverty...The only real solution to these problems is education .
Everything else is just a temporary fix .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I just can't help thinking that sorting out such basic problems as hunger and poverty...The only real solution to these problems is education.
Everything else is just a temporary fix.
	</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_03_1427210.29963876</parent>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_03_1427210.29963432</id>
	<title>Sorry what?</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1257263700000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Insightful</modclass>
	<modscore>2</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Dual screens? E-paper? Touchable displays?</p><p>Surely what you really need to make it cheap is cheap components and low R&amp;D costs. Toughen up a netbook for god's sake! At the time the last OLPC came to everyone's attention, it was a fairly revolutionary idea. Then Asus released the Eee range and others quickly followed suit. Nearly all of them make the OLPC look like last year's trash and for not much price difference.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Dual screens ?
E-paper ? Touchable displays ? Surely what you really need to make it cheap is cheap components and low R&amp;D costs .
Toughen up a netbook for god 's sake !
At the time the last OLPC came to everyone 's attention , it was a fairly revolutionary idea .
Then Asus released the Eee range and others quickly followed suit .
Nearly all of them make the OLPC look like last year 's trash and for not much price difference .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Dual screens?
E-paper? Touchable displays?Surely what you really need to make it cheap is cheap components and low R&amp;D costs.
Toughen up a netbook for god's sake!
At the time the last OLPC came to everyone's attention, it was a fairly revolutionary idea.
Then Asus released the Eee range and others quickly followed suit.
Nearly all of them make the OLPC look like last year's trash and for not much price difference.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_03_1427210.29963750</id>
	<title>Re:Great vision, but is technology the answer?</title>
	<author>renoX</author>
	<datestamp>1257265500000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>&gt;So why are they working on building these devices when if all they want is a cheap Panasonic Toughbook?</p><p>Probably because being rugged isn't good enough for their need and they also want to have laptops which are: low power and readable outdoor..</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>&gt; So why are they working on building these devices when if all they want is a cheap Panasonic Toughbook ? Probably because being rugged is n't good enough for their need and they also want to have laptops which are : low power and readable outdoor. .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>&gt;So why are they working on building these devices when if all they want is a cheap Panasonic Toughbook?Probably because being rugged isn't good enough for their need and they also want to have laptops which are: low power and readable outdoor..</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_03_1427210.29963362</parent>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_03_1427210.29963332</id>
	<title>It makes sense</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1257263160000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Insightful</modclass>
	<modscore>4</modscore>
	<htmltext>I think that in any third-world country access to "open source" text books on any subject at zero extra cost would be more important than the actual "educational computer" functionality. It makes sense that the primary design goal should be that it is a good ebook reader. It looks neat and at $75 it is a fraction of the cost of current readers<nobr> <wbr></nobr>... I want one!</htmltext>
<tokenext>I think that in any third-world country access to " open source " text books on any subject at zero extra cost would be more important than the actual " educational computer " functionality .
It makes sense that the primary design goal should be that it is a good ebook reader .
It looks neat and at $ 75 it is a fraction of the cost of current readers ... I want one !</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I think that in any third-world country access to "open source" text books on any subject at zero extra cost would be more important than the actual "educational computer" functionality.
It makes sense that the primary design goal should be that it is a good ebook reader.
It looks neat and at $75 it is a fraction of the cost of current readers ... I want one!</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_03_1427210.29965670</id>
	<title>Re:2 displays == 2x the cost</title>
	<author>Dragonslicer</author>
	<datestamp>1257273600000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p><div class="quote"><p>2 displays == 2x the cost</p></div><p>That's only true if the entire cost comes from a single display. It's like saying that having 2 GB of RAM in your computer makes it twice as expensive as it would be if it had 1 GB of RAM.</p></div>
	</htmltext>
<tokenext>2 displays = = 2x the costThat 's only true if the entire cost comes from a single display .
It 's like saying that having 2 GB of RAM in your computer makes it twice as expensive as it would be if it had 1 GB of RAM .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>2 displays == 2x the costThat's only true if the entire cost comes from a single display.
