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Email Over High-Frequency Radio in West Africa
Guillaume Filion writes "LinuxJournal has a fascinating article about Radio Email in West Africa over HF links. 'Deep inside the warm green interior of Guinea, centered in the frontal lobe of West Africa, field personnel in the widely scattered village-towns of Dabola, Kissidougou and Nzerekore now enjoy access to regular internet e-mail, directly from their desktops. Here we have bridged the digital divide, and there isn't a telephone line or satellite dish in sight.' Talk about Wireless Fidelity!"
And whereas, the endeavors of the legislature to obviate objections to the said laws by lowering the duties and by other alterations conducive to the convenience of those whom they immediately affect (though they have given satisfaction in other quarters), and the endeavors of the executive officers to conciliate a compliance with the laws by explanations, by forbearance, and even by particular accommodations founded on the suggestion of local considerations, have been disappointed of their effect by the machinations of persons whose industry to excite resistance has increased with every appearance of a disposition among the people to relax in their opposition and to acquiesce in the laws, insomuch that many persons in the said western parts of Pennsylvania have at length been hardy enough to perpetrate acts, which I am advised amount to treason, being overt acts of levying war against the United States, the said persons having on the 16th and 17th of July last past proceeded in arms (on the second day amounting to several hundreds) to the house of John Neville, inspector of the revenue for the fourth survey of the district of Pennsylvania; having repeatedly attacked the said house with the persons therein, wounding some of them; having seized David Lenox, marshal of the district of Pennsylvania, who previous thereto had been fired upon while in the execution of his duty by a party of armed men, detaining him for some time prisoner, till, for the preservation of his life and the obtaining of his liberty, he found it necessary to enter into stipulations to forbear the execution of certain official duties touching processes issuing out of a court of the United States; and having finally obliged the said inspector of the revenue and the said marshal from considerations of personal safety to fly from that part of the country, in order, by a circuitous route, to proceed to the seat of government, avowing as the motives of these outrageous proceedings an intention to prevent by force of arms the execution of the said laws, to oblige the said inspector of the revenue to renounce his said office, to withstand by open violence the lawful authority of the government of the United States, and to compel thereby an alteration in the measures of the legislature and a repeal of the laws aforesaid;
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Welcome back Junis! How fast can you download Baywatch DivX files these days? Did Jon send you an iPod?
Well, it seems Hussein was re-elected with precisely 100% of the voters approving, and not a single voter against.
This should not be surprising, because in 1995, he received 99.96% of the vote, and clearly he is even more popular today. If, say, he had polled only 99.92% this year, his opposition would have doubled, which would be ridiculous!
But what I wonder now is, where can he go from here? If he is still in power in 2005, will Hussein break the barrier to receive 100.04% ?
The return of PhysicsGenius for another trolling attempt. Good show, but I woulda changed my name to something less like your first.
African packet radio users will notice faster downloads and less net traffic over the next several years, as half the adults on the continent die of AIDS.
But what do I know. I'm just looking for anonymous gay sex.
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BTW, is your sig related to GWAR? Either way, nice pun.
I just heard some sad news on talk radio - Horror/Sci-Fi writer Stephen King was found dead at his Maine residence this morning. Apparently, Mr. King was fertilizing his yard when he stepped on the business end of a rake, which caused the handle to swing up and smack him in the face, temporarily blinding him. Unfortunately, he managed to wander out into the middle of the highway, where he was struck by a Best Buy semi going 65 MPH. I'm sure he will be missed by the Slashdot community - even if you didn't enjoy his work, there's no denying his contributions to the 2.4 kernel tree. Truly an American icon.
Hola! I thought you were dead! ;o Say hello to Wurt.
it'll only be a matter of time before viruses start to propagate across the airwaves
Don't doubt it, Africa is where AIDS started thanks to some monkey-fucking, obsolete farm machinery.