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Joining the Global Village

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the they'll-use-it-to-look-at-porn dept.

Sandeep writes "This article tells of an initiative in rural India, to provide internet access for farmers. The initiative is called e-choupal, a name taken from the Hindi name for village square. An incongruous image when you consider they still use bullock carts for carrying the produce..."

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  1. NYT Article!!! by j-pimp · · Score: 3, Funny

    You would think the editors would remember to add a parody of NYT, free registration required!! Then again whats wrong with me for wanting to rtfa. I must be new here.

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  2. yes... time to make some money by segment · · Score: 4, Funny

    Once Palm gets a whiff of this they'll be selling BILLIONS of Farm Pilots... No wait. Maybe I should invest in Redhat. The potential Redhat Farmix. Wow I don't know about you but I'm excited

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