It's like saying that having 2 GB of RAM in your computer makes it twice as expensive as it would be if it had 1 GB of RAM.
	</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_03_1427210.29963622</parent>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_03_1427210.29963422</id>
	<title>Re:It makes sense</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1257263640000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Absolutely, 'cause we wouldn't want any of those poor dears to ACTUALLY HAVE A FREAKIN' LAPTOP! That might lead to them doing something great like networking their whole country and pushing the westies out. Can't have that now, can we?</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Absolutely , 'cause we would n't want any of those poor dears to ACTUALLY HAVE A FREAKIN ' LAPTOP !
That might lead to them doing something great like networking their whole country and pushing the westies out .
Ca n't have that now , can we ?</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Absolutely, 'cause we wouldn't want any of those poor dears to ACTUALLY HAVE A FREAKIN' LAPTOP!
That might lead to them doing something great like networking their whole country and pushing the westies out.
Can't have that now, can we?</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_03_1427210.29963332</parent>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_03_1427210.29963622</id>
	<title>2 displays == 2x the cost</title>
	<author>WillAdams</author>
	<datestamp>1257264840000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>So why not make individual units which can optionally be connected together to then function as a 2-display unit?</p><p>William</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>So why not make individual units which can optionally be connected together to then function as a 2-display unit ? William</tokentext>
<sentencetext>So why not make individual units which can optionally be connected together to then function as a 2-display unit?William</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_03_1427210.29967070</id>
	<title>Re:Priorities</title>
	<author>pwfffff</author>
	<datestamp>1257280860000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Insightful</modclass>
	<modscore>3</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>"I just can't help thinking that sorting out such basic problems as hunger and poverty should be slightly higher on the list than whether they can play Facebook and post on Twitter."</p><p>Shouldn't it also be more important than you posting on<nobr> <wbr></nobr>/. then? How many orphans have YOU fed today?</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>" I just ca n't help thinking that sorting out such basic problems as hunger and poverty should be slightly higher on the list than whether they can play Facebook and post on Twitter .
" Should n't it also be more important than you posting on / .
then ? How many orphans have YOU fed today ?</tokentext>
<sentencetext>"I just can't help thinking that sorting out such basic problems as hunger and poverty should be slightly higher on the list than whether they can play Facebook and post on Twitter.
"Shouldn't it also be more important than you posting on /.
then? How many orphans have YOU fed today?</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_03_1427210.29973764</id>
	<title>Re:It makes sense</title>
	<author>Sir\_Lewk</author>
	<datestamp>1257271320000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Don't worry, knowing Negroponte this thing will be running Windows Vista by next year.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Do n't worry , knowing Negroponte this thing will be running Windows Vista by next year .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Don't worry, knowing Negroponte this thing will be running Windows Vista by next year.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_03_1427210.29963476</id>
	<title>Re:It makes sense</title>
	<author>WaywardGeek</author>
	<datestamp>1257263940000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>E-book readers will be the killer app for next year's net-tablets, IMO.  The good ones will likely use <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oawX3wenxNc" title="youtube.com">Pixel Qi screens</a> [youtube.com].  As for OLPC, they're doing great pioneering work, which launched the netbook phenomenon.  Pixel Qi will provide OLPC the paper-like screens at cost.  In e-book mode, the battery should last days, not hours, and with the overall reductions in cost for the multi-touch display, processor (can you say ARM?), and power system, net tablets for under $100 may just be possible.  Frankly, I'll hold out for a $250 10" tablet that looks like Apple designed it, but runs Ubuntu Netbook Remix.  It'll read like e-paper, but also can play HD videos.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>E-book readers will be the killer app for next year 's net-tablets , IMO .
The good ones will likely use Pixel Qi screens [ youtube.com ] .
As for OLPC , they 're doing great pioneering work , which launched the netbook phenomenon .
Pixel Qi will provide OLPC the paper-like screens at cost .
In e-book mode , the battery should last days , not hours , and with the overall reductions in cost for the multi-touch display , processor ( can you say ARM ?
) , and power system , net tablets for under $ 100 may just be possible .
Frankly , I 'll hold out for a $ 250 10 " tablet that looks like Apple designed it , but runs Ubuntu Netbook Remix .
