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Big_Bird
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 Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2006 3:48 am Post subject: All Libyan pupils to get laptop and web access |
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All Libyan pupils to get laptop and web access
� Project pledges 1.2m hand-powered machines
� Gadafy's son aims to set up first 'e-democracy'
Brian Whitaker, Middle East editor
Thursday October 12, 2006
The Guardian
Libya could become the first country to provide every school-age child with a laptop computer and internet connection under a scheme supported by the UN Development Programme.
In a �134m deal with One Laptop Per Child (OLPC), an American non-profit group, Libya will acquire 1.2m computers with internet connection.
The deal, reported by the New York Times yesterday, follows a visit by computer scientist Nicholas Negroponte to Colonel Muammar Gadafy last August.
Mr Negroponte, who founded the Media Lab at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is chairman of OLPC, which aims to provide laptops for children in developing countries that cost $100 (�54) each. The specially designed laptops will have a rugged case and a sealed rubber keyboard to keep out dust and water.
In an effort to eliminate the parts most likely to go wrong, the designers have dispensed with a cooling fan and replaced the conventional hard disc with a flash drive.
Col Gadafy's son, Saif al-Islam, has talked of turning the country into the first "e-democracy", with citizens participating electronically in government decision-making.
Last August, Saif al-Islam - who is regarded as a likely successor to his father - spoke of wiring-up the country with optical fibres, mobile networks and computers in every home to provide "electronic government" where Libyans can interact with officialdom.
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thepeel
Joined: 08 Aug 2004
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| Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2006 4:24 am Post subject: |
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| Ok, uh, why did you post this? |
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ddeubel
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| Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2006 5:40 am Post subject: |
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| Ok, uh, why did you post this? |
You do know what cheese is all about....seeing that you are presently nibbling.
So you think the world should revolve around china, u.s.a. and the occassional british/european thing as well as the christian / muslim mismatch?
Why post anything? That you ask that question, is the answer! Think about it.
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thepeel
Joined: 08 Aug 2004
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| Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2006 6:02 am Post subject: |
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| Ahh, what would a day be without dd given a shout-out to his peeps bb? |
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mithridates
Joined: 03 Mar 2003
Location: President's office, Korean Space Agency
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| Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2006 6:18 am Post subject: |
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| BJWD wrote: |
| Ok, uh, why did you post this? |
It's great news. I had been hoping that a lot of people would make use of the program. |
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bucheon bum
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2006 6:43 am Post subject: |
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| BJWD wrote: |
| Ok, uh, why did you post this? |
yup, upbeat news about an arab country, not good is it?
Anyway, wonder what the Libyan gov't is thinking. I mean I'm 100% behind the move, just seems a little odd for an authoritarian gov't to do. At least they're using their oil money somewhat wisely. |
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thepeel
Joined: 08 Aug 2004
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Beaumont votes for new school
Catholic residents favour separate school district
Jamie NcNamara
By RAMON GONZALEZ
WCR Staff Writer
Beaumont
Within two to three years Catholic students in this fast-growing bilingual town of 9,000 people, just south of Edmonton, may start attending their own Catholic school.
Vote 2 to 1
That's because Catholic residents here voted 318-152 in favour of creating a separate school district Sept. 14. |
http://www.wcr.ab.ca/news/2006/0925/beaumont092506.shtml |
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mithridates
Joined: 03 Mar 2003
Location: President's office, Korean Space Agency
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| Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2006 7:28 am Post subject: |
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Beaumont votes for new school
Catholic residents favour separate school district
Jamie NcNamara
By RAMON GONZALEZ
WCR Staff Writer
Beaumont
Within two to three years Catholic students in this fast-growing bilingual town of 9,000 people, just south of Edmonton, may start attending their own Catholic school.
Vote 2 to 1
That's because Catholic residents here voted 318-152 in favour of creating a separate school district Sept. 14. |
http://www.wcr.ab.ca/news/2006/0925/beaumont092506.shtml |
Looks like you're trying to make a point, but I don't think you understand the size of this program:
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The One Laptop per Child association (OLPC) is a U.S. non-profit organization set up to oversee The Children's Machine project and the construction of the 2B1 "$100 laptop". Both the project and the organization were announced at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland in January 2005.
OLPC is funded by a number of sponsor organizations. These include AMD, Brightstar Corporation, eBay, Google, Marvell, News Corporation, SES Global, Nortel Networks, and Red Hat. Each company has donated two million dollars.
The organization gained its most attention after Nicholas Negroponte and Kofi Annan unveiled a working prototype of the CM1 in November 2005 at the World Summit on the Information Society in Tunis, Tunisia. |
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thepeel
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| Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2006 8:04 am Post subject: |
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Ah! Now it makes sense.
Libya will be a wonderland of liberal, educated world-leaders of the future! And all cause of cpu. Amazing!
Libyan educational public policy is totally important and worthy of much discussion. And this will totally have an impact on their development. |
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mithridates
Joined: 03 Mar 2003
Location: President's office, Korean Space Agency
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| Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2006 8:22 am Post subject: |
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Ah! Now it makes sense.
Libya will be a wonderland of liberal, educated world-leaders of the future! And all cause of cpu. Amazing!
Libyan educational public policy is totally important and worthy of much discussion. And this will totally have an impact on their development. |
Slow today? It's not just about Libya but a worldwide program that Libya has also decided to join. |
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Kuros
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| Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2006 8:23 am Post subject: |
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Does this mean they'll adopt the metric system now?
Laptop loving Libya is a much nicer Libya than the one of 20 years ago. |
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Pligganease
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Location: The deep south...
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| Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2006 8:36 am Post subject: |
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| It's fantastic to see what a country that has given up all military ambitions can do for its people. |
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bucheon bum
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| Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2006 8:44 am Post subject: |
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| BJWD wrote: |
Ah! Now it makes sense.
Libya will be a wonderland of liberal, educated world-leaders of the future! And all cause of cpu. Amazing!
Libyan educational public policy is totally important and worthy of much discussion. And this will totally have an impact on their development. |
if you don't care about the topic, why are you posting on it? Obviously there is more interest in this one than a handful of others on this forum that get no responses. |
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mithridates
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| Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2006 8:57 am Post subject: |
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| Pligganease wrote: |
| It's fantastic to see what a country that has given up all military ambitions can do for its people. |
That's true. Libya's also on my list for whenever I ever get over to see the Middle East / Arab world, which is wasn't before. A lot of countries would do the world a lot of good by just 'giving up their war' as Joo often puts it; it's just how to bring about that change of mind that's the problem. |
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On the other hand
Joined: 19 Apr 2003
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| Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2006 9:23 am Post subject: |
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BJWD wrote:
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Beaumont votes for new school
Catholic residents favour separate school district
Jamie NcNamara
By RAMON GONZALEZ
WCR Staff Writer
Beaumont
Within two to three years Catholic students in this fast-growing bilingual town of 9,000 people, just south of Edmonton, may start attending their own Catholic school.
Vote 2 to 1
That's because Catholic residents here voted 318-152 in favour of creating a separate school district Sept. 14.
http://www.wcr.ab.ca/news/2006/0925/beaumont092506.shtml
Looks like you're trying to make a point, but I don't think you understand the size of this program:
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Plus...
How many people outside of Beaumont have heard of Beaumont?
Now, how many people outside of Libya have heard of Libya?
And what do you suppose accounts for this discrepancy in awareness? |
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