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Help Wire Remote Laos Villages

Posted by timothy on from the net-drop-in-every-pot dept.

rODbegbie writes "Lee Felsenstein is appealing for donations to help provide Internet access to remote Laos villages. The New York Times considered the idea one of the best in 2002, but they need to raise $25,000 to get this in place before monsoon season. Donations can be made using Paypal (mention that it's for "Remote IT")."

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  1. Don't Forget To Wire POW/MIA Caves In Laos by cybrpnk2 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I very much believe there were/are still guys left over there from the Vietnam War era. If we're gonna wire Laos, then I want to make sure they finally get an email address and a chance to use it!!!

    1. Re:Don't Forget To Wire POW/MIA Caves In Laos by fobbman · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      "Reagan closed the book on that in 1983 when he retrieved some 300 POW's."

      A book? Crap! That means George W's not going to be meddling in that one.

  2. Re:I'm sure AOL... by robbyjo · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    AOL CDs? No, they'll confuse that with frisbees. :-)

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  3. Why don't we teach them to by SHEENmaster · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Hack PayPal instead?

    Actually, I think that the internet has an amazing ability to educate the natives and cause them to leave for Europe or America leaving their own countries with less of a workforce. If we are to help them we need to find a more permanent solution instead of a shiny one that looks good on paper.

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  4. what? by geek · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    We wanted them gone when? the war over there was fough at the request of THEM to fight the communists. Right or wrong thats what happened.

    At no point was there any ethnic cleansing or even the remote idea of whiping out a country. Why don't you form an educated opinion before smearing a country with your allegations.

  5. Re:Why is this a good idea? by dr_dank · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I'm hiring some to shill my Ebay auctions and post dumb comments on my behalf. Viva globablization.

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  6. one word comes to mind by trb · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Wilma!