It 'll read like e-paper , but also can play HD videos .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>E-book readers will be the killer app for next year's net-tablets, IMO.
The good ones will likely use Pixel Qi screens [youtube.com].
As for OLPC, they're doing great pioneering work, which launched the netbook phenomenon.
Pixel Qi will provide OLPC the paper-like screens at cost.
In e-book mode, the battery should last days, not hours, and with the overall reductions in cost for the multi-touch display, processor (can you say ARM?
), and power system, net tablets for under $100 may just be possible.
Frankly, I'll hold out for a $250 10" tablet that looks like Apple designed it, but runs Ubuntu Netbook Remix.
It'll read like e-paper, but also can play HD videos.</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_03_1427210.29963332</parent>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_03_1427210.29964352</id>
	<title>Re:Great vision, but is technology the answer?</title>
	<author>Daniel Serodio</author>
	<datestamp>1257267900000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Of the the most compelling (for its market) features of the OLPC is its tiny energy consumption, which can even be recharged with a hand crank. Some of these people don't even have an energy outlet at home.<br>Try that with a 2001 Toshiba Satellite.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Of the the most compelling ( for its market ) features of the OLPC is its tiny energy consumption , which can even be recharged with a hand crank .
Some of these people do n't even have an energy outlet at home.Try that with a 2001 Toshiba Satellite .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Of the the most compelling (for its market) features of the OLPC is its tiny energy consumption, which can even be recharged with a hand crank.
Some of these people don't even have an energy outlet at home.Try that with a 2001 Toshiba Satellite.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_03_1427210.29963362</id>
	<title>Great vision, but is technology the answer?</title>
	<author>BadAnalogyGuy</author>
	<datestamp>1257263220000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Insightful</modclass>
	<modscore>4</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>From the OLPC website:</p><blockquote><div><p>Mission Statement: To create educational opportunities for the world's poorest children by providing each child with a rugged, low-cost, low-power, connected laptop with content and software designed for collaborative, joyful, self-empowered learning. When children have access to this type of tool they get engaged in their own education. They learn, share, create, and collaborate. They become connected to each other, to the world and to a brighter future.</p></div></blockquote><p>They even go on to say that this is about <a href="http://laptop.org/en/vision/mission/index.shtml" title="laptop.org" rel="nofollow">education, not laptops</a> [laptop.org]. So why are they working on building these devices when if all they want is a cheap Panasonic Toughbook? It seems that instead of trying to build cheaper devices, they could partner with a company (like Panasonic) to provide this kind of technology on the cheap.</p><p>By focusing so much on the technology, we are forgetting that the purpose of these devices is to enable kids around the world to become more connected. This can be done with an old Toshiba Satellite laptop from 2001, you don't need the latest and greatest software to access the Internet.</p></div>
	</htmltext>
<tokenext>From the OLPC website : Mission Statement : To create educational opportunities for the world 's poorest children by providing each child with a rugged , low-cost , low-power , connected laptop with content and software designed for collaborative , joyful , self-empowered learning .
When children have access to this type of tool they get engaged in their own education .
They learn , share , create , and collaborate .
They become connected to each other , to the world and to a brighter future.They even go on to say that this is about education , not laptops [ laptop.org ] .
So why are they working on building these devices when if all they want is a cheap Panasonic Toughbook ?
It seems that instead of trying to build cheaper devices , they could partner with a company ( like Panasonic ) to provide this kind of technology on the cheap.By focusing so much on the technology , we are forgetting that the purpose of these devices is to enable kids around the world to become more connected .
This can be done with an old Toshiba Satellite laptop from 2001 , you do n't need the latest and greatest software to access the Internet .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>From the OLPC website:Mission Statement: To create educational opportunities for the world's poorest children by providing each child with a rugged, low-cost, low-power, connected laptop with content and software designed for collaborative, joyful, self-empowered learning.
When children have access to this type of tool they get engaged in their own education.
They learn, share, create, and collaborate.
They become connected to each other, to the world and to a brighter future.They even go on to say that this is about education, not laptops [laptop.org].
