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[Andres Salomon]

Furthermore, think about beards.  UNIX hackers use them to keep their faces
warm, store food for later, and provide homes for birds.  The time that they
would otherwise spend shaving is spent hacking on Free Software, to everyone's
benefit.

If at least one child grows a hacker beard because of us, I will consider
the project a success.


On Fri, 11 Jan 2008 12:10:25 -0800
"Steve Fullerton" <fullerton.steve at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi - I don't to varciperate, however --- think about toys.  A child uses a
> toy to discover things about his/her universe at a certain point in time.
> That is the concept behind OLPC.  In constructionist philosophy, a child is
> given the tools to construct and more importantly share constructed music &
>  videos (e.g. tam tam) rather then to listen to them.
> 
> On Jan 10, 2008 7:44 PM, Ivan Krstić <krstic at solarsail.hcs.harvard.edu>
> wrote:
> 
> > On Jan 10, 2008, at 10:19 PM, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote:
> > > Besides the nasty wording of your criticism of Albert's opinion, it is
> > > quite interesting that you think emphasizing the toy factor
> > > "displays a
> > > stunning level of ignorance and failure of comprehension".
> >
> > In context, Albert uses the word 'toy' as invective. I read his
> > message to say, approximately, that any real use of the machines will
> > be restricted to those kids that the machines turn into bearded UNIX
> > hackers; to all other kids, they'll be nothing more than a video game
> > platform.
> >
> > That position is irreconcilable with the project's stated purpose or
> > the philosophy behind it.
> >
> > --
> > Ivan Krstić <krstic at solarsail.hcs.harvard.edu> | http://radian.org
> >
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