All you blow hards treating technology like its a plague: Offering cheap laptops is not mutually exclusive with helping provide clean food and water to those same people.
Its not laptops OR food, water, economic aid, medicines, etc.
Its companies like Intel offering an actual physical product that might, maybe make more of an impact on someone's life than the same wads of cash given to their government. Its also encouraging these people to actually do what it seems like so many of you have not: get educated on issues before you open your yappers.
Its laptops AND all of those things.
And while rural internet problems seem like they're going to be around for a while yet, keep in mind that in the middle of the United States, arguably one of the most connected countries in the world, the same issues apply. They're working on it, I promise.
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All you blow hards treating technology like its a plague: Offering cheap laptops is not mutually exclusive with helping provide clean food and water to those same people.
Its not laptops OR food, water, economic aid, medicines, etc.
Its companies like Intel offering an actual physical product that might, maybe make more of an impact on someone's life than the same wads of cash given to their government. Its also encouraging these people to actually do what it seems like so many of you have not: get educated on issues before you open your yappers.
Its laptops AND all of those things.
And while rural internet problems seem like they're going to be around for a while yet, keep in mind that in the middle of the United States, arguably one of the most connected countries in the world, the same issues apply. They're working on it, I promise.
Its a good idea. If you really want to whine about it:
http://www.classmatepc.com/contact.html?pg=6