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Good guy Microsoft
Mar 17, 2018 8:45 PM
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Kopar
"We use open office because Microsoft word charges too much." - them when they realize word is now subscription only
Wildmtnchild
But...they got electricity right?
JGarza9788
but they have to buy Office?
neil137
we've got mid-grade computers in the recycling bin at the local dump
irasna
Actually he got computers from India https://www.scoopwhoop.com/ghana-teacher-taught-ms-word-on-blackboard-gifted-computers-by-niit/
server1a
Given how much Microsoft is devoting to being the leader in education software, I can see how this would be a good reminder to the public.
TheFastpaws
And then it was all stolen or unused due to lack of power. That or sold for other needs.
Iwanttofingeryou
Remember this guy that microsoft donated computers to? A local warlord stole them all at gunpoint with multiple fatalities as tribute
Youkidsandyourdankmemes
Why does it say “No One Cares” in the top left??
chrishallett83
I hear Apple offered free postage if he bought at least 30 MacBook Pros in one order and paid cash.
ZIMISME
How about stable power generators?
DidItForScience
Aww but they were HPs. It's gonna be hell when they call for support after they inevitably break down.
rgzmann
now there all dead and the local warlord has them
MightyIink
Legend says these computers are still updating to this day.
ApolloTheSpaceFox
did they donate electricity to use them?
vnii
They don’t look happy
rooik14
Kids are awkward and they're taking a photo for school.
ForeheadAirport
It wasn't Microsoft. https://www.thebetterindia.com/134794/indian-niit-computers-ghana-teacher-blackboard-ms-word/
theminator
1/2 Not quite right. Microsoft donates knowledge boost. Others donated computers. Credit where credit is due. Still awesome!
ManMashine
That's why i ALWAYS dive into the comment section. Articles, Videos, Images… they never tell the whole story.
theminator
2/2 Link: https://edition.cnn.com/2018/03/15/africa/ghanaian-ict-teacher-donations-intl/index.html
Davidnfilms
See the guy smiling? Hes the one who's actually going to profit from these machines. Those kids faces. Not one is happy.
pradvan
I was going to ask who the drug lord that is profiting from this is... i pictured him with an AK to be honest lmao
rooik14
Kids are awkward. I think you're over psycho-analyzing things.
The4ChanHacker
"Remember this guy?" ...no, I don't - but I wish op would have provided some kind of link
theyar
He teaches Windows without computers.
pdp1
https://techcrunch.com/2018/03/15/teacher-in-ghana-who-used-blackboard-to-explain-computers-gets-some-microsoft-love/
The4ChanHacker
Thank you! See, @OP - this is what a link looks like.
7grims
this post is already a repost, and u want more reposts? u mad dude
The4ChanHacker
Soufange
The guy was teaching a class on how to use microsoft word from memory, hence the crazy ass drawings on the chalk board.
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Soufange
*shrugs* I'm not even sure there was a link when I saw this ohoto a few days ago
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AntiCircleJerker
Sure, but Apple employs thousands of Chinese children. Which company is really giving back? Think Different.
domestomp
shhh the iMob will hear you!
KindaClueless
And then forced them to install Windows 10
SamArt53
They were only forced to opt out.
Lelines
At least it wasn't Vista. I think that might be a war crime.
TransistorRadio
And suck up their bandwidth installing updates every week
namelessone
The only thing that bugs me about this is: it's just a publicity stunt. Who knows how many more need computers but didn't become a meme.
rooik14
Whether it's altruistic or not, ultimately people who needed computers to better themselves got them.
SaintEventheOneth
Publicity stunt or awareness effort?
NonEntity309
So what? Did people not receive something that would better themselves? Who cares if it's mutually beneficial
orbitn
whatever happened to OLPC
liamossher
Lol no one cares
GuacamoleNiqqaPen15
Hey, stop it you big meanie head.
iHumanity
Don't get why you're being downvoted...it says that on the board
Bunuslippur
hoolymooly
It literally says no one cares on the board guys
iHansi
BananaBard
The board in the upper left
Gosuamakenatek
Does anybody know why it says that?
0euf
Now there are 25 more Nigerian Prince emails I'm gonna have to block.
SnowTSIX
cool, now they just need internet and electricity!
dicaprioonacid
They have Internet, but alot blackouts due heavy rain
DallasfanDC
Why do yall think they were stolen? Hmmm... And also they probably use a generator to produce electricity.
ratfinkfuck
what country was this even in?
RockMeLikeASugarcane
Africa, clearly /s
grants1
Africa, clearly, is not a country!
