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this is great :D
This is old news
At 1:39, is she from Star Wars?!
2nd Comment Note: My laptop is better.
yawn
Old news is old.
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Wow Thats cool!!! :)
Yeah I wouldn’t be suprised if I saw ”her” hanging out in Jabbas layer
The word news meens new so how can you have old news =] and oh well
LOL
lol thats mean, HAHAHA it made my day.
HOLY fucking shit .. that woman scared the living shit out of me O_o
En waarom is dit weer in het nederlands man.
Ik haat nederlands :p
OMG sorry but that lady startled me a little oO
english or aussie???
FUCK YEAH! Samus needs to get back to the kitchen!
you dont need a $180 piece of equipment to draw or recite your name for you… but w/e i guess they can learn to type
i doubt its a she, maybe its a shapeshifter, god knows
We used to have laptops in my highschool, but I guess we were the lucky ones.
I don’t remember doing much work, only listening to music and watching porn, though.
1:38 !!!!!
???????? wat
…Ew.
Holy shit her forehead its over 9000!!!!!
HOLY FUCK THAT HEAD
In highschool? Wow, that’s..
Dude, it’s school. You don’t watch porn IN school!
But what can they do with this knowledge? What can they achieve?
Do they need it?
i dont have a fucking laptop thats soo racist… i dont get a free laptop because im white
I KNOW!
What the hell is that thing on 2:31
albino
Headshot, easy mode.
You don’t get one because you’re a whiny little bitch.
thats what black people who think that the us gov owes them reperations for slavery are..
XO
…
I LIKE THE ACTIVITY OF PAINTING :)
hmm, you sure could program the future generation
it’s amazing that the little girl can speak english yet the narrator cant….
unrelated but true i guess…also,
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Most black people including me don’t give a shit about reparations. Hell, I wouldn’t be surprised if most young Americans don’t even know about slavery.
Well he probably didn’t have a lime green laptop when he was younger.
Kenya needs to prepare more children for its secondary educational system. Computer skills will help.
ARGH my young virgin eyes
They should do a swimsuit calendar with all the ladies from ROCKETBOOM. I would totally buy that :D
newforce cant trifag
your right… yet he’s being a reporter for a british news broadcast. they grow up so fast. :’)
in one of rocketbooms previous videos(not to long ago) some hippies living on a boat had a few of those XO computers ://
amazing what we take for granted on a day to day basis is such a treasure item some where else! great story, great look into the world outside our borders. good to help people expand their vision of this world
It really is great, that they now are bringing new technology to help schools.
i kno this is terrible to saw
but that head was really fucked up…:)
dont let them go to the internet.
we all know they use it to watch porn…
the story is nice. but that lady’s head… i’m sorry.
rofl probably
HOLT SH**
No wonder they call her THE HEAD of Imani republic.
What the fuck happened to her?! (1:42)
It’s a really nice gesture, but is it really practical? Most of these children probably don’t live in countries where the economy is such that they can obtain jobs that require the use of computers. It seems to me that things like this are giving the children false ideals of their futures, like what’s happening in Papua New Guinea
tits or gtfo
jesus loves them little niggers.
I think she’s albinistic
nothing
nothing
and no
how is it people are making such an effort to get kids laptops that some one has already said how practical is this when the probably wont use or need them over the course of there adult life but children are still not in school… not eating… don’t have close… I’m just sayin.
Um, its something called… having a health condition not from the ordinary?
but seriously, she may just have a mild case of downsymdrome.
and vitiligo…
dude.
fuck you.
that’s kinda nice
but it should be really used to the limit
now they have computers
what are u gonna teach them??
Why was the one girl given subtitled? She speaks more clearly than most of the people that I talk to on a daily basis.
The goldmine that is Rocketboom “fan” comments, ladies and gentlemen.
Klingons :O 1:43
huh? these kids were not in school?? where were they? in a dump, trying to find food??
maybe, just maybe, you should watch a little less of reports from World Vision or other NGOs of the like
I’m not saying everything’s fine in Africa, far from it, but most children don’t die of starving…
AIDS
You must hang around ESL students or non-natives then^^
I could play golf on her forehead.
