I guess Intel isn't familiar with the term "salting the mine." Or, in this case, "salting the MIND."
I recall how the Las Vegas casino operators were initially fearful that if the individual states allowed things like riverboat casinos, LV would pay the price. Of course, it turned out just the opposite because the non-LV gaming (NB: We are no longer allowed to call it "gambling.") joints served as training grounds and farm teams. The gamblers out in the hinterland, after learning something about how the tables and games worked, aspired to try out their skills in the Major League environs, and LV prospered. Expose a kid to the XO, and then ask, "How long before he/she aspires to a bigger, faster device? One that might well be powered by an Intel chip." -tj On Jan 4, 2008 9:51 AM, Pamela McCorduck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Looks like Intel has bailed out of OLPC: > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7171201.stm > > > > > Le temps s'en va, le temps s'en va, ma Dame > Las! le temps non, mais nous nous en allons. > > For time speeds onward, time speeds on, my lady > Alas! it's we who must speed on, not time. > > Pierre de Ronsard > > > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > -- ========================================== J. T. Johnson Institute for Analytic Journalism -- Santa Fe, NM USA www.analyticjournalism.com 505.577.6482(c) 505.473.9646(h) http://www.jtjohnson.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] "You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete." -- Buckminster Fuller ==========================================
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