So why are they working on building these devices when if all they want is a cheap Panasonic Toughbook?
It seems that instead of trying to build cheaper devices, they could partner with a company (like Panasonic) to provide this kind of technology on the cheap.By focusing so much on the technology, we are forgetting that the purpose of these devices is to enable kids around the world to become more connected.
This can be done with an old Toshiba Satellite laptop from 2001, you don't need the latest and greatest software to access the Internet.
	</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_03_1427210.29972148</id>
	<title>Re:Sorry what?</title>
	<author>BikeHelmet</author>
	<datestamp>1257258660000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Did they ever get the manufacturing cost under $100?</p><p>I saw an old EEE (Celeron - 600mhz?) going for $135 new a month back.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Did they ever get the manufacturing cost under $ 100 ? I saw an old EEE ( Celeron - 600mhz ?
) going for $ 135 new a month back .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Did they ever get the manufacturing cost under $100?I saw an old EEE (Celeron - 600mhz?
) going for $135 new a month back.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_03_1427210.29967120</id>
	<title>Re:Sorry what?</title>
	<author>ClosedSource</author>
	<datestamp>1257281160000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>"Without the OLPC driving, the industry had no interest in net books."</p><p>So the fact that OLPC computers have been so profitable convinced the industry to make netbooks?</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>" Without the OLPC driving , the industry had no interest in net books .
" So the fact that OLPC computers have been so profitable convinced the industry to make netbooks ?</tokentext>
<sentencetext>"Without the OLPC driving, the industry had no interest in net books.
"So the fact that OLPC computers have been so profitable convinced the industry to make netbooks?</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_03_1427210.29972662</id>
	<title>The attention whore problem</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1257262260000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Insightful</modclass>
	<modscore>2</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>
The trouble with the OLPC is that it's mostly a vehicle so that Negroponte can hang out with heads of state and such.
Actually shipping product is secondary.  It's all about national-level deals.
Remember when OLPC had a "buy 2, get 1, give 1" program, and they botched basic order fulfillment?
</p><p>
Those things should be in bubble-packs alongside the graphing calculators, with the price down to the original $99 by now.  They don't need a fancier model.  They need a cheaper model.  They're being run over by the netbook industry. Netbooks are down to $100 if you buy in bulk from China.  Look on Alibaba.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>The trouble with the OLPC is that it 's mostly a vehicle so that Negroponte can hang out with heads of state and such .
Actually shipping product is secondary .
It 's all about national-level deals .
Remember when OLPC had a " buy 2 , get 1 , give 1 " program , and they botched basic order fulfillment ?
Those things should be in bubble-packs alongside the graphing calculators , with the price down to the original $ 99 by now .
They do n't need a fancier model .
They need a cheaper model .
They 're being run over by the netbook industry .
Netbooks are down to $ 100 if you buy in bulk from China .
Look on Alibaba .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>
The trouble with the OLPC is that it's mostly a vehicle so that Negroponte can hang out with heads of state and such.
Actually shipping product is secondary.
It's all about national-level deals.
Remember when OLPC had a "buy 2, get 1, give 1" program, and they botched basic order fulfillment?
Those things should be in bubble-packs alongside the graphing calculators, with the price down to the original $99 by now.
They don't need a fancier model.
They need a cheaper model.
They're being run over by the netbook industry.
Netbooks are down to $100 if you buy in bulk from China.
Look on Alibaba.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_03_1427210.29963440</id>
	<title>Re:It makes sense</title>
	<author>skgrey</author>
	<datestamp>1257263760000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>I understand the desire for a laptop device that is able to do more than read textbooks. The audience is kids in school, both starting out and more advanced. You want software that also helps the kids learn to read, do math, and possibly watch some basics videos about the world.
<br> <br>
My three year old is able to sit down with my iPod touch and run through a variety of games. He knows how to unlock it, scroll through the menus, and choose which game he wants. There are coloring games, letter and number games, and shape games. He is also starting to do the same on my laptop. Learning with this type of technology has come much more naturally than the flashcards and flat books.