The XO laptop mission is “One laptop per child”, but what does “per child” mean? Who is the actual owner of the laptop? “Per child” would suggest that the owner is the children, but at 1:34 the laptops appear stored into the school and under charge. Do the children have real access to the laptops only during school time? Or can they bring them home and have them recharged at will? And do their households have a recharging capacity, both technical and financial? Are the operating system and applications in swahili or english? Could Ruud avoid to rush matters and make a longer than 1:57 video to address any of the substancial questions above? Was Ruud’s XO laptop running out of power and he had to finish off at half the coverage?
No Rudd’s XO videocam ran out of power. That’s because he forgot to put on the Mickey ears.
WOW! didint see that comin
that was really scary…
I find it funny how the reporter in the beginning stutters a lot
More like its Roger from American Dad LOL
one to one laptop programme = more trolls on youtube?
Yeah, haha. We did though, lol!
AIDS? Are you fucking kidding? Aids may be a problem, but what that the point of this video? No so STFU
gr8 idea but what the heck no interweb?!
How cool is this!!?
Interesting a child in Kenya is learning English
Thats cool that they computers for the children but that teacher freaked me out.
just great, won’t be long till more of those niggers start learning 419 scamming.
Real intelligent. I think that word would be more appropriate used describing yourself Duirward…considering its actual definition.
1:40 what is that thing? o_O
Very cool.
AIDS D;
Yeh, i was like… WTF…
but i think its awesome children are using laptops n shit… soon well get youtube vids from Kenyakid357 (joke)
Haha..I don’t think you can go on net with that PC, and i don’t even think they have internet in Kenya lol
I guarantee that the teacher lady at the end there has telekinesis or some other form of psionics
Computer=better education=smarter people=better economy&business=no starvation
If you think children in Africa don’t need knowledge then you’re an idiot.
this is so stupid… there are lots of persons dying in Africa every day and instead of food they give them computers?
AAAAAAH :O
I’ve been considering buying a couple of those XO’s. The program is great: you buy one for your kid and the company donates one. You can buy one for donation as well and they’ll match that. I think this video made the decision for me.
The only long term solution to solving the real problems around the world are to give the people with the problems tools to create their own solutions.
Bravo XO.
Thanks Rocketboom!
idiot, you dont understand the problem of ‘giving them food’. if you want reasons as to why computers beat direct food supplies, ill happily provide you a list of good reasons.
provide me with the list then
this was originally supposed to be a $100 laptop… the price is a little off…
it’s ET’s mom, i think.
Hey, its dutch!
she likes the activity of painting!
the most useless waste of money.
those children need better classrooms, maybe a few computers to share, they need more school supplies, larger school houses, calculators, text books, balanced meals, they don’t need camera’s and painting devices and machines that make cow noises when you click on the cow, at 180USD ea
ridiculous, they’re just buying lots of shiny new gadgets (or having them brought for them). They aren’t really doing anything to significantly improve the quality of education
OLPC == FAIL
It’s a complete screwup. The machines are not useful for anything other than very basic interaction; consider it to be “My First Computer”.
Now there’d be nothing wrong with that if Kenya had a real *IT infrastructure*. But they don’t outside of the cities. This means kids are wasting their time learning things that don’t immediately benefit the community around them.
We need to do not try. We have the ability to help these countries but we avoid it, not due to cost I suspect
I WTF’D hard looking at her face on 1:40
Kill me, NOW.
That woman is eighter a surperior lifeform or has her genes scrabled like like eggs in an omlette….
PS. I dont like the activity of painting.
wow, so instead of spending money on food and water. they waste money on useless laptops?
what
the
fuck.
yay Dutch!
I believe that is truly an extra terrestrial life form that has stolen the voice box of a victim human at 1:40 .
wow!
Woah! She has a head like a fucking orange!
Oh, wait, yeah she does,
I thought you meant Molly o.o
so cool to see those laptops in action
don’t be dumb. food and water are only expensive short term fixes. you never heard the parable about teaching a man to fish? i wouldn’t be surprised if these kids were more educated than you.
what you choose to focus on is telling of your stupidity.
This story might be old news, but it’s still good news. I am kinda shocked at some of the negativity of the comments though.
She could go out double-dating with the Elephant Man, and HE would be the looker.
She’s got a head like a hot-air balloon.
She looks like a Human Lightbulb.
She looks like something that belongs up a whale’s nose.
