Personally, I am on Yama's side on this one, if only for environmental
reasons. (Although it would be great if someone could design a
solar-powered printer where the toner was simply locally ground-up
charcoal.) But a technical solution whereby some enterprising
Bolivia--the next Marcelo
On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 08:36, Walter Bender [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote:
Personally, I am on Yama's side on this one, if only for environmental
reasons. (Although it would be great if someone could design a
solar-powered printer where the toner was simply locally ground-up
charcoal.) But a
Marvin Minsky once said:
Some day paper will be a luxury item for the rich.
When the Apple LaserWriter was introduced, Steve Jobs noted that In
the quest to create the 'paperless office' all we have accomplished is
to create demand for higher-quality paper!
- Ed
Luke Faraone wrote:
Not to mention, sugar should also target more developed nations, and
one of the questions I _always_ get from teachers at talks I give is
Can I print?.
-lf
There's a whole world of culture and ideology behind what you said, Luke.
Yes, there is a need to consider
When I am asked about whether the XO handles printing, I present that
the fact it does not is a feature, not a bug.
And people understand.
It is not out of the ordinary that the life of school printers will be
the life of the first set of ink cartridges or toner, there being no
budget to
On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 3:05 AM, Jeff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Please stop imagining that lowest-spec, cheapest hardware and crippleware is
the answer - or that 3'rd World countries will never progress towards a
reasonable standard. That attitude is patronizing and demeaning. And wrong.
Hey -
hey Jeff, seems I got the bad end of that broadside...
I am developing things for Bolivia, and I am known as someone who makes
virtue out of lack of resources.
That is why I (you're entitled to your opinion) see the lack of printing
as a good thing - discourages the use of very, very limited
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