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Wood PCs For A Nepalese School

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the small-for-suitcases dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes: "The BBC runs a story about a Nepalese teacher who collects old computer parts to set up the first computer-equipped school in Nepal. They assemble the parts into wooden boxes! If you have old parts left, maybe you can donate something, too."

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  1. I made a wooden pc once. by MrFredBloggs · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wooden keyboard, wooden ram... looked nice. The only problem was....it wooden work!

  2. Wooden boxes by morie · · Score: 5, Funny
    They assemble the parts into wooden boxes! If you have old parts left, maybe you can donate something, too."

    I don't. However, I may have some wooden boxes.

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  3. Old Computer Parts by DrDeaf · · Score: 5, Informative

    I'd suggest:
    (1) Gathering your stuff to send
    (2) Packing carefully
    (3) Finding out how much shipping will cost
    (4) Send that amount of money

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  4. Damn you people by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So I just read the article, I come back and saw a few comments had been posted at they were all a bunch of wise-ass remarks about the wooden cases. WTF!?!

    Ok, check it out people, this guy deserves props of the highest magnitude. He's out in the middle of no where. His home is poorer than the poorest part of the US, hell, they didn't even get a phone until a few years ago, now they have one.
    Did he let that stop him? No!
    HE went out, got a bunch of old computers and began building working units.
    He hit a roadblock, namely the fact his village didn't have any power, so you know what. This TEACHER went out and set up his OWN POWER generators in a nearby stream.

    This guy's improving his home. He's single-handly turning in into something from our 1700's into something from the early 1990's. That a big freakin' technological jump and something he should be commended for. All you assholes need to show a little admirination (and respect) for what this gentleman and his village have done.

    If I had the cash (read: not a poor student) I'd buy this guy a GSM hook-up myself.