She should wear a turban and pretend she’s from India.
Even better, she could stick a spike in her head and pretend she’s the Taj Mahal.
She’s got a head like a watermelon.
She could paint it with orange and black stripes and tell people she plays quarterback with the Bengals.
Negroponte is actually pronounced with an [eI] sound at the end. See here:
http://www.ted.com/talks/download/audio/36/talk/41
Improve their writing and drawing skills?! How about a pencil and paper?? I’m not sure this program is as beneficial as it’s made out to be…
this is marvelous.
Nice thing to have a physical blemish in a world where so many people enjoy the gleeful vilification of the bearer.
soon they will be like us… always facebooking and tweeting and socialising. I dont wanna be mean but what with the chick at 1:40
she’s an albino i think…. so she has african facial features but pale skin. i think it’s pretty common among africans.
what´s up with that lady!?
still, I don’t see how giving kids laptops will benefit them. I believe it would be a better idea to spend the money on something that would actually be useful. i.e. textbooks, better classrooms, pencils, pens, sports equipment, and books. instead of giving children laptops with extremely basic programs that wont teach them anything. Africa has many problems that they should deal with before they should start buying laptops.
they don’t need textbooks, pencils, pens when they have internet ready laptops that will last much longer.
also, these XO laptops were donated.
HAHAHAHAHAH!
Dude, for real.
yea sure let machine teach kids how to behave and what to learn,next thing you know youl end up with brainwashed kid who never use their creativity!
SHE IS UPSIDE DOWN!
No, actually. She just has a very clear English accent, and there was no reason for her to be subtitled.
There was someone else that wasn’t subtitled that probably should have been, however. But it’s insulting to the young girl who spoke like any elementary school girl from the States.
“But it’s insulting to the young girl who spoke like any elementary school girl from the States.”
Umm no. Elementary schools students in the US do not speak like here. You must be new to American accents. She sounds nothing like an American kid.
You’re are simply ignorant.
WTF was on 1:33
A monster! I was scared 2.
Thats totally uncalled for…you should be ashamed of yourself
Every child that needs a computer or wants one should have one, free of cost…theres no reason for that not happening
Doom!!!!!
what disease is 1:33?
.___. wow…. mmkay….
Haha, as a born and raised New Yorker, you are speaking to the wrong part of America. Maybe people don’t speak normal in your backwaters-incest-ridden GED school, but as for the parts of America where education is /actually/ important, she speaks perfectly fine and does not need subtitles.
Maybe you are just racist? I think that sounds more likely.
Almost everyone in Kenya speaks English.
It depends on where you go. They do have internet in cities and towns, but usually not in rural areas.
“You’re are simply ignorant”?
Anyway, she spoke clearly enough not to need subtitles, regardless of her accent.
“as a born and raised New Yorker”
You say this as if it gave you credibility. Simply hilarious. This is what happens when people grow up in New York; they believe the world revolves around them. Thanks for the lulz and ad hominem attacks. Your attempt at argumentation has failed before you even made a point. ^L^
That little girl was so cute!
1:43 We have made contact.
what the fuck was that at the end of the video?hahahahahahaha
It was an albino woman. Also, Muslims in Kenya are known for killing albino’s, because they think that their bones have powerful magic within them.
im currently doing a research project for school and a small section of it is concerned with the digital divide. While doing it i remembered this video haha. Thanks Rocketboom for giving me something interesting to write about ^_^
Head of Imani Primary is right. Geeze, she’s like that pelvis-faced guy from Mask.
They’ll make money. Yeah, like the Nigerian scam. Go on webs cut and paste beautiful pics of girls, get some idiot American guy to think HE is a “she” and cry that they need money…Idiot American sends Credit card money or other methods, cry some more, more money….
How about teach the kids to grown crops and clean the water and set up cleaner methods to clean area and reduce disease? Computers are ok, but take loads of petrol products and water to make them and is hard on environment.
Hey, me too. ;-)
The bad thing, is that in a lot of kids, that’s true. They don’t know how to socialize with real people. They can’t spell. They can’t write.
Recently a journalist student wrote a real good article in the University paper on how we’ve actually “dummied” ourselves down with technology. Using u r, brb, sol, etc. instead of spelling words because we’re lazy, using spell check and not bothering to actually learn how to spell, etc.
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