RockMeLikeASugarcane
Yes I know that. Did people forget that /s meant the comment was sarcastic, or am I really that old.
makelthappen
West Indies
swinglinered
Southeast D.C.
thedogismygod
Somewhere a warlord will take those from them
AndanteXVII
Ghana.
TheCosmosIsEvil
You should have expected this comment section
idontenglishsorry
right?
DurendaI
Chicago.
myfirstaccountwasshadowbanned
West
SamArt53
East St. Louis
DoublevBomb
https://i.redditmedia.com/z5AcLJP-TQstH2Kw4zaxsHidfwBjJIxXS8a8gxg9dsQ.jpg?w=640&s=f70b5ce55f9e587079fe4266f8a8db68
GreatSTLBluesBallsofFire
The town I went to hs in shares the same zip code and we had computers. They were just way way old.
ZanarkandAbes
Gary, Indiana.
hoeya
The computers/children are not on fire/shot, so I don't think so.
prawnklng
South London.
Shaows
And then they were stolen that night.
A2DY79
Intercepted by warlords.
pleaseconsiderthatImightbejoking
they never got that far, they were seized for the struggle against the watumiaji wa apple
HipPopAnomymous
The kids not the computers
TheStealthHippopotamus
Damn you, I laughed. +1
lawnsprinkler
This fucking community holy shit lol
everythingismelting
Mimsey
If it was Boko Haram, only the girls were stolen. The boys were executed by gun and the western media just didn't bother to report that.
fredgiblet
Whycan'twehaveboth?.bmp
HipPopAnomymous
You can but I cant but my dick in a conputer
zoomer296
Wait, what are those round holes with rubber gaskets for then?
fredgiblet
They make sexbots. All you gotta do is casemod a computer into one.
HipPopAnomymous
pantsinabucket
Someone hasn’t tried hard enough...
zoomer296
I've actually encountered this before.
lithiummouse
I'm worried that they might not have electricity to run those
NortherWinslow5
That's racist
maribl
how is assuming that small village in Africa might not have electricity a racist?!
SpanWolf
Static Shock is hooking them up.
cornbreesha
It's cool, dude. They will use the computers to figure out how to get electricity
cwagrant
I'm more worried it'll make them a target for someone with lots of guns.
TheEternali333
That's Ghana supposedly. Not likely.
cwagrant
Well that's good. I like to see people do well.
SmartAssX
Do you think Bill gates would really not think about that?
FallingWithStyleSquirrel
That's exactly the problem in Piriati Panama. Went there for senior design in college to try to get them power. A church had donated (1/2)
FallingWithStyleSquirrel
a computer to the school but they had no way of using it. Also, we couldn't get them power :( (2/2)
LooseyGooseyBrett
Should have sent laptops
maribl
not really. bigger are less likely to be stolen, harder to break and this amazing teacher can probably also take it apart when broken
maribl
and teach what is inside and/or possibly fix.
Riouxen
I'm more worried that they only come with a 90 day subscription to Microsoft Office.
Waztoes
@ElonMusk your up buddy
lurkeylurkeychickenturkey
Yea just gotta get one of those power packs to this place and they’re good
IceWeaselX
Hmm. Now I'm stuck thinking of Elon Musk as our "Up Buddy" who is trying to get us to go up, to space.
ensensu
uwantsomelightlyfriedfishfillets
I’m worried they will get stolen or sold for bigger things they will need.
lowerthanWhalepoop
my first thought was ofthe movie "The Gods mus be Angry"
JustLetMeInAlreadyFFS
Like ak-47s for the local warlord.
IdeaDiarrhea
Hope they gift us some vibranium in return.
Dayrest
If the prof traces an electrical grid on the board maybe tesla will wire them up for free.
AnythingMuchShorter
See those kids sitting on the floor? now they have computers to sit on.
SirSnickleFritz
Microsoft delivered computers. Ol' musky delivered the power
LtKifKroker
I'll bring a desert
Maybeinanotherdimension
I'm in for a few bottles of wine...
vampirelibrarian
Or reliable internet
TheChaosPath
I wonder what we used the internet for before there were computers
stren
Musky will take care of that
JoshuaLeffel
That sounds like a condescending liberal racist concern.
SPJaymo117
Akon will sort them out
Maybeinanotherdimension
Years ago Bill Gates, maybe the Foundation, created technology that utilized raw sewage and could create electricity and potable water
Maybeinanotherdimension
The Omnipressor. https://youtu.be/bVzppWSIFU0
77monkeys
Dats electricity ist
BroolySayen
they have generators running on cheap fuel
JahNoodles
Nah Akon hooked them up with it
DurendaI
That man is a figurehead.
SeriousCloud
Am Icon?
SprogChamp
No, Akon.
