I applaude the work of leaders, teams,and freelancers, who have given their free time(and a lot more) to a project that will mean so much to poor communites around the world. These poor communities now have access to technology that can uplift and enrich their lives without breaking their wallet.
perhaps.. technologies such as these will do much to ammend the huge discrepancy between rich and poor.
Thank you, in the purest sense possible.
it does seem of late that discussions topics like these are becoming more prevalant at/.
surely a company like msnbc loves when/. directs thousands+++ to their site to view their ads, etc?
Without directly accusing the moderators and owners of slashdot with forming partnerships that would be contrary to the user spirit of/., i would like to point out that power can corrupt, and sometimes slowly./. has a history of presenting stories, ideas and tech, and presenting a forum that is educational, and inspirational. it is the perfect example of the modern townhall meeting, or better yet, the town square.
But history is in the past, and though past performances can indicate future performances, it is no guarantee. So please/. do not waver. This site has power because it is read by many, and in these dangerous times we need this tool to stay sharp and poignante.
but information access controls can limit the ability of poor joe smoe from climbing up the economic latter. information, like a library should cost nothing to use by the public. if they were to pay only the infrastructure cost, but not infrastructure+ profit. thats better.
Apparently there are fewer benevolent inspired rich people than there are idiots who seek to please themselves and their high society. they want to change the world? go establish a completley co-opted corp. in mexico, where all employees equally share ownership of the company.
sounds good, but here it goes...
3456 w St apt. A is downloading something massive all the time, apt. B just downloads his private email.
Should they pay the same? Apt B doesnt think so. anything to lower his bill.
what happens? massive bit transfer is for wealthy only.
Another way we leave the poor in the dust.
no we need free, we need 'in the wild' internet bandwidth that is rooted at the grass root level.
freedom of information for everyone.
Of course it is wrong to steel from a paying customer of a set of bandwidth. But this is just a security concern that eventually will be dealt with accordingly. What is more interesting is setting up a new mesh internet of wireless broadcasts acroos the continent that is essentially public and nearly every where.We need to put a stop to the growing practice of paying per byte we send/rcv.
rediculous. Access to educated people in some areas of the world is difficult. But once one person knows how to use a computer in a village then they can teach each other, then learn more by the great amount of info already out there. this is not about a misdirected fulfillment of a resource, but the tool where such places as Africa can become aware of themselves, of their civil rights, of the ways they can fight off disease, cleanliness, heck. how to smelt steel. this is vital./.
perhaps, finally Physical Ed and web surfing come together. One class pedals on the machine for the exercise while another class uses the computer technology.
Perhaps, it is for that very reason, my friend. Education and ideas are severely limited in poor parts of the world. With such 'poor man' technology remote villages can develope learning programs through 'net resources freely available. And perhaps, if written English in unknown to anyone in the village, on of our resourceful people can write a web page translator from English to "..." remote language.
the point is. The sooner poor continents like Africa get wired, the sooner they will take command of their lives from the last vestiges of colonialism. Education can save them from Aids, kick start the economy, and provide people a way they can network against warlords. Who knows? But it is a resource they must have.
You have been flamed.
The Mayor has spoken.
As with many artforms, often the best games hide complex strategic and tactical play, within a well designed, yet simplistic set of premises..
Many of today's game designs seek to expand the number and complexity of a game's premises, ie. create bigger and longer games, but fail to make each part of the whole intersting. They abuse the gaming powers available to the modern gaming machine.
In the "OLD DAYS" lol, game programmers were working with very limited hardware; small memory, and blockish graphics. These boundaries forced them to be more creative with what they did have. Scarcity was a mother of inspiration
for gaming innovation.
Today an uninspired game writer can always turn to pretty graphics, right?? ha!
or throw in a sexy digital image. blah.
We mustn't look to the past for happiness. There are new things to fascinate and inspire if we but look and stay ready to accept it.
by the way there are things like emulators, man.
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Admit it. These games inspired our young minds to become what they have. Their large pixelated mysteries drove our imaginations to the mysteries lurking beneath. What wasnt filled in by the game was created by our minds.
Admit it. These games inspired our young minds to become what they have. Their large pixelated mysteries drove our imaginations to the mysteries lurking beneath. What wasnt filled in by the game was created by our minds.
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I applaude the work of leaders, teams ,and freelancers, who have given their free time(and a lot more) to a project that will mean so much to poor communites around the world. These poor communities now have access to technology that can uplift and enrich their lives without breaking their wallet.
perhaps .. technologies such as these will do much to ammend the huge discrepancy between rich and poor.
