Dual Core - The Children's Machine (OLPC) lyrics
[Dual Core - The Children's Machine OLPC lyrics]
I started as a concept, began as a dream
Brainchild of a genius media team
But, it's not a game, there's no contestants
The ultimate investment in human resources
Humans need more of this
Thoughts so generous
Combined with intelligence
The best set precident
Just a new era, the tide's now turning
Think about thinking, learn about learning
A global initiative in 2005
Right from the start I
Touched two million lives
A positive prospect, people are talking
Everybody's interested
The whole world's watching
Build a generation, construct a community
Increase capacity, improve opportunity
Worldwide enhancement with no exceptions
A hundred dollar laptop exceeding projections
Millions of children are born every year
How can we accommodate? It doesn't seem clear
Management, oversight, a must to achieve it
What about the hardware and
Software that's needed
An LCD you can read me through
And an AMD certified CPU
We can do it all, you and me prove
Add three more ports that are USB 2
Plus I'm on a diet for lower energy
Got an SD slot, and some flash memory
Keyboard, touchpad, now they gon' feel us
Microphone, camera, and stereo speakers
Still need an OS, let the best choose
Bring on the Hurd with Tux to the rescue
Put it all together, see that it's worth it
The box is complete, the packaging's perfect
Now I see criticism with creativity
They dispute intention, doubt feasibility
They laughed at the crank that
Gave the power levels
Cool, we improved and added a foot pedal
Now we're picking up speed moving overnight
2006 saw the first prototypes
The critics are scared so they
Hate what they fear
Ten million unit's by the fourth quarter here
That's ten million children in
One year of movement talk about proof
That's what I call improvement
We're not finished, it's the start of a trend
The technology provided means to an end
Every night, day, morning, and afternoon
The world owes MIT a huge debt of gratitude
Thanks to the engineers holding down the fort
And every other company who
Showed their support
Brainchild of a genius media team
But, it's not a game, there's no contestants
The ultimate investment in human resources
Humans need more of this
Thoughts so generous
Combined with intelligence
The best set precident
Just a new era, the tide's now turning
Think about thinking, learn about learning
A global initiative in 2005
Right from the start I
Touched two million lives
A positive prospect, people are talking
Everybody's interested
The whole world's watching
Build a generation, construct a community
Increase capacity, improve opportunity
Worldwide enhancement with no exceptions
A hundred dollar laptop exceeding projections
Millions of children are born every year
How can we accommodate? It doesn't seem clear
Management, oversight, a must to achieve it
What about the hardware and
Software that's needed
An LCD you can read me through
And an AMD certified CPU
We can do it all, you and me prove
Add three more ports that are USB 2
Plus I'm on a diet for lower energy
Got an SD slot, and some flash memory
Keyboard, touchpad, now they gon' feel us
Microphone, camera, and stereo speakers
Still need an OS, let the best choose
Bring on the Hurd with Tux to the rescue
Put it all together, see that it's worth it
The box is complete, the packaging's perfect
Now I see criticism with creativity
They dispute intention, doubt feasibility
They laughed at the crank that
Gave the power levels
Cool, we improved and added a foot pedal
Now we're picking up speed moving overnight
2006 saw the first prototypes
The critics are scared so they
Hate what they fear
Ten million unit's by the fourth quarter here
That's ten million children in
One year of movement talk about proof
That's what I call improvement
We're not finished, it's the start of a trend
The technology provided means to an end
Every night, day, morning, and afternoon
The world owes MIT a huge debt of gratitude
Thanks to the engineers holding down the fort
And every other company who
Showed their support