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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks for letting us know about this Paul. It's is
a very interesting initiative. I've signed up for notification of the release.
My 10 year old is very interested. I'm very interested. Both of us curious
about the laptop itself, how it teaches and what. It's definitely a
sweet looking instrument.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>So I am on board... but that said, here on the list
I can say that I am not without skepticism... is this
not another Western populist effort to "help" the "rest of the world,"
where "help assumes a priviledge which most of us don't actually share, and
"rest of the world" assumes that we can short cut past government and
institutions and "people to people" create a revolution... how is that
supposed to work when we can't even get George Bush out of the White House?
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I admit I'm confused. What happened to
the the days when "red" meant a different kind of government and not a
campaign where you are supposed to buy your way to social justice?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>- just asking</FONT></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=anansi1@earthlink.net href="mailto:anansi1@earthlink.net">Paul D.
Miller</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=idc@mailman.thing.net
href="mailto:idc@mailman.thing.net">idc@mailman.thing.net</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, October 10, 2007 7:21
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [iDC] One Laptop Per Child -
MIT/Negroponte Initiative</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Grande" color=#000000 size=-3><A
href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/One_Laptop_per_Child">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/One_Laptop_per_Child</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>As a method of provoking some kind of discourse around - gasp - digital
media in a multi-cultural digital arts context, I wanted to post this to the
list. Several artists, composers, writers, code script folks, and many other
creatives participated in the project.</DIV>
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<DIV>The One Laptop Per Child is a global initiative to foster education in
digital media throughout "under-developed" countries.</DIV>
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<DIV>Bundled into the software for the One Laptop Per Child project, there
will be a couple of compilations of electronic music to get the kids into the
idea of contemporary composition and digital literacy. I donated beats,
scratches, and various midi components for the project, as did several other
electronic and digital media artists from a wide variety of cultures (and
ethnic groups). The software is all open source, and the templates and core
kernels are in Linux. The tracks are all remixable and come in separate
components.</DIV>
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<DIV>The software for the project was compiled with Jamendo:</DIV>
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<DIV>Jamendo: http://www.jamendo.com/fr/artist/Beatpick/</DIV>
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<DIV>The laptops will be released in November. Please check out the material!
Debate/discussion is welcome!</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>in peace,</DIV>
<DIV>Paul aka Dj Spooky</DIV>
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