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== The $200 Laptop Is Coming! ==
-//"We are putting a deluxe laptop in the hands of every lucky child in the world!"// -- **Ebenezer Negroponte**, CEO
+//"We are putting a deluxe laptop in the hands of every lucky child in the world!"// -- **Ebenezer Scrooge**, TLPC CEO
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+TwoHundredDollarLaptopSmall.jpg
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+<div style="font-size: small;">Picture courtesy of MassimoSantoro (sue him, sue him!)</div>
=== A Laptop for the Elite ===
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-The $200 laptop aims to create heathy **free competition** with inferior products on the market such as the **OLPC** and the **CMPC** by providing **better performance** and **more features**
-for all those who **can afford** it.</div>
+The $200 laptop aims to create healthy **free competition** by providing **better performance** and **more features**
+for those who **can afford** it.</div>
-<div style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 24pt; color: gren; text-align: center">the right laptop for your spoiled brats</div>
+<div style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 24pt; color: green; text-align: center">the right laptop for your spoiled brats</div>
<div style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 24pt; color: red; text-align: center">now for just $400!</div>
=== A $rich$ set of features ===
Our first product, the **XOXO**, comes with:
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- * wide-screen 16" display, **2000 ANSI lumen** for perfect visibility while facing the sun
+ * wide-screen 16" display, **2000 ANSI lumen** for perfect visibility even in full sunlight
* dual-core SMP: **AMD Geode** + **Intel ULV** -- no need to choose!
* dual-channel, **Double Data Rate** Corsair PC200 memory
* dual-keyboard with **independent layouts**: type both in US and JP at the same time!
* UAC-CCS DRM and copy protection scheme for your **Genuine Advantage**!
* **Giant** triple-trackpad: simultaneously control up to 3 players in MMRPGs!
* Dual lead-acid **hot-swappable** battery packs for improved mileage!
- * Dual **firewall-webfilter**: only access our PG-rated marketing web sites!
+ * Dual **firewall/webfilter**: only access our PG-rated marketing web sites!
* Online library of downloadable politically correct, violence free, pointless **video games**!
* Automatically **charge your credit card** on every purchase made by your child!
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If you really **love** your kids, then you **must** buy them the **best** on the market!
-Designed from the ground up for the children of rich consumist countries:
-the laptop that grows along with your kids (*).
+Designed from the ground up for the children of rich consumer countries:
+the laptop that grows along with your kids*.
With twice as many features, your children will learn **twice as much**!
Think about it, you **know** it's true!
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[*] we'll make sure you will have to upgrade it every year!
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=== Charity is for wimps! ===
|| //You GET// || 1 XO || **1 XOXO** ||
|| //Pay per view// || na || **charged on your card** ||
+=== A glimpse of the future ===
+
+The Two Hundred Dollar Laptop consortium is proud to unveil its
+UpcomingProducts, with enhanced collaboration and sharing features.
+
=== What others are saying ===
//"They want me to be a whore!"//
--- Linus Torvalds
+-- LinusTorvalds
//"He doesn't scare me as much as he scares others."//
--- Richard Stallman
+-- RichardStallman
//"Jesus Christ, who are these people?"//
--- Bill Gates
+-- BillGates
//"I don't remember agreeing to that."//
--- Janet Reno
+-- JanetReno
//"This is horseshit. Horseshit, horseshit, horseshit. And for those of you who don't know what that means, it's the shit that comes from a horse!"//
--- Greg, Columbia Internet
+-- Greg, ColumbiaInternet
-Visit our [[http://www.mslinux.org/ | secret sponsor]]
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-Picure courtesy of MassimoSantoro (sue him, sue him!)
+Visit our [[http://www.mslinux.org/ | secret sponsor]]
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