<br> <br>
Sure an ebook reader is a great possibility, but I think part of the point is to engage the children as well and teach them in more constructive ways than just flat reading.</htmltext>
<tokenext>I understand the desire for a laptop device that is able to do more than read textbooks .
The audience is kids in school , both starting out and more advanced .
You want software that also helps the kids learn to read , do math , and possibly watch some basics videos about the world .
My three year old is able to sit down with my iPod touch and run through a variety of games .
He knows how to unlock it , scroll through the menus , and choose which game he wants .
There are coloring games , letter and number games , and shape games .
He is also starting to do the same on my laptop .
Learning with this type of technology has come much more naturally than the flashcards and flat books .
Sure an ebook reader is a great possibility , but I think part of the point is to engage the children as well and teach them in more constructive ways than just flat reading .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I understand the desire for a laptop device that is able to do more than read textbooks.
The audience is kids in school, both starting out and more advanced.
You want software that also helps the kids learn to read, do math, and possibly watch some basics videos about the world.
My three year old is able to sit down with my iPod touch and run through a variety of games.
He knows how to unlock it, scroll through the menus, and choose which game he wants.
There are coloring games, letter and number games, and shape games.
He is also starting to do the same on my laptop.
Learning with this type of technology has come much more naturally than the flashcards and flat books.
Sure an ebook reader is a great possibility, but I think part of the point is to engage the children as well and teach them in more constructive ways than just flat reading.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_03_1427210.29965072</id>
	<title>Re:Great vision, but is technology the answer?</title>
	<author>nine-times</author>
	<datestamp>1257271020000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p><div class="quote"><p>It seems that instead of trying to build cheaper devices, they could partner with a company (like Panasonic) to provide this kind of technology on the cheap.</p></div><p>Wait, so instead of partnering with companies to produce a cheaper laptop, they should partner with companies to produce a laptop, but cheaper?
</p><p>Yeah, they're already working with existing companies on designing these things.  They have a variety of specific needs.  They want them to be rugged but lightweight, since they'll be used by children.  They need them to use very little power, since the idea is to use give them to children in areas where power infrastructure isn't good.  On top of all their other engineering needs, they need them to be cheap.
</p><p>Do you really think that they'd have bothered with all this if normal hardware manufacturers were providing lightweight, rugged $75 laptops that were readable in sunlight and powered by hand-crank?  Do you think they would have received so much support?</p></div>
	</htmltext>
<tokenext>It seems that instead of trying to build cheaper devices , they could partner with a company ( like Panasonic ) to provide this kind of technology on the cheap.Wait , so instead of partnering with companies to produce a cheaper laptop , they should partner with companies to produce a laptop , but cheaper ?
Yeah , they 're already working with existing companies on designing these things .
They have a variety of specific needs .
They want them to be rugged but lightweight , since they 'll be used by children .
They need them to use very little power , since the idea is to use give them to children in areas where power infrastructure is n't good .
On top of all their other engineering needs , they need them to be cheap .
Do you really think that they 'd have bothered with all this if normal hardware manufacturers were providing lightweight , rugged $ 75 laptops that were readable in sunlight and powered by hand-crank ?
Do you think they would have received so much support ?</tokentext>
<sentencetext>It seems that instead of trying to build cheaper devices, they could partner with a company (like Panasonic) to provide this kind of technology on the cheap.Wait, so instead of partnering with companies to produce a cheaper laptop, they should partner with companies to produce a laptop, but cheaper?
Yeah, they're already working with existing companies on designing these things.
They have a variety of specific needs.
They want them to be rugged but lightweight, since they'll be used by children.
They need them to use very little power, since the idea is to use give them to children in areas where power infrastructure isn't good.
On top of all their other engineering needs, they need them to be cheap.
Do you really think that they'd have bothered with all this if normal hardware manufacturers were providing lightweight, rugged $75 laptops that were readable in sunlight and powered by hand-crank?
Do you think they would have received so much support?
