Total cost $400
The REAL cost of health care in America is the cost of lawsuits. Because everyone can sue for everything, and the settlements bear no relation to the real world, the cost of everything goes over the moon.
I have no figures, but AIDS is NOT a big problem in WEST Africa - its a big problem in East and South Africa, both of which are as far away culturally and physically from Senegal is as Mexico from new York.
As for the "Let them read first" argument - litteracy rate is higher in Senegal than in the US!
And others have said it here first "In Africa, piped water is often a bigger health risk than a well"
This is why America's assistance is as much of a problem as it is a help - you have no grasp of the problems.
Well, you CAN, but it can take months, with both operators blaming the other, meanwhile you have to have two phones. I'd prefer to pay a fee and get a service than to have this underhand rip-off by conspiracy.
My experience is limited to Orange/Vodaphone, YMMV
I grew up in Cambridge, England, where anything built since 1300AD (Thirteen Hundred) is a new building. The church near my Dad's office was built in year 875.
If you want your building to last long, use stone for the walls, slate for the roof, and make all the wood very thick indeed.
Only the structure will last long, so stuff like wiring, plumbing, etc should be treated as consumables, as it will only last about 50 years anyway. How people live will change a lot over 100 years.
The real problem is that the media are mostly staffed by people too stupid to understand rational logic, and they have a vested interest in making genuine science look bad/over complex/boring.
Its not an accident that the cast of Friends are made to look good, while scientists are protrayed like "Beaker" in Sesame Street. Its because if intelligence is good, then the journallists/actors/TV anchor men etc are bad. They are not going to stand for that, are they?
wasn't code morhping technology supposed to be this?
No -the opposite - code morphing dynamically adapts the software to fit the hardware- an FPGA dynamically adapts the hardware to fit the software.
If you want to play with FPGA stuff, then one of the best is the Quickstart Technology board - this includes the download/programming interface and power supply on board - you just plug the board into your parallel port, and you have hardware that can be anything. Powerful enough to do a VAX. (You also have to download the software to do your design, but that's free as in beer!
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once mainstream people understand that big businesses use linux, lots of it's out-of-the-way appeal will be lessened
I hope the public wises up that manned space flight is an expensive and dangerous form of esteem-boosting entertainment.
AFAICT life expectancy of rap musicians is far shorter than astronaughts. A famous racing driver was asked, after a widely publicised death at 200MPH, whether Formula 1 racing wasn't too scary - he replied "Most accidents happen in the home, but your not afraid to go home, are you?"
Statistically, more deaths occur in fishing (with rod and line) than any other sport in the UK. (Probably because of the incredibly long time it takes to catch nothing.) Few people regard fishing as dangerous (of course going out in the north sea in a Trawler is in the same league as mining).
Astronauts are also much safer than soldiers - but that wont stop Dubbyah sending a bunch of kids to their doom, so I guess space flight will continue.
Very few people can understand statistics, and while "fear of death concentrates the mind wonderfully" it appears not to be sufficient incentive for people to learn statistics.Yes folks: learn statistics or die!
Why bother with worms - spam is a far bigger problem.
Anyone can deal with worms. With cruise missiles at their disposal, the military might be able to deal with the spammers, in a way that others cannot
You have not complied with our UN anti-spam directive... Kerblammmm!
That would solve the spam problem!
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Bits of CP/M still floating through Linux
There is probably more CPM in Windows than in Linux.
The original version of Collosal Cave, reputedly the second ever computer game (Lunar Landings was first), written in Fortran for the PDP11, is still found on all BSD, and most Linux systems. And its still one of the best ever games!
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The BSD TCP/IP stack - this must be the most re-used software ever - its in everything that does internet - and it has the famous BSD licence.
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Good code gets bought and reused
Generally, if the programmer who wrote it has been laid off, the code is binned.
AFAICR, in reality, Betamax had longer playing times than VHS. Longer VHS times only happened AFTER Betamax extended times to beat the original VHS spec.
