You'd be hard pressed finding somewhere 80km away from your work in the UK that wasn't a couple of towns away and in a different county. We aren't that big, you know - total land area is about 240,000 square km (A bit smaller than Oregon, according to the CIA world factbook)
Nope, Taran Rampersad isn't the person I was speaking of (Though I would guess there were many people at that conference)
I'd have thought the solution for charging the phones would be a hand-powered generator. They seemed to be popular and work quite well for radios and lanterns when I was over there. Certainly seems a lot more cost effective and reliable than the solar panel solution that Taran mentions.
A friend of mine was recently at a cell phone services conference in Canada, and told me the following story of some guy he met there:
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His name is Bukeni Waruzi and when I first spoke to him I was the same old ignorant guy I normally am... his english isn't so great and so I assumed that whatever he had to say wasn't really worth my effort in listening to... but I listened anyway and this amazing story unfolded.
Bukini lives in the Congo (I think) and, from what I gather, works to demobilise child soldiers in the DRC and deals with crimes against human rights... because of his odd grasp of english (he speaks like a million languages!) his story unfolds in a way you wouldn't expect and, like many others at the conference, I found myself thinking "ok, so how does this guy have ANYTHING to do with mobile phones?"... but it turns out he's giving cellphones to one individual in each of these villages (that don't even necessarily have a stable electricity source) so that any human rights violations can be reported to that person who will in turn report them to the authorities who up until now have turned a blind eye by saying "we didn't know that was happening".
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So yes, modern technology does have a frontline role in solving problems of war, genocide and human rights in developing nations. Just because you can't think of how these technologies can help, doesn't mean you are right.
"It was classic Groklaw, ripe with paranoia and nonsensical conspiracy theories, and replete with loads of self-righteous huffing and puffing about morality."
The article says that the giant robot is made from 5 smaller robots.. so that would be the Lion series, at a guess.. I think there were about 15 vehicles that made the vehicle voltron.
Yes, a person moving faster than another is affected by time differently. Time Dilation is one of the components of Einstein's theory of special relativity.
Of course, the fith amendment doesn't apply outside the USA. In the UK, for example, there was a law passed recently called the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act which does give the police powers to compell you to hand over the encryption keys, or face jail.
Hrm. According to the article, BBC's current RSS feeds are for personal use. However, slashdot has been republishing the BBC Tech News in a slashbox for quite some time.
Further investigation shows this page which indicates that UK Based sites can also make free use of the syndicated feeds. It seems other sites need to license them.
Its relevant in that it helps show that not everything in the world is done by Americans or done in the USA - something a lot of slashdotters seem to forget.
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Find a better paying job that is closer to where you live.
You'd be hard pressed finding somewhere 80km away from your work in the UK that wasn't a couple of towns away and in a different county. We aren't that big, you know - total land area is about 240,000 square km (A bit smaller than Oregon, according to the CIA world factbook)
Going solar wouldn't help you much in Glasgow, apart from the dozen days or so per year that the sun is out. :-)
Sheep bomb? Now I'm intrigued....
Nope, Taran Rampersad isn't the person I was speaking of (Though I would guess there were many people at that conference)
I'd have thought the solution for charging the phones would be a hand-powered generator. They seemed to be popular and work quite well for radios and lanterns when I was over there. Certainly seems a lot more cost effective and reliable than the solar panel solution that Taran mentions.
If nobody gets your jokes, perhaps you need to work on their delivery?
:-)
It'll even save you having to dissect the poor frogs
So yes, modern technology does have a frontline role in solving problems of war, genocide and human rights in developing nations. Just because you can't think of how these technologies can help, doesn't mean you are right.
Pandora's Box is far scarier than some old can of worms any day.
"Just realize that 99.9% of the world doesn't give a shit about anything you do, and all that paranoia just slips away"
Oh, so there's only 0.1% of the world who is interested in what I'm doing?
I'm glad it works out for you, but 6 million people snooping around in my private life doesn't make my paranoia go away.
"It was classic Groklaw, ripe with paranoia and nonsensical conspiracy theories, and replete with loads of self-righteous huffing and puffing about morality."
Hello Pot? This is Kettle.
The article says that the giant robot is made from 5 smaller robots.. so that would be the Lion series, at a guess.. I think there were about 15 vehicles that made the vehicle voltron.
So let me get this right.. your lawyers are advising you to do something, and you come to *slashdot* for a second opinion?
Who buys CDs anymore?
I do.
Yes, a person moving faster than another is affected by time differently. Time Dilation is one of the components of Einstein's theory of special relativity.
A true geek will have a flow of ideas come to him.
When these ideas come, one should ask: "Do I really need this piece of kit?"
A true geek would then always answer: Yes.
Well it's certainly not made out of vegetables.
Of course, the fith amendment doesn't apply outside the USA.
In the UK, for example, there was a law passed recently called the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act which does give the police powers to compell you to hand over the encryption keys, or face jail.
Are you saying that Germany doesn't have any beaches, landing grounds, fields, streets or hills?
Not only would it sit there all weekend, but today (Monday) is a bank holiday here in the UK, so there won't be any rebuttal until at least Tuesday
How will they know? By looking at Slashdot's front page and seeing the BBC Tech headlines there would be one way.
Hrm. According to the article, BBC's current RSS feeds are for personal use. However, slashdot has been republishing the BBC Tech News in a slashbox for quite some time.
Further investigation shows this page which indicates that UK Based sites can also make free use of the syndicated feeds. It seems other sites need to license them.
You *do* realise the difference between the words "and" and "or" don't you?
Its relevant in that it helps show that not everything in the world is done by Americans or done in the USA - something a lot of slashdotters seem to forget.
> I would love to ask these quacks how you temporarily lose IQ points.
Well, you know, they slip down the back of the sofa, and you can't find them.. then later while hovering, you find them again!
I doesn't really matter whether its a risk or not - the fact remains that failure to follow the directions of the airline crew is a federal offence.