Thank you, in the purest sense possible.
it does seem of late that discussions topics like these are becoming more prevalant at /.
surely a company like msnbc loves when /. directs thousands+++ to their site to view their ads, etc?
Without directly accusing the moderators and owners of slashdot with forming partnerships that would be contrary to the user spirit of /., i would like to point out that power can corrupt, and sometimes slowly. /. has a history of presenting stories, ideas and tech, and presenting a forum that is educational, and inspirational. it is the perfect example of the modern townhall meeting, or better yet, the town square.
But history is in the past, and though past performances can indicate future performances, it is no guarantee. So please /. do not waver. This site has power because it is read by many, and in these dangerous times we need this tool to stay sharp and poignante.
"The morons with cell phones were morons before they got them" Now they are morons that talk really loudly.
i should amend. not to be leased either, but controlled by the public indiviualy without a custodian.
but information access controls can limit the ability of poor joe smoe from climbing up the economic latter. information, like a library should cost nothing to use by the public. if they were to pay only the infrastructure cost, but not infrastructure+ profit. thats better.
Apparently there are fewer benevolent inspired rich people than there are idiots who seek to please themselves and their high society. they want to change the world? go establish a completley co-opted corp. in mexico, where all employees equally share ownership of the company.
sounds good, but here it goes... 3456 w St apt. A is downloading something massive all the time, apt. B just downloads his private email. Should they pay the same? Apt B doesnt think so. anything to lower his bill. what happens? massive bit transfer is for wealthy only. Another way we leave the poor in the dust. no we need free, we need 'in the wild' internet bandwidth that is rooted at the grass root level. freedom of information for everyone.
Of course it is wrong to steel from a paying customer of a set of bandwidth. But this is just a security concern that eventually will be dealt with accordingly. What is more interesting is setting up a new mesh internet of wireless broadcasts acroos the continent that is essentially public and nearly every where.We need to put a stop to the growing practice of paying per byte we send/rcv.
rediculous. Access to educated people in some areas of the world is difficult. But once one person knows how to use a computer in a village then they can teach each other, then learn more by the great amount of info already out there. /.
this is not about a misdirected fulfillment of a resource, but the tool where such places as Africa can become aware of themselves, of their civil rights, of the ways they can fight off disease, cleanliness, heck. how to smelt steel.
this is vital.
perhaps, finally Physical Ed and web surfing come together. One class pedals on the machine for the exercise while another class uses the computer technology.
Perhaps, it is for that very reason, my friend. Education and ideas are severely limited in poor parts of the world. With such 'poor man' technology remote villages can develope learning programs through 'net resources freely available. And perhaps, if written English in unknown to anyone in the village, on of our resourceful people can write a web page translator from English to "..." remote language. the point is. The sooner poor continents like Africa get wired, the sooner they will take command of their lives from the last vestiges of colonialism. Education can save them from Aids, kick start the economy, and provide people a way they can network against warlords. Who knows? But it is a resource they must have. You have been flamed. The Mayor has spoken.
As with many artforms, often the best games hide complex strategic and tactical play, within a well designed, yet simplistic set of premises.. Many of today's game designs seek to expand the number and complexity of a game's premises, ie. create bigger and longer games, but fail to make each part of the whole intersting. They abuse the gaming powers available to the modern gaming machine. In the "OLD DAYS" lol, game programmers were working with very limited hardware; small memory, and blockish graphics. These boundaries forced them to be more creative with what they did have. Scarcity was a mother of inspiration for gaming innovation. Today an uninspired game writer can always turn to pretty graphics, right?? ha! or throw in a sexy digital image. blah.
off topic? or a quick way to play missile comand? in real life?
Amazing. we were part of Mankinds first wide spread interaction with silicon computing. What a world has been birthed since!
We mustn't look to the past for happiness. There are new things to fascinate and inspire if we but look and stay ready to accept it. by the way there are things like emulators, man.
Admit it. These games inspired our young minds to become what they have. Their large pixelated mysteries drove our imaginations to the mysteries lurking beneath. What wasnt filled in by the game was created by our minds.
why are you wasting slashdot bandwidth?
Galaxian might have inspired Galaga but Galaga has the better game play. But i would love to play demon attack on the atari 2600 again.
Admit it. These games inspired our young minds to become what they have. Their large pixelated mysteries drove our imaginations to the mysteries lurking beneath. What wasnt filled in by the game was created by our minds.
Go to marsnews.com we can get a system of constant colonization for 20 Billion. Cmon space angencies dont dream high enough.