US Geeks Recycle GNU/Linux Boxes for Ecuador

An anonymous submitter writes: "According to this article on Salon, geeks involved with Indymedia are recycling 300 GNU/Linux boxes to send to independent media activists in Ecuador. The machines will be used to create free public computer labs across South America, networked with donated wireless 802.11b cards. Anyone wanna chip in to help cover the shipping costs?"

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Humanitarians

[Reality Master 101]

Somehow this reminds me of an old Jay Leno bit about humanitarian efforts to give Christmas toys to starving kids in the third-world:

Child: "Kalimba eat potato?"

Humanitarian: "No, Kalimba *play with* potato! See, you can put eyes, ears and mouth on the potato!"

Child: "Kalimba eat potato?"

Humanitarian: "No, no..."

That's about all I remember. It was hilarious, but I can't find the whole routine on the web.