	</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_03_1427210.29963626</id>
	<title>Re:Great vision, but is technology the answer?</title>
	<author>TheGreatOrangePeel</author>
	<datestamp>1257264840000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>Well, I see a slew of problems with using Toughbooks from 2001, but I think the point that's easiest to make without writing a whole college length essay on the matter is that it'd be hard to collect 50,000 (the number of OLPCs sold to Mexico) Toughbooks, let alone the 260,000 sold to Peru (<a href="http://www.olpcnews.com/laptops/xo1/olpc\_sales\_xo\_laptops.html" title="olpcnews.com" rel="nofollow">soruce</a> [olpcnews.com]). Even if they <i>did</i> have Toshiba or some other company make brand new machines, doing so at the $100 that they were originally shooting for would be impossible as no such machine existed at that price point when OLPC started.</htmltext>
<tokenext>Well , I see a slew of problems with using Toughbooks from 2001 , but I think the point that 's easiest to make without writing a whole college length essay on the matter is that it 'd be hard to collect 50,000 ( the number of OLPCs sold to Mexico ) Toughbooks , let alone the 260,000 sold to Peru ( soruce [ olpcnews.com ] ) .
Even if they did have Toshiba or some other company make brand new machines , doing so at the $ 100 that they were originally shooting for would be impossible as no such machine existed at that price point when OLPC started .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Well, I see a slew of problems with using Toughbooks from 2001, but I think the point that's easiest to make without writing a whole college length essay on the matter is that it'd be hard to collect 50,000 (the number of OLPCs sold to Mexico) Toughbooks, let alone the 260,000 sold to Peru (soruce [olpcnews.com]).
Even if they did have Toshiba or some other company make brand new machines, doing so at the $100 that they were originally shooting for would be impossible as no such machine existed at that price point when OLPC started.</sentencetext>
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	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_03_1427210.29965636</id>
	<title>Re:Epic Sales 101 failure. EPIC.</title>
	<author>Dragonslicer</author>
	<datestamp>1257273420000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p><div class="quote"><p>What's that you say?  You have a better version coming next year?  Well, thanks for being so honest - we'll put our checkbook back in our pocket rather than giving you money for the obsolescent model now.</p></div><p>And what reasonable company doesn't come out with a "better version" of whatever they sell next year?</p></div>
	</htmltext>
<tokenext>What 's that you say ?
You have a better version coming next year ?
Well , thanks for being so honest - we 'll put our checkbook back in our pocket rather than giving you money for the obsolescent model now.And what reasonable company does n't come out with a " better version " of whatever they sell next year ?</tokentext>
<sentencetext>What's that you say?
You have a better version coming next year?
Well, thanks for being so honest - we'll put our checkbook back in our pocket rather than giving you money for the obsolescent model now.And what reasonable company doesn't come out with a "better version" of whatever they sell next year?
	</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_03_1427210.29967106</id>
	<title>Re:Priorities</title>
	<author>cusco</author>
	<datestamp>1257281100000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Informativ</modclass>
	<modscore>2</modscore>
	<htmltext>Paruro, Peru, is a beautiful town of about 5,000, high in the Andes.  It's the sort of place that hasn't existed in in the US for a century, where there are more horses than cars, everyone cooks with firewood, and children and dogs run loose in the streets.  They have an Internet cafe there, all of a dozen PCs sharing a satellite link.  While stopping in occasionally to check my work email I saw kids enrolling in classes in the University in Arequipa (otherwise two day's travel each way to enroll), a grandma in Lima met her first grandbaby on webcam, farmers checking prices to see whether it was better to sell in Cusco or Abancay, merchants checking on the status of goods they had ordered, THE mechanic looking up a manual for a backhoe, a mother chatting with her daughter in the university in Paris, and a lady looking for patterns for wedding dresses.

If you think the Internet's just good for porn you have no imagination at all.</htmltext>
<tokenext>Paruro , Peru , is a beautiful town of about 5,000 , high in the Andes .
It 's the sort of place that has n't existed in in the US for a century , where there are more horses than cars , everyone cooks with firewood , and children and dogs run loose in the streets .
They have an Internet cafe there , all of a dozen PCs sharing a satellite link .
