Attempting to Halt Progress Results in (Surprise) Expensive Mediocrity

What's more amazing -- that the $100 laptop will now cost $175, or that you can buy a better one used -- with a warranty -- on e-Bay for about the same (or even less) coin?

This $100 hand-cranked laptop mumbo jumbo is feel-good idiocy on par with NASCAR's centrally planned Car of Tomorrow, which isn't fooling users, either.