MorseKode - Slashdot User

Comment Re:and you don't OLPCs won't be laying unused ? (Score 1) 284

by MorseKode on Thursday May 24, 2007 @03:19PM (#19258133) Attached to: How Classsmate PC Stacks Up Against OLPC

Here in Argentina (one of the few countries that will participate (if everything keeps going as said) in the OLPC program) there are many many childrens with water, food, etc, but no money for computers, even no money for books, so they just live as their parents lived, with minimmun education, and stay practically without contact with the modern world (no cable tv, no internet, no e-mail, no e-documents, no electronic entertainment).
Now... what do you have to say about the idea of giving this children a laptop for free and the idea of becoming something more than what their parents ever dreamed?

White House Forces Censorship of New York Times 356

Posted by Zonk on Saturday December 23, 2006 @02:43PM from the beating-on-the-grey-lady dept.

VE3OGG writes "It would seem that scientists are not the only ones facing censorship from the White House. According to several news sources the New York Times originally had intended to run an article co-authored by a former employee of the National Security Council, critical of the current administration's policies toward Iran. The article had passed the CIA's publication review board, but was later redacted on orders from the White House. Article authors Flynt Leverett and Hillary Mann were former advisers to the White House, and thus all of their publications are scrutinized by a board before they can be published. Of the numerous documents this pair has published since leaving their positions, they say this was the first that was actively censored.

Robots Could Some Day Demand Legal Rights 473

Posted by Zonk on Thursday December 21, 2006 @02:53PM from the good-news-everyone dept.

Karrde712 writes "According to a study by the British government, as reported by the BBC, robots may some day improve to a level of intelligence where they might be able to demand rights, even 'robo-healthcare'." From the article: "The research was commissioned by the UK Office of Science and Innovation's Horizon Scanning Centre. The 246 summary papers, called the Sigma and Delta scans, were complied by futures researchers, Outsights-Ipsos Mori partnership and the US-based Institute for the Future (IFTF) ... The paper which addresses Robo-rights, titled Utopian dream or rise of the machines? examines the developments in artificial intelligence and how this may impact on law and politics." I'd better get started on my RoboAmerican studies degree.

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