When we see the number of nigerian frauds, viruses, phishing and other wonderful things skyrocket due to 3rd world countries computing resources being improved, we will know why. Perhaps we shall give free handguns to impoverished neighborhoods to see the outcome as well, for it is their "right" to bear arms as it is everyones "right" to have education, correct?

If the individuals have no resources to buy laptops, nor do they have the intellect to use them properly or the ethics. When communities and even nations, do nothing but pray in the shade while smoking hashish and opium all day, it is not likely they will ever have anything besides nice pipes in which to smoke it and basic housing in which to do it. ie mexico with tequila, ciesta and tin roofed houses or even india with marijauna, hashish again, rickshaws and huts made of doo doo.

I say send them all a thousand truckloads of condoms and anal lube, this goes for the africans too. All that rice can be put to better use producing ethanol for our SUVs that we work so hard to build roads for and build buildings to drive back and forth on, working hard every day of our miserable lives, as we have done for the past 500 years, hence our ability to have nice things in this particular century. Unlike those unfortunately less fortunate individuals who are quite simply lazy, stoned, hypocritical beggers.

foxinyablox

Will it blend?

Roflcopter_Down

@strider_mt2k: Better yet, will it play DOOM?

PCLoadLetter

Does gOS run on this?

strider_mt2k

@foxinyablox: A good example of this would be illegal mexican immigrants from mexico crossing the border into THIS country and stealing our infrastructure, economy and all that.

Aren't all illegal Mexican immigrants from Mexico? Just wondering.

nightsky

@foxinyablox: Oh wow. I was giving you the benefit of the doubt right up until this last post. The only shame will be the many (well-meaning but misguided) attempts to change your point of view, that will be a complete waste of breath. The only thing that could fix this, would be gong back in time, and re-doing your education....

Mandatory_Field

espire, if not work, then what do you think brought about roads, houses, infrastructure, economy and other things this country has? Do you think it came from magic, or by getting stoned and praying, or drinking lots of tequila and having ciesta all day? I doubt it.

I know what people in other countries do. Its not very difficult to figure out that if you do not build, produce, manufacturer or otherwise create anything, then you will not have anything, like laptops or the ability to buy nice ones.

Not being overly humanitarian does not make me racist. If you wish your family and yourself to work your entire life while another family and individual do absolutely nothing all day and then start carjacking you because they like your car, thats your option. A good example of this would be illegal mexican immigrants from mexico crossing the border into THIS country and stealing our infrastructure, economy and all that.

Perhaps you, Mr. jrghoull, are too ignorant to comprehend that. It is doubtful that if humanity wiped from existance you and your entire lineage for the past 2,000 years and all evidence of your contribution to the world that any significant difference would be noticed. In fact I doubt anyone would notice anything different at all or even miss you.

It is my feeling that the olpc laptops are nothing more than another latenight commercial begging for 79 cents to buy rice to feed (or teach) something that shouldnt have been produced in the first place. In civilised communities they call this "planned parenthood", something that often escapes the attention of the ignorant.

No doubt some people are getting fat and rich at the expense of the consumers with humanitarian feelings, the 3rd world rugrats are likely getting nothing useful other than a led tainted piece of plastic, pcb and chemical that will further pollute the world and promptly use it to phish for credit card numbers, probably yours.

foxinyablox

@foxinyablox:

I would like to say it is sad that someone has a view of the world that is so erroneous and a view of his own life that is so pitiful. I'd like to see you work for a week as hard as these people do to provide the food and water necessary to their survival. I also suggest you so do some volunteer work in school in these impoverished countries before you judge what you know nothing of. Empoverished countries gain immensely from our aid, which I can attest to first hand as one of the countless North Americans that have volounteered there.

Petrokos

fox...next time giz is asking if anyone needs to be banned, i'm gonna post a link to this article and suggest that you be blocked

freedom of speech is one thing, racism however, is something else.

jrghoull

@foxinyablox:

The causes for all of your complaints are precisely because they don't have proper access to that which developed countries do. These laptops are going to children for education, not to nigerian scammers. Condoms aren't quite the answer to everything, and the reason that we've been more successful than them is absolutely not because we've worked harder.

