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Geeking in the Third World

Posted by michael on from the thar-be-dragons dept.

suzipaw writes "Geekcorps founder Ethan Zuckerman, late of Tripod, gets some well-deserved media attention for his good works via an interview on oreilly.com. What he and other volunteers are doing on behalf of developing nations is pretty darn cool. And humbling--makes this first-worlder grateful for a regular power supply."

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  1. Okay... by elefantstn · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Let's just get this out of the way, shall we?

    WHAT ARE YOU DOING GIVING THEM TECHNOLOGY! THEY NEED FOOD AND SHELTER FIRST!!

    Now, I suppose we can continue with a rational discussion.

    --
    If it ain't broke, you need more software.
  2. The hercolobus is coming !! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    A black hacker !!!!!!

    I suppose soon we will have womans voting in the presidential elections and going to school.

    Do they leave black stains in the keyboard after using it for too long under the hellish heat they have there?

    BTW ... take your 'African American' shit and shove it up your ass !!!!!

    1. Re:The hercolobus is coming !! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

      Go nigger me up some fried chicken, house nigger.

  3. Re:IT helps the whold country by Ratphace · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Make money? Selling what? Dust? Bones of animals and people that didn't have any food? Let's be serious, these people have about as much use for the Internet as a Jew would have for a neo-nazi rally flyer. Let's start with fundamentals like food, water, clothing, shelter and for God's sake, BIRTH CONTROL! Just a thought :)

  4. Re:Teach them how to fish...... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Proof? In 16 schools, only one Linux machine was still running when I arrived. But every Windows machine was still being used, and loved

    That is because only sweaty, pasty-white, pear-shaped, no-life virgin loser nerds use linux, and there are none of those in Uganda.

  5. I'd kill this asshat if I ever met him. by Lazyhound · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    I mean, way to go. Let's start training the rest of the world to be over-materialistic consumers, too. It's never too early for cultural homogenization!