OLPC ARRIVES

So someone tell me what the future of education is?

Yea, I don't know either, probably a bunch of bumblers bumbling around with a new fangled cheap computer for poor people

erm, yea, thats the future of education and its arrived!!!

With pictures even!

I received a darn olpc computer for xmas, (someone thinks i'm neat!! They're obviously high!)

Its basically a 500 mghz computer running on linux with 3 usb ports, a small web keyboard, a wireless router (can create mesh networks) and VIDEO GAMES!!!

Yea, there's education software and other things that the educationally inclined might care about.

But the best part is it HAS DOOM!!!!! Yes, all we need is one more opportunity to run around and kill people. Hey, it'll reduce stress in the third world, I SWEAR!! Math teacher pissin you off? Might as well kill her a thousand times in doom!! I don't make this up, honest!

It also comes with Sim City, the original version, vut as much as its great to make godzilla run around and kill people, I like the personal doom version best!!

I could talk about all the great education opportunities this thing has, such as a neato word program, soon to be an excel program, some music and programming stuff. But really, who cares? Its all about a small portable killing machine! I'm really getting my homework done now!!!

Ok, so I'm done, but I've attached some pics for the curious! Any questions, let me know, and I'll try and respond, but also check out http://wiki.laptop.org/ or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OLPC_XO-1 for more background.


Peace out!

Da Gompernator!




Here is a pic of just the laptop



Here is the open laptop, the little rabbit ears are for the wireless router.
There is a little gamepad on the screen and 2 speakers. The screen can pivot on that little
metal thing you see in the middle, so that it can be a pdf reader and save energy.


We all know what computers are really for!!
Running around and killing people!
Hey, better killin computers than killin people, right??
Any takers, anyone??
I haven't figured out multi-player support yet, but I'm sure it will happen eventually.