You're really quite insensitive. Are you simply racist?

espire

@foxinyablox: I hope thats a joke. I would hate to think that someone who reads giz could be so ignorant.

dwight-schrute

Anyway, like i was saying. The laptops will bring about absolutely nothing other than thousands more internet crimes for the secret service to investigate. The involved corporations will be raking in the cash with no more consideration for national security than president bush, while he allows the opportunity for illegal iraqi immigrants from canada, illegal pakistani immigrants from mexico, and so on... to terrorize this country.

They do not need laptops, they need hammers, nails, shovels, saws, etc and to get off their butts and stop smoking hashish and praying to their ridiculous gods, which often tell them that the USA is Satan. But go for it, send these people all your money, buy them electronics, thats often youre choice.

It is my opinoin about the olcp as it always has, that olpc will bring about nothing good. Perhaps these people might just need to learn how to make clothing and grow food and some other basic animal like skills before some idiot who visited cambodia (my guess is he went for some kiddy sex anyway) decides the whole world including 3rd world countries needs laptops.

FYI: That is where the whole olpc idea came from, some idiot went to cambodia and got a bright idea.

foxinyablox

@PCLoadLetter: While this question is getting old....yes it will run Doom....

[gizmodo.com]

Loker

@fox: I gave you the benefit of the doubt with hope you where joking. You disgust me. Visit a developing country before you judge. How are people supposed to know everything that you're talking about if they have no way to gain that knowledge? You think you would have came up with it on your own had you not grown up where you did? I've lived years in places that have no way to contact the outside world. The people are to busy working to get food for the day to think about how to stop world pollution. To quote the great Bill Shakespeare "Away! you are an ass, you are an ass." Thats enough feed for you troll.

dwight-schrute

I applaud you trying, Nightsky... too bad your quip flew right over his head.

goo2

@foxinyablox: No, I mean you sentence is redundant. Just one of the little features here at Gizmodo, comenters ruthlessly point out grammatical errors.

nightsky

Lame troll is lame.

Pterror

Nightsky, No, there are mexican immigrants that are not illegal. These particular ones are prescreened and generally have some education and track record of initiative and hard working, probably the reason theyre immigrating to the US and leaving the rest of the lazy, tequilaholics to their own demise back in mexico.

Likewise when Cambodians show initiative and the desire to work hard in the US they can also apply for a greencard. Being the catalyst for olpc obviously isnt showing much initiative though, its being pathetically 3rd world. Of course you cant blame CHILDREN for it, you can blame the adults, government and parents, whom shouldve followed this simple rule.

Do not procreate beyond your financial capabilities. It is irresponsible and inconsiderate, in many highly technologically advanced countries it is also illegal.

foxinyablox

Folks, please do not feed the trolls. FWIW, dragging yourself down to duke it out with the trolls can get carried away such that you find the ban hammer swinging your way too. 'Tisn't worth it.

HDC

@foxinyablox: I won't attempt to change your point of view. You're just a douche. I won't give you the benefit of the possibility you're ignorant; you're comments are stupid... you've chosen to be an idiot.

Me, I'm getting one and giving one. OLPC can serve to make the whole world better. And if you shut up like a good little assclown, that will serve to make the whole world better.

thepounder

@foxinyablox: Oh yes, please, do send over some nails and hammers, because we do not have any here... There's no other NGO helping here with that. So please, do send $400 in nails and hammers... Oh yes I forgot, WE DO HAVE THEM TOOLS HERE. I have not heard you are collaborating with ANYTHING so why do you bother to discredit such a noble effort?

How about this??? Just send those $200 bucks you are not going to spend on the OLPC to whatever charity you deem right and TFSU.

Remember that supply and demand rules apply to charities too so your best bet to make the OLPC guys disappear would be to keep sending more money to said charity.

What is that? You do not have enough? Then stop commenting and get another job so you can outdo those guys... (once you donate $2 million bucks a day, and that would mean you are in fact doing double the ammount of what XO is doing now as i understand, then i will TFSU).

