It should be noted that this year is the 400th anniversary of the telescope.
Maybe they will soon figure out how to etch a telescope on a circuit board and send swarms of thousands of networked satellites out there to look for these asteroids.
I have yet to see an internet cafe here in India. Two types of people exist.. the ones with access to the internet because they work in software and make money.. and the day laborers who don't know what a computer is.
There is no middle ground. You will not see a day laborer hitting up a cafe to check his email. Just no.
I'm in India right now.. sitting here checking Slashdot. Outside there are people living in makeshift tents.. they are day laborers working in construction. They have nothing. Most people live like this... no toilet paper.. no showers.. nothing like what Americans consider basic needs.
Most of the world lives like this.
Slashdot Mirror
Actually the group is only 594 people.. 6 must have crashed Maybe while surfing TIME.com from their iPhone
600 members.. wow.. that's a lot.. and TIME is interviewing him
By the way.. What's with the new logo?
It should be noted that this year is the 400th anniversary of the telescope.
Maybe they will soon figure out how to etch a telescope on a circuit board and send swarms of thousands of networked satellites out there to look for these asteroids.
Water is provided by the government and they have food. This state's main export is rice.. so that's the food they eat.
...but no internet is the point.
Yes, it'd be quite impossible for me to help everyone. But despite their situation, they live happy lives.
Education focuses too much on competition and not enough on cooperation
Students get in Honor Code trouble all the time because they work to closely together..
OK, but seriously.. this is a bit far.
Here's another picture to look at..
http://williamwnekowicz.com/pictureoftheday/?p=40
Those tarps are where people live. It's monsoon season in India.. they don't hold up very well in the rain.
I have yet to see an internet cafe here in India. Two types of people exist.. the ones with access to the internet because they work in software and make money.. and the day laborers who don't know what a computer is.
There is no middle ground. You will not see a day laborer hitting up a cafe to check his email. Just no.
I'm in India right now.. sitting here checking Slashdot. Outside there are people living in makeshift tents.. they are day laborers working in construction. They have nothing. Most people live like this... no toilet paper.. no showers.. nothing like what Americans consider basic needs. Most of the world lives like this.
I thought it would turn into an opensource writing free-for-all with sites like http://writeforcolbert.com/ and http://writeforstewart.com/.
One labor market goes on strike... why not introduce another? I think any longer of a strike and replacements would be found.