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Originally Posted by popper
indeed Simon, but your forgetting this is the net tech age.
OT for this thread but accurate for all the worlds people in both built up area's and remote villages etc:
and you dont want to be just working while you read and respond and it can be fun to learn new things and idea's.
your right though, even it your intent was not this, FYI "The Internet will set you free" and more accurately, ' the wireless Mesh net'.will set you free.
thats what the OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) shows with its Laptops used in the remote villages of developing nations and perhaps even in the forbidden places like NC etc if their careful.
they can even make their own wireless Mesh Network http://meraki.com/oursolution/mesh/ and if your without grid power # 590
and very little effort if people are ready to put a little cash and learning effort into it, a perfect gift for those that dont currently have this freedom to mass communicate and interact perhaps. |
Oh Popper, I really thought you'd see where I'm coming from. Yes I do know about the wonderful powers of the Internet. I've used it in campaigning many times. But you can't deny ten thousand years of political history in ten years, and that's what seems to be happening. OK, we're all cool and wired, but big deal. There's a million issues you're competing with. Use the net to communicate by all means, but my argument is that you then go that extra mile.