While stopping in occasionally to check my work email I saw kids enrolling in classes in the University in Arequipa ( otherwise two day 's travel each way to enroll ) , a grandma in Lima met her first grandbaby on webcam , farmers checking prices to see whether it was better to sell in Cusco or Abancay , merchants checking on the status of goods they had ordered , THE mechanic looking up a manual for a backhoe , a mother chatting with her daughter in the university in Paris , and a lady looking for patterns for wedding dresses .
If you think the Internet 's just good for porn you have no imagination at all .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Paruro, Peru, is a beautiful town of about 5,000, high in the Andes.
It's the sort of place that hasn't existed in in the US for a century, where there are more horses than cars, everyone cooks with firewood, and children and dogs run loose in the streets.
They have an Internet cafe there, all of a dozen PCs sharing a satellite link.
While stopping in occasionally to check my work email I saw kids enrolling in classes in the University in Arequipa (otherwise two day's travel each way to enroll), a grandma in Lima met her first grandbaby on webcam, farmers checking prices to see whether it was better to sell in Cusco or Abancay, merchants checking on the status of goods they had ordered, THE mechanic looking up a manual for a backhoe, a mother chatting with her daughter in the university in Paris, and a lady looking for patterns for wedding dresses.
If you think the Internet's just good for porn you have no imagination at all.</sentencetext>
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	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_03_1427210.29964326</id>
	<title>Re:Priorities</title>
	<author>StormyWeather</author>
	<datestamp>1257267780000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Yea, because keeping them ignorant of computers, unable to access huge amounts of knowledge about farming, irrigation, planting techniques, home building techniques, and plumbing best practices is the way we want to go here.  I suppose to you it's best if we just shovel rice at them until we fall on hard times as a society ourselves and aren't able to anymore, then they just starve to death.</p><p>To you all the internet is is Facebook and porn I guess, but if you start googling things about how to build the base foundations of a society I think you would be surprised.  There is a plethora of information from road building to aqueduct construction on the internet.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Yea , because keeping them ignorant of computers , unable to access huge amounts of knowledge about farming , irrigation , planting techniques , home building techniques , and plumbing best practices is the way we want to go here .
I suppose to you it 's best if we just shovel rice at them until we fall on hard times as a society ourselves and are n't able to anymore , then they just starve to death.To you all the internet is is Facebook and porn I guess , but if you start googling things about how to build the base foundations of a society I think you would be surprised .
There is a plethora of information from road building to aqueduct construction on the internet .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Yea, because keeping them ignorant of computers, unable to access huge amounts of knowledge about farming, irrigation, planting techniques, home building techniques, and plumbing best practices is the way we want to go here.
I suppose to you it's best if we just shovel rice at them until we fall on hard times as a society ourselves and aren't able to anymore, then they just starve to death.To you all the internet is is Facebook and porn I guess, but if you start googling things about how to build the base foundations of a society I think you would be surprised.
There is a plethora of information from road building to aqueduct construction on the internet.</sentencetext>
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	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_03_1427210.29973690</id>
	<title>Re:Priorities</title>
	<author>geekangel</author>
	<datestamp>1257270780000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Twitter in the third world:</p><p> <b>What are you doing?</b> </p><p>Starving to death</p><p> <b>What are you doing?</b> </p><p>Still starving to death</p><p> <b>What are you doing?</b> </p><p>...</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Twitter in the third world : What are you doing ?
Starving to death What are you doing ?
Still starving to death What are you doing ?
.. .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Twitter in the third world: What are you doing?
Starving to death What are you doing?
Still starving to death What are you doing?
...</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_03_1427210.29975616</id>
	<title>beside Negropontes motives</title>
	<author>kubitus</author>
	<datestamp>1256985660000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>the new OLPC has what I dreamed of:<p>
-</p><p>
two screens making up two pages like a book - allow me to read as I am used to.</p><p>
two screens allowing one for reference data, the other for the input to an application -</p><p>
  - or in the case of lecture - one page for the teacher, one for the student</p><p>
one of the sreens duplicating as touch sensitive keyboard allow me to enter my text</p><p>
and 1.6 Mio books available plus the Gutenberg Project allow me to read ( as lot )</p><p>
I would have preferred a lower-power-guzzling CPU</p><p>
and as an option solar cell case to allow me to read my SF stories on the beach without dying batteries!</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>the new OLPC has what I dreamed of : - two screens making up two pages like a book - allow me to read as I am used to .