Manufacutring cost, not as high. (Not to mention the cost of spell checkers)
I distinctly remember core memory costing in the order of $1 per BIT, and seeing several theoretical proofs that memory would never cost less than 1c per bit! If we were still using core, it would probably still cost more than 1c per BIT even after allowing for inflation.
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Parts $4
Profit to manufacturer $36
Cost of insurance against lawsuits $360
Total cost $400
The REAL cost of health care in America is the cost of lawsuits. Because everyone can sue for everything, and the settlements bear no relation to the real world, the cost of everything goes over the moon.
As for the "Let them read first" argument - litteracy rate is higher in Senegal than in the US!
And others have said it here first "In Africa, piped water is often a bigger health risk than a well"
This is why America's assistance is as much of a problem as it is a help - you have no grasp of the problems.
My experience is limited to Orange/Vodaphone, YMMV
Presumably its not as dead as some people say!
If you want your building to last long, use stone for the walls, slate for the roof, and make all the wood very thick indeed.
Only the structure will last long, so stuff like wiring, plumbing, etc should be treated as consumables, as it will only last about 50 years anyway. How people live will change a lot over 100 years.
Its not an accident that the cast of Friends are made to look good, while scientists are protrayed like "Beaker" in Sesame Street. Its because if intelligence is good, then the journallists/actors/TV anchor men etc are bad. They are not going to stand for that, are they?
Nope: 20% of Unices are FREE and hence don't count!
Besides who ever met a CEO that could add up!
No -the opposite - code morphing dynamically adapts the software to fit the hardware- an FPGA dynamically adapts the hardware to fit the software.
If you want to play with FPGA stuff, then one of the best is the Quickstart Technology board - this includes the download/programming interface and power supply on board - you just plug the board into your parallel port, and you have hardware that can be anything. Powerful enough to do a VAX. (You also have to download the software to do your design, but that's free as in beer!
Not to worry - real nerds use *BSD anyway
AFAICT life expectancy of rap musicians is far shorter than astronaughts. A famous racing driver was asked, after a widely publicised death at 200MPH, whether Formula 1 racing wasn't too scary - he replied "Most accidents happen in the home, but your not afraid to go home, are you?"
Statistically, more deaths occur in fishing (with rod and line) than any other sport in the UK. (Probably because of the incredibly long time it takes to catch nothing.) Few people regard fishing as dangerous (of course going out in the north sea in a Trawler is in the same league as mining).
Astronauts are also much safer than soldiers - but that wont stop Dubbyah sending a bunch of kids to their doom, so I guess space flight will continue.
Very few people can understand statistics, and while "fear of death concentrates the mind wonderfully" it appears not to be sufficient incentive for people to learn statistics.Yes folks: learn statistics or die!
Anyone can deal with worms. With cruise missiles at their disposal, the military might be able to deal with the spammers, in a way that others cannot
You have not complied with our UN anti-spam directive ... Kerblammmm!
That would solve the spam problem!
There is probably more CPM in Windows than in Linux.
The original version of Collosal Cave, reputedly the second ever computer game (Lunar Landings was first), written in Fortran for the PDP11, is still found on all BSD, and most Linux systems. And its still one of the best ever games!
Generally, if the programmer who wrote it has been laid off, the code is binned.
Not where I live, matey...
Hint: Part of the world is NOT AMERICA.
Philips is a European company, and US companies are totally committed to NIH syndrome. (Not Invented Here).
AFAICR, in reality, Betamax had longer playing times than VHS. Longer VHS times only happened AFTER Betamax extended times to beat the original VHS spec.
I distinctly remember core memory costing in the order of $1 per BIT, and seeing several theoretical proofs that memory would never cost less than 1c per bit! If we were still using core, it would probably still cost more than 1c per BIT even after allowing for inflation.
2) Desalination plant
3) ???
4) Profit!!!
If everyone was as smart as you, there would be no market for this kind of BS.