[Assam] WoW--the $ 10 Desi Laptop is Here!!!

Fri Feb 6 03:59:25 PST 2009

Dear Amlan,

Go to the net. Pick up the mail sender and drag it to "junk Mail" and "block" it.
It will go to your junk mail section which you need not see

Col H N Choudhary
Mumbai

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Subject: Re: [Assam] WoW--the $ 10 Desi Laptop is Here!!!

can someone tell me how on earth i can take my self out of this mailing list????? thanks

--- On Fri, 2/6/09, Alpana B. Sarangapani <absarangapani at hotmail.com> wrote:

From: Alpana B. Sarangapani <absarangapani at hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Assam] WoW--the $ 10 Desi Laptop is Here!!!
To: assam at assamnet.org
Date: Friday, February 6, 2009, 7:00 AM

Hi again, C'da:

So it's going to be an electronic reading device like Amazon's Kindle?
That's not bad either, and just for Rs. 500 instead of $330 or more - the
cost of a Kindle, it would be great. And if it indeed is a device like the
Kindle, it would not need a computer or a cable. If it serves another purpose,
like providing eJournals or ebooks, and not a complete lap-top, so what, and
that too for Rs. 500? 

In case, you were serious in asking about UGC and MHRD, don't they stand
for University Grant Commission and Ministry of Human Resources Development that
exist for educational development? I see a good connection of producing a device
that they "ended up with" with these two agencies and did not see them
doing anything "shameful" as the article suggested.

>desi-ingenuity has finally arrived on > the scene, bearing $ 10.00
laptops for the > deprived of the world. A mini tech-revolution > flashed
across my mind-screen.

So do not give your hopes up yet!

:) 

 > Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2009 08:56:32 -0600> To: assam at assamnet.org> From:
cmahanta at charter.net> Subject: Re: [Assam] WoW--the $ 10 Desi Laptop is
Here!!!> > Hi A:> > > > At 6:05 PM -0600 2/4/09, Alpana B.
Sarangapani wrote:> >Good you found out about that, C'da.> >>
>Have you already spent the money buying Zantac > >to reduce the
heartburn? If you have the reciept > >and haven't opened the package
yet, you can > >return it, you know! > >> >Oh wait, may be you
can save them to use for > >many more other things that India might come
up > >with.> >> >:) :) :)> >> > > > ***
Actually I OD'd on antacids when mm wrote > about the imminent arrival of
the @ 10.00 > desi-laptop.> That gave me a lot of heartburn. But after the
> heavy dose of antacids settled my stomach, I > thought about it a bit
more. For a fleeting > moment I thought that hey--this is good! Maybe, >
just maybe, desi-ingenuity has finally arrived on > the scene, bearing $
10.00 laptops for the > deprived of the world. A mini tech-revolution >
flashed across my mind-screen.> > But I should have known better.> >
*** Tell us though, do you think ToI was catering > to the despicable wishes
that lurk the shadowy > crevices of anti-Indians' black hearts, by >
characterizing it "---turned out to be a joke--", > belittling
genuine efforts of IT geniuses from > the hallowed halls of institutions like
" Vellore > Institute of Technology, scientists in Indian > Institute
of Science, Bangalore, IIT-Madras, UGC > and MHRD -" ? ( I don't
know anything about these > named institutions, except for IISc. and IIT-M.
> But I am sure they are all a cut above ).> > I mean,has ToI descended
to the depths of > negativism by splitting semantic hair over a ' >
firangi' ( foreign) language here? If the > currently-$
20.00-but-soon-to-be-$ 10.00 > invention is a COMPUTING device, it IS a >
COMPUTER, isn't it?> > Why do they have to say things like
"---MHRD > should first think about the feasibility of such >
projects before they are launched. The entire > world was watching. This act
of MHRD has shamed > the nation,'' .> > > *** BTW, what does
MHRD stand for? Tell me it is > not Most Humiliating Research and
Development, is > it ?> > > c-da :-)> > > > > >
> > > > > > >> >> > > Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2009
15:22:38 -0600> To: > >assam at assamnet.org> From:
cmahanta at charter.net> > >Subject: [Assam] WoW--the $ 10 Desi Laptop is
> >Here!!!> > >
>http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Govts_much-awaited_10_laptop_turns_out_be_a_joke/articleshow/4078115.cms>
> > > > >Govt's much-awaited $10 laptop turns out be a >
>joke> 5 Feb 2009, 0054 hrs IST, Neelima Rao, > >TNN> > >
TIRUPATI: The hype surrounding the $10 > >laptop ``prototype''
with two > GB RAM turned > >out to be a joke when the department of
Human > >Resources > Development announced - during its >
>inauguration in the temple town of > Tirupati - > >that it
wasn't a laptop at all but a computing > >device.> > While the
world eagerly waited for > >the launch of the $10 laptop - > designed
by > >students of Vellore Institute of Technology, > >scientists
> in Indian Institute of Science, > >Bangalore, IIT-Madras, UGC and
MHRD - > it > >wasn't a patch on the $100 laptop made by >
>MIT.> > The MHRD officials said the price was > >working out to
be $20 but with > mass production > >it was bound to come down to $10
(Rs 500) and > >thus > become affordable for every student in >
>India.> > But netizens were disappointed when > >the
``laptop'' turned out to be > nothing more > >than a computing
device along with a hard disk > >with > e-books, e-journals and
relevant > >educative material through the > >
>state-art-of-the-art ``Sakshat'' portal.> > As > >the
device appeared smaller than the normal > >laptop with 10-inch > length
and five-inch > >width, buzz got around that it was a > >
>``Nano-top'' and not a laptop. But MHRD official > >brought
the curtains > down on all the hungama, > >saying it was just a
computing device with > 2GB > >memory.> > Joint Secretary, MHRD,
N K Sinha said > >that the device still needs to > be fine tuned. >
>But he had no answer to the million dollar > >question: > where was
the $10 laptop?> > The > >talk of the ``invention'' had
raised > >expectations of bridging the > technological > >divide
between rural and urban India. Talking to > >TOI, a > Professor from
Sri Venkateswara > >University said (on the condition of > >
>anonymity), ``How can just a computing device > >bridge the digital
> divide and make access to > >computer literacy affordable to the
masses? > > >Where will poor students get computers to jack >
>this gizmo with? Will > MHRD provide computers > >and internet
connectivity in rural and remote > > >areas? There is no clarity among
the officials > >themselves,'' he said.> > A research
scholar > >from Mahila University said, ``How many > >students >
in Tirupati have access to computers? > >Then, MHRD hasn't given
details > of the size of > >the screen, storage, processor, etc. MHRD
should > >first > think about the feasibility of such > >projects
before they are > launched. The entire > >world was watching. This act
of MHRD has > >shamed > the nation,'' she said.> > >
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