two screens allowing one for reference data , the other for the input to an application - - or in the case of lecture - one page for the teacher , one for the student one of the sreens duplicating as touch sensitive keyboard allow me to enter my text and 1.6 Mio books available plus the Gutenberg Project allow me to read ( as lot ) I would have preferred a lower-power-guzzling CPU and as an option solar cell case to allow me to read my SF stories on the beach without dying batteries !</tokentext>
<sentencetext>the new OLPC has what I dreamed of:
-
two screens making up two pages like a book - allow me to read as I am used to.
two screens allowing one for reference data, the other for the input to an application -
  - or in the case of lecture - one page for the teacher, one for the student
one of the sreens duplicating as touch sensitive keyboard allow me to enter my text
and 1.6 Mio books available plus the Gutenberg Project allow me to read ( as lot )
I would have preferred a lower-power-guzzling CPU
and as an option solar cell case to allow me to read my SF stories on the beach without dying batteries!</sentencetext>
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	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_03_1427210.29963520</id>
	<title>Re:Sorry what?</title>
	<author>acklenx</author>
	<datestamp>1257264180000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Insightful</modclass>
	<modscore>2</modscore>
	<htmltext>Without the OLPC driving, the industry had no interest in net books.  And they still don't have much interest in durable netbooks.  And, well, the cost does matter.

And since the cost does matter I would question the dual screens on the device (assuming added a second screen makes it more expensive).  It doesn't need to look and feel like a book - certainly not for people that haven't ever held a book.  And even for those that have - let go of the past.</htmltext>
<tokenext>Without the OLPC driving , the industry had no interest in net books .
And they still do n't have much interest in durable netbooks .
And , well , the cost does matter .
And since the cost does matter I would question the dual screens on the device ( assuming added a second screen makes it more expensive ) .
It does n't need to look and feel like a book - certainly not for people that have n't ever held a book .
And even for those that have - let go of the past .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Without the OLPC driving, the industry had no interest in net books.
And they still don't have much interest in durable netbooks.
And, well, the cost does matter.
And since the cost does matter I would question the dual screens on the device (assuming added a second screen makes it more expensive).
It doesn't need to look and feel like a book - certainly not for people that haven't ever held a book.
And even for those that have - let go of the past.</sentencetext>
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	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_03_1427210.29964450</id>
	<title>Niggerponte</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1257268380000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Flamebait</modclass>
	<modscore>-1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>tee hee!</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>tee hee !</tokentext>
<sentencetext>tee hee!</sentencetext>
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	<title>Re:Great vision, but is technology the answer?</title>
	<author>fyoder</author>
	<datestamp>1257277320000</datestamp>
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	<htmltext><p>It's questionable whether a publicly traded company like Panasonic could do it, unless they argued that the good will generated by a massive at cost project is of sufficient benefit to share holders to justify it.  Part of the power of OLPC, potentially, is that it doesn't have to generate a profit.</p><p>Of course, the downside to that is that they can more easily do stupid things, like not take a profit where its available by exploiting demand in the first world and marketing it there as well, instead doing some weird buy two get one thing.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>It 's questionable whether a publicly traded company like Panasonic could do it , unless they argued that the good will generated by a massive at cost project is of sufficient benefit to share holders to justify it .
Part of the power of OLPC , potentially , is that it does n't have to generate a profit.Of course , the downside to that is that they can more easily do stupid things , like not take a profit where its available by exploiting demand in the first world and marketing it there as well , instead doing some weird buy two get one thing .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>It's questionable whether a publicly traded company like Panasonic could do it, unless they argued that the good will generated by a massive at cost project is of sufficient benefit to share holders to justify it.
Part of the power of OLPC, potentially, is that it doesn't have to generate a profit.Of course, the downside to that is that they can more easily do stupid things, like not take a profit where its available by exploiting demand in the first world and marketing it there as well, instead doing some weird buy two get one thing.</sentencetext>
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