Comments on: Can I have a pony? http://bethesignal.org/blog/2006/03/23/can-i-have-a-pony/ where we're going, we don't need roads... Sat, 20 Feb 2010 06:58:05 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: jdub http://bethesignal.org/blog/2006/03/23/can-i-have-a-pony/#comment-98 jdub Fri, 24 Mar 2006 16:52:43 +0000 http://perkypants.org/blog/2006/03/23/can-i-have-a-pony/#comment-98 <a href="http://perkypants.org/blog/2006/03/23/can-i-have-a-pony/#comment-97" rel="nofollow">Peter</a>, undoubtedly his contribution to various schemes has a positive impact, but I'd be a vastly less cynical about those contributions were they not used to manipulate government policy, purchasing decisions and so on. And yeah, of course these images are petty. I couldn't think of a clever, cerebral joke about Gates being a prick to OLPC. Peter, undoubtedly his contribution to various schemes has a positive impact, but I’d be a vastly less cynical about those contributions were they not used to manipulate government policy, purchasing decisions and so on.

And yeah, of course these images are petty. I couldn’t think of a clever, cerebral joke about Gates being a prick to OLPC.

]]> By: Peter Lund http://bethesignal.org/blog/2006/03/23/can-i-have-a-pony/#comment-97 Peter Lund Fri, 24 Mar 2006 15:24:44 +0000 http://perkypants.org/blog/2006/03/23/can-i-have-a-pony/#comment-97 Bill Gates is putting some of his money to /very/ good use by funding research in third world diseases that nobody else wants to touch because there isn't any money in selling medicine to poor people. That makes the image a bit petty, doesn't it? Bill Gates is putting some of his money to /very/ good use by funding research in third world diseases that nobody else wants to touch because there isn’t any money in selling medicine to poor people.

That makes the image a bit petty, doesn’t it?

]]> By: Aigarius http://bethesignal.org/blog/2006/03/23/can-i-have-a-pony/#comment-90 Aigarius Thu, 23 Mar 2006 18:46:07 +0000 http://perkypants.org/blog/2006/03/23/can-i-have-a-pony/#comment-90 The laptop in the picture should have better been the OLPC laptop and I personally think that side by side would be better, but the idea is great :) The laptop in the picture should have better been the OLPC laptop and I personally think that side by side would be better, but the idea is great :)

]]> By: Don Marti http://bethesignal.org/blog/2006/03/23/can-i-have-a-pony/#comment-86 Don Marti Thu, 23 Mar 2006 17:22:42 +0000 http://perkypants.org/blog/2006/03/23/can-i-have-a-pony/#comment-86 What about <a href="http://news.ft.com/cms/s/dc1f766c-b9f4-11da-9d02-0000779e2340.html" rel="nofollow">Bill Gates cancelled Christmas</a> while you're at it? The industry may have lost Christmas 2006, but <a href="http://freedomhec.pbwiki.com/" rel="nofollow">Linux driver developers and hardware vendors are getting together to make sure it won't happen again.</a> What about Bill Gates cancelled Christmas while you’re at it?

The industry may have lost Christmas 2006, but Linux driver developers and hardware vendors are getting together to make sure it won’t happen again.

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