By the way... your god called and said he hates you.

whiskey

@foxinyablox:
Its clear that you are a complete asshole, but ill let you know that in my own experience, poor people in mexico, in the country have more ethics, and respect for each others than any one in the city. and ill bet my balls that they think better than you do. I have visited poor comunities and if you give one of this to them, they will share and learn because they whant better. thats why they go to the US, not because they whant to screw you, they whant to work. Ill buy one and give one to YOU maybe that way yo learn a bit about the world and stop posting such ignorant and stupid comments.

lolec

I'll tell you something fox, these people know how to grow food and make clothing. Hell the shirt I'm wearing was probably made in China (or Mexico for that matter). These skills aren't needed, machinery could do it (if companies weren't reluctant to buy it as opposed to relying on cheap labor). Computer technology is the future, by giving children computers ... wait nevermind you're right they will totally commit crimes they're all fuckin' communist terrorists over there praying to there fake gods. Oh and let's not forget there all drug addicted lazy morons tryin' to steal our jobs. Of course the fact that the US companies are stealing labor by underpaying them has nothing to do with anything.

duckandcover

@foxinyablox:
about ur words when it comes to infastructure and housing and all that

i cannot speak in detail about why the many countries in africa have had so much problems developing, largely because i do not know. But the idea of it being due to genetics is incomprehensible.

What i do know, is that they have very little in terms of resources (and what they do have has been essentially muscled away from them), and have had a number of bad/currupt leaders (worse than ours), which might even still be an issue for them today.

what i think you dont understand is that you can work your ass off and completely fail. That is how life is. If you have no education then odds are you will go into the unskilled labor trade (such as farming). If however the land can grow little to no food, then you are screwed. With education, Then in time things can be made better than they are today.

as for ur comment about crazy gods, drugs, and hard work...i'd just like to know where any reputable source has stated that the people that live in the regions are all as stereotypical as you portray them...just kinda, would like to know what your proof is for all of this.

btw, final note, i'm not black.

jrghoull

@foxinyablox: You sir are a moron. 3rd world country does not mean they don't have food. I don't know if you are a trolling or what, but please do us a favor and leave the US.

Echo_

@foxinyablox: You shall be forthwith doomed to the most darkest of isles of banned commenters.

matt buchanan

@foxinyablox:

You realy have no idea, they do can feed and cloth themselves, actualy i bet they can do a lot better with nothing than you. i mean, going to the supermarket make you better than them? i bet you cant grow a bean. They know how to use litle resources to survive, and the thing you sad about computer criminals LMAO take care of those flies nesting in your brain.

lolec

Ah, this always happens when we go off topic of talking about how cool the iPhone is....

Because everyone has different political beliefs, and that is a whole other blog...

Mixiboi

No Fox what you originally said was that giving them computers would cause more computer related crimes. That is different then it not doing any good. One hints that you're an idiot the other could be argued intelligently. I agree that this does not seem like the most effective use of money, however the fact remains it is a net positive activity. It's clear however you do not really wish to discuss this in an intelligent manner. Why don't you start talking in the manner we know really want to , "sandniggers" "wetbacks" etc. come on you know you want to.

duckandcover

@foxinyablox: And a good day to you too, Sir.

whiskey

Well, I don't have a "god" as it were. I believe that many of you people are very out of touch with reality.

All I said is that it probably will not do any good to send a laptop computer to beings that cannot clothe nor feed themselves. Perhaps it would be more appropriate to call it OFPC, One Flyswatter Per Child. The commercials depicting many of these children show them with excessive numbers of flies nesting in their orrifices, this seems priority over owning a laptop.

The language here has made it evident the extent of intellect held by many of you. You shall forthwith be doomed to the most darkest of ignorances, continuing on with your daily Gizmodo readings and believing that all you see is true and good and that these humorous little Gizmodo gadgets are truly the forefront of modern technology. I laugh at you.

foxinyablox

@HDC: Thanks HDC... Will keep it in mind!

whiskey

@whiskey: "By the way... your god called and said he hates you." -- now that is comedic gold. :)

Sadly, foxinyacocks likely has no soul... but whatever.

thepounder

I'm torn between getting this or the Eee PC...

pastrychef

This is too funny. Happy Thanks for raping an indiginous people, stealing their land and claiming its yours day! No accountability. Funny people like foxy are like those bitches who came to the states claiming that they were looking for freedom while completely oppressing another and taking what they believed was hard work as their sense of entitlement.

It's like Australians who believe that they are better than people who would like to immigrate to the island when Australia, as we know it today, was basically a penal colony of the British. The ancestors of a bunch of imperial criminals. Whatever.

In addition, American infrastructure is not just the result of the hard work of people who have been proud to be American; it is largely the result of the exploitation of peoples, but believe whatever you want because most people who posses views like yours generally descend from bitter white trash. Let me guess, you were rejected from your choice of college and you blame affirmative action. I'll tell you a secret: affirmative action did not keep you from getting into your top school.

