Re: [IAEP] US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton praises OLPC in South America

2010-03-18 Thread Sean DALY
In my view, knowledge and approval of OLPC's mission and goals at that high a government level is a very positive development. Sean On 3/18/10, Yoshiki Ohshima yosh...@vpri.org wrote: At Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:27:19 -0400, Martin Langhoff wrote: On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 10:58 PM, Yoshiki

[IAEP] US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton praises OLPC in South America

2010-03-17 Thread Sean DALY
http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2010/03/137832.htm http://www.eweekeurope.co.uk/news/negroponte-low-cost-laptops-combating-afghan-indoctrination-5848 ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org

Re: [IAEP] US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton praises OLPC in South America

2010-03-17 Thread Yama Ploskonka
Panama? No mention of Haiti itself, alas. On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 2:05 PM, Sean DALY sdaly...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2010/03/137832.htm http://www.eweekeurope.co.uk/news/negroponte-low-cost-laptops-combating-afghan-indoctrination-5848

Re: [IAEP] US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton praises OLPC in South America

2010-03-17 Thread Tim McNamara
On 18 March 2010 08:45, Yama Ploskonka yamap...@gmail.com wrote: Panama? No mention of Haiti itself, alas. Politicians are only as good as their advisers. This is a really positive development, even if some facts are missed. Tim ___ IAEP -- It's An

Re: [IAEP] US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton praises OLPC in South America

2010-03-17 Thread Yoshiki Ohshima
At Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:00:25 +1300, Tim McNamara wrote: On 18 March 2010 08:45, Yama Ploskonka yamap...@gmail.com wrote: Panama?  No mention of Haiti itself, alas. Politicians are only as good as their advisers. This is a really positive development, even if some facts are missed.

Re: [IAEP] US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton praises OLPC in South America

2010-03-17 Thread Martin Langhoff
On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 10:58 PM, Yoshiki Ohshima yosh...@vpri.org wrote:  And if she gave an impression to think that giving laptops to children in the disaster-hit country will solve their problems, it would be a political suicide. Do read Hillary's speech. It is actually pretty good, and

Re: [IAEP] US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton praises OLPC in South America

2010-03-17 Thread Yamandu Ploskonka
There was the school-in-a-crate, that I believe the Navy was working together with OLPC a long time back? Precisely the idea was to have these boxes that would be like everything you needed to jump-start a school right in a disaster area, power supply, a bunch of XOs, etc. Yoshiki Ohshima

Re: [IAEP] US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton praises OLPC in South America

2010-03-17 Thread Yoshiki Ohshima
At Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:27:19 -0400, Martin Langhoff wrote: On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 10:58 PM, Yoshiki Ohshima yosh...@vpri.org wrote:  And if she gave an impression to think that giving laptops to children in the disaster-hit country will solve their problems, it would be a political