Tonight on 60 Minutes

[applegrove]

(CBS) Sunday, Dec. 2, 2007
THE PURGE - A Baghdad clergyman estimates that 90 percent of Iraq's Christians, once thought to number over a million, have either fled or have been murdered by Islamic extremists during the religious civil war. Scott Pelley reports. Shawn Efran and Philip Ittner are the producers.

ONE LAPTOP PER CHILD - MIT Prof. Nicholas Negroponte’s dream is to put a laptop computer into the hands of every child as an educational aid. Lesley Stahl reports on his progress in Cambodia and Brazil. Catherine Olian is the producer.

WILL SMITH - Steve Kroft profiles the versatile actor on the eve of his next film, "I Am Legend." John Hamlin and Albert Kahwaty are the producers.

[BobRossi]

1. Thanks for the info!

I have a Chaldian (sp?) acquaintance that told me about the purge three years ago.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

2. ONE LAPTOP PER CHILD

Is that segment a rerun or new? I know they've discussed this before.

"MIT Prof. Nicholas Negroponte"

Isn't he the brother of the in the State Department, or whatever he is?

[Bonhomme Richard]

3. Yes, he is.

[Kucinich4America]

4. Yep. It's a rerun, and he is "Death Squad" Negroponte's brother.

Are news shows affected by the writers strike?? I can't think of any other reason for 60 Minutes to be in reruns already.

[hedgehog]

5. We're into the holidays. Expect a lot of re-runs on all shows. nt

[mahatmakanejeeves]

6. One Laptop Per Child News

One Laptop Per Child News

The big dustup with Intel stems from the use of an AMD chipset in Negroponte's laptop, does it not?

[applegrove]

7. I have no idea about that. Didn't know there was a dustup.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

8. Yes.

The OLPC XO-1omputer uses an AMD chipset. Intel didn't care for this and introduced its own low cost computer.

Nicholas Negroponte

OLPC XO-1 computer