Still, I have a good feeling that you have no problem buying a diamond from Africa that helps lead to much of the poverty there. You probably would have been one to support proxy wars against the Soviet Union in Afghanistan and claim to be a victim of unprovoked terror decades later. Then, after asking for about a half a second, "why do they hate us?" you would proceed to do what you do best and try to destroy the rest of the world so that you can browse the internet without falling victim to some scam.

-a proud apologist

capitalass

Good morning, Gizmodo.

Glad you dumped the asshat.

Once more unto the breech...

strider_mt2k

@CAPITALASS: FYI, less than one third of the ORIGINAL settlers of Australia were convicts. The majority were free settlers looking to start an new life/conquer a new land/find a new people to oppress/[insert other lame reason here]. As a proportion of Australian population, the descendants of convicts are less than 1%. We're not as up ourselves as "Americans" (see FOXINYABLOX for a classic example of the parochialism the USA is reknowned for), and we have far lower rates of crime per capita than the USA. Of course, our pro rata immigration intake is higher than yours too, so you can't blame it on "them immigrants".

Sk0pe

@Loker: It was a joke, but thanks for the answer.

PCLoadLetter

@matt buchanan: Matt, thanks for finishing up last night's turkey.

nocar

While I believe that fox is angry, in reality alot of the stuff he was stating(while harsh) has a hint of truth. That is why I do not get involved in political affairs, because 1% of the people on this earth CONTROL how the other 99% live. And unless you are fortunate enough to have an inheritance or powerful relatives, you are sol. But people CAN educate themselves and go to school and get a degree and at least make a good living for their families.

PaleRider

@Sk0pe: Hmm, maybe a country that was founded by colonialist criminals is a little more lax on its laws related to crime; thus: few crimes per capita. jk, but if you want to take on residency there, don't you have to show how Australian you are? That could be a rumour. jk. That could be a rumor.

capitalass

@Sk0pe:
Same in Canada where we officially see Immigration as essential to our economy and an incredibly valuable natural (human) resource.

ANoel

With so much racism and ignorance it is no wonder the rest of the world hates us. Nice job playing into the negative stereotype and exposing your ignorance. The less we make an effort to understand other cultures and societies the more we will continue to isolate ourselves from the rest of the world and in a truly global economy of the near future any isolationist behavior on an societal and political level will eventually limit our economy (or force us to change once we sart to lose economic control on the world stage).

For those who care, the term "Third World" is obsolete with the end of the Cold War and is in fact somewhat derogatory and very un-PC. The appropriate terms are "Developing Nation" and "Newly Industrialized Countries" (less common but used for those countries that have more advanced economies but have not reached fully developed status - China, India, etc.). See Wikipedia for more info.

Getting back to OLPC, I am ready to sign up for the Give One, Get One Later program, so I can wait for v2.0 h/w. As one who has traveled to a dozen or so developing nations I am highly rooting for the success of the OLPC and am warmed by the early success of this program. Hopefully more XO computers to developing nations will raise the profile and nudge foreign educational officials to hop on board.

Vagabum

Mr. Fox.. holy crap man.., visit a third world country.. You will realize that people everywhere want the same things. They care about their family, their future and their children. I am taking several OLPCs to Haiti on my next trip and can't wait to see the kids using them. It is unfortunate that you see people without means as potential internet pirates. Do you really think that the next century's biggest thoughts and ideas will come solely from our country? However much we wish it were the case, it is not... Do the math.. The future is the network and the people who contribute to it, world wide.

redmac

I feel, instead of focusing on the vitriolic parts of Fox's comments, we need to closely examine the point (i believe) he is trying to make. Essentially, he thinks the third world people are the third world people because they deserve it, that is, they are lazy, etc.

However, the reasoning behind initiatives such as OLPC are that the third world folks do not deserve it; they are disadvantaged due to lack of opportunity, and OLPC is a means to improve oppurtunities.

It is a more fundamental question of why should the 'haves' care about the 'have nots'? Is it lack of oppurtunity to blame or the lack of initiative? This applies even within a third world country like India - positive affirmation, subsidies, etc, all deal with the same question.