GinaTallman
Yes am icon
NightNova
beat me to it
echonite
What about internet to download those Windows 10 updates...
nanabroccolifart
Damn I was thinking that
Spoonheadflat
Don't worry. They will most likely have been stolen by now.
Snorlax242
twerksforfish
just what i was thinking
vincerevelmori1
I hate to agree, but having volunteered at a school in malawi....you're dead right
siler7
Yeah, those boxes just look like a bunch of targets to me. Sad, but TIA.
TicoGuy
You don't have to travel far to find thieves, I volunteered at an outreach center that had to continually replace lots of stolen things.
TheDarkNerd
Stolen? Or commandeered?
dicaprioonacid
As someone whos grandmother is from kumasi, your right, they have alot of blackouts,but my father and I are planning a project down there1/2
dicaprioonacid
2/2 to Provide electricity 24/7 since our village He is chief off is down there
PeteButtigieg
Why is this harder to believe with a name like dicaprioonacid?
bart229er
What is the energy source?
dicaprioonacid
Main Problem is that there is more demand of energy then suply, but they are working on it
dicaprioonacid
Oil, Gas, solar and hydro
AntaNce
This is great! Maybe your dad could contact MS? Gates is very generous, he might want to help more? IDK, just a thought. Best to you all!
ILoveMeAGoodTime
I mean they probably made arrangements for the computers to actually be used..
pyrrhlis
Or money. Isn’t a single Office (Office 365) license like 99 dollars/year?
kr662
Don't worry ol' musky is on his way with an array of solar panels.
flavivsaetivs
So they can run them 5 hours a day, when it's sunny?
jamesjjw
You do realize that solar panels can be hooked up to a battery right? And honestly the kids probably would only use the computers during day
flavivsaetivs
These kids need the education, the problem is the local community may not see that necessity and pilfer the electronics/panels.
flavivsaetivs
Studies have shown that donated electronics to small communities in Africa tend to be removed and sold by the local villagers.
HellomynameisSatan
K
flavivsaetivs
Both true, but Africa needs long-term solutions to provide reliable electricity and Tesla donating solar panels won't help.
Dayrest
How do you figure? Are the panels going to expire???? Africa is fairly well know for lots of sun. It's not like they'll run out....
jamesjjw
Yes but the argument being discussed was how long the power could be used for not if they actually take care of the stuff
TheRealSpaghettiMonster
Literally everyone calls him that
HeadlessBodyOfSpiroAgnew
More like Akon
Sammyv17
and Young Jeezay
themarcmac
Microsoft sent a box of electricity with the computers
kittiepryde
Energon? I hear that attracts Deceptions. Be careful.
Mimsey
They're called batteries.
TheRockDude
Did they also send a link to download more ram?
TomFoolery82
Unfortunately that box of electricity ran windows 10
MichaelCeraVevo
Did they sent... /a/AdcOe
GinaTallman
No fuckin Americans
IThinkYouGotAFineBrainJack
Is it Electricity 2017 though? Or is it that subscription-based Electricity 365 crap?
ImAFoxButNotReally
Electricity Vista ultimate edition
kibateo
I heard they sent a box of internet too
hssndtam
they better, cuz you gotta active shit.
IJustWantToPlayLeagueOfLegends
They sent a bunch of free AOL discs...
fogosh
FUCK YOU +1, man if you are ever in jordan i am buying you a beer.
ScrooblyDoobles
Phew
RussianJudge
PancakeFaker
EdoubleLIOdoubleT
This comment is
GinaTallman
No it’s not
GinaTallman
Just cuz u say it is doesn’t make it true
EdoubleLIOdoubleT
EdoubleLIOdoubleT
I guess there is no humor in a Colorado accounting firm
disruptivedecimal
Along with wifi
veganfarts
SuperHir0
So a generator?
theyar
This is funnier than it should be.
themarcmac
Hybris51129
DoNotLookAtMyPostsForThereIsNone
Well you can use up a box of electricity pretty fast. I'm already scraping the bottom of this month's box.
kiveskBreaker
It was a box of renewable energy, no worries they will never run out.
LevelNinetyNineWizard
They sent back up electricity for the initial boxes of electricity
MessedUpAaron
Along with my thoughts and prayers! I'm the best.
michaeljscott
You didn’t mess up, A A Ron!
MessedUpAaron
Scptt
Don't forget your likes and shares too!
skippi99r
and comments and dont forget to subscribe
FireBossie
Don't forget to smash that bell!
Darkspire
You got your flag overlay on?
MessedUpAaron
Oh snap forgot about the trendy overlay pic! I have FAILED them!!!!!
Darkspire
Thanks Obama!