Btw, i am an Indian. ( i don't smoke Hashish, but do frequently commute in rickshaws, and don't live in a hut!)

deepakkrishna

@foxinyablox: I visited my family in Cambodia last year. They are NOT sitting on their asses and doing nothing. They do need a better system of education in order to progress. There are plenty of electronics (computers, TVs, etc.) in Phnom Penh, but no one is willing to or has the money to buy computers for educational use. Schools there often do not have enough textbooks and curriculum for the students, and laptops connected to the internet would help. And no, my cousins do not smoke hashish or think that the U.S. is Satan.

gforce

@foxinyablox: I am a U.S.-born Cambodian, and I can tell you that simply showing initiative and the desire to work hard won't help you much in getting a greencard. I still have family living in Cambodia, and despite having repeatedly applied for U.S. greencards, they have been denied. They run a sugarcane juice stand in Phnom Penh and work hard everyday to provide for themselves. Even though they live in a 3rd world country, they still "procreate" (you seem to be implying that all people living in 3rd world countries should stop having kids and die) because they need their kids to take care of them when they grow old. The system is messed up and you cannot blame the people trapped in it. Don't make false conclusions and stereotypes simply because you live a comfortable life in a developed country.

g-force

@foxinyablox: I don't think my last comment got posted... anyways...

@foxinyblox- your comments are clearly racist. I am sad to see that in this day and age, such ignorant opinion can still prevail... in a member of the giz readership no less.

DrifterTypeR

To FOXINYABLOX - I hate it when people bring politics into Giz, it's suppose to be my little break from work, not another forum for preachy self-righteous nut-cases like you to vent.

Your comments are ridiculous. We are talking about giving disadvantaged CHILDREN the tools to learn about technology so that they might compete in an ever computerizing globalized world. Only the most cynical and sad person will automatically think that these CHILDREN will use these computers to send spam.

And what makes you equate these children with the Nigerian frauds anyways? Just because they live in the same continent? What about the spam and viruses created in America? Should we take computers away from American children?

I am not going to waste time debunking your comments point-by-point. I think the objective reader can tell you have some seriously outdated thinking in your head.

Giz, maybe you should take a closer look at what FOXINYABLOX is saying here, is this the kind of 'debate' you want to encourage here?

DrifterTypeR

Thanks Gizmodo! @matt buchanan!!!

whiskey

@CAPITALASS

Fcuk off, ass hat... You're a close minded moron whose no better than foxinyabox, you make a genralisition about austrlians the same way he did about people in 3rd world countries. Like skope said, 1% of people descend from imperial criminals you dumbass. Being Australian myself, i think everything you said was crap. Most Australians (that i know) have no problems with immigrants. And i see you made reference to the infamous citizenship test? Yeah, the govenrmnet enforces that, not the people. We don't all meet around our campfire out in the bush, eat some kangaroo then say "We dont want no immigants, make 'em do a test!". In fact, to most Australians, the citizenship test is considered a joke.. Like skope said our pro rata immigration intake is higher than yours too.

You're an uninformed dumbass whose no better than foxinyabox.

superpope53

Thank you for enlightening me. I am not sure that I am an asshat, but I wear one. I think it's made from kangaroo :0

k, so jk means just kidding when you are not the child of white colonist criminals. It looks like you are relegated to that 1% though, given your lack of understanding and your inability to spell the name of the people of your continent, among other things.

I think that the inherent problem is that you are Australian and you are thinking. I would not do that. k, I'm gonna stop, I have no real beef (sheep? jk) with Australia. These are jokes. I love you, and I'm sorry if I angered you. Long live the queen.

I just wanted to point out the initial colonialization of many nations with some residents who forget their ancestors struggles in order to promote their elitest agenda.

Strangely, this whole time I really did think that you people (I love that phrase) crowded around bushes, eating kangaroo. I would if I lived there, but thanks for clearing that up too, even though, it hadn't been a point of contention.

Still, Australia, like America and many other currently "free" nations, has a colonial history that is often overlooked when attending to issues like immigration, and their representational governments elected by their citizens pass those discriminatory laws.

Finally, I feel hurt that you called me a closed minded moron, and you are right, everything that I say is just crap. I am going to cry now.

capitalass

@PCLoadLetter: Many months ago I did see a video of the developers playing doom so the answer is yes.

ColoradoShark

@foxinyablox:
You sound ignorant enough to have fallen for one of those scams... this would explain your stance on "third world nations" and your negativity on the subject. It's the holidays and we are talking about giving needy kids additional resources to learn... lighten up.

and if you can't find it in your self to lighten up around this time a year... then you truly are an intertubes troll, and i feel sorry for you.

ps your b.s. "insight" and "